Notes from Fr. Claro

11th Ordinary Sunday
14th June 2026

YOUTUBE LINK for the Bible Study and Commentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GEhOvxYRCxs

Jesus summons the Twelve and sends them forth.  He didn’t choose disciples who were all of like mind.  Within the Twelve there is Simon, a zealot for the Law, and Matthew, one regarded as a public sinner.  And yet Jesus calls them both.  They will have to learn to live together, because the kingdom that Jesus proclaims was not for one group within Israel, but for all.

This Sunday we welcome newly ordained Carmelite priests Fr. John Bosco OCD and Fr. Emmanuel OCD who will preside the Sunday Mass 14 June.  They will give their priestly blessings and please greet them with love at the Tea & Coffee.

Today is International Domestic Workers Day

21^st June Sunday, Filipino Day & Refugee Sunday with Guest of Gen Z, Ooberfuse Music Hal St John & Cherrie Anderson sharing their ministry on Evangelisation through Electric Music see Cardinal Vincent Nichols with the Ooberfuseband.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GkY4E2HAy0I

24 June Wednesday 6pm Mass Solemnity of St. John the Baptist

28 June Sunday Solemnity of Saints Peter & Paul

TRAINING HOW TO USE THE SUNDAY MISSAL and how to be a good Reader at 9.30 Sunday, contact Dr. David Williamson of the Choir.

See PPC and Finance meetings.

MONDAY BIBLE ZOOM time 7pm

The Las Casas Institute for Social Justice is a vibrant centre for research, dialogue, and policymaking on the common good of humanity and nature in the world today, which welcomes discussion with all people of goodwill.

Our work is rooted in Catholic Social Teaching and the example of Bartolomé de Las Casas who argued for the humanity and rights of all peoples in the Americas in the sixteenth century, and is one of the early pioneers of universal human rights.

https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/research/las-casas-institute-for-social-justice/

9^th June Las Casas 6pm – 7pm Human Dignity: Its Roots and Challenges in Western Thought
10^th June Las Casas 5pm Catholic Social Justice on the American Right
18 June 2026  Thursday Las Casas 5.30 – 7.30pm Realistic and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence

Books to Read

Magnifica humanitas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGw08VWCps

The cardinal shared 10 points on social media to foster a deeper understanding of the Holy Fatherʼs central message in the document:

1. The human person lies at the centre of all technological progress.
2. The great challenge of our time is not technical but human and spiritual.
3. Artificial intelligence must be placed at the service of the common good.
4. Human dignity does not depend on productivity or capabilities.
5. Fragility is not a defect that must be eliminated.
6. No artificial intelligence can replace human experience.
7. Truth is a common good that must be protected.
8. Human work cannot be subjected to the logic of machines.
9. Freedom is threatened by new, invisible forms of control.
10. Peace and the civilization of love constitute the true alternative to technological power

Thank God for Pope Leo. He’s the leader our world desperately needs (Arwa Mahdawi, The Guardian, 3 June 2026)

‘He is still a mere mortal, he is not perfect, but he is proving to be a much-needed force for good.’ Photograph: Remo Casilli/Reuters