Sunday 1st February, 2015 - St Helen's Church, Crosby

FOOD FOR THOUGHT: Ecumenical discussion over tea and biscuits in the Islington
Room at St Helen’s Church every Thursday starting at 2pm. This week we will be
looking at: Selflessness. All Welcome
Events at Irenaeus
Scripture weekend: 6th-8th February, led by Fr Chris Thomas:
“God reveals deep and hidden things” - Reflections on the book of Daniel
Scripture mornings: Thursdays 19th, 26th Feb, 5th, 12th March 10.30—12 noon
Led by Fr Chris Thomas: “From death to life” - Reflections on Mark’s Gospel
Quiet weekend of Prayer: led by Fr Brendan Rice
27th—29th March: “Faith, hope and love. But the greatest of these is love”
“Come & See” 2015
Sat 3rd & Sun 4th October
Keynote speaker Sr Helen Prejean
For more information and booking contact Jenny on 949 1199
jenny@irenaeus.co.uk
ST.JOSEPH'S SOCIAL COMMITTEE
Invite you to a DINNER DANCE
SATURDAY, 21 FEBRUARY
WEST LANCS GOLF CLUB
7.15 FOR 8.00
TICKET PRICE £25
Tickets available from Anne Clegg 924 2023 or
Richard Ashcroft 924 4777
LIVERPOOL ARCHDIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: By air from Liverpool John
Lennon Airport and overland by Jumbulance: Fri 24th - Fri 31st July 2015. Pilgrims who
will need help with mobility, nursing or medical care on the journey or in Lourdes
should register as soon as possible with the Lourdes Pilgrimage Office: 0151 727
4000. Closing date for registration: 30th April 2015. Our Tour Operator is Joe Walsh
Tours, 143 Lower Baggot Street, Dublin 2, Ireland. W: www.joewalshtours.ie.
There is a reduction for those who book online. Tel: 0151 909 2871 Email: info@joewalshtours.ie Congratulations to Joseph and Samantha Mitchell
who were married in St Helen’s church
on 5th September
Contributions for this newsletter need to reach the Parish
Office at St. Helen’s Church, 112, Alexandra Road (Tel. 924 3417) by 12 noon on
Thursday. Please provide a contact ‘phone number in case of query.
Thank you. Office hours are: Tuesday to Friday, 10 am to 2 pm.
St Helen’s Church
112, Alexandra Road
Crosby
Liverpool
L23 7TQ
0151 924 3417
e-mail: sthelenscrosby@hotmail.co.uk
http://www.sthelenscrosby.org.uk
Liverpool Archdiocesan Trustees Inc.
Mgr. John Furnival, Fr. Roy Cooper
Rev. P. Deary (retired)
Rev. E. Douglas
Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time - 1st February 2015
Parish Mass Book Page 59 Year B Part 1
Sunday 1st
9.45 am Mass for Edward & Elizabeth O’Thy. (anniversary)
6.30 pm Mass for the people of the parish.
Monday 2nd
9.30 am Service of the Word with Holy Communion
2.00 pm St Pio Prayer Group
7.00 pm Holy Hour
Tuesday 3rd
9.30 am Mass for John McHale (anniversary)
7.30 pm Novena & Benediction
8.00 pm St Helen’s Prayer Group
Wednesday 4th No service
Thursday 5th
9.45 am United Morning Prayer at SS Peter & Paul’s church.
7.00 pm Mass for Alice Duffy (anniversary)
Friday 6th
9.30 am Service of the Word with Holy Communion
Saturday 7th
11.20 am Confessions and Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
12.00 noon Mass for Frances Josephine Lynch (anniversary)
Sunday 8th
9.45 am Mass for Teresa Rastall (anniversary)
6.30 pm Mass for the people of the parish.
