WELCOME TO NEW PARISHIONERS / VISITORS

Please fill in our new Record Form, or if you move house

within the parish - please amend a new form.

SUNDAY – 29th Sunday of the Year

Theme: May your love be upon us, O Lord, as we place all our hope in you.

MASSES AND MASS INTENTIONS:

Sat 17 October

St. Ignatius of Antioch

6.00 (Vigil Mass) Freda and Gerard Helme - Golden Wedding - Renewal of Vows

Sunday 18 October

29th Sunday in Ordinary Time / World Mission Day /  Harvest Festival

9.30 The Parish / Blackwell Family Intention / Betty Rowley R.I.P.

11.00      English Benedictine Congregation / Tony & Sheila Kelly - Golden Wedding Anniversary

Monday 19 October

9.00 James, Cyril & Mary Walmsley

Requiem Mass - Rachel Brown / John Kervin (Birthday Remembrance)

Tuesday 20 October

8.00 (With Schools) Elizabeth Wallbank

12.15      Birthday Intention (FH)

Wednesday 21 October

9.00 David Travis

12.15      Lillian Glancy

7.00 Leyland St. Mary’s C.T.C. Year 7 - Welcome Mass

Thursday 22 October

8.00 (Alverna) Martin Joseph Glancy (Snr) R.I.P.

Almond, Scott, Smith Family Intentions

2.00 pm Leaving Mass for Jackie Lee in St. Mary’s Primary School

Friday 23 October

9.00 William Wareing

12.15      Teresa Dewhurst (Birthday Remembrance)

Saturday 24 October

9.00 Charlie Hawkins

6.00 (Vigil Mass) Edmeads Family Intentions

Sunday 25 October

30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

9.30 The Parish

11.00      Father Abbot’s intentions / Rachel Brown (Lately dead)

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.

New Website:

leylandstmarys.org.uk

Do you have any questions to ask?

E.g. do you enjoy being a monk and priest on the parish?

Would it not be far more peaceful at Ampleforth!!!!! Go to the FAQ

THE PARISH FAMILY:

Please Pray For All Our Sick:

Doris Lakin, Margaret Miller, 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, Susan McCarthy, John Hampson, Walburga Hall, Gordon Cottle, Moyra Haynes, Joyce Wilcox, Danny Bonner, Annie Kelly, Eve Hankin, 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.

Long-term sick are prayed for each day at Mass. Let us know those who you wish to pray

for by Thursday of each week for either the bulletin and / or the long term sick.

Please Pray For All Our Departed:

Those Lately Deceased:

Especially Ken Hammond, Rachel Brown, and connected with us Clement Watson and Stephen Harris

And The Following Whose Anniversaries Occur About This Time:

Beryl Banks, Mary Teresa Pye, Michael Desmond Carroll, John Francis Gormley, Kathleen Wareing, James Christopher Brophy, Denis Hugh Gilmore, Michael Blackhurst, Edna McGaahan and Sylvester McDonald.

THIS WEEK’S NOTICES:

Today (Sunday 18 October):

Journey in Faith 5.00 pm – 6.00 pm

Youth Group 7.00 pm – 9.00 pm

Family Rota of Prayer: The Loring Family, 128 Mendip Road

Monday (19 October):

Church cleaning 9.00 am ‘B’ team  

Word of Life 7.00 pm

Tuesday (20 October):

S.V.P. Abbot H Room 8 pm

Wednesday 21 October:

Remember the Wednesday Word

Thursday (22 October):

Home Rosary  8.00 pm Mr & Mrs Jordan 5 Parkgate Drive

Friday (23 October):

Divine Mercy prayers 11.00am in the Adoration Chapel -Everyone Welcome.

Inset day for our schools cluster around the High school together to Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral.

Next Sunday (25 October):

Journey in Faith 5.00 – 6.00 pm

No Youth Group

GENERAL NOTICES:

500 Club Congratulations!

£100 Winner – Week 39 – E. Green (No. 7) Agent B. Cowdall

Collections:

Last Sunday: Offertory Loose Plate = £664.70

Gift Aid = £263.60

For Gift Aid contact Gerry Brown 431002. Many thanks!

Gift Aid tax paying parishioners, without extra cost, last year earned us £11,923.68,pence for which we would like to thank each of you involved personally.

CAFOD Fast Day Collection:

Thanks to everybody who gave to CAFOD’s Harvest Fast Day. Our Parish raised £292.65 which will help poor communities to survive the devastating effects of the financial crisis, together with much other money we have sent as well. Geoff O’Donoghue, international director for CAFOD, says: "The generosity of parishioners is overwhelming. Even at this difficult time, when we’re all feeling the effects of the recession, you continue to fund our work. By supporting CAFOD, you’re sending a message to the world’s poorest that they are not alone. Your money is precious, so we’re doing all we can to make it go the extra mile. Providing food, water and healthcare, and helping people make a living in safety and with dignity are top priorities. Thank you – on behalf of all the people we work with – for you donations."

Thank You for Your Donations:

S.V.P., The Parish, Youth Group and HCPT Group 56 would like to thank the very kind person who made anonymous donations to help their funds. Thank you.

