MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK 

Saturday 3^rd        5pm                 Ann Philp RIP

Monday 5^th        10am                 Private intention

Thursday 8^th      10am                 Foundation   

Saturday 10^th      5pm                 Parishioners

LATEST  UP-DATE
MASS TIMES: SATURDAY VIGIL MASS at 5pm PARISH OFFICE:   The Parish Office is open on Fridays from 10am to 4pm

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 PARISH NEWSLETTER

MASSES THIS WEEK

Monday at 10am; Thursday at 10am followed by Exposition & Benediction
Confessions: last Saturday of the month – 31^st October 4.15pm-4.45pm
Church will be open Friday 9^th October 11am – 2pm, for visits to the Blessed Sacrament

MASS ATTENDANCE COUNT
The third annual Mass attendance count is taking place on 4^th October and the final one will be next week on 10^th October. The count for last week was 44.

SAINTS’ DAYS AND FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK
5^th October – St Faustina Kowalski
6^th October – St Bruno
7^th October – Our Lady of the Rosary
9^th October – St John Henry Newman
10^th October – St Paulinus of York

CAFOD Family Fast Day
Family Fast Day was Friday October 2^nd. The theme this year is helping communities to grow food and provide water, so that children can go to school healthy and able to learn. Envelopes for your contributions will be collected on 3^rd October. If you are able to gift aid, please ensure you write your name, address, postcode and amount donated to the envelope, otherwise no gift aid can be added.  We have a few spare envelopes if you missed out last week.

READINGS FOR 4^th OCTOBER
1^st Reading: Isaiah 5:1-7, The vineyard of the Lord of Hosts is the House of Israel.

Psalm 80: The vineyard of the Lord is the House of Israel.

2^nd Reading: Philipians 4: 6-9, Practise these things and the God of peace will be with you.

Gospel Reading: Matthew 21, 33-43, The Lord is good to those who hope in Him, to the soul that seeks him.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTION FOR OCTOBER: For mental health ministry
Let us pray that mental health ministry be established throughout the Church, helping to overcome the stigma and discrimination of persons with mental health challenges.

HOLY SOULS
As always, several Holy Masses will be offered during November for all our dear departed ones, referred to as the” Holy Souls”. If you wish to include the names of those you wish to be remembered in the intentions, please write them down, enclose your offering and place it in an envelope marked November List Masses. Seal it and either hand them to me after Mass or drop it into my letterbox at the Presbytery. (Please add either St Agnes Church, Eccleston or St Peter and St Paul Mawdesley to the envelope if you have a preference). There will also be envelopes left at the back of the Churches which you could use.

ADOREMUS – Saturday 10^th October 2026, 9am-6pm at Liverpool Metropolitan Cathedral
Following the success of Adoremus Liverpool 2025, the event is returning this year! Throughout the day, there will be Eucharistic Adoration, Holy Mass, opportunities for confession, and shared times of prayer, alongside a range of engaging workshops. Workshop sign-up is required due to limited spaces. All visitors are welcome to drop in and out during the day. Celebrated with Archbishop John Sherrington, this is an event for everyone.

 EVENT: TALK ‘THE PRODIGAL SON THROUGH THE EYES OF REMBRANDT’
Join us at 3:00pm, Saturday 10^th October, for a talk based on Rembrandt’s well-known painting, ‘The Return of the Prodigal Son’, The event will take place in Our Lady and All Saints School, Brandreth Drive, Parbold WN8 7HD, in an informal, cafe-style setting, with refreshments and a community feel. All welcome!

 MISSION BOXES
Anyone with a mission box that needs emptying can leave it in the narthex for collection, or ring Sandra Cobham on 01704 821609 to arrange collection. There are also Autumn 2026 Missio magazines and World Mission Sunday prayer cards in the narthex – please help yourself.

CAFOD school volunteers needed!
Could you visit your local Catholic school to talk about the work of CAFOD? We are looking for volunteers to deliver school assemblies and workshops and inspire children and young people to make a difference and take action. For further information please contact Anna Letizia on 07710 094449 or email aletizia@cafod.org.uk

MAGNIFICAT
Now is a good time to buy a yearly subscription to Magnificat. It is published monthly, offering 13 issues a year, and works out at just over £5 a month, at £69 pa.
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 an essay on a great example of Christian art in each issue.

Please email magnificat@catholicherald.co.uk

ROAD CLOSURE
United Utilities have advised that there will be a road closure on Dark Lane between 7^th September and 9^th October.

CONFLICT IN THE MIDDLE EAST – PRAY FOR PEACE
God of peace, bearer of hope, we seek your help for the peoples of the Middle East.  Quiet the clamour of war, and guide us towards peace.  Where there is hatred and division, sow seeds of calm and openness.  Where there is destruction, help us to rebuild.  Where children are crying, bring an end to tears.  Shelter your peoples and protect them.  Guide them and keep them from harm.  Show us how to break down the barriers of history and fear and breathe whispers of hope.  Amen.                                                                                   
Linda Jones/CAFOD

APPLICATIONS FOR BISHOP RAWSTORNE ACADEMY
One of the entry requirements of C of E schools requires evidence of the commitment of one of the parents or guardians of the prospective pupil to the Christian faith, ie fortnightly worship for a period of at least one year. Please note that the Church is contacted to verify attendance for the year preceding entry.  So, for pupils hoping to enter in September 2028, the period of assessment starts on 1 Sept 2026.
This means that unfortunately, anyone hoping that their child will be admitted to Bishop Rawstorne next September (ie 2027) has missed the deadline.  Please pass this info on to parishioners who may not always manage to see the newsletter – which is on the website every week.  Please check the school’s website for further details: https://bishopr.co.uk/parents/admissions

CHURCH FLOWERS
We’re always grateful to our flower arrangers, Ann & Tony, who make sure our church is filled with beautiful flower arrangements every week.  Many of the flowers are sourced from their garden and also the grounds of the church, but inevitably many flowers also need to be bought and this incurs costs.  Any donations therefore are particularly welcome and will help to ensure that our altars continue to provide a fitting tribute to Our Lord.

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.

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.

 

WITH EVERY BLESSING  FOR ALL PARISHIONERS FOR THE NEXT WEEK

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