Worship & resources during the current restrictions
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THIS PAGE IS UPDATED REGULARLY. PLEASE CONTINUE TO CHECK. LAST UPDATED 01/03/21
Despite the current nationwide lockdown, Our church is OPEN for worship It is also open for private prayer between 11.00 and 4.00pm every day. Social distancing and hygiene measures are in place, and unless exempt, please wear a face mask or visor in church at all times unless leading worship or reading lessons.
Click here for the March magazine Click here for the March Calendar (Daily Mass Times) Online Lent Course
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Online givingThank you to all those who donate towards the upkeep of services and the maintenance of ministry at St Mary's church, which relies completely on the generosity of people like you. We have no historic reserves and still have large outgoings even when some in the congregation are shielding and unable to attend.
You can now give online via 'Give a Little' - click here See the Donations page for other ways of giving, including regular giving through the Parish Giving Scheme or by Standing Order. |
Sunday Mass - Lent 2 - 28thFebruary 2021
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Sunday Mass - Lent 1 - 21st February 2021
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Ash Wednesday Mass - 17th February 2021
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Sunday Mass- 14th February 2021 - 6th Sunday of Year B
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Sunday Mass- 7th February 2021 - 5th Sunday of Year B
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Sunday Mass- 31st January 2021 - 4th Sunday of Year B
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Sunday Mass- 23rd January 2021 - 3rd Sunday of Year B
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Sunday Mass- 17th January 2021 - 2nd Sunday of Year B
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For all Previous online worship from March 2020 to January 2021, click here
- Please continue to pray for each other, for the needs of the parish, the world and particularly at this time for all affected by the pandemic and all key workers. Click here for a special prayer booklet
- Daily prayers from the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham can be accessed here then click on 'Videos'
- Throughout the lockdown we continue to maintain contact with members of the congregation and others who are shielding through email and a phone tree. If you would like to be added to the email list, which means you will receive bulletins and links to recorded worship as soon as it is processed, please phone Fr Philip or send a request through the Contact page.
- A link to resources available on the website of the diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich can be accessed here
- We also need to care for each other during this time. We can continue to leave donations for the Stowmarket foodbank in the red boxes inside the church.
‘By our service and by our love, Jesus Christ will be made known and the hope of the gospel – a hope that will counter fear and isolation – will spread through the land.’
For any pastoral need, contact:
Fr. Philip Gray, Mendlesham Vicarage, Tel (01449) 766359 or send a message via the CONTACT page
Prayer for all those affected by Coronavirus
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Keep us, good Lord,
under the shadow of your mercy.
Sustain and support the anxious,
be with those who care for the sick,
and lift up all who are brought low;
that we may find comfort
knowing that nothing can separate us from your love
in Christ Jesus our Lord.
