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PARISH OF
BLESSED JOHN HENRY NEWMAN
MORECAMBE
St Mary’s, Matthias Street, Morecambe, LA4 5JR. Tel. 410501
Parish Priest
Deacons
Website
Canon D Cooper, VG
Rev. J McCann (tel 421795), Rev. J Murphy (tel 859254)
and Rev. T Fagan (retired)
www.bjhnparish.org.uk
SUNDAY 22ND MARCH 2015 - FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT
MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS
Saturday
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
St Patrick’s
Good Shepherd
St Mary’s
St Mary’s
St Patrick’s
Good Shepherd
St Mary’s
St Patrick’s
Good Shepherd
St Patrick’s
Good Shepherd
St Mary’s
6.00pm
8.30am
10.30am
9.30am
10.00am
10.00am
12.10pm
10.00am
10.00am
6.00pm
8.30am
10.30am
The Miller family
David Holman
For the parishioners
Veronica and James Duckworth
John Mercer
The Bates family
Brian Webster
James Kyle
For the parishioners
Pat McGuinness
Sarah and Ashley Bell
Lancs Infirm Secular Clergy
PARISH PENITENTIAL SERVICE FOR LENT 27TH MARCH, 7.00PM.
PLEASE TAKE HOME THE HOLY WEEK & EASTER CARD.
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Sick
Sarah Melville, Diana Hoey, Frances Nash, Sean O’Connor,
Maureen Boothman, Marie Robinson, Tony Smylie,
Anne Iyengar, Barbara Howes, Eric Ainsworth, John Desmond
Wells, John Alderson, Sue Smith, Sheila McGee and the sick and
housebound in the parish and those in local hospitals and nursing
homes.
The Parish in the Lancaster Diocese. Registered Charity No. 234331
PLEASE PRAY FOR
Anniversaries Fr McElroy, Canon Ned Carey, Fr Howorth, Canon Bamber,
Thomas Flint, Dorothy Quinn, Veronica Duckworth,
Pauline Baines, Alice Vaughan, Flo Ady, Ann Pearson,
Nona Murray, Christine Dale, Alex and Julie McDade and all
those whose anniversaries occur between 22nd and 28th March.
SACRAMENT OF CONFESSION
Saturday
Good Shepherd
St Mary’s
St Patrick’s
10.30am to 11.00am
11.30am to 12 noon
5.15pm to 5.40pm
FEASTS THIS WEEK
Tuesday
Wednesday
St Turibius of Mongrovejo (opt. collect)
THE ANNUNCIATION OF THE LORD
LAST WEEK
Attendance
Collection
511
£1,364.23
MASS TIMES THIS WEEK
Monday at 9.30am with two classes of schoolchildren.
LATELY DEAD
We pray for the repose of the soul of:
Cath Mahood of Seymour Grove who died suddenly on 3rd
March, aged 48. Funeral Service at St Mary’s on
Wednesday at 2.00pm followed by interment in Hale Carr
Cemetery.
May she rest in the peace of Christ.
THE CALL, THE JOURNEY AND THE MISSION:
The Bishops of England and Wales ask us to reflect on the Gift of Marriage
and Family Life: Thursdays of Lent, 7pm – 8pm at the Cathedral
– a prayerful reflection on a particular passage from the Bible: Thurs 26 March:
The wedding feast of Cana (John 2: 1-12) led by Canon Luiz Ruscillo.
GENERAL ELECTION 2015
Please take from the porch a letter from our Bishops’ Conference.
LEGION OF MARY Meetings on Monday afternoons at 2.00pm in
St Patrick’s Church Hall. All are welcome.
BAPTISMS
We welcome into the family of the Church through the Sacrament of Baptism:
Lucan Peter Riley
son of Natasha
today (Sunday) at St Mary’s at 12 noon
Adelaide Rose O’Kane
and
Maddison Hope O’Kane
daughters of Janette
on Saturday at St Mary’s at 12.30pm
RECONCILIATION
AND 1ST HOLY COMMUNION
The last preparation meetings is today (Sunday) with 1st
Confessions celebrated on Saturday at St Mary’s at 11.30am.
SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION
The Bishop will celebrate this for our deanery on Pentecost Sunday, 24th May.
Anyone age 14 + who would like to be confirmed please let Canon Cooper know.
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES
Offertory envelopes for the new tax year are now available. Please collect from
the Church you indicated.
Cuppa and Chat
Bingo
200 Club
Next meeting on Monday 23rd March at 10.15am in
St Patrick’s hall. All welcome.
Monday nights in St Patrick’s hall. Doors open at 7pm.
Week ending 15/03/15
1st prize Peter Thompson; 2nd prize Mary Walsh;
3rd prize Dympna Magee
Contributions from the APF red Missio boxes should be given to
us (tel 823815) or left with Canon Cooper by next Sunday, 29th
March.
Eddie and Mavis Kingsley
LENT FAST DAY
Your efforts raised £3,722 including the splendid sum
of over £750 from the enjoyable Soup Day at St Patrick’s. 52 Gift Aid slips were
returned so Gift Aid will add a further £ to the total. Many thanks to all who
helped or supported the event,
THE VOCATIONS TREE
Where is it –
The Priest Tree?
In which field will I find
A tree of Religious? In which forest
Do these rare trees grow which produce
Priests, monks, nuns, catechists, evangelists.
Catechist-Mums and Dads? Have you ever seen one?
Ever met one? Every day people ask me, your bishop,
To grow such a tree! But where is the soil, the hole,
The water, the fertilizer? Every year I’m asked
To climb it and pick priests and sisters and I’m forced to
Go and shake it so that apostles will fall
From it. And I go through the highways and byways
And I go from one Christian community to another
And I visit families one after another.
Do you have one of my trees.
The tree that’s missing in
My orchard?
Perhaps you yourself
Are the rare
Tree which
Should be planted
In my field?
Families, be the good earth. Christian communities, be a nursery; educators bring
pure water; men and women, children and young people, parents and teachers,
let’s all seek out the Vocations Tree, by praying and doing something, having
boundless confidence in God. The seed – God’s call – will be sown and from it
will grow the Vocations Tree in the shade of the Great Cross in the glorious
sunshine of the Resurrection. May the heart that loves the Church say Yes!
Amen. Mgr A T Sanon, Bishop of Bobo-Dionfassa copied and translated from
Ajaccio Cathedral, Corsica.
VOCATIONS WEEKEND FOR YOUNG WOMEN (20s AND 30s)
Discerning God's Call in my life. 22nd - 24th May 2015, Broadstairs, Kent
The weekend is organised by the sisters, Faithful Companions of Jesus (FCJ).
There will be input from the FCJ sisters on different aspects of vowed life, and
time for prayer, reflection and discussion with other young women who are also
considering a vocation to religious life.
It's an opportunity to live community life for a weekend and meet some sisters!
For more information contact Sr Lynne fcJ at [email protected] or visit
our website www.fcjsisters.org
to all our visitors – if you are staying please visit the Church
for prayer before the Blessed Sacrament during the week.