Fourth Sunday of Easter. Vocations Sunday.

 

Fourth Sunday of Easter 

Sunday 26th April

Year A. Vocations Sunday.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

We continue to pray for our 40 children who are making their First Holy Communion this joyful Eastertide, another eight of whom will do so this Sunday.

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

                               

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday 7pm Novena & Benediction

Confessions following

                           

Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday 26th April

Year A. 

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Third Sunday of Easter

 

Third Sunday of Easter Sunday 19th April

Year A. Divine Mercy Sunday

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

We continue to pray for our 40 children who are making their First Holy Communion this joyful Eastertide, another ten of whom will do so this Sunday.

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Monday sees the Feast of Bl. James Finch of Eccleston.

A martyr, b. about 1548; d. 20 April, 1584. He was a yeoman of Eccleston, Lancashire, and a member of a well-known old Catholic family, but he appears to have been brought up in schism. 

When he was twenty years old he went to London where he spent nearly a year with some cousins at Inner Temple. While there he was forcibly struck by the contrast between Protestantism and Catholicism in practice and determined to lead a Catholic life. Failing to find advancement in London he returned to Lancashire where he was reconciled to Catholic Church. He then married and settled down, his house becoming a centre of missionary work, he himself harbouring priests and aiding them in every way, besides acting as catechist. His zeal drew on him the hostility of the authorities, and at Christmas, 1581, he was entrapped into bringing a priest, George Ostliffe, to a place where both were apprehended. It was given out that Finch, having betrayed the priest and other Catholics, had taken refuge with the Earl of Derby, but in fact, he was kept in the earl's house as a prisoner, sometimes tortured and sometimes bribed in order to pervert him and induce him to give information. This failing, he was removed to the Fleet prison at Manchester and afterwards to the House of Correction. 

When he refused to go to the Protestant church he was dragged there by the feet, his head beating on the stones. For many months he lay in a damp dungeon, ill-fed and ill-treated, desiring always that he might be brought to trial and martyrdom. After three years' imprisonment, he was sent to be tried at Lancaster. There he was brought to trial with three priests on 18 April, 1584. He was found guilty and, 20 April, having spent the night in converting some condemned felons, he suffered with Blessed James Bell at Lancaster. 

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

                               

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday 7pm Novena & Benediction

Confessions following

              

             

Fourth Sunday of Easter Sunday 26th April

Year A. 

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Second Sunday of Easter. Divine Mercy Sunday.

 

“My Lord and my God!”

John 20:28.

Second Sunday of Easter Sunday 12th April

Year A. Divine Mercy Sunday

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

 INTERESTED IN BECOMING A CATHOLIC 

OR RETURNING TO THE PRACTICE OF THE FAITH? 

Following various expressions of interest, a meeting at 7pm this Monday 13th April. 

This will be held in the Presbytery (behind the church on the Lourdes Shrine side). 

Please contact Fr Simon.

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

                               

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday 7pm Novena & Benediction

Saturday 11.30am Matilda McCourt Baptism

               

             

Third Sunday of Easter Sunday 19th April

Year A. Divine Mercy Sunday

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Holy Week and Easter

 

Good Friday

  3pm Liturgy of the Passion

             Confessions available following this

Holy Saturday 

7.30pm The Easter Vigil & Easter Mass

               

             

Easter Sunday 5th April

Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

EASTER WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

                               

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Thursday 11am Requiem Mass 

for Sheila Farnworth

Friday - Devotions will return next week

Saturday 11.30am Emily Paddison Baptism

               

             

Second Sunday of Easter Sunday 12th April

Year A. Divine Mercy Sunday

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Palm Sunday and Holy Week

 

Holy Week is not just a historical remembrance, but is a time when we enter into the mystery of Christ's saving work. Through the liturgies and devotions of Holy Week, we experience in a profound way the love and mercy of God, who sent His Son to die for our sins and to rise again for our salvation. Holy Week helps us to understand that our salvation was not won easily, but was purchased at a great price. Christ's passion and death show us the depth of God's love for us and the seriousness of sin. His resurrection shows us that death is not the end, but is the beginning of new life in Christ. Holy Week is not just about what happened 2,000 years ago, but is about what is happening in our lives today. Through the liturgies and devotions of Holy Week, we are invited to examine our own lives and to ask ourselves how we are responding to Christ's love and sacrifice. Holy Week calls us to conversion, to turn away from sin and to grow closer to Christ. It calls us to service, to follow Christ's example of love and self-sacrifice. It calls us to hope, to trust in Christ's promise of eternal life. Holy Week is a special time of grace, a time when God offers us the opportunity to experience His love and mercy in a profound way. It is a time to enter into the mystery of Christ's passion, death, and resurrection, and to grow in our understanding of what He has done for us. By participating in the liturgies and devotions of Holy Week, we can grow closer to Christ and experience the joy of His resurrection more fully. Holy Week is not just about remembering the past, but is about living the present and preparing for the future, when we will share in Christ's glory for all eternity.

