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Interesting external sites:

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CaFE ~ Catholic Faith Exploration programme from Catholic Evangelisation  
Unity an ecumenical group serving in the one body of Christ with a vision of reconciliation, forgiveness and unity amongst all Christian denominations.

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All are most welcome to join our parish family in the praise, worship & prayer of Holy Mass and at other activities when visiting / moving to West Cornwall or just use our on-line resources - we're open here 24/7
Directions to our Church on Rosevean Road, Penzance, TR18 2DX >> Map link
Telephone (Presbytery) 01736 362619 | Addresses & Information | Contact
We pray that you will enjoy our website & find it and the many external links useful
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New Weekly Offering envelopes for both Gift Aiders and others who wish to use envelopes for their weekly offering are available in all churches from 28th March. Names on boxes of those already ordered. If you are a tax payer and do not yet gift aid, please consider it, it is at no cost to yourself. If you do not pay tax, please consider using envelopes. It is the regular giving that keeps our head above water.
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Servers for the altars. We are always in need of people to serve at Mass. If anyone would like to volunteer, see Fr P.
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Daily Mass Readings | Office of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer
| Calendar | all are from Universalis.com (external links)
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For information about Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the UK from Thursday
16 to Sunday 19 September 2010 go to the official website
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Holy Father's Prayer Intentions 2010 - click here
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Please continue to think about new ideas for ongoing fundraising & pass on to Fr. Philip, as all our buildings need continued maintenance and renewal. Forthcoming Fundraising Events: See printed or online newsletter
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Books for Troops - Many thanks for your generous response. No more needed for now.
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Churches Together In Penzance (CTIP) (ext link)
Cornish Inter Faith Forum meetings open to everyone | Interfaith network u.k. | Interfaith.org (ext links)
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‘My house shall be called a house of prayer’
Please remember: Talk to God when you come in. Talk to each other on the way out. Be sensitive to those who want to pray in quiet, all unnecessary talk outside the church. I know it is not easy, but our main aim is the worship of Almighty God and we do come first for the worship of Almighty God. Fr. P | Article link | Link2 (C of E) ext link
Before Mass Talk to God - During Mass Listen to God - After Mass Talk to each other.
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'Day by Day' is a handy £1.00 monthly booklet of the daily Mass readings. If you would like one, phone parish office.
'Catholic South West', our local catholic paper, is available for 50p in the Holy Family Parish churches.
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RCIA - Journey of Faith commences again in the Autumn until Easter 2011. Contact Fr. Philip if interested in becoming a Catholic or knowing more about the Catholic Faith.
New Outreach Magazine for Enquirers (Diocese website link)
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Lourdes - links for more information | Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes 2-10 February
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First Holy Communion (2011)
Please contact Fr. Philip with name, address and 'phone number, if your child is in year 3 and will be 8 yrs old by next Eastertide. Preparation classes begin in the Autumn for First Holy Communion and Reconciliation.
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Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament 'Watch and Pray' / Eucharistic Adoration
At 10 am or after Mass / Morning Prayer / Liturgy on Tuesdays and Fridays in St. Mary's Haven Chapel until 6.30 pm. closing with Evening Prayer. With simple Benediction when Father Philip is available. N.B. Mass is occasionally at 7 PM instead of 10 AM especially Fridays (except in Lent). see printed or online newsletter for St. Ives adoration times
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Rosary Group meets before 10 AM Mass on Tuesdays. Rosary is prayed before weekday & Saturday morning Masses.
see printed or online newsletter for St. Ives & Hayle Rosary times
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Penzance Church Charity Shop
Needs more volunteers to help run it. Contact Maddie or Fr. Philip
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The Queen of Peace (Medjugorje) Prayer Group now has its own section
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Catholic Charismatic Renewal information, also the Prayer Group 
is now in a separate section
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GAUDETE (Choir) Association
Penzance Church Music website  (external link) - produced by members of the choir
monthly choral evening prayer will close with Benediction when Fr. Philip is available.
See printed or online parish newsletter for dates.
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Reading and Study Group: See printed or online newsletter for dates
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Parish Newsletter: More assistance required in preparing this. Please contact Fr. Philip
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Wednesday Friendship Club: See printed or online newsletter for programme and dates

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Plymouth Diocesan website links
Pastoral Reorganisation in Cornwall -  New Canonical Parishes come into effect

Plymouth Cathedral 1858 - 2008: 150th Anniversary Celebrations

Safeguarding: Changes at the Diocesan Child Protection Office
see also the Catholic Safeguarding Advisory Service
and the Catholic Office for the Protection of Children & Vulnerable Adults

