On a Journey of Faith The Pastoral Area of Southport

The Pastoral Area of Southport
On a Journey of Faith
30th Sunday of Ordinary Time 26th October 2014
FOOD AND DRINK FOR THE JOURNEY
Jesus tells us today “You must love the Lord your God, with all
your heart…with all your soul and with all your mind and you
must love your neighbour as yourself”.
Sometimes it’s good for us to be reminded of the underlying
simplicity of living in the Kingdom! We can often lose sight of the
truth, or find ourselves worrying about minor details of belief, and
we forget that before anything else we are called to love God
and our neighbour. The Law of Love that the Lord speaks of, is
about forgiveness, kindness, generosity, gratitude, respect,
justice, peace. The opposite of love is hatred, selfishness, envy,
greed, taking one another for granted etc. If we try to love Him
with all our hearts with all our souls and with all our minds then
the rest will follow naturally. Love has so many facets and
meanings to it – but one that is most important is that love is an
action. May our hearts be open even more to God’s love, so that
we grow in our capacity to love others as He does. Then we can
look round in today’s very troubled world, and say…….. “Look
what love is doing.” Praise Him!
MISSION STATEMENT OF THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL:
“Taking to heart the last words of the Lord Jesus, we will go into the world to
proclaim the Good News to the whole of Creation”.
St Marie’s
25 Seabank Road
Southport PR9 0EJ
Parish Priest: Father John Heneghan
Telephone: (01704) 531229
Fax: (01704) 512590
Email:
stmaries.southport@rcaolp.co.uk
Website:
www.stmariessouthport.org.uk
Archdiocesan Website: www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk
Liturgical Week
Today – 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Tuesday – Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles
Next Sunday – All Saints (Lamp Sunday)
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The Pastoral Area of Southport
St Marie’s
St Patrick’s
Holy Family
Fr John Heneghan
Fr Mark Madden
Fr Philip Gregory (Dean)
Mgr Peter Fleetwood
St Teresa’s
Canon John Gaine
St Joseph & Our Lady of Lourdes
Fr Atli Jonsson
Sacred Heart & St John Stone
Fr Killian O’Mahoney Fr Sean Quinlan
Fr Bernard Rolls
Tel: 531229
Tel: 228943
Tel: 532613
Tel: 566865
Tel: 568313
Tel: 577722
Mass in Polish – is celebrated here at St Marie’s on the 1st and 3rd
Sunday’s of the month at 3pm.
Mass in Indian (Malayalam) – is celebrated here at St Marie’s on
the last Thursday of each month at 6p.m
Marian Centre for Evangelisation – this wonderful resource of our parish is behind
the Church.. For more info.
Tel: 07544768483 email: contact@mariancentre.org.uk,
website: www.mariancentre.org.uk
PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO’VE DIED
Praying for those who’ve died and gone before us
into the Kingdom of Heaven, is part of our daily lives,
but in November we remember and pray for them in a
special way. In recent decades a custom has developed
called ‘the November Pious List’ to aid this prayer for
those who’ve died. Envelopes are put at the back of
Church for people to write down the names of those
they want us all to pray for and to give a donation
towards the Mass they wish to be celebrated. People
are asked to return the completed envelopes to the
Parish House and then all the names of those who’ve
died are placed in a little container by the Tabernacle in
Church to help focus our prayer. 3 Mass’ will be
celebrated here each week specifically for the names on
the ‘Pious List’ but we’ll lift them up to the Lord, of
course, in every Mass.
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BEREAVEMENT MASS ON SATURDAY
The annual Bereavement Mass for November will be celebrated at
12 noon on Saturday 8th November. This Mass will commemorate
especially parishioners who have died since November last year.The
Mass will also commemorate all the loved ones, parents, family and
friends of parishioners who have died over the last year. Every one
at Mass will be offered a flower to take to the Altar at the Offertory in
memory of any loved one.
“All I ask is – that you remember me at the Altar
of the Lord”. (St Monica)
Tea and coffee will be available after Mass in the Marian Centre, and
members of the Bereavement Team will be on hand to talk with.
