15 March 2020
Holy Mass | Intention |
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Saturday 14th 6:45pm | LISCF |
Sunday 15th 9:30am | Private Intention |
Monday 16th 6.45pm | Maria Peacock RIP |
Friday 20th 9.30am | Mary Roscoe RIP |
Saturday 21st 6.45pm | Dec members of Kelly family |
Sunday 22nd 9.30am | Parishioners |
Monday 23rd 10.30am | Requiem Mass for Tony Cheetham RIP |
OTHER SERVICES AND DEVOTIONS |
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Monday 9th March: Exposition / Benediction: 7.10-7.45pm, Confessions: 7.10-7.35pm; Friday 13th March: Stations of the Cross after 9.30am Mass; Our Lady’s Lamp is sponsored to 5 April – thank you |
Holy Mass for Sunday at St. Peter & St. Paul’s, Mawdesley – Saturday at 5.00pm, Sunday at 11.15am
This Week | ||
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Ministry |
E. Minister | Reader |
Saturday | P Allison | |
Sunday | D Mackley | G Wright |
Next Week | ||
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Ministry | E. Minister | Reader |
Saturday | M Rouse | |
Sunday | P Allison | B Brady |
CORONAVIRUS GUIDANCE FROM THE ARCHDIOCESE
The Archdiocese has advised that holy water stoups should be kept empty until further notice. In addition, the shaking of hands at the sign of peace is also suspended and parishioners are asked to receive the sacred host in their hands rather than on their tongue. Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion are asked to sanitise their hands before and after Communion. For further Government advice please check the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/coronavirus-covid-19-information-for-the-public
PARISH OFFERTORY COLLECTION: £260 Thank you Standing Orders (February): £585.31 Thank you.
200 CLUB DRAW: Prize winners are: 1st M. Farrell (139) 2nd M. Goldfarb (24)
1st COMMUNION PREPARATION: The next session for parents and children will be on Sunday 22 March, after 9.30am Mass.
MISSION BOXES: Please bring your Mission Boxes in for counting and leave in the Sacristy. Many thanks.
CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY: Final week for handing in CAFOD envelopes. Please Gift Aid your donations if you can – it makes a huge difference! Many thanks to those who have already donated.
NUGENT CARE COLLECTION: There will be a Retiring Collection next week, 21 and 22 March for Nugent Care. Please Gift Aid your donations if you can. Envelopes are available in the porch.
SEND EASTER CARDS TO OUR PARTNER CHURCH IN THE LATIN PATRIARCHATE OF JERUSALEM: Archbishop McMahon is encouraging all parishes to send cards to their twinned parish in Jerusalem. Our Lady’s – and Ss Peter & Paul in Mawdesley – are jointly twinned with the parish of St Joseph’s in Jifna and their priest, Fr Johny Bahbah. Please write your Easter greeting to our brothers and sisters in Jifna parish and leave your card in the box provided in the porch. They will be sent on 23 March, as they can take several weeks to arrive. Fr Mario da Silva in Gaza says, ‘It is a personal joy for me and my parish to receive every year your cards. Thank you for your concern about our difficult situation here.’
There are a selection of Easter cards on the table by the box in the porch, for you to choose.
LENTEN REFLECTION – Canon Philip Gillespie The month of March opened for us with the first Sunday of the Lenten season, so the whole month is marked by the purple of recollection, penance and confession. Purple is a royal colour but also the colour of penitence. With no flowers on the sanctuary and the Gloria and Alleluia rested for the season, the austere ashes and the theme of ‘have mercy on me God, in your kindness’ the liturgy seeks to pare things down to their basics – not only to allow us better to appreciate the basics but also then to rejoice all the more at Eastertide as the white vestments and banners return, the flowers, the uplifting music etc. There are a few notable exceptions however, where white makes a pre-Paschal appearance: St Patrick’s Day (17th), St Joseph’s feast on the 19th and the Annunciation on the 25th. |