Sunday 28th March

Palm Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

with children's Procession

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

HOLY WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

                               

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Maundy Thursday 

7.30pm Mass of the Lords Supper

Watching at the Altar of Repose 

(Confessions available during this) 

until 9pm, 

when we conclude with Night Prayer.

Good Friday

  3pm Liturgy of the Passion

             Confessions available following this

Holy Saturday 

7.30pm The Easter Vigil & Easter Mass

               

             

Easter Sunday 5th April

Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Fifth Sunday of Lent

 

Sunday 22nd March

Fifth Sunday of Lent Year A.

Passiontide.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

CONFESSIONS.

During Lent there will be Confessions each Saturday morning between 9am—10am. 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

ARE PRAYED EACH FRIDAY DURING LENT AT 7pm, followed by Confessions.

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  11am Requiem Mass for Eileen Speak

Tuesday 9.30am Votive Mass for the Annunciation

                            (as there is a funeral tomorrow on the Feast)

                               

Wednesday 10am Requiem Mass for Patricia Callender

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday  7pm STATIONS  OF THE CROSS

             7.30pm Confessions

Saturday 9am - 10am CONFESSIONS

               

             

Sunday 28th March

Palm Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

with children's Procession

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Mothering Sunday

Sunday 15th March

Fourth Sunday of Lent Year A.

Laetare.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

MOTHERING SUNDAY.

Today this  coincides with Laetare Sunday of Lent—a word meaning, appropriately, rejoice! We will mark the occasion by inviting children to bring flowers for Our Blessed Lady, which they can bring up at the start of both Masses in procession to present to her at our Lady Altar. Children please gather in the Sacristy before Mass, to join in the procession, present their flowers and then re-join their families.

CONFESSIONS.

During Lent there will be Confessions each Saturday morning between 9am—10am. 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

ARE PRAYED EACH FRIDAY DURING LENT AT 7pm,

followed by Confessions.

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am ROSARY

                               

Wednesday 9.30am

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday  7pm STATIONS  OF THE CROSS

             7.30pm Confessions

Saturday 9am - 10am CONFESSIONS

               

             

Sunday 22nd March

Fifth Sunday of Lent Year A.

Passiontide.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Third Sunday of Lent

 

Sunday 7th March

Third Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre  

MOTHERING SUNDAY: NEXT WEEK.

This coincides with Laetare Sunday of Lent—a word meaning, appropriately, rejoice! We will mark the occasion as we did last year by inviting children to bring flowers for Our Blessed Lady, which they can bring up at the start of both Masses in procession to present to her at our Lady Altar. Children please gather in the Sacristy before Mass, to join in the procession, present their flowers and then re-join their families.

CONFESSIONS.

During Lent there will be Confessions each Saturday morning between 9am—10am. 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

ARE PRAYED EACH FRIDAY DURING LENT AT 7pm,

followed by Confessions.

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am

                               

Wednesday 9.30am

Thursday 10.30am Requiem Mass 

                 for Margaret Loughran

Friday  7pm STATIONS  OF THE CROSS

             7.30pm Confessions

Saturday 9am - 10am CONFESSIONS

               

             

Sunday 15th March

Third Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Second Sunday of Lent

Sunday 1st March

Second Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre  

ST PATRICK’S DAY CÉILIDH.

Saturday 21st March.

Please note that this event, extending to our Family of Parishes, is now full, as all the tickets have been sold.

CONFESSIONS.

During Lent there will be Confessions each Saturday morning between 9am—10am. 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

ARE PRAYED EACH FRIDAY DURING LENT AT 7pm.

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am

                               

Wednesday 9.30am

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday  7pm STATIONS  OF THE CROSS

             7.30pm Confessions

Saturday 9am - 10am CONFESSIONS

               

             

Sunday 7th March

Third Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

First Sunday of Lent

 

Sunday 21st February

First Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre  

CONFESSIONS.

During Lent there will be Confessions each Saturday morning between 9am—10am. This is to enable children and their families to come to Confession in the normal way and thus accustomize them to coming again. 

These times are also open to all parishioners, to enable people to come to Confession during Lent and make their Easter Duties: this is a traditional way to refer to the Church’s teaching that all should come to Confession at least once a year. 

STATIONS OF THE CROSS 

ARE PRAYED EACH FRIDAY DURING LENT AT 7pm.

The Stations of the Cross harken back to the earliest days of Christianity. The first Christians in Jerusalem venerated the places where Christ suffered, the Via Sacra, the sacred way.

It is a great way to include more prayer in your week during Lent, one of the three Pillars of Lent, along with fasting and almsgiving. 

Of course, you can also choose to come to a weekday Mass during the course of Lent as well, as another way of accomplishing this goal.