Home Mission Sunday evangelisation article - and more - and here

Revealed – New Youth Ministry Resource | Retreats in the diocese during 2008

Justice, Peace & Reconciliation: Corrymeela Conference & Worship - Exeter 14/15 March 2009
The Corrymeela Community is a residential centre on the Antrim coast of Northern Ireland founded in 1965 as a Christian centre for reconciliation in Ireland. Its logo describes it now as: 'Committed to reconciliation in Ireland and throughout the world'. Their experience has much to teach us about conflict resolution and living with difference. For further information, please visit www.corrymeela.org

(from archives)
A new initiative is being launched to encourage parishes to reach out to non church-going (lapsed) Catholics. Called "Where are they now?", the project aims to equip Catholics to extend an invitation to those who, for many different reasons, have stopped attending Church. It is sponsored by the Catholic Agency to Support Evangelisation (CASE) which has sent resource packs to every parish and religious house in the Diocese and across England and Wales. The hope is that it will complement the outreach ministries already started in the diocese. more - Diocesan website
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October (2008) was 'Golden' for Hayle and 'Centenial' for St. Ives. (from archives)
11th October 2008 marked the Golden Jubilee of St. Joseph’s being a Catholic Church. The Mass was a celebration of that followed by a party in the hall. The St. Ives Centenary Mass with Bishop Christopher was on Friday 24th October followed by a reception. Penzance also celebrated the 164th anniversary of its dedication with Choral Evensong
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The Feast of Christ the King - Novena rtf file pdf file
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Gift Aid and Legacies
If you would like to contribute financially to the work of our church, you can do so by making donations under the Gift Aid scheme, either as a regular contributor or by a one off donation. For more information, and about leaving us a legacy, please contact Fr. Philip & the Parish Treasurer.

'Gift Aid' envelopes are provided for visitors who can support us this 'free' extra way with any offering you wish to make in the Sunday collection. Thank you. This really helps.

Please note cheques should now be made payable to PRCDTR Penwith R.C Parish

Please also consider a donation to our 'Pilgrimage Assistance Fund' which helps those who cannot afford the full cost of a pilgrimage to Walsingham, Medjugorje,  Lourdes, etc.

WEBSITE TEAM
To all Holy Family Parishioners - old & new:  Are you interested in being part of the website team? If you can write or research for the site OR have experience of website design [especially XHTML, XML, CSS, CMS, PHP, Javascripts, Blogs, Podcasting  SEO] and maintenance, please contact Fr. Philip or Tony. Holy Family Parish will have its own website in the future.  [Then he said to his disciples, “The harvest is abundant but the labourers are few; so ask the master of the harvest to send out labourers for his harvest.” Mt 9.38]

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Pilgrimages and other visits 2010 (mostly external links)

2010 Cornish pilgrimage to Walsingham Pilgrimage
Sun. 10th Oct – Sat 16th. Cost £315.
Contact Chris for more information 01736 369921 or e-mail Christine

Diocesan Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Boniface in Crediton
Sun 6th June Mass 9.30 with the Bishop. See poster in the 3 churches.

Plymouth Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes 2010
28th May to 4th June, under Bishop Christopher's leadership, by air from Exeter. The cost is £665. On the pilgrimage, there is always a great need for carers/companions. If you are interested in helping in such a way, or if you would like to join the pilgrimage, please contact the Pilgrimage Director, Mrs Sue King, at Bishop's House, 31 Wyndham Street West, Plymouth, PL1 5RZ. Tel: 01752 224414 visit Diocesan website for details

ARCHIVE Lourdes pastoral theme 2009 - the year of Bernadette as has been decided by Bishop Perrier, bishop of Tarbes and Lourdes, an opportunity to acquaint ourselves with the message of Lourdes, learning from St. Bernadette | Prayer to Our Lady of Lourdes | Novena to Our Lady of Lourdes 2-10 February

Westcountry group - annual pilgrimage to Medjugorje
Details from Jim & Janet Phare  01803 405557 or Tony A

ARCHIVE 'Our Lady of Glastonbury' Pilgrimage 2009 12th July
The theme for 2009 was ‘Mary, Woman of Hope’, and the Mass will again include anointing of the sick, which the last three years has been very popular with all taking part.
Pilgrimage info 2008 | Article link(Clifton Diocese website) | Shrine Website | other info | St. Louis Convent
Joseph of Arimathea and the legend of Glastonbury

ARCHIVE Relics of St Thérèse of Lisieux in UK (2009)

Parishioners will be attending the New Dawn conference 
and the Youth 2000 conferences at Walsingham

