ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BROADFIELD DRIVE, LEYLAND

Tel: 455955

Tel: 424665

Tel: 07977249636

Theme: As long as we love one another God will live in us

and his love will be complete in us.

6.00 (Vigil Mass) Burke family intentions

9.30 Michael and Pat Taylor (Ruby Wedding Anniversary)

11.00 The Parish / Movita Sharpe

9.00 NO MASS

12.15 Sarah Jones R.I.P.

8.00 (With Schools) Jack Derbyshire

12.15 Marian Kirk (K & K)

9.00 Michael Dunne

12.15 Kit Bailey

3.00 Crematorium Service - Kathleen Ormesher

8.00 (Alverna) Dorothy Morris Hague (KK)

12.15 Maurice Grannell

9.00 Jones Family Intention

11.00 Requiem Service for Tracey Louise Watkinson

12.15 Sheila Mackenzie (BM)

9.00 Clive Benson

6.00 (Vigil Mass) Lockwood / Howarth families / Kathleen Ormesher (Recently Deceased)

9.30 John & Jean Hampson's Intentions

11.00 The Parish / Tracey Watkinson lately dead

We Welcome: Finlay Kane Hayton, Toni Camilleri and Jose Valeron Camilleri – To the Family of the Church

Betty Rowley, Peter Barron, Nick Berry, Rita Bleasdale, Maggie Ashbolt, Francis Clark, Maire Jones, Jim McKay, Agnes Bennett, Lynn Hamer, Joe Copeman, Mark Clements, Toni Gannon, Brian Pooley Dot Reynolds, Patricia Duffy, Maria Brennan, Susan McCarthy, John Hampson, Walburga Hall, Gordon Cottle, Moyra Haynes, Joyce Wilcox, Danny Bonner, Annie Kelly, Eve Hankin, Frances Rice, Tracey Anne Holly, Evelyn Swarbrick, Gerald Ralphs, Eileen Kenyon, Tegan Hyslop (5yrs), Paul Bruce, Martin Glancy, Edith Rice, Alice Ogden, Graham Halstead, Baby Casey Cross, Baby Liam Hodkinson, and connected with us, Jim & Joan Madden (Fr Abbot’s parents), Eric Woof, Ami Froehlick, Audrey Padmore, Alicia Middlemas (friend of Maria, Brenda) Malcolm Pyman, Peter Mee and Frank Dever

Especially Movita Sharpe, Kathleen Ormesher and Tracey Louise Watkinson who died recently.

Jasmine Collinge-Housley, Alban Bamber, Zach Lomax, Ken Latham, Marie Brindle, Winifrede Rowley, Doreen Sumners, Mary Irene Latimer, Margaret Coulson, Peter Barrow, Tony Holohan, Osbourne Johnson, Kathleen Clinton, Josephine O’Neill and Thomas Ollerton.

Today (Sunday):

Today is Rosary Sunday

Retiring Collection for our Youth Foundation – Raffle Tix on sale

Cafod’s Campaign – Our climate is in our hands. Please take one of the hand shaped leaflets, complete it and send it off. The world’s poorest people are most at risk. But hand in hand with our brothers and sisters worldwide, we demand a fair deal to tackle climate change. We can make a difference.

Journey in Faith 5.00 – 6.00 pm

Youth Group Illuminations trip for those who have booked on to it.

Family Rota of Prayer: Teresa Kealey, 16 Balshaw Road

Church cleaning 9.00am ‘B’ team

S.V.P. Abbot Herbert Room 8.00 pm

Neighbourhood Watch Library 6.30 – 9.00pm

Pastoral Council Meeting 7.30pm

Parish Fathers meeting 10.30am – 3.00pm

Divine Mercy Prayers 11.00am in the Adoration Chapel - everyone welcome.

Catenian Dinner Dance at South Ribble

Music for Advent Workshop at St. Oswald’s Church, Old Swan, Liverpool 10.30am – 1.00pm (See the notice board for details).

Justice and Peace Assembly 10.00am – 4.00 pm in LACE. We are looking for people to represent us at this important event. See the notice board for details.

Journey in Faith 5.00 -6.00 pm

Youth Group 7.00 - 9.00 pm

Confessions:

Saturday 9.30 - 10.00 a.m. (or when they end) and 5.00 - 6.00 p.m.

Also Confessions at any time.

Ring for a mutually convenient time with one of the priests.

(After Holy Communion of the Congregation)

The Congregation says: May this sacrament unite them with Christ and his Church and give them consolation and peace.

Exposition is at any time that you can make it. We have the rota for watching and we hope it covers much of the week. You are welcome to ‘pop in’ any time. Contact the Priory for enquiries

£100.00 Winner – M. Stewart (Week 37) No. 303. Agent - M. Giles

Last Sunday: Offertory Loose Plate = £582.69, Gift Aid = £373.85

For Gift Aid contact Gerry Brown (Te: 431002)

Many thanks!