ANNIVERSARIES ABOUT THIS TIME: Charles Lees, Margaret Plummer, Gerald Robinson,
Annie Borrow, Theresa Tinsley, Frances Lynch, James Murphy, Teresa Rastall.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THOSE IN OUR PARISH WHO ARE SICK: Stephen Wilson, Jean Pitt,
Frank and Betty Hughes, Christine Moore, Stella Dilworth, John Murphy,
Christopher Brown, John Regan, Hannah Amelia Regan, Hugh Dillon, Rita Barber,
Sheila Brennan, Kath Sweeney, Denise Cummins, Margaret Walsh, Joan Bamber,
Rosemary Carragher, Alice Mulcahey, Rita Sloan, Susan Natsheh, Pat Corner,
Marie Brownrigg, Maura Murphy, Rosemary Hart, Mary Cookson-Gower, Norah Byford,
Celia Bradshaw, Joan Doyle, Anne Thompson, Peter Holmes, Pauline Kieran,
Rachel Cunningham, Jean Greenwood and Margaret McNeillie..
Please remember in your prayers: Frank McCann and Marjorie Arnold who died recently.
This weekend there will be a collection for the Catholic Education Service.
Please remember to let us know if any of our parishioners are taken in to hospital so
that we can arrange to visit them. Also, if you have family, friends or neighbours who
are no longer able to get to Sunday Mass but would like to receive communion at
home please get in touch with the parish office.
Confirmation: Sessions to prepare for the Sacrament of Confirmation (secondary
school children) will begin on Monday 2nd February at 6.30pm in St Helen’s parish
centre. Confirmations will take place on 26th February at St Helen’s .
CAFOD. One Climate One World .In communities where Cafod works, one example is
Bangladesh where cyclones and floods are now more frequent, people are pushed
further into poverty as crops fail and livestock die .Cafod is calling for politicians to
work together on climate change.
Friday Self Denial 25th Jan. £257.90 recd. Many Thanks.
From Martin Bennett: Keeping the weekdays holy: the group meeting to study and
share thoughts on the Sunday Gospels will meet on Monday 2nd Feb, St. Helen's hall,
7:30 p.m. On the 4th and 5th Sundays: Jesus brings in the Kingdom of God. He still
does. Discussion, prayer and sharing. All welcome!
Day of private devotion for the anniversary of Teresa Higginson, at St Winefrede’s,
Little Neston. The day commences with Holy Hour at 11am. Please see poster for
more details.
Mass in honour of Our Lady of Lourdes
7.30pm on Wednesday 11th February
Christ the King, Childwall
Mass to celebrate Marriage & Family Life
11.00 am on Sunday 8th February
Metropolitan Cathedral
Celebrated by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon
PAX Travel are organising a pilgrimage to Never, Paray le Monial, Ars & Lyon.
Monday 17th—Saturday 22nd August 2015
Spiritual director: Bishop Emeritus John Rawsthorne
Leaflets at the back of church
Our Year 4 children continue with their preparation to receive the
Sacraments of Confirmation and Holy Communion.
The next session is after Mass this Sunday. Please keep the children
and their families in your prayers.
“The Best of Girl Talk”
A Musical Revue of Song & Dance
Blundellsands United Reformed Church, Warren Road
Friday 20th February—7.30pm
Tickets are £7.00 (including refreshments) from Rosie Walker—924 6267
In aid of St Faith’s Church funds
Responding to the Call; Vocation Discernment Group
To support those exploring Vocations to the Priesthood in our diocese, a monthly day
of recollection has been organised for the first Saturday of each month. The first day
of recollection will take place on Saturday 7th February at St. Charles’ Presbytery,
224 Aigburth Road, Liverpool.
For further information, please contact Fr James Preston, Vocations Director for the
Archdiocese of Liverpool, at frjamespreston@gmail.com or telephone: 0151 727
2493. Regular updates will be posted on our Facebook page: Archdiocese of Liverpool
Vocations
Knit & Stitch—from 2-4pm on 2nd & 4th Tuesdays in the Sunshine Room at SS Peter
& Paul’s - 10th & 24th February