Cycle of Prayer

Each month the Diocese of Newcastle produce a list of topics to help us focus our daily prayers

 


DIOCESE OF NEWCASTLE
CYCLE OF INTERCESSION

September 2009

1 Tuesday Giles of Provence, Hermit
Sodor & Man, Bp. Robert Paterson.
Cullercoats, Billy Mill & Marden with Preston Grange,
Cl. Tony Cavanagh (until 12/11/09).
Pray for Bishop Od Bondevik, of the Diocese of More, Norway.
Pray for Graham Barnard who takes up his post as Diocesan Secretary today.

2 Wednesday Martyrs of Papua New Guinea 1901 & 1942
Sokoto (Nigeria), Bp. Augustine Omole.
Billy Mill St. Aidan
Pray for the clergy of the Diocese of More, Norway

3 Thursday Gregory the Great, Bishop of Rome, Teacher, 604
Soroti (Uganda), Bp. Charles Bernard Obaikol-Ebitu.
Marden St, Hilda with Preston Grange
Pray for all Church Workers in the Diocese of More, Norway

4 Friday Birinius, Bishop of Dorchester, Apostle of Wessex
South Carolina (U.S.A.), Bps. Mark Lawrence, William J. Skilton.
Cullercoats St. George, Cl. Adrian Hughes, Geoffrey Short.
R. Reuban Condie.
Pray for the congregations and parishes in the Diocese of More, Norway

5 Saturday South Dakota (U.S.A.), Bp. Creighton L. Robertson.
Earsdon & Backworth Cl. Andrew France. R. Edward Newton.
Pray for the Church of Norway and its 10 Dioceses


6 THE THIRTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Porvoo – Dioceses of Tuam Killala & Achonry (Ireland), and
Bath & Wells.
South Kerala, (South India), Bp. William Gladstone.
Backworth St. John.
Pray for all Links between schools and towns of Norway and our Diocese

7 Monday South Ruwenzori (Uganda), Bp. Jackson Nzerebende Tembo.
Earsdon St. Alban
Pray for the Norwegian Church’s ministry to visitors

8 Tuesday Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
South West Tanganyika (Tanzania), Bp. vacant
Monkseaton St. Mary Cl. Robin Greenwood, Eric Lewis.
Rs. Derek Burton, Sue Hart, Norman Turnbull.
Pray for the Diocese of More – its ministry to industry.

9 Wednesday South Western Brazil, Bp. Jubal Pereira Neves.
Monkseaton St. Peter Cl. James Robertson, Patricia Anne Craighead.
Rs. Ann Bartlett, Jan Porter.
Pray for the Diocese of More, its ministry to seafarers

10 Thursday South East Florida (U.S.A.) Bps. Leoplold Frade, John L Said.
North Shields Team Ministry Cl. David Kirkwood, Clare Van den Bos.
Rs. Barbara Bennett, David Bennett, Margaret Brockbank, Reavley Gair.
Pray for the Diocese of More, its ministry to the farming community.

11 Friday South Eastern Mexico, Bp. Benito Juarez-Martinez.
North Shields Christ Church
Christ Church CE Primary School HT. Maureen Rowntree.
Pray for the Diocese of More and its relations with other denominations.

12 Saturday Southern Brazil, Bp. Orlando Santos de Oliveira.
North Shields St. Augustine
Pray for the Diocese of More and members of church councils.


13 THE FOURTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Porvoo- Dioceses of Sheffield & Sodor & Man.
Southern Highlands (Tanzania), Bp. John Mwela.
Shiremoor St. Mark Cl. Paul Scott, Luke Osbaldeston. R. Keith White.
Pray for the Diocese of More and for those with deanery responsibilities.

14 Monday HOLY CROSS DAY
Southern Malawi, Bp. James Tengatenga.
Tynemouth Priory Holy Saviour. Cl. Geoffrey Lowson, Dorothy Robinson.
Kings School Tynemouth, HT. Philip Cantwell, Chaplain Chris Clinch.
Pray for the Diocese of More and its ministry to the wider community.

15 Tuesday Cyprian, Bishop of Carthage, Martyr
Southern Malawi, Upper Shire, Bp. Brighton Malara.
Tynemouth St. John Percy Cl. Helen Gill. R. Roberta Belmont.
Pray for the Diocese of More and those who are preparing for ordination.