 ARCHIVE'Cornwall Ecumenical Worship' (external link)
has held successful events attended by several parishioners. Check their site for info / photos and details of future events most recent was Saturday 3rd May, 2009 at the Minack Theatre, Porthcurno, Penzance, TR19 6JU

The 'Lost Shrine' to Our Lady in Cornwall at Ladye Park in Liskeard.
[the most recent took place 10th June 2007 ~ Ladye Park is one private property and is temporarily unavailable ~ updates will be noted here]

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Some Prayer, Faith & other resources - ( mostly external links)

Daily Mass Readings - from Universalis.com also
Office of Readings | Morning Prayer | Evening Prayer | Night Prayer | Calendar

Living Space - commentaries on the daily scripture readings

The English Dominicans offer each week a sermon on the following Sunday's Gospel.
"Godzdogz" A blog from the the English Dominican Studentate.

Catholic Homilies | Daily Blessing | Bible Search

The De La Salle Brothers have an excellent Praying Each Day site

Vatican Radio is easy to receive online. Podcasts of programmes available | The Vatican on YouTube

Vatican II - Voice of the Church explains and promotes the teachings of the Second Vatican Council

Virtual Reality Tour of the Basilica of Saint John Lateran click on the link and select a number from webpage then that part of the Vatican appears. HOLD DOWN LEFT MOUSE BUTTON AND SLOWLY MOVE THE CURSOR AROUND to view the room or outside view. Allow time to load. Can zoom in and out too with scroll wheel. Broadband recommended. Speakers on for background music. [all are external links]

Sacred Space is a prayer site, updated daily, which guides you through a ten minute session of prayer, centred on a passage of scripture chosen specially for the day. ~ This is a lovely site. The form of prayer offered is sheer simplicity and is proving congenial for many people.

Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius of Loyola - this web site is an introduction to the Spiritual Exercises of St Ignatius, constructed by a British Jesuit priest.

Hear Our Silence - A group offering an invitation to silent prayer.

The importance of praying for priests | Readings and sites for the Spiritual Journey (broken link)

www.clubi.ie/shalom/lectio is an Irish site that offers explanation of that ancient method of prayer called lectio divina.  Each week the example given focuses on the following Sunday's Gospel.

Spiritual Reflections - A fantastic site for those who want to pray and meditate (broken link)

A favourite of the webmaster. United Christian Broadcasters - "Word for Today" An excellent daily inspirational Bible based commentary by Bob Gass. They'll send you 3 months worth in a little booklet if you sign up (FREE-UK only) or you can download the full current 3 months commentaries and read them at your leisure. Listen to their radio channels including Christian Music and Scripture. There is a  listening line if there are issues you need urgent help and prayer.
Also for youth age group and ministry, see: "The Word" and "The Word 4 U 2day"

"The Journey" - more daily scriptural meditations

Bible Alive magazine - articles, reflections, readings etc.

The Word Among Us ~  An excellent monthly magazine published to assist Catholic laypeople in reading, meditating on and understanding scripture. Older Articles available > Click here

Bible in a year ~ By dividing the Bible into 365 daily readings, you can read the Bible in a year.

Acts International - will e-mail an excellent "Daily Encounter"

Virtual Christianity - A comprehensive list of on-line Bibles in English and other languages, both ancient and modern; each featured site having a short description of its content and arrangement.

OREMUS ~ Daily prayer resources (Anglican)

General Instruction of the Roman Missal | link2 | Link3 | Link4

One Bread One Body_1998 pdf

Pope Benedict's Prayer intentions 2008 and 2009 (EWTN) | Sacred Space

Pray at Notre Dame
A useful RSS feed is available also audio 'Prayercasts' and video 'Masscasts'

Radiant Light - a movement within the Roman Catholic Church which encourages people to grow in holiness by believing and living the Catholic faith in its fullness. Founded by Elizabeth Wang, its mission is inspired by the images and spirituality she has received in prayer.

CASE Catholic evangelisation - free downloads

Yfaith a pioneering evangelistic website for children

Churches Together in Britain & Ireland - resources to download

Interreligious Dialogue: read the Vatican message for the end of Ramadam 2008 (Islam):
Christians and Muslims: Together for the dignity of the family.

Read the Vatican message for Vesakh 2008 (Buddhism):
Christians and Buddhists: Caring for the Planet Earth.