WITH YOU ALWAYS
We hold in prayer our children as they
prepare for the Sacraments. The next
meeting is on Thursday 30th October at 5pm in
the Marian Centre
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PRAY FOR EBOLA VICTIMS
We hold in our prayer all Ebola victims and
their families.
Please support those who suffer in this way
with your prayer.
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CaFE
Thursday 30th October 12.45pm in the Marian
Centre
“A Passion for Jesus”
David Payne is introduced by Fr John Farrell
All Welcome!
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R.C.I.A
The next meeting will be on October 28th at 7pm in
the Parish House.
We will explore - God the Son -Jesus.
We hold those walking the Journey of Faith in our
love and prayer.
GARDEN OF HOPE
Behind the Church is this beautiful place.
The cemetery is now full but there are two
special areas where the ashes of loved ones
can be buried: - The Garden of Our Lady (all
the plots are already taken) and The Garden
of the Sacred Heart of Jesus ( few plots
available….for info., contact Linda at the Parish Office
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SCRIPTURE MORNINGS
‘Exploring the Infancy Narratives
led by Fr Chris Thomas
at ‘Irenaeus’ 32 Great Georges Road
Waterloo Liverpool L22 1RD
Thursday’s 6th; 13th; 20th November
and 4th December 10.30 am - 12 noon
COME AND SEE DAY
‘Becoming fully alive’
Sat 6th Dec 10am-5pm
Faith Primary School
Prince Edwin St. Liverpool
To book & for further information contact Irenaeus
Tel: 0151 949 1199 or email jenny@irenaeus.co.uk
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If you spend your whole life waiting for the
storm, you’ll never enjoy the sunshine.
Walking with Pope Francis
All evangelisation is based on the Word
of God, listened to, meditated upon, lived,
celebrated and witnessed to. The Sacred
Scriptures are the very source of
evangelisation. Consequently, we need
to be constantly trained in hearing the
Word.’ (from his letter to us ‘the Joy of
the Gospel’)
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HOLY HOUR
To celebrate
The Year of Consecrated Life
Promulgated by Pope Francis
A Holy Hour will be held at
St Joseph’s Prayer Centre
st
1 Wednesday of the Month 7.00pm-8.00pm
Please come and pray with us.
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Faith is to believe what you
do not yet see,
The reward for this faith is to see what
you believe.
Saint Augustine
COLLECTIONS
Offertory………….£TBC
Last Week’s Retiring Collection…..£TBC APF
(World Missions)
This week’s Retiring Collection…. SVP
Next Week’s Retiring Collection… LAMP
Thank you so much for your kind generosity!
ACKNOWLEDGED WITH THANKS
Marian-Care – £100 (in memory of HJ) £1
Flowers - £10
Church Restoration -£100
We hold in prayer all who are sick in body, mind or
spirit and those who care for them; also those who have
died and gone before us marked with the sign of faith…
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May those who grieve their passing come to
experience the peace of the Risen Christ.
The Parish House is open from 10.00am to 12.00 noon and from
2.00 pm to 4.00 pm Mon- Fri for general enquiries, e.g. Mass
Cards, and to feed the homeless and those in need.
Week Commencing 26th October
First Mass of
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
Monday
Sunday
6pm
9am
11am
12 Noon
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Saturday
Sunday
Sunday
12 Noon
12 Noon
12 Noon
12 Noon
12 Noon
6pm
9am
11am
Rita O’Brien
Patrick Dowdall
People of the Parish
Service of The Word &
Holy Communion
Margaret Timpson
David Moss
May & Walter Horrighan
Geoff Ellis
Bill Mc Quigan
People of the Parish
Norma Lea
Alex Abercrombie
The Rosary will be prayed Monday
to Saturday after 12 00 Noon Mass
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION:
Tuesday to Saturday 11.30 to 12.00 noon
(or by appointment with Father John)
EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT
Monday to Saturday 11.30 to 12.00 noon
Liverpool RC Archdiocese Trustees Inc.
Registered Charity No. 232709