16 Wednesday Ninian, Bishop of Galloway, Apostle of the Picts
Southern Nyanza (Kenya), Bp. James Ochiel.
Tynemouth St.Paul Cullercoats Cl. Gavin Gilchrist, Alexander Faludy.
R. Stanley Edwards.
Pray for the Diocese of More and its ministry to children.

17 Thursday Hildegard, Abbess of Bingen, Visionary, 1179
Southern Ohio (U.S.A.), Bps. Thomas Breidenthal, Kenneth Lester Price.
Wallsend St. John Cl. Cecil Bates. R. Margaret Hope.
Pray for the Diocese of More and its ministry to young people.

18 Friday Southern Philippines, Bp. Danilo Bustamante.
Wallsend St. Peter & St. Luke Cl. Michael Vine.
Wallsend St. Peter’s CE Primary School HT. Paul Rickeard.
Pray for the Diocese of More and for its ministry to schools.
19 Saturday Theodore of Tarsus, Archbishop of Canterbury

Southern Virginia (U.S.A.) Bp. Herman Hollerith.
Willington Team Ministry Cl. Roger Hindley, Janet Appleby,
Claire Greenwood. R. Ann Atkinson. Accredited Lay Worker Steve Dixon.
Pray for the link between our Diocese and the Diocese of More, Norway.


20 THE FIFTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Porvoo – Dioceses of Swansea & Brecon & Leicester.
Southwark, Bps. Thomas Frederick Butler, Nicholas Baines,
Richard Ian Cheetham, Christopher Thomas Chessun.
Willington Parish, Battle Hill.
Pray for the Diocese of More and its ministry among the sick and bereaved

21 Monday MATTHEW APOSTLE AND EVANGELIST
Southwell & Nottingham, Bps. Paul Butler, Anthony Porter.
Willington St. Mary
Pray for the Diocese of More and its Cathedral Church at Molde.

22 Tuesday Southwest Florida (U.S.A.), Bp. Dabney T Smith.
Willington St. Paul
Pray for the Diocese of More and for all concerned with vocations.

23 Wednesday Southwestern Virginia, (U.S.A.), Bp. Frank Neff Powell.
Pray for the retired Clergy in your Deanery.
Pray for the Diocese of More and for those who provide music in worship.

24 Thursday Spokane, (U.S.A.), Bp. James Edward Waggoner.
Pray for those who work with young children
Pray for the Diocese of More and the vocation of all her members.

25 Friday Ember Day Lancelot Andrewes, Spiritual Writer
Springfield (U.S.A.), Bp. Peter Hess Beckwith.
Pray for the church’s ministry to the elderly
Pray for the Diocese of More and all places of retreat.

26 Saturday Ember Day Wilson Carlile, Founder of the Church Army 1942
St. Albans, Bps. Alan Smith, Richard Neil Inwood,
Christopher Richard James Foster.
Pray for those in training for ordained ministry
Pray for those concerned in our Diocese to strengthen our link with the Diocese
of More, Norway.
“Exploring Vocation” this evening at St. Martin’s Byker


27 THE SIXTEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY
Back to Church Sunday
Porvoo – Dioceses of Liverpool & Monmouth.
St. Andrew’s Dunkeld & Dunblane, Bp. David Robert Chillingworth.
Pray for those who involved in the training of ordinands and readers.
The ministry of Deacons and their work in their communities in More

28 Monday
At. Asaph, Bp. George Cameron.
Those being ordained at Michaelmas in other Dioceses

29 Tuesday MICHAEL AND ALL ANGELS
St. David’s (Wales), Bp. Carl Norman Cooper.
Those starting ordination training

30 Wednesday Jerome, Translator of the Scriptures, Teacher, 420.
At. Edmundsbury & Ipswich, Bps. William Nigel Stock, Clive Young.
Readers in training.
 


A word of explanation

The Intercessions for Sundays follow the following pattern :-

  • First are intercessions from the Porvoo Communion booklet "An invitation to prayer."
  • Second are intercessions from the "Anglican Cycle of Prayer."
  • Third are from the Newcastle Diocesan Year Book
  • Fourth are from our Link Diocese of Winchester

On Weekdays the intercessions follow the pattern :-

  • First from the "Anglican Cycle of Prayer,"
  • Second from the Newcastle Diocesan Year Book.
  • Third from our Link Diocese of Winchester

Please remember when praying for Church Schools in your parish/deanery, to pray also for other schools, colleges and universities in your area.