{"id":7225,"date":"2021-05-07T15:06:51","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:06:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/?p=7225"},"modified":"2021-05-07T15:57:38","modified_gmt":"2021-05-07T15:57:38","slug":"friday-penance-and-prayers-for-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/07\/friday-penance-and-prayers-for-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Friday Penance and Prayers for India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">This initiative by the Bishop of Nottingham [below] has been promoted by the whole Bishops Conference. You might want to offer your Friday penance and prayers for those suffering from Covid-19, including many family members and friends of parishioners here and members of religious orders associated with our parish.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The conference on the World of Work is going well and it&#8217;s good that some parishioners have joined the sessions. For those which remain if you would like to please email me at my university address, <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"mailto:ashley.beck@stmarys.ac.uk\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ashley.beck@stmarys.ac.uk<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Rosary today at 930, Benediction (live-streamed only) at 5pm.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">God bless and take care<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><strong><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Fr Ashley<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"title-group\">\n<h1>Bishop of Nottingham urges faithful to offer Friday penance for crisis in India<\/h1>\n<div class=\"post-date\">Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 11:38 am<\/div>\n<div class=\"social-share-colourbg tight clearfix\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer\/sharer.php?u=http:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/bishop-of-nottingham-urges-faithful-to-offer-friday-penance-for-crisis-in-india\/?fbclid=IwAR0YQrBCRVwLRnT-62MII3LfnYlYVK72Gl7vjDWSbLOSOV22bZMX0OWuy0s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bishconfBase\/images\/social-fb-colour.svg\" alt=\"Facebook\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/share?url=http:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/bishop-of-nottingham-urges-faithful-to-offer-friday-penance-for-crisis-in-india\/?fbclid=IwAR0YQrBCRVwLRnT-62MII3LfnYlYVK72Gl7vjDWSbLOSOV22bZMX0OWuy0s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bishconfBase\/images\/social-twitter-colour.svg\" alt=\"Twitter\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><a href=\"whatsapp:\/\/send?text=http:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/bishop-of-nottingham-urges-faithful-to-offer-friday-penance-for-crisis-in-india\/?fbclid=IwAR0YQrBCRVwLRnT-62MII3LfnYlYVK72Gl7vjDWSbLOSOV22bZMX0OWuy0s\" data-action=\"share\/whatsapp\/share\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bishconfBase\/images\/social-whatsApp-colour.svg\" alt=\"WhatsApp\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><a href=\"mailto:?subject=I%20wanted%20you%20to%20see%20this%20site&amp;body=Have%20a%20look%20at%20this%20site%20http:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/bishop-of-nottingham-urges-faithful-to-offer-friday-penance-for-crisis-in-india\/?fbclid=IwAR0YQrBCRVwLRnT-62MII3LfnYlYVK72Gl7vjDWSbLOSOV22bZMX0OWuy0s\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/wp-content\/themes\/bishconfBase\/images\/social-email-colour.svg\" alt=\"Email\" width=\"35\" height=\"35\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2021\/04\/bp-mckinney-solemn-1200-800-1140x641.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"crumbs\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/category\/cbcew\/\">CBCEW<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/category\/cbcew\/health-and-social-care\/\">Health and Social Care<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbcew.org.uk\/category\/cbcew\/health-and-social-care\/coronavirus\/\">Coronavirus<\/a>\u00a0\u00bb \u00bb\u00a0<span class=\"current\">Bishop of Nottingham urges faithful&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI am deeply saddened to read of the worsening situation in India following the alarming outbreak of Covid-19. There are many people living and working within Nottingham Diocese who are from India and who I know have loved ones living there today. Be assured that I hold your friends, family and the country which you love, in my prayers at this devastating time.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cToday I also appeal to the faithful of the Diocese to offer up their usual Friday penance for those who are suffering in India-the sick, the dying, the bereaved and all those who courageously care for them. I\u00a0<a style=\"color: #000000;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.catholicnewsagency.com\/news\/247438\/five-catholic-priests-in-indian-diocese-die-of-covid-19-in-10-days\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recently read<\/a>\u00a0of a local bishop who is taking seriously ill priests to hospital, due to the fact there is a shortage of ambulances and no guarantee that a hospital bed can even be found. It was devastating to learn that the Diocese of Dumka has lost five priests to COVID-19 in the space of 10 days.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cMay God grant them and all those who have lost their lives, eternal rest and may our Blessed Mother comfort the sick and the dying in this time of terrible trial and sorrow.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Bishop Patrick McKinney<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #000000;\"><em>Bishop of Nottingham<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><script async defer crossorigin=\"anonymous\" src=\"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&#038;version=v10.0\" nonce=\"Tw96Pirn\"><\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3893401994090028&amp;id=773012899462302\" data-width=\"500\" data-show-text=\"true\">\n<blockquote class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3893401994090028&amp;id=773012899462302\"><p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/St-Edmunds-Church-Beckenham-773012899462302\/\">St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham<\/a> on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/permalink.php?story_fbid=3893401994090028&amp;id=773012899462302\">Thursday, May 6, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This initiative by the Bishop of Nottingham [below] has been promoted by the whole Bishops Conference. You might want to offer your Friday penance and prayers for those suffering from Covid-19, including many family members and friends of parishioners here and members of religious orders associated with our parish. The conference on the World of Work is going well and it&#8217;s good that some parishioners have joined the sessions. For those which remain if you would like to please email me at my university address, ashley.beck@stmarys.ac.uk. Rosary today at 930, Benediction (live-streamed only) at 5pm. God bless and take care Fr Ashley Bishop of Nottingham urges faithful to offer Friday penance for crisis in India Friday, April 30th, 2021 @ 11:38 am CBCEW\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0Health and Social Care\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0Coronavirus\u00a0\u00bb \u00bb\u00a0Bishop of Nottingham urges faithful&#8230; \u201cI am deeply saddened to read of the worsening situation in India following the alarming outbreak of Covid-19. There are many people living and working within Nottingham Diocese who are from India and who I know have loved ones living there today. Be assured that I hold your friends, family and the country which you love, in my prayers at this devastating time. \u201cToday I also appeal to the faithful of the Diocese to offer up their usual Friday penance for those who are suffering in India-the sick, the dying, the bereaved and all those who courageously care for them. I\u00a0recently read\u00a0of a local bishop who is taking seriously ill priests to hospital, due to the fact there is a shortage of ambulances and no guarantee that a hospital bed can even be found. It was devastating to learn that the Diocese of Dumka has lost five priests to COVID-19 in the space of 10 days. \u201cMay God grant them and all those who have lost their lives, eternal rest and may our Blessed Mother comfort the sick and the dying in this time of terrible trial and sorrow.\u201d Bishop Patrick McKinney Bishop of Nottingham Posted by St Edmund&#8217;s Church, Beckenham on\u00a0Thursday, May 6, 2021<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7225","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7225"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7229,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7225\/revisions\/7229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7225"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7225"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/saintedmunds.net\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7225"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}