Palm Sunday 2020

Your music and readings for Mass on Palm Sunday

The Passion according to Matthew
File Size: 225 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File
Hymn for Palm Sunday 2020
File Size: 121 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Church during the Coronavirus pandemic

The way we express our faith publicly over the coming months needs to adapt with the outbreak of coronavirus.

At the heart of the life of every Roman Catholic is the celebration of Holy Mass. Yet owing to outbreak of coronavirus the churches of Our Lady of Sorrows, St Richard of Chichester, and St Anthony of Viareggio are closed until further notice. The celebration of Mass will continue in private, every day at 10am in the church of Our Lady of Sorrows. See below for further details.

We continue to be the people of God, we continue being Church. We continue to be followers of Jesus, on fire with his love, sharing that love with each other with the world. And we will adapt through this time.

As events develop let us never lose sight of the steadfast love our Father has for us, and in this knowledge lets share that love with each other and the world.          
​
Fr Chris Bergin,  Parish Priest, Bognor Regis & Slindon Catholic parish
If you need access to the Sacraments or any support from the parish please contact me directly via 01243 823619

Praying your way through Holy Week

This Season of Lent has provided us with an unprecedented opportunity to focus on
what is truly important. In these last few days before we
celebrate Easter, let's turn to God in hope and faith, as we pray for our world,
​and ourselves, this Holy Week.  

Helping others 

​There will be people living near us who are anxious or alone and would welcome a friendly phone call or home cooked meal, delivered at a safe distance, to their door. Our Diocese has created a form offering both these things which can be posted through neighbour's letter boxes.
​
Please do print some at home using the link and offer your help to your neighbours. 
Can I help you neighbour?
File Size: 110 kb
File Type: pdf
Download File

Mass

Mass will be celebrated without a congregation at Our Lady of Sorrows church, Bognor at 10am every day while these restrictions are in place. Please continue to set this time aside and join this Mass from your home through a spiritual communion. St Thomas Aquinas described Spiritual Communion as, ‘an ardent desire to receive Jesus in the most holy sacrament and lovingly embrace him’. As our pattern of life changes, we should endeavor to keep a pattern of prayer and praise in our days, and this is one way we can unite ourselves in prayer to our Lord and his world.

Mass from Our Lady of Sorrows church, Bognor will be live streamed every day at 10am. You can also watch recordings of previous celebrations of Mass from OLOS too. 
​Got little ones? Cafod are running an online Sunday Children's Liturgy of the Word from 10am just like when we gather in person. You are very welcome to start your Sunday worship with Cafod and then join the OLOS live stream for a spiritual communion with the rest of church!
The readings for Mass can be found online, www.ewtn.com/catholicism/daily-readings in particular provides these in a easy to ready format.

A new guide to participating in the Mass through a spiritual communion has been created, click here to download; it gives a good template for your prayer.
In these emergency circumstances, and for as long as they last, the obligation to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days is removed. This is, without doubt, the teaching of the Church (Catechism of the Catholic Church 2181). This pandemic is the 'serious reason' why this obligation does not apply at this time. For more information click here. ​

Pray with all Christians this Sunday evening 
During the Coronavirus pandemic thousands of Christians across Britain are praying together at 7.00 pm every Sunday evening. 
 
This began on Sunday 22 March after the Presidents of Churches Together in England issued a joint call to prayer. The response was phenomenal.

To keep the prayer going, Churches Together in England is offering a poster to encourage #PrayersOfHope.
 
You can download the poster below. There's one for you if you can print in colour, or a black & white version if you prefer, or one to colour in.
​