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Schedule of Services, including Mass Intentions. Wood = Service in Saint Thomas's Church, Woodbridge Fram = Service in Saint Clare's Church, Framlingham. Sundays - Year A / Weekdays - Cycle 2. |
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| Sat 11th | 6.00 p.m. | Wood | For the people of the Parish. | - |
| SUN 12th | 9.00 a.m. | Fram | ||
| SUN 12th | 11.00 a.m. | Wood | Elizabeth Mackenzie + | Foundation. |
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Monday 13th to Friday 17th April : No public Masses.
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| Sat 18th | 6.00 p.m. | Wood | For Shanahan family intention. | A. Cass. |
| SUN 19th | 9.00 a.m. | Fram | Intention reserved. | M. Wigley. |
| SUN 19th | 11.00 a.m. | Wood | For the people of the Parish. | - |
| Mon 20th | 9.30 a.m. | Wood | Intention for Lachlan Sonny. | |
| Tue 21st | 9.30 a.m. | Wood | ||
| Wed 22nd No public Mass today. | ||||
| Thu 23rd | 11.00 a.m. | Wood |
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament. Silent prayer for world peace. |
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| Thu 23rd | 12.00 p.m. | Wood | ||
| Fri 24th | 9.30 a.m. | Wood | ||
| Sat 25th | 6.00 p.m. | Wood | For the people of the Parish. | - |
| SUN 26th | 9.00 a.m. | Fram | For vocations. | - |
| SUN 26th | 11.00 a.m. | Wood | For vocations. | - |
| Mon 27th | 9.30 a.m. | Wood | ||
| Tue 28th | 9.30 a.m. | Wood | ||
| Wed 29th No public Mass today. | ||||
| Thu 30th | 12.00 p.m. | Wood | ||
- SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION.
Confession times: Saturdays at 5.30 p.m. at Woodbridge and - on request - after weekday Masses.
Thanks are extended to all of our parish’s volunteers who prepared the churches at Woodbridge and at Framlingham for the Holy Week and Easter services. We also send thanks to the many volunteers who, week-by-week, throughout the year, help maintain our churches and participate in the parish liturgy in so many different ways: readers, musicians, children’s liturgy leaders, sacristans, flower arrangers, brass cleaners, church cleaners and church maintenance, and our collection counters and Parish Finance Committee. All that you do is greatly appreciated. Thank you.
THE EASTER OFFERING. Father Edmund sends his grateful thanks to all parishioners and visitors to the parish at Saint Thomas’s Church and at Saint Clare’s Church who so generously contributed to the collections taken at the three Easter Sunday Masses. Known as the EASTER OFFERING these collections are, by tradition, given to your Parish Priest. Thank you for your generosity.
- COFFEE MORNING.
Saint Thomas’s Ladies group invite everybody to their next coffee morning event to be held at the church on Tuesday 14th April from 10.15 a.m. writes Jean Taylor.
- THE SOLEMNITY OF SAINT GEORGE - Thursday, 23rd April at 11.00 a.m.
- SILENT PRAYER FOR WORLD PEACE.
The Blessed Sacrament will be exposed for a period of silent prayer for world peace on Thursday, 23rd April. Exposition begins at 11.00 a.m. Holy Mass of the Solemnity of Saint George, the Patron Saint of England, at 12.00 p.m.
- WORLD DAY OF PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS.
Sunday 26th April is Vocations Sunday. Second collections after parish Masses weekend of 25th & 26th April to support the training of seminarians in the Diocese of East Anglia.
- BANK HOLIDAY MONDAY.
Mass at 11.00 a.m. on Bank Holiday Monday 4th May. The feast of the English Martyrs.
Friday 8th May is the first anniversary of the election to the See of Peter of His Holiness Pope Leo XIV. Please remember our Holy Father in your daily prayers.
- CHURCH CLEANERS.
More volunteers are needed to help with the weekly cleaning of Saint Clare’s Church at Framlingham. If church cleaning is something you can do, please talk to me after Mass and I shall explain what needs to be done and will add your name to the cleaners’ rota. Maeve Wigley.
- THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED.
