ST. MARY'S CHURCH, BROADFIELD DRIVE, LEYLAND
TEL: CHURCH 455955
Sister Veronica 424665
Steve i.c. Youth 07977249636
Website: leylandstmarys.org.uk
SUNDAY = 6th of the Year in Ordinary Time
Theme: How happy are you who are poor. Alas for you who are rich.
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.
MASSES / MASS INTENTIONS ETC:
Saturday 13th February:
6.00 (Vigil Mass) Burgess Family Intention / English Benedictine Congregation
Sunday 14th February:
6th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Day of Prayer for the Unemployed
9.30 Dewhurst Family / Aimee Critchley R.I.P.
11.00 The Parish / Kathleen Blakeman R.I.P.
Monday 15th February:
9.00 David Rowley
12.15 John & Agnes Dandy
Tuesday 16th February:
9.00 NO MASS – Service of Communion & Word (see notices)
12.15 John Hampson Birthday Remembrance
Wednesday 17th February:
Ash Wednesday (Day of Fasting & Abstinence)
8.00 Francis Joseph Pope
12.15 Thomas Family Intentions
7.15 Anne Marie Farrelly
Thursday 18th February:
8.00 (In Church) Mary Anne Hilliard (Anniversary)
12.15 Myles Keogh
Friday 19th February:
8.00 Special intentions
11.30 Stations of the Cross
12.15 Bernard Turner
Saturday 20th February:
9.00 Sheila & Ken Holmes’ Intentions
6.00 (Vigil Mass) The Parish
Sunday 21st February:
1st Sunday of Lent
9.30 English Benedictine Congregation / Osborne & Sullivan Family Mass
11.00 Catenians’ Vocations Mass
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.
Sending out of Eucharistic Ministers with Holy Communion for the Sick:
(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.
Adoration in Church = St. Joseph’s Adoration Chapel
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
THE PARISH FAMILY:
BY BAPTISM WE WELCOME:
Jimmy John Junior Benson = to the Family of the Church
PLEASE PRAY FOR ALL OUR SICK:
Jim Blackledge, Jenny Finch, Frank Worthington, Frank Barton, Michael Taylor, Francis Dever, Pauline Hughes, Bernard Turner, Lea Derbyshire, Clara Hall, Paul Hewitt, Rita Bleasdale, Maggie Ashbolt, Maire Jones, Jim McKay, Agnes Bennett, Lynn Hamer, Joe Copeman, Mark Clements, Toni Gannon, Dot Reynolds, Patricia Duffy, Susan McCarthy, Walburga Hall, Gordon Cottle, Moyra Haynes, Joyce Wilcox, Danny Bonner, Annie Kelly, Eve Hankin, Evelyn Swarbrick, Gerald Ralphs, Eileen Kenyon, Edith Rice, Alice Ogden, Graham Halstead, and connected with us, Teresa O’Hanlon, Chad McDonald, Andrew Liddell, Susan Davey, Betty Thompson (Canada) - Mum of Doreen Houghton, Joan Madden (Fr Abbot’s mother), Eric Woof, Ami Froehlick, Audrey Padmore, Alicia Middlemas (friend of Maria, Brenda) Malcolm Pyman 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 DEAD:
Especially Doreen Dalton, and connected with us, Robert Salisbury and David Markland, who died recently.
ANNIVERSARIES:
And the following whose anniversaries occur about this time: Elizabeth Taulty, Florence Agnes Lay, Bridget Ruby Stubbington, Dorothy Starling, Jane (Jean) McKinley Broome and Michael Patrick Gavigan.
THIS WEEK = EVENTS FOR THE WEEK AHEAD:
Today, Sunday, 14 February:
Day of Prayer for the Unemployed
Flowers on the Altar are in loving memory of Norah Rogers and Alison Marie Swift
No Journey in Faith.
Youth Group 7.00 pm
Family Rota of Prayer: Julie Harrison, 24 Mosley Street
Monday 15 February:
Church Cleaning 9.00 am ‘A’ Team
Word of Life Meeting 7.00 pm
Tuesday 16 February:
Engaged Couples Course 8.00 – 9.15 pm
Thursday 18 February:
7.30 pm, in the Priory House Library, "Life to the Full" - Two sections of a DVD will be shown with time for Discussion and Prayer. They will help you to discover, more fully, the richness of the Scriptures and of your Faith.
Friday 19 February:
Divine Mercy Prayers 11.00 am in the Adoration Chapel. Everyone Welcome.
Stations of the Cross 11.30 am
Lent Scripture Group at Alverna = Everyone Welcome = 7.30 p m
Next Sunday, 21 February:
1st Sunday of Lent
GENERAL NOTICES:
500 CLUB CONGRATULATIONS!
£100 Winner - Week 4, No. 234, D. Knight - Agent A. Chester
New members always welcome
Contact Elizabeth Ellison 422544 for more details
NOTE: We have raised almost a ¼ of a million since we began. Here are a few of the things the 500 Club has paid for = flagging around the church, new sound system, extension to the car park, reordering of the narthex, a larger piety shop, warmth and comfort of carpet in the main church – to name just a few!! Many Thanks to those who have contributed over the years, those who have acted as agents and those who administer it week by week. Bless you all for your generosity.
COLLECTIONS:
Last Sunday: Offertory Loose Plate = £657.06. Gift Aid = £264.13
For Gift Aid contact Gerry Brown 431002. Many thanks!
EASTER UPDATE:
Reminder – articles needed for the Easter Issue –please be aware of the importance of letting us have them ASAP, please. Closing date for submissions 21 February. Please send them to the Priory - for the Editor -and thanks for all your efforts. The Editor
QUESTIONNAIRES:
Thank you to all those who completed the questionnaire’s. Thanks also to those who prepared them and analysed them. Feedback will be made available and shared with you over the coming weeks. But we can see from the amazing response it was a very worthwhile exercise.