Today is World Mission Sunday:

We have the opportunity to actively support the mission outreach of the Church. We share in the work of missionaries and the young churches as they Reach Out with Love, often in difficult and dangerous circumstances. The Church across the world, especially where it is young and poor, depends on our spiritual and material offerings for its survival and growth. The money collected today will go in its entirety to support mission projects worldwide.

World Mission Sunday:

There are a few Mission magazines in the Narthex, please help yourself. If anyone would like a mission box, please contact Joe or Teresa on 01772 621595. Thank you.

Do you enjoy singing?

If so, please come and join us as we prepare the Advent and Christmas liturgies. You will be most welcome addition to our small friendly group. The following humorous notice appeared in a church bulletin – ‘Eight new choir robes are currently needed, due to addition of several new members, and to the deterioration of some older ones.’ Your Choir needs you! For more information, contact Delia on 01772 422565. It is lovely to see a new young face in the 11 o’clock choir these past two weeks!

Lourdes Youth Pilgrimage 2010:

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

Young Adults Pilgrimage to the Holy Land:

Young Adults Pilgrimage to the Holy Land - (aged 18 to 35) Mon 1st of Feb to 8th of 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.

Patients First Network:

WORRIED about the way a friend or relative is being treated in hospital? CONCERNED about the way you may be treated at the end of your life? Euthanasia by neglect is a painful, distressing way to die. Don’t let it happen to you or someone you love. Leaflets are available at the back of Church. For advice and support call Patients First Network on 0800 169 1719.

FORTHCOMING EVENTS – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:

Blood Donors – Monday 26 October:

Please give blood – Monday 26 October at South Ribble Civic Centre, 2 – 4 pm and 5.30 – 7.30 pm. To book an appointment please phone 0300 123 23 23. See poster on notice board.

SPUC – Coffee Morning – Brownedge St. Mary’s – 23 October:

Society for the Protection of Unborn Children is holding a coffee morning at Brownedge St Mary’s Church on 23 October 9.45 – 12.00 noon. Any donations of cakes would be most appreciated. Please leave these in the kitchen at Church on the day before (Thursday) before 6 pm. Thank you. See poster on notice board.

Day of Renewal at Brettagh Holt - Saturday 24 October:

Day of Renewal at Brettagh Holt on Saturday 24 October. Due to illness, Anne will not be able to attend but her team will be there. Her presentation will be given via DVD.

First Aid Course – 27 October:

If any parishioners would be interested in doing a first aid course please let us know in the Priory House. We have the date fixed for 27 October here at the Priory. It is always useful to have First Aiders around at Masses, meetings and other parish events.

Come and See Vocations Weekend 30 Oct / 1 November:

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

Boyce and Stanley – In Concert at St. Mary’s – Sunday, 1 November:

Sunday 1 November 6pm: Boyce & Stanley in concert are coming to our Church. They are fantastic performers, well known on TV, their songs and hymns are used in our Church and have spread to other denominations. They bring their own band and will be a MUST for us to enjoy. Tickets on sale after mass.

Charity Dinner Dance in aid of St John Ambulance – 14 November:

Charity Dinner Dance in aid of St John Ambulance, Leyland & St Catherine’s Parishes to be held on 14 Nov at SRBC Civic Centre 7 for 7.30 pm until 1 am. See poster on notice board.

Murder Mystery Evening – Parish Centre – Saturday, 21 November:

What was the headmaster hiding and who knew it? Find out when St. Mary’s Youth Group invite you to be ‘Taught a Lesson’ - a murder mystery evening. St Mary’s Parish Centre, Saturday 21 November 7:30 Tickets: £6:00 - £5:00 under 16 (School Dinners Provided) Proceeds to Singo family funds

‘Operation Christmas Child’ – Sunday 22 November:

Boxes will be collected from church on the Monday following our presentation at Mass on Sunday 22 November. We would like to ask for the help of parishioners to:-

a) Buy raffle tickets (thanks for the prizes).

b). 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 (£2.50). If you have any queries please contact Steve Mc Bride on 07977249636.  Many thanks from all at St. Mary’s Youth Group.

WORD OF LIFE

By standing firm you will win true life for yourselves.

(Luke 21:19)

 It is possible to distinguish two categories of people: those who hear the invitation to be true Christians, but this invitation falls on their souls like a seed on rocky ground. There’s lots of enthusiasm, like when you set fire to straw, but afterwards nothing remains. Then there are those who welcome the invitation, just as good soil receives the seed. The Christian life springs up, grows, overcomes difficulties, resists storms. These are the ones who stand firm and . . . "by standing firm you will win true life for yourselves".

At the Prison last Thursday various prisoners thanked those parishioners who went to share the Word of God with them. It brings these prisoners "life" and one man who said nothing the whole evening came over specifically to thank parishioners; another said "I am set up for the week now to face whatever comes". Remember the power of the Word of God is not just personal but is there to be shared: what God does in his Word. It may be lost otherwise.

Copies of the full text are on the table in front of the Piety Shop