2 November – Solemnity of All Saints
MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK
Saturday 1st 5.00pm Thomas, Winifrid, Michael Watkinson RIP
Monday 3rd 10.00am November Lists
Thursday 6th 10.00am November Lists
Saturday 8th 5.00pm Parishioners
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MASS TIMES: SATURDAY VIGIL MASS at 5pm PARISH OFFICE: The Parish Office is open on Fridays from 10am to 4pm. |
PARISH NEWSLETTER
MASSES THIS WEEK
Mondays at 10am
Thursday at 10am, followed by Exposition and Benediction
CHURCH OPEN
Fridays, 11am to 1pm for private prayer and reflection before the Blessed Sacrament.
CONFESSIONS: Next confessions: last Saturday of the month – 29 November, 4.15pm to 4.45pm
READINGS FOR 2 NOVEMBER
1st Reading: Revelation 7:2-14, Behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and people and languages.
Psalm 24: such are the people who seek your face, O Lord.
2nd Reading: I John 3:1-3, We shall see God as he is.
Gospel Reading: Matthew 5:1-12, rejoice and be glad, for your reward is great in heaven.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia. Come to me all who labour and are heavy laden, says the Lord, and I will give you rest. Alleluia.
Communion antiphon: Blessed are the clean of heart, for they shall see God. Blessed are the peacemakers for they shall be called the children of God. Blessed are they who are persecuted for the sake of righteousness, for theirs is the kingdom of heaven.
POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR NOVEMBER
For the prevention of suicide
Let us pray that those who are tempted to commit suicide may find the support, love and care they need in their local community, and be able to understand how valued they are.
SAINTS / FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK
4 November – St Charles Borromeo
LOTTERY WINNERS – OCTOBER
1st Mrs P Halton, Mawdesley £50 (20)
2nd Mrs K Cooper, Heskin £30 (125)
3rd Mr Langton, Croston £20 (9)
SPIRITUAL ‘NUGGET’ FROM POPE JOHN XXIII
Consult not your fears but your hopes and your dreams. Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfulfilled potential. Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
AND THE SAINTS
This view evokes the ‘Little Way of Spiritual Childhood’ as exemplified by St Thérèse of Lisieux: Miss no single opportunity of making some small sacrifice, here by a smiling look, there by a kindly word; always doing the smallest thing right, and doing it all for love.
COMEDY NIGHT AT ST JOSEPH’S, CHORLEY – 13 NOVEMBER
A Comedy Night starring Steve Royle and friends from Phoenix Nights takes place at St Joseph’s Parish Centre, Harpers Lane, Chorley on Thursday 13th November. Doors open 7:00pm. Tickets £15 available from St Joseph’s, St Chad’s & St Bede’s. Tel: 07904 984322 for further information.
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES / GIFT AID / STANDING ORDERS!
If you are a taxpayer then you can easily help the parish to claim 25% extra on top of every donation you make – and it won’t cost you a penny! Eg: a donation of £10 per week would result in £12.50 going to the church. If you are able to use gift aid, please collect a form from the porch on your way out today, and return it to the Parish Office asap.
If you are a taxpayer who makes regular cash donations, please consider using an offertory envelope instead of just placing your ‘loose’ donations in the basket. This is really important: it can bring in more than £1000 to the church every year, as we’ll be able to claim gift aid directly on every donation you make. It won’t cost you anything at all, but it will make a huge difference to our finances.
Please contact the Parish Office if you’d like to use envelopes – they are free!
Even better – you can donate ‘painlessly’ each month by setting up a standing order with your bank. Forms are available in the porch.
PARISH MONTHLY LOTTERY – HAVE YOU JOINED YET?
Are you missing out on this monthly lottery draw? Letters are available in the narthex explaining how the lottery works and also how important this is for the parish. Please pick one up before you leave church.
DON’T FORGET! PARISH FOODBANK – DONATIONS ARE ALWAYS WELCOME
Thank you for donations already received, which have been taken to the foodbank centre at St Mary’s in Leyland. They are particularly short of tinned pasta, tinned meat / fish and puddings.
Please check that donations are well before their BB date!
Thank you all for your kind-hearted generosity. It makes such a big difference.
CATHOLIC PICTORIAL
Keeping you up to date with all the news from around the Archdiocese online: www.catholicpic.co.uk
Postal subscriptions are available: 3 issues = £9.50, 6 issues = £19 and 12 issues = £37.50.
Email enquiries@cpmmmedia.com or ring 0151 709 7567.
Digital copies are also available. Please use the phone number / email address above.
MASS INTENTONS
Mass intentions are welcome, not just for our dear departed, but for any other occasion eg in thanksgiving, successful outcome (exams / operation), wedding / anniversary blessings. Please write your name and intention, with the preferred date – if applicable – on a piece of paper and place in an envelope, along with your offering, either in the weekly offertory basket or through the presbytery door. It may not be possible to guarantee the specific date requested, for various reasons, however, every effort will be made to find a date as near as possible.
THE UNIVERSE CATHOLIC WEEKLY NEWSPAPERS
These are available to order directly from the publisher (www.thecatholicuniverse.com or call Michelle on 0743 661 7650. It can be posted to you each week. A 3 months print subscription is £42.00 – 6 months is £75.00 and the year at £140.00.
MAGNIFICAT
Now is a good time to buy a yearly subscription to Magnificat. It works out at less than £1 per week at £65 pa.
The Magnificat is published monthly. For each day, it contains the readings and prayers for Mass, with a meditation from the great spiritual writers of the Church throughout history and prayers for morning and evening inspired by the Liturgy of the Hours. You will also find the lives of the saints, articles on spiritual topics by contemporary writers, prayers at night, hymns, reflections and essay on a great example of Christian art in each issue.
Please order online at www.magnificat.com or phone Margaret Hiscock on 020 3882 9432.
MUSICAL TREAT FOR THE WEEK
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l-bAXm-A3Ls&list=RDl-bAXm-A3Ls&start_radio=1
The sublime Barbara Bonney, more than does justice to Handel’s ‘Come unto him….He shall feed his flock’
WITH EVERY BLESSING FOR A VERY HAPPY AND PEACE-FILLED WEEK