Bulletin - St Aelred's RC Church

Fr Jim Leavy
Deacon David Arblaster
St Aelred’s Church
71 Woodlands Drive HG2 7BE
889442
560279
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Diocese of Leeds – reg Charity No 249404
The Fourth Sunday of Advent
Divine office week 4
Christmas Greetings
As this is the last Sunday before Christmas, I would
like to take this opportunity to wish all our
Parishioners a truly happy Christmas. May each of
you experience the peace and joy that the Lord
alone can give. May you also be enriched with
many blessings in 2015.
Fr Jim
Sat
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thu
Fri
Sat
Masses for week beginning Sun 21st December 2014
6.30pm
Private Intention
10am
9am
9am
11am
6.30pm
11pm
10am
10am
10am
Parishioners
Private Intention
Peter Shay
Joe McCann (Funeral Mass)
Maureen and James Stamper
People of the Parish
The Nativity of the Lord
Alain and Gloria Gantier
November List
Patients in hospital
St Stephen
St John
The Holy Innocents
Christmas Mass Times:
Christmas Eve 24th Dec – 6.30pm Vigil
Christmas Eve 24th Dec – 11pm Midnight Mass
(Carols from 10.30pm)
Christmas Day 25th Dec – 10am Mass
Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) Tuesday 23rd Dec, 9.30 – 10am and 6.30 – 7pm. Or any time on request
Please pray for those who have died recently especially Joe McCann (funeral on Weds 24th Dec at 11am); those who
are sick, especially Alan Cartwright, Marie Austin, Sean Quinn, Darrell Varley, Sheri Clifford, Alice Hart, Jim Norton,
Ann Jensen, Chris Platts, Margaret Coleman, Zoe McGrath, Marie O'Brien, Mabel Bennett, those in the hospital or
whose anniversaries occur about now, especially Maureen and James Stamper and Alain and Gloria Gantier.
Mass
Eucharistic Ministers
Readers
Prayers
Sat
Sun
Dolores Omand Margaret Buck Julie Boothman Maggie Atkinson
John Cornforth Chrissie Matthews Paul Slater Nuala Whorley
Pat Hudson Alison Ashworth
Jim Sharkey June King
Christina Dickins
Eileen Gilhooly
THANK YOU - Maggie Fox and family would like to thank everyone who attended her mother’s funeral service on
Monday. We were so sorry that we were not able to thank you personally after the service and wanted you to know
how much it meant to us that we were joined by her former colleagues and pupils as well as by our friends at St
Aelred’s. Thank you, too, to the choir for making it such a special service.
Last week’s collection: Loose £224.95; Gift Aid £474.40; Planned £57.50. Total £756.85. Many thanks.
Carol Service - 4pm today, Sunday, in the Church.
Charismatic Renewal Prayer Group - In the Adoration Chapel. Wednesdays at 7pm. All welcome.
Parish Council – Minutes from the last meeting are available at the back of Church.
SVP - Next meeting Tuesday 13th January 2015 at 6.30pm in the Parish Room.
Calendars – Our first Parish Calendars are on sale price £9.99.
Church Cleaning - Volunteers needed - please contact John Cornforth !886928 or johncornforth31@gmail.com.
Shoebox Appeal – Thank you for your magnificent donations of so many lovely food parcels, and the very generous
gift of £294, it was certainly all very welcome to help in the task our friends in Romania have of trying to feed the
hungry for Christmas. We were able to pack the Christmas lorry on November 14th full of food, food parcels, medical
supplies and equipment and warm blankets and we have had grateful emails back from everyone, that everything
arrived safely, and they are all very happy with everything we sent, thanks to
This week’s Birthdays
people like you. The food parcels will be delivered to many destitute old people
who don’t get any pension, over the next weeks, and I don’t think you can imagine
how much they will be appreciated.
Please join us for tea and coffee after 10am Mass on Sunday.
When
When
When
When
the
the
the
the
song of the angels is stilled,
star in the sky is gone,
kings and princes are home,
shepherds are back with their flock…
Then the work of Christmas begins:
To find the lost
To heal the broken
To feed the hungry
To release the prisoner
To rebuild the nations
To bring peace among all
To make music in the heart…
Howard Thurman
No bulletin next week – please note times of Masses:
Monday 29th Dec
Tuesday 30th Dec
Wednesday 31st Dec
Thursday 1st Dec
Friday 2nd Dec
Saturday 3rd Dec
10am
10am
10am
10.30am
10am
10am
“
Avelon Binoy
Christopher Ploythaisong
Finn Thurstan
Ella Roxby
Imogen Varley
Elisabetta Piano
Please keep all our children
in your prayers
New Year’s Day
10.30am Mass will be
followed by a shared
table in the hall. Please
bring the leftovers from
your New Year’s party
and stay a while to
welcome the New Year.
The joy of the Gospel fills the hearts and lives of all who
encounter Jesus. Those who accept his offer of salvation are set
free from sin, sorrow, inner emptiness and loneliness. With
Christ joy is constantly born anew”…….Pope Francis