Newsletter: 8th October 2023

Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00 Baptisms

Father Brady’s Day Off

10.00 Mass & Coffee Morning
18.00 First Holy Communion Meeting

10.00 Mass
19.30 UCM Meeting

10.00 Mass

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00 Baptisms

NOVEMBER DEAD ENVELOPES
Throughout the month of November the Church traditionally prays for the Holy Souls. Our beloved dead will be remembered at every Mass during November, so, if you have the names of anyone (or a list of names) who you wish to be remembered in prayer, there are specific envelopes available in the Atrium. Please return your envelopes by 31st October.

TUESDAY COFFEE MORNING
As normal this week.

U.C.M.
Wednesday 18th October 7.30pm – We are having a demonstration of Christmas lights in a bottle by Julie Southworth. Bring an empty clear glass wine bottle if you want to take part. All are welcome.

OUR CHRISTMAS FAIR
Saturday 25th November, 11am-2p.m. We will be looking for helpers to make this a great team effort and raise money for the Church. A sign up list will be in the atrium for willing volunteers in the next few weeks. We are kindly asking for donations of BOTTLES this week. Please bring your donation of chocolate to Mass next weekend.

PIETY STALL
There are blue and red grave side candles now available £2.25 for a large candle and £1.50 for a small candle which can be left in the cemetery to continue your prayers.

CATHOLIC YOUTH MINISTRY INTERNSHIPS
Castlerigg Manor (The Lancaster Diocese Retreat Centre) is looking for young Catholics aged 18-25 to join their Youth Ministry Internship Programme. The scheme gives participants wide ranging experience, skills, training, and qualifications as well as the opportunity to work with a fantastic team based in the English Lake District.

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WEEKLY FOOD DONATIONS
Please continue to support this worthy cause by placing any items of food in the basket under the table in the atrium. Food donations are taken weekly by the U.C.M to the Trinity Food Bank.

PARISH OFFICE OPEN TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY UNTIL LUNCHTIME

ANNUAL MISSION APPEAL
The Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSP) visits our parish on the weekend of the 21st & 22nd of October (WORLD MISSION SUNDAY) for a mission appeal. The MSP is a religious congregation working in different parts of the world, committed to spreading the Good News of Jesus Christ and the salvific work of God the Father in the Holy Spirit. You are all invited to support their mission appeal. We will have a second collection on the weekend of the 14th/15th of October at all the Masses to support the work of the MSP.

BAPTISM CERTIFICATE COPIES REQUESTS
For those requesting copies of baptism certificates, the office can be contacted initially and the certificate can be collected at any of the weekend Masses. This is also to encourage people to come to Mass.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMME 2023/2024
Forms must be returned to Church this week by Thursday 5th October. For parents of children who attend other schools please speak to Father Brady this weekend if your child is a baptised Roman Catholic in Year 3 or above and would like to make their First Holy Communion next year. The first meeting will take place in church on Tuesday 10th October 2023 at 6.00pm.

WALSINGHAM 2024
No dates set yet but we need an idea of how many people would like to go next year on the Parih Pilgrimage Please sign the list in the Atrium if interested.

BABY LOSS AWARENESS WEEK
October 9 – October 15 2023. Baby Loss Awareness Week is a significant and poignant event that aims to raise awareness about pregnancy and infant loss while offering support to grieving families. Unite with bereaved families across the world by lighting a candle at 7pm on 15 October in memory of every baby who has died.

MASS FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD
Friday 20th October, 7pm. St Edward’s, Spring Lane, Lees, OL4 5AJ. If you would like to pray for vocations to our diocese, we would love to see you there!

PLEASE NOTE MASS TIMES MAY BE SUBJECT TO CHANGE DURING THE WEEK FOR FUNERALS OR UNFORESEEN CIRCUMSTANCES. THE NEWSLETTER ON THIS WEBSITE AND NOTICEBOARD WILL BE UPDATED TO INFORM OF ANY CHANGES.

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STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

Jesus’ understanding of the sovereignty of God brought him violent opposition from some of the Jewish leaders. Were they corrupt, or just closed to any new way of thinking, so closed that they could not see that Jesus was the promised Messiah? Anyway, Jesus used this story about the tenants of a vineyard to show that the religious authorities were not leading the people as they should. Everyone would immediately understand the image of the vineyard. The prophet Isaiah had used this image in a well-known poem eight centuries earlier to show that the vineyard of Israel refused to yield a good harvest to God, whatever care God lavished on it. God expected fairness of judgment from the people and all he found was a shriek of agony (the same word is used in Hebrew for ‘fair-judgment’ and for ‘shriek’ apart from one letter). What does this mean for us? Not that we have to follow every new idea. But it does mean that we must be open to the idea that we may be wrong, that our service of the Lord may be faulty, that people we find tiresome or unacceptable may have more good in them than we credited. God’s ways are not our ways. Life may not be mapped out how we think, so we need to watch out for the bend in the road. What is God asking of you?

BAPTISMS Please see Fr. Brady after Mass if you would like your child to be baptised. A baptismal certificate for one of the parents must be provided as evidence of baptism in a Roman Catholic Church before a baptism date can be given. We welcome parents and children and by attending Masses at the weekend on Saturday at 5.30pm, Sunday at 9.00am or 10.00am which fulfil the Sunday obligation. All Catholics are OBLIGED to celebrate Mass on EVERY Sunday.

SICK AND HOUSEBOUND If you know of anybody who would like Fr Brady to visit, could you please give him their name and address with postcode and a contact telephone number. Thank you.

MASS INTENTIONS AND NEWSLETTER INCLUSIONS The practice of requesting a Mass to be offered for loved ones, living or deceased, is a beautiful and wonderful part of our Catholic Tradition. Continuing this long-standing practice, you can remember someone who has died recently or many years ago. The Mass can also make beautiful gifts for any special occasion: birthdays, anniversaries, in thanksgiving for a prayer answered etc. You can offer an intention for anybody who is struggling with a serious illness or other difficulties of life. Please hand in any Mass Intentions and items for the bulletin before Thursday as the newsletter is printed on Friday Morning. There are Mass Intention Envelopes provided on the table in the Atrium. Please provide a contact number with Mass Intentions so that any discrepancies can be resolved. Thank you.

OUR LADY’S LAMP AND THE SANCTUARY LAMP These burn for seven days. Please place any intentions in an envelope with £5 in the Mass Offerings Box in the Atrium.

MASSES AND PRAYERS RECEIVED THIS WEEK

Lately Dead
Suzane Galvin, Walter McManus, Anthony Welch.

Anniversary
Halina Laczko, Ronald Mills Fitton.

Birthday Memory

Sick
Geoffrey Hunt.

Birthday
Betty Forest (90th).

Other
Children of The Parish,
Intentions of Mr & Mrs Anigbo,
William & Ellen Brady (RIP)

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Victims of Violence.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Ronald Mills Fitton and Betty Forest.