LIFE TO THE FULL = SESSIONS ON THE FIVE THURSDAYS OF LENT:
"Life to the Full": Five Sessions on the 5 Thursdays of Lent at 7.30 p m. We may be faithful Catholics, but it is easy to miss the real richness of our Faith and the value of the Scriptures.
NEW BIDDING PRAYERS:
New Bidding Prayer Rota is available in the pigeon hole in the Sacristy for those who very kindly write the bidding prayers. Please collect.
FORTHCOMING EVENTS – DATES FOR YOUR DIARY:
UNIVERSITY OF LIVERPOOL CHAMBER CHOIR – MUSIC FOR ST. VALENTINES – 13 FEBRUARY:
University of Liverpool Chamber Choir and Chamber Consort will be performing romantic music for a Valentine’s weekend on Saturday 13th February at 7.30 pm in Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral. See poster on the Notice Board for more details.
DIOCESAN CELEBRATIONS – LIVERPOOL CATHEDRAL – 14 FEBRUARY:
A diocesan celebration takes place at our Cathedral Sunday 14th Feb at 3pm with Archbishop Vincent Nichols: for young, ageing, married, single, widowed or divorced. See the poster on the board.
RECOVERING AND MOVING ON AFTER DIVORCE – MEETINGS TO START 15 FEBRUARY:
The Pastoral Formation Department offers a series of six weekly meetings to support divorced and separated Catholics & those experiencing the breakdown of a long-term relationship. Christians of other denominations, or none, are also welcome. The next series will start on Monday evening, 15th February, in the Aigburth area, Liverpool 17. There will also be a ONE DAY MEETING on Saturday, 13th Feb for those who are unable to attend the six meetings. The groups are small, confidential and free of charge. To book a place (essential) or just for further details contact Frances Trotman on 0151 727 2195.
LEYLAND EAST AREA COMMITTEE MEETING – 15 FEBRUARY:
Leyland East Area Committee meeting will take place on Monday 15th February at 7.15 pm at Lancashire Football
HALF DAY OF RECOLLECTION = TUESDAY = 16 FEBRUARY:
There will be another half day of Recollection on Tuesday 16th February commencing with a Service of Communion and Word, to pray for priests. The talk will be given by Sr Mary, Sister of Mercy, and Chaplain of Wymott Prison. If you are coming, please sign the list. See poster.
SCRIPTURE COURSES = ALVERNA = FRIDAYS OF LENT = START 19 FEBRUARY:
Scripture Course which will be run by Sister Veronica O’Brien in Alverna, 35 Westgate on Fridays in Lent, starting on Friday 19th February at 7.30 pm.
LENT 2010 – TWO EXTRA COURSES:
Lent this year has a number of options. Don’t be put off: God may be asking us to deepen our spiritual lives in small groups. Make a comfortable choice and remain. Two extra courses are:
Scripture Course which will be run by Sister Veronica O’Brien in Alverna, 35 Westgate on Fridays in Lent, starting on Friday 19th February at 7.30 pm.
Lent Evening Scripture meetings Bamber Bridge. 7.30pm in St. Mary’s Brownedge Narthex (Church): Parables with Fr. Terence: 17th Feb; 24th Feb; 3rd March: Suffering Servant with Fr. Augustine: 17th; 24th; 31st March – see the poster
DAY OF RENEWAL = BRETTARGH HOLT = SATURDAY 20 FEBRUARY:
Day of Renewal led by Fr Ged Kelly will be held at Brettargh Holt on Saturday 20th February from 10 am – 4 pm. See poster on the Notice Board for more details.
BLOOD DONOR SESSION = SRBC = TUESDAY 23 FEBRUARY:
Please give blood on Tuesday 23rd February from 2 – 4 pm and 5.30 – 7.30 pm at SRBC, West Paddock. See poster on the Notice Board.
READERS’ RENEWAL OF VOWS = THURSDAY 4 MARCH:
Readers Renewal of Vows at Holy Hour, 7 pm Thursday 4th March with Benediction.
WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER = ST. ANDREWS = FRIDAY 5 MARCH:
Women’s World Day of Prayer Friday 5th March at St Andrew’s Church, Leyland at 6.30 pm. Followed by refreshments. All welcome – men, women and young people. See poster on notice Board.
ST. PATRICK’S NIGHT = DINNER / CEILIDH = WEDNESDAY 17 MARCH:
St Patrick’s Night Dinner & Ceilidh – Wednesday 17th March at 7.45 pm at The Leyland Hotel. Tickets are £20. Please see poster on the Notice Board.
RAINBOW RAMBLE = FOR RAINBOIW HOUSE = SATURDAY 15 MAY:
The Rainbow Ramble on behalf of The Legacy Rainbow House will take place on Saturday 15th May 2010. The following people are taking part – Tim, Lee, Mel, Daniel and Lucy. If anyone would like to join them contact Tim on 01772 498042.
WORD OF LIFE
I am the gate. Whoever enters by me will be saved,
and will come in and go out and find pasture (Jn 10:9)
In his forsakenness on the cross, Jesus became our access to the father. His part has been done. But to have the good that comes from so much grace, we must, each one, do our small part, which means to go up to that gate and pass through it. How? When we are taken aback by disappointment, damaged by trauma or a misfortune coming out of the blue or an illness that makes no sense, we can always remember the suffering of Jesus. He in taking on himself all these trials, and a thousand others too, is the personification of them all.
Full text of the Word of Life and the February one are available
on the cupboards just outside the piety Shop. Please help yourself.
