Pastoral Area of St Charles Borromeo
Items for inclusion in newsletter (by noon Thursday) to : [email protected]
Fr Anthony Reynolds
Bishop John Rawsthorne
Fr Joseph Bibby
Fr Malcolm Prince
Fr Matthew Nunes
Deacon Terry Fox
Contact us:0151 424 6641 [email protected]
0151 424 3841 [email protected]
0151 422 1772 [email protected]
www.catholicchurches-widnes.org.uk
All Saints (CE): Revd Peter Dawkin T: 0151 420 4963
E: [email protected]
Mary said ‘yes’ when
Gabriel announced she
would be the mother of
Jesus Christ. She
announces to us too
that we should welcome
the Lord into our own
lives and say yes to God.
21st December 2014
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
ALLELUIA, ALLELUIA!
I am the handmaid of the Lord: Let
what you have said be done to me
ALLELUIA!
PASTORAL AREA PRAYER
We pray that as we
move forward
together on our
Pastoral Area journey
we may have the
courage to change,
the wisdom to listen,
the humility to learn,
and gentleness to love.
CONFESSIONS
St Marie’s
Saturday 10:30am – 11:15am
St Bede’s
Saturday 11:00am – 11:45am
St John Fisher
Saturday 12 noon – 12:30pm
Please note
There will be no Exposition at St Pius X
on Tuesday 23rd December
Morning Prayer
St Basil & All Saints
St John Fisher
Monday - Thursday 9:05am & Friday 9:45am
Monday, Wednesday and Friday 9:00am
The Bible Group
St Raphael’s
Thursday morning after Mass
St Bede’s Prayer Group
St Bede’s Office
Tea & Coffee
Monday 8:00pm – 9:30pm
St Pius X Hall each Tuesday after 9:15am Mass and last Sunday of each
month after 9:30am & 10:00am Masses (in St Pius Hall & St Raphael’s Hall)
St Bede’s and St Pius X churches are open every day from 9:00am to 3:00pm
NEWS AND EVENTS
Crib Appeal 2014
Please help Nugent Care continue the
work of Fr James Nugent, by giving
your support to our 2014 Crib
Collection. All proceeds will be used to
help children and adults in need across
the Archdiocese.
CHILDREN’S CHRISTMAS EVE MASS
Thank you to those who helped to plan the Children's Christmas Mass. We still need Car Park
Marshalls for St Michael's for this celebration. If you can help, contact the parish offices on 422
1772, 424 6641 or 424 3841. Our children need YOU!
ALTAR SERVER TRAINING
Pastoral Area altar server training, for year 5 and above, will continue at St Bede’s church from 6.20pm
to 7.30pm on Wednesday 7th January 2015. The annual Guild of St Stephen Altar Servers’ Mass will
take place at St Bede’s on Saturday January 10th at 10.00am
SVP Collection
Please note: The SVP will be having
a special collection next weekend
of 27th and 28th December. Could
all the collectors please be aware
of this. Thank you.
Can anybody help a needy family in Widnes?
Clothes (suitable for a 9 year old boy), toys,
furniture are needed. Any donations will help
this family to have a good Christmas.
Call Chris Noon on 07873209516.
There is a
SOCIAL EVENING
Baptism Enquiries
Please phone the Parish Offices
Baptism Certificates
Please ring 422 1774.
The suggested donation is £5
All Saints CE Baptisms
Please ring 420 4963 or come to the church any
Tuesday evening between 6:45pm – 7:15pm
during vestry time
IN AID OF MARY’S MEALS
Friday 16th January at 8pm
St John Fisher hall
With THE
GERIATROCKS
“A NEW GROUP OF OLD ROCKERS!”
Plus Bingo and raffle
When someone is ill
If you or someone you know of becomes ill, goes
into hospital, and is no longer able to get to Mass,
please contact 422 1772
Bring your own food and drink
The Children’s Nativity Pageant & Christingle Service
is today at 4pm Sunday, 21st December at St Raphael’s . All children,
their families and friends are invited to join us as we tell the familiar story in
words, mime and song, and follow with a short, simple, but moving service.
Children are asked to arrive from 3.30pm to have a chance
to get into costumes etc.
I had a birthday party
I had a birthday party, almost everybody came.
They danced and ate and had a ball, but no one spoke my name.
They gave each other presents, as nice as they could be.
People came from far and near, but no one mentioned me.
The stores were filled with shoppers, the restaurants crowded out,
but no one seemed to really know what the party was all about.
They talked about a reindeer, I think Rudolph was his name.
Then someone mentioned ‘Jesus’ and they hung their heads in shame.
You see, it was my birthday; they didn't even know.
That is why from Heaven my heart is grieving so.
I came to Earth from Heaven on that first Christmas dayBorn in a lowly manger from sin to show the way.
I died one day on Calvary, on a cruel Roman cross
To save a world of sinners from a life of awful loss.
When you next have a party, with presents, friends and tree,
Remember Me, your Saviour, whose birth has set you free.
-- Jesus
PS: I am coming again soon.
A parishioner from our Pastoral
Area, Andy Hignett, has been
trying to raise funds for Cancer
Research UK by being
sponsored to lose weight and
give up alcohol from 7th
OCTOBER to 8th NOVEMBER.
During this period he lost 7lbs.
Donations will be gratefully
received, but he suggests 50p
for each pound of weight lost.