“This is the “folly” of the cross: a folly capable of changing our sufferings into a declaration of love for God and mercy for our neighbour.” –  Pope Benedict XVI 

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am

                               

Wednesday 9.30am

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday  7pm STATIONS  OF THE CROSS

             7.30pm Confessions

Saturday 9am - 10am CONFESSIONS

               

             

Sunday1st March

Second Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Sunday and Ash Wednesday

 

Sunday 15th February

Sixth Sunday of Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses 

in the Social Centre   

CONFESSIONS: 

During Lent there will be Confessions each Saturday morning between 9am—10am. This is to enable children and their families to come to Confession in the normal way and thus accustomize them to coming again. 

These times are also open to all parishioners, to enable people to come to Confession during Lent and make their Easter Duties: this is a traditional way to refer to the Church’s teaching that all should come to Confession at least once a year. 

Code of Canon Law 989: After having reached the age of discretion, each member of the faithful is obliged to confess faithfully his or her grave sins at least once a year.

Here are some further directions from the Code of Canon Law.

Can. 988: A member of the Christian faithful is obliged to confess in kind and number all grave sins committed after baptism. It is recommended to the Christian faithful that they also confess venial sins.

Can. 960 Individual confession and absolution constitute the only ordinary means by which a member of the faithful conscious of grave sin is reconciled with God and the Church. 

Can. 961 §1. Absolution cannot be imparted in a general manner to many penitents at once without previous individual confession unless:

1/ danger of death is imminent and there is insufficient time for the priest or priests to hear the confessions of the individual penitents;

2/ there is grave necessity, that is, when in view of the number of penitents, there are not enough confessors available to hear the confessions of individuals properly within a suitable period of time in such a way that the penitents are forced to be deprived for a long while of sacramental grace or holy communion through no fault of their own. Sufficient necessity is not considered to exist when confessors cannot be present due only to the large number of penitents such as can occur on some great feast or pilgrimage.

Can. 962 §1. For a member of the Christian faithful validly to receive sacramental absolution given to many at one time, it is required that the person intends to confess within a suitable period of time each grave sin which at the present time cannot be so confessed.

Can. 963 A person whose grave sins are remitted by general absolution is to approach individual confession as soon as possible, given the opportunity, before receiving another general absolution.

Can. 964 §1. The proper place to hear sacramental confessions is a church or oratory.

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 10am Requiem Mass for Stephen McKnight

                               

Ash Wednesday 

9.30am Mass with imposition of Ashes

     7pm Mass with imposition of Ashes

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday  7pm STATIONS  OF THE CROSS

             7.30pm Confessions

Saturday 9am - 10am CONFESSIONS

               

             

Sunday 21st February

First Sunday of Lent Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Fifth Sunday of the Year Mass times

 

Sunday 8th February

Fifth Sunday of Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses 

in the Social Centre   

Our Lady of Lourdes: The Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes falls this Wednesday and is a special Day of Prayer for those who are sick, so we will give her due honour at Mass that day, remembering all those on our Sick list and all those who are sick you wish to pray for. We might also pray for all those who care for the sick, not just doctors and nurses and other professional but the often great sacrifices made by those caring for relatives and friends at home; truly a work of mercy in the sight of God.

A reminder that those who are seriously ill should always ask for the Sacrament of the Sick, using the Holy Oil kept in the Aumbry in the Baptism chapel (along with the Baptismal Oils). If you are going into hospital for an operation, for example, you might request it beforehand. If someone is in hospital, it can always be requested from the Hospital Chaplain, but you must request it there and ask for a note to be made in patient records. Due to data protection laws, hospitals are often reluctant to simply give the names of Catholics even to the official Chaplain, without the express request of the patient or family.

What Are the Effects of the Anointing of the Sick? 

“The special grace of the sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick has as its effects: the uniting of the sick person to the passion of Christ, for his own good and that of the whole Church; the strengthening, peace, and courage to endure in a Christian manner the sufferings of illness or old age; the forgiveness of sins, if the sick person was not able to obtain it through the sacrament of penance; the restoration of health, if it is conducive to the salvation of his soul; the preparation for passing over to eternal life” (CCC 1532).

Does a person have to be dying to receive this sacrament? No. The Catechism says, 

“The anointing of the sick is not a sacrament for those only who are at the point of death. Hence, as soon as anyone of the faithful begins to be in danger of death from sickness or old age, the fitting time for him to receive this sacrament has certainly already arrived” (CCC 1514).

 

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 9.30am Mass

                               

Wednesday 9.30am Mass for Our Lady of Lourdes 

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday  7pm Novena & Benediction

             7.30pm Confessions

               

             

Sunday 16th February

Fifth Sunday of Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre

Masses for the Fourth Sunday of the Year

 

Sunday 1st February

Fourth Sunday of Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses 

in the Social Centre   

MASSES DURING THE WEEK

Monday  9.30am Mass

Tuesday 10am Requiem for Rita Carney

                               

Wednesday 9.30am Mass. 

Blessing of throats for the feast of St Blaise. 

Transferred from yesterday.

Thursday 9.30am Mass

Friday  7pm Novena & Benediction

             7.30pm Confessions

               

             

Sunday 8th February

Fifth Sunday of Year A.

8.30am Mass 

10.30am Mass

Refreshments after both Masses in the Social Centre