“The teaching of the Second Vatican Council has represented for Catholics a 8, Gainsborough Road

clear landmark to which constant reference is made in our attitude and our Felixstowe JANUARY 24th, 2010
relations with the Jewish people, marking a new and significant stage. The IP11 7HT

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Council gave a strong impetus to our irrevocable commitment to pursue the Tel: 01394 282561
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path of dialogue, fraternity and friendship, a journey which has been deep-
Parish Priest: YEAR C
ened and developed in the last forty years, through important steps and sig-
Fr David Hennessy
nificant gestures. Among them, I should mention once again the historic visit
by my Venerable Predecessor to this Synagogue on 13 April 1986, the numer- e-mail:
ous meetings he had with Jewish representatives, both here in Rome and sacerdotus@googlemail.com
during his Apostolic Visits throughout the world, the Jubilee Pilgrimage Website:
which he made to the Holy Land in the year 2000, the various documents of www.saintfelix.org.uk
the Holy See which, following the Second Vatican Council’s Declaration
Nostra Aetate, have made helpful contributions to the increasingly close rela-
tions between Catholics and Jews. I too, in the course of my Pontificate, have WEEKEND
wanted to demonstrate my closeness to and my affection for the people of the
MASS TIMES
Covenant. I cherish in my heart each moment of the pilgrimage that I had
the joy of making to the Holy Land in May of last year, along with the memo- SATURDAY 6pm
ries of numerous meetings with Jewish Communities and Organizations, in
SUNDAY 9am
particular my visits to the Synagogues of Cologne and New York.
( Gemma Ryan - 18th birthday)

Furthermore, the Church has not failed to deplore the failings of her sons and ... He went to the
10.30am ( Convent )
daughters, begging forgiveness for all that could in any way have contributed synagogue ...
to the scourge of anti-Semitism and anti-Judaism (cf. Commission for Reli- 11.30am ( Trimley ) He stood up to
gious Relations with the Jews, We Remember: A Reflection on the Shoah, 16 ( Myrtle Shevlin+ ) read ...
March 1998). May these wounds be healed forever! The heartfelt prayer
which Pope John Paul II offered at the Western Wall on 26 March 2000
comes back to my mind, and it calls forth a profound echo in our hearts: “God COLLECTIONS LAST WEEK WEEKDAY MASS
of our Fathers, you chose Abraham and his descendants to bring your Name AT THE CONVENT
to the nations: we are deeply saddened by the behaviour of those who in the OFFERTORY: £923.00 TUESDAY—FRIDAY
course of history have caused these children of yours to suffer, and asking
your forgiveness we wish to commit ourselves to genuine brotherhood with CAFOD HAITI APPEAL: 10.00am
the people of the Covenant. ... £1498.68
FRIDAY 12 NOON
... The memory of these events compels us to strengthen the bonds that unite MANY THANKS Mass at St Felix
FOR YOUR GENEROSITY ( Mary Buckley+ )
us so that our mutual understanding, respect and acceptance may always
increase.”
Pope Benedict XVI, speech given at his visit to the synagogue of Rome, January 17th,
2010
MANY THANKS
FOR YOUR GREAT GENEROSITY TO THE PEOPLE OF HAITI.
THIS COLLECTION WILL CONTINUE FOR THIS WEEKEND
BUT I MUST SEND A CHEQUE TO CAFOD
WEDNESDAY, 27th JANUARY,
BY THIS COMING TUESDAY AS THE NEED IS SO URGENT.
IS HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY.

ANNUAL WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
• St John’s Church have once again extended
• their hospitality to welcome us to the
CTF Unity Service this evening, 24th January ,2010 at 6.30pm.
THE TOGETHER CLUB
meet at the Convent on Thursday 2.00 p.m. for Bingo
PARISH QUIZ AND SUPPER
in the Church Hall
Shrove Tuesday 16th February
at 7.30p.m.
Tickets £4.
Bring your own bottle
Tickets will be on sale w/e 30th Jan and 6th Feb.
There will be a Requiem Mass for Dee Davies (who used to be a
member of St. Felix Parish) at 10.00am on Monday,
25th January at the Church of Our Lady in Stowmarket.
Kathleen Waring
PARISH SUMMER FETE
It has been decided to have a change from the summer fete this year.
However we do still need to raise money for parish funds.
We need fund raising ideas, one will need to include a Grand Raffle
( this is a really easy way to raise between £700 - £800 after expenses).
If you have any ideas or suggestions please place them in the box in the porch
at St. Felix or speak to Sylvia - Ft. 275370
or Jenny - Ft.671217 as soon as possible.
We can all play a part however small or large
and your parish really does need you to be involved
and any ideas will be welcome.
CATHOLIC WOMEN'S LEAGUE
Because we missed our January meeting, and are going to the Town Hall
for our meeting on Feb 8th, we have decided to have a short business
meeting on Monday 1st Feb in the Hall at 7.30.
There are a few important
items to discuss, which need sorting out
before the next full meeting in March.
Angela Ashby
... I have no answer to the question of how God can allow so many innocent
people to die in natural disasters, like the earthquake .. ( in ) ... Haiti. And
indeed, I can quite understand that many will regard these events as proof
positive that religious people are living a foolish dream ...
And yet, I still believe. For there exists a place in me - deeper than my
rational self - that compels me to respond to tragedies like Haiti not with
argument but with prayer. On a very basic level, what people find in religion is
not so much the answers, but a means of responding to and living with life's
hardest questions. And this is why a tragedy like this doesn't, on the whole,
make believers suddenly wake up to the foolishness of their faith. On the
contrary, it mostly tends to deepen our sense of a need for God.
What many believers mean by faith is not that we have a firm foundation in
rational justification. Those... who try to claim this are, I believe,
rationalizing something that properly exists on another level. Which is why, at a
moment like this, I'd prefer to leave the arguments to others. For me, this is a
time quietly to light a candle for the people of Haiti and to offer them up to God
in my prayers. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.
Thought for the Day, 15 January 2010
The Rev. Dr Giles Fraser
PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS ALL WHO ARE SICK AND
THOSE WHO HAVE DIED RECENTLY OR HAVE ANNIVERSARIES:
Sick: Jack Gaffney, Betty McIlwraith, Stephanie O’Mahony
Fr. John Refitt, Sr. James Cafferkey, Sr. Florence Moylett, Ellen McLaughlin, Jacob Law,
Christopher Ashford, William Oliver, Thomas Brannon, Norah Edlestone, Eileen Whitlum,
John Van Tilborgh, Andrew Toal, Andrew Pawlowski, Terry Leeming, David Dowling,
Harold Milner-Walker, William McGrath, Dorothy O’Mahony, Rischard Ascott, Madge
Slim, Teresa Greatbanks. RIP