Donations can be handed in to
any of our parish offices, in an
envelope marked “Andy
Hignett.”
A new series of reflections based on the
themes of this year‟s synod
“MARRIAGE
MATTERS”
(www.twoinoneflesh.org.uk)
Fourth Sunday of Advent (2 Samuel
7:1-5, 8-11, 16 Romans 16: 25-27 Luke
1:26-38)
Listening is a way of loving
David, Paul and Mary listened to
God, changed their plans and way of
life. Before marrying we listened
intently and consequently felt loved
and cherished. Today, with the
pressures of everyday living, our
listening can be impaired. We need
constantly to overcome the
temptation to just „hear‟ what‟s said,
and work on listening with our hearts,
eyes and full attention.
Christmas Day Midnight Mass
CLEANING AT ST RAPHAEL'S
Volunteers are needed on Monday,
22nd December from 9.30am 11.30am to help beautify the church
for Christmas. Anyone who can help
in any way will be most welcome.
PASTORAL AREA DEVELOPMENT
FORMS
Thank you for returning your PA
Development Form last weekend
– there has been a great
response. Thanks also to the
volunteers helping analyse the
responses which have now been
collated. We will share these
results with you in the newsletter
after Christmas.
(Isaiah 9:1-7 Titus 2:11-14 Luke 2:1-14)
Presents or Presence
The first Christmas Story is simple: it
reveals the real presence of Jesus,
Mary and Joseph to each other.
Maybe the lesson for us is to focus
more on being „present‟ to one
another rather than on giving
„presents‟, so that Jesus can be born
again in our marriage and in all those
we love and care for.
THIS WEEK’S
COMPETITION WINNER
Congratulations to:
St Michael’s: Pauline Finn, C Gulliver, D Fallon
There is no tote draw next week.
Teresa Cloherty wishes to say Thank You to
everyone who came to her Beetle Drive at St
Basil‟s. “We raised £350.00 for the children
in Burundi. This will be used to fund the
children‟s schooling.
Q: What goes "oh oh oh"?
A: Santa walking backwards
Q: What goes ho-ho whoosh, ho-ho whoosh?
A: Santa caught in a revolving door!
This Weekend’s Masses
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4th WEEK OF ADVENT
Saturday 20 December
Sunday 21st December
5:30pm
8:30am
9:00am
9:30am
9.45am
10:00am
10:00am
10:30am
10:45am
11:15am
5:30pm
St Michael’s
St Bede’s
St Marie’s
St Pius X
All Saints CE
Our Lady’s
St Raphael’s
St John Fisher
St Bede’s
St Basil’s
St Bede’s
Frank Pumford
Jack Denton (LD)
Thanksgiving
Jack Maher (LD)
Parish Eucharist
Thomas Baker (A)
Thomas & Constance Carolan (B)
James O’Brien (A)
Phil Tobin (A)
Margaret Byrne
The people of the Pastoral Area
Monday 22nd December
9:15am
9.15am
9.15am
9.15am
9.15am
7.30pm
9.15am
St Bede’s
St John Fisher
St Pius X
St Michael’s
St Marie’s
All Saints CE
St Raphael’s
Eddie & Essie and Jimmy & Eddie Kelly
Catherine & William Bamber (A)
Patricia Stannard (LD)
Arthur & Nora Lethbridge
Joan Burns (A)
Parish Eucharist
Parishioners
6:30pm
6:30pm
6:30pm
11:30pm
Midnight
8:30am
9:00am
9:30am
10:00am
10:00am
10.00am
10:30am
10:45am
St Basil’s
St John Fisher
St Michael’s
St Bede’s
St Bede’s
St Bede’s
St Marie’s
St Pius X
St Raphael’s
Our Lady’s
All Saints CE
St John Fisher
St Bede’s
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
PA Children’s Mass
Readings and Carols
Pastoral Area Mass
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
Parish Eucharist
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
Everyone in our Pastoral Area
10.00am
10.00am
12. noon
10:00am
St Basil’s
Our Lady’s
St John Fisher
St Marie’s
Joan Lopez
Julie Conlon
Mary & Alfred Clark (A)
Jim Oldham (RIP)
Tuesday 23rd December
Wed 24th December
Christmas Masses
Wednesday 24th
December
The Nativity
of Our Lord
Jesus Christ
Thursday 25th December
The Nativity
of Our Lord
Jesus Christ
Friday 26th December
Feast: St Stephen
Saturday 27th December
Feast: St John the Evangelist
Next Weekend’s Masses
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Saturday 27 December
Sunday 28th December
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY
5:30pm St Michael’s
8:30am St Bede’s
9:00am
9:30am
9.45am
10:00am
10:00am
10:30am
10:45am
11:15am
5:30pm
St Marie’s
St Pius X
All Saints CE
Our Lady’s
St Raphael’s
St John Fisher
St Bede’s
St Basil’s
St Bede’s
Thomas (A.) & Margaret McCann
Elizabeth Thompson
(100th Birthday remembrance)
Garvie and Fay Families
Keith Follon (A)
Parish Eucharist
Bill, Maureen & Paul Houghton
Veronica Hardman
Martin and Anne Maloney (RIP)
James Smyth (40th A)
Jack Loftus
The people of the Pastoral Area
Welcome to . . .
Harvey Kirwan, Brogan Kirwan, Amelie Dignall, and Leighton Shields
. . . who are being baptised at Our Lady’s this Sunday.