Pillar of Fire, Pillar of Truth ~ a booklet of answers about the Catholic Faith

Pray the Rosary Apostolate

Mary's Way of The Cross - Meditations to guide you - (external link)

A Messenger of St. Anthony (Magazine)

 Crosswinds blog and meditations

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Miscellaneous / General interest

The Helix Nebula
A picture taken with the Hubble space telescope, has become known as 'The Eye of God'

'Cornubia' - Land of the Saints - A painting in Truro Anglican Cathedral

The Transfiguration c15th Russian Icon | Michaelangelo's Pieta, sculpted around 1500

Get Safe online Excellent advice for safe computer use and web surfing (UK Gov etc.) 

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Some miscellaneous content which is temporarily 'homeless' during our website reorganisation!!!!

Padre Pio prayer group? Our Saint Pio info, prayers and links page
A Padre Pio Prayer group may be formed in the parish. Use this link to Contact Jeanette for information and to offer support. See printed or online parish newsletter for updates.

A Prayer to Padre Pio - (more)
Beloved Padre Pio, today I come to add my prayer to the thousands of prayers offered to you every day by those who love and venerate you. They ask for cures and healings, earthly and spiritual blessings, and peace for body and mind. And because of your friendship with the Lord, he heals those you ask to be healed, and forgives those you forgive. 
Through your visible wounds of the Cross, which you bore for 50 years, you were chosen in our time to glorify the crucified Jesus. Because the Cross has been replaced by other symbols, please help us to bring it back in our midst, for we acknowledge it is the only true sign of salvation. 
As we lovingly recall the wounds that pierced your hands, feet and side, we not only remember the blood you shed in pain, but your smile, and the invisible halo of sweet smelling flowers that surrounded your presence, the perfume of sanctity. 
Padre Pio, may the healings of the sick become the testimony that the Lord has invited you to join the holy company of Saints. In your kindness, please help me with my own special request: (mention here your petition, and make the sign of the Cross). 
Bless me and my loved ones. In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. Amen.."
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Daily Novena Prayer to St Joseph. Feast day 19th March:- now online
Almighty God, you have chosen Saint Joseph to be the mainstay of Jesus and Mary, the wise and faithful servant in whom they could trust. We pray that he may truly be the guardian of your Church; that he may inspire with confidence those who are devoted to him; that he may give security to those who work in the vineyard of Your Son; and finally, that he may be a source of strength to us, who wish, like him, to dedicate ourselves to Christ's service, now and in times to come. Amen.

Novena to the Holy Spirit (ext link) Pentecost Sunday May 31st 2009

 Please continue to pray for an end to all wars, violence, injustice and famine
Strong and merciful God,
You crush wars and overthrow the proud;
banish violence from the Middle East
and wipe away the tears of those who suffer.
May all men and women, made in Your image and likeness,
find in Your love and mercy, a pattern for their lives.
We ask this through Our Lord Jesus Christ, Your Son,
who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
God for ever and ever, Amen

PEACE  PEACE  PEACE - A prayer by Mother Teresa

"We are all pencils in the hand of a writing God, who is sending love letters to the world". ~ Mother Teresa

"Peace is not the product of terror or fear. Peace is not the silence of cemeteries. Peace is not the silent result of violent repression. Peace is the generous, tranquil contribution of all to the good of all. Peace is dynamism. Peace is generosity. It is right and it is duty." Oscar Romero

 "Peace, peace, peace and only peace! Peace must reign between God and man and also between men!"
MIR - PEACE - SHALOM |More Medjugore messages

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Prayer Attributed to St. Augustine: Watch, dear Lord, with those who wake or watch or weep tonight, and give your angels charge over those who sleep. Tend your sick ones, O Lord Jesus Christ, rest your weary ones, bless your dying ones, soothe your suffering ones, shield your joyous ones, and all for your love’s sake. Amen.

In November, our prayers focus on the souls of our deceased family, friends and others. Many continue this throughout the year especially remembering those who have no one left to pray for them. Bereavement page

The Beginning Experience is a peer group ministry for those who are grieving the loss of someone through separation, divorce or bereavement. Two weekends are held each year at St. Rita's Centre, Honiton, Devon. Following a weekend last April, the next one is on 28-30 September 2007. More information is available from Rose Teh on 01626 330962 or Marguerite Duncan on 01395 266694.

• Pro Life - check out Passion for Life and their links

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Search WWW Search www.penzancecatholicchurch.org

Please sign our new Visitors Book: View Visitors Book  Sign Visitors Book 
(replaced July 2008 - We have no control over the external links on this (free) visitors book]

This page only - Visitor number  statcounter.com

Many blessings to all who visit our web site : The Lord bless and keep you; The Lord make His face to shine upon you and be gracious to you;  The Lord lift His countenance upon you and give you peace. (Numbers 6: 24 - 26)

• Contact page - We much appreciate the e-mail received from many parts of the world
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