Young people aged 15 – 25 are invited to take part in the next pilgrimage to Lourdes 23rd – 31st July 2010. Applications will be available to download on 14th October 2009 from www.animateyouth.org

Mon 1st Feb to 8th Feb 2010. Highly recommended by Fr. Ambrose who went on it this year. Organised by best Catholic guide. £800 each and coming down. For details and an application form please see Fr. Ambrose.

Skip is still in operation behind the Parish Centre. Please put papers in as this helps the Scout funds.

Does anyone have a small freezer they no longer require for the furniture scheme in working order? Please let us know in the Priory House.

If any parishioners would be interested in doing a first aid course please let us know in the Priory House. We have two dates in mind 26th or 27th October here at the Priory. It is always useful to have First Aiders around at Masses, Meetings and other Parish Events.

This successful initiative within the Archdiocese is intended to identify senior leaders in schools who would wish to gain experience in another school or authority. Successful applicants would join a list that will be the first for consideration in the event that we need to fill a vacancy on a temporary basis within one of our schools. There is a copy of the advertisement displayed at the back of the Church. Alternatively the information can be found on our website www.archdiocese-of-liverpool.co.uk Follow the link to Schools and then to Notices.

Does anyone know the whereabouts of a large tray with handles on the side, melamine with a design of flowers and the name Mary Kirby underneath? It may have been thought to be surplus to requirements and intended for the charity shop. Please let Lesley know.

Lost has anyone lost a little Lapel Angel in Church? If so please contact the Priory House.

Leyland St. Mary’s CTC Open Evening on Tuesday 6th October, 6 – 8.30 pm. See poster on notice board. Parents and prospective pupils will be very welcome.

Please give blood - Thursday 8th October between 2 – 4 pm and 5.30 – 7.30 pm at South Ribble Civic Centre. See poster for more details.

Aglow International- Leyland Chapter invite all Ladies to our next dinner on Monday 12th October. From 7pm at Farington Lodge Hotel. 　Guest Speaker is Anne Lincoln. For further details and booking please contact Diane Barnard. Mob: 0791 229 5949.

An evening of music for piano duet performed by Robson Piano Duo at St Bede’s Church Saturday 17th October at 7.30 pm. See poster on notice board.

Catholics in Healthcare – an address by the Secretary of State for Health will be given on Sunday 18th October at 2 pm in the Metropolitan Cathedral Crypt, Liverpool followed by mass with Bishop Williams. See poster on notice board.

November service with photos of those who have died is coming up soon on 3rd November at 6.30pm. You must let us have your photos by next Sunday 11th October if you wish to be a part of this special evening. Please hand in to the Priory house or you can send them by email on: administratorstmarysleyland@btconnect.com Please let us know if you don’t want us to include your loved one’s photo.

Come and See Vocations Weekend 30th Oct / 1st November with Bernardine Cistercians. See poster on notice board.

Boyce & Stanley as seen on TV in concert here in St. Mary’s Leyland on Sunday 1st November 6.00 pm. (Note in diaries).

Charity Dinner Dance – St. John Ambulance – 14 November:

Charity Dinner Dance in aid of St John Ambulance, Leyland & St Catherine’s Parishes to be held on 14th November at SRBC Civic Centre 7.00 for 7.30 pm until 1 am. (See poster on notice board).

St Mary’s Youth Group invite you to be ‘Taught a Lesson’ a murder mystery. St Mary’s Parish Centre, Saturday 21 November. Details to follow…..

The Youth Group are mobilising themselves to collect shoe boxes full of gifts for children across the world less fortunate than ourselves. Because of the logistical planning, we need to be in a position to have the boxes collected from church on the Monday following our presentation at mass on Sunday 22nd November. We would like to ask for the help of parishioners to:-

a) Donate prizes for our raffle which will be held after 9.30am Mass on 4th October, 11th October and 18th October.

b). Buy raffle tickets please.

c). Put together a shoe box for a child (girl or boy – under 10yrs or 11-15yrs). Wrap it in Christmas paper (get a leaflet for guidance).

If you can’t manage to do a box on your own, why not do a ‘family contribution’, or do one with a friend. With each completed shoe box the Christmas Child organisers have requested that a donation should be included towards the cost of transporting the boxes across the world. If you have any queries please contact Steve Mc Bride on 07977249636. (Many thanks from all at St. Mary’s Youth Group)

‘Standing firm’. The original Greek word from which these words are derived is rich in content: it means patience, constancy, resistance, trust. Standing firm is necessary and indispensable when we suffer, when tempted, when prone to discouragement, when enticed by the seductive pleasures of the world and when experiencing persecution. I expect that you too have found yourself in at least one of these situations and have experienced that, without standing firm, you would have succumbed. Perhaps you have sometimes given in. Maybe now, at this very moment, you find yourself immersed in one of these painful situations. So what should you do? Start again and . . . stand firm. Otherwise the name ‘Christian’ is not suitable for you.