Anniversaries of deaths which are recorded in the parish's Register of Death (from 1997 to present) can be found on the calendar page of this website: HERE
- GIFT AID.
If you are a U.K. tax payer and have not yet completed a Gift Aid Declaration please consider doing so. Through the Gift Aid scheme the Government will add 25% to your donations to the parish, at no cost to yourself. If you have made a Gift Aid declaration previously you don’t have to do it again, but you must tell us if you no longer pay tax to H.M.R.C. Because your donation has to be traceable to you, the parish will only be able to claim Gift Aid on your donation if you give by a standing order or by weekly offertory envelopes. If you already Gift Aid your donations and have moved to a new home in the past year, please give details of your new address to Mrs. Mary Lambert, the parish’s Gift Aid Officer.
- THE eucharistic fast.
Since November 1964 the Eucharistic fast has been reduced to one hour. This means that food and drink may always be taken up to one hour before the time of receiving Holy Communion. Water does not break the fast and so may be taken at any time before receiving Holy Communion.
The Canon Law of the Catholic Church indicates that no period of fasting, before receiving Holy Communion, is required for those who are sick (Canon 919.3). Members of the Church who are looking after the sick, and wishing to receive Holy Communion with them, whenever they are unable to observe the fast without inconvenience may receive Holy Communion.
- SAFEGUARDING.
Children should always be accompanied by their parent/guardian when they visit the toilets at the church.
DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA
& OTHER NOTICES
- DIOCESE OF EAST ANGLIA - Latest News.
News articles from across the Diocese of East Anglia. LINK: Latest News
- We are recruiting for the All New Ignite Team!
Leaving school or university in the summer, or would like to do something 'different’? We are looking for people to join the all new Ignite Team, sharing the Gospel message with young people. These are salaried positions which include training as an apprentice for a nationally recognised qualification. For more information please see: www.rcdea.org.uk/youth
- Inviting ALL young people in Year 8 upwards to the Ignite Festival 2nd – 3rd May 2026.
Come and experience your faith in a dynamic way at the Ignite Festival! The weekend will include inspiring talks, passionate prayer, live music, and lots of fun stuff! Followed by the opportunity to join the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Walsingham on Bank Holiday Monday May 4th. See www.ignitefestival.co.uk for more information.
- MARRIAGE CELEBRATION MASS.
Bishop Collins and the Marriage and Family Life Commission warmly invite you to join them at the Cathedral for the annual Marriage Celebration Mass. Everyone is welcome. Those couples who are celebrating a significant wedding anniversary in 2026 can register through the diocesan website for a certificate. There will be a photographer present to take individual photographs of couples with Bishop Collins. The Mass will be followed by cake, tea, and coffee in the Cathedral Hall. Saturday 13th June at 11.30 a.m. in Saint John’s Cathedral, Norwich.
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Ipswich to Welcome Week-long Eucharistic Congress. LINK.
Ipswich will host a week-long Eucharistic Congress from 6th to 13th September, 2026, as part of the Golden Jubilee celebrations of the Diocese of East Anglia.
- DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO ROME. October 2026. Full details click HERE
- IPSWICH HOSPITAL - Roman Catholic Chaplain.
If you or a family member or friend is in the hospital and would like support from the hospital's chaplaincy team, please refer them by telephoning 01473 704100 or e-mailing chaplaincy@esneft.nhs.uk. For urgent chaplaincy visits, please call the hospital's switchboard on 01473 712233 and ask for the Chaplains' Office. When making a referral, please provide the patient's name, ward (if known), and your contact details in case further information is needed.
- VACANCIES in the Diocese of East Anglia. LINK: Jobs Vacant
- News from the CATHOLIC BISHOPS' CONFERENCE OF ENGLAND & WALES. LINK: CBCEW - News
- AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED
LINK: ACNUK
Across Lebanon and Syria, Christian families, priests, and religious sisters are enduring unimaginable hardship. They are facing displacement, destroyed homes, and deepening poverty. ACN’s project partners remain at the heart of these suffering communities, offering food, medicine, shelter, Christian education, and spiritual hope. Your Lenten Almsgiving helps us reach the poorest families and sustain the Church’s mission of mercy. Families who survived war are now fighting hunger and cold — your help today brings real hope.