March 29th - Parish of Blessed John Henry Newman

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 29TH MARCH 2015
PALM SUNDAY OF THE PASSION OF THE LORD
EASTER TRIDUUM
The evening Mass of Holy Thursday, the celebration of Good Friday and the
Easter Vigil are all services in which I hope you will take part.
The collection on Good Friday is for Holy Places.
Good Friday is a day of fasting and abstinence.
MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS
St Patrick’s
Good Shepherd
St Mary’s
Monday
St Mary’s
Tuesday
St Patrick’s
Wednesday
Good Shepherd
St Patricks
MAUNDY THURSDAY
Saturday
Sunday
6.00pm
8.30am
10.30am
9.30am
10.00am
10.00am
1.00pm
Pat McGuinness
Sarah and Ashley Bell
Lancs Infirm Secular Clergy
Mildred Isherwood
Isabel Beattie
John and Shirley Kenny
Requiem: Vincent McGill
Margaret Parkinson
Thursday
St Patrick’s
7.00pm - 90th birthday
GOOD FRIDAY – day of fasting and abstinence
Friday
All Churches
3.00pm Liturgy of the Passion
Holy Saturday EASTER VIGIL MASS
Saturday
St Mary’s
7.00pm For the parishioners
EASTER SUNDAY
Sunday
Good Shepherd
St Patrick’s
St Mary’s
8.30am Jean Gerrard
10.00am Susan Jones
11.30am Una Murphy
PLEASE TAKE HOME THE HOLY WEEK & EASTER CARD AND NOTE
ESPECIALLY THE TIMES OF MASS ON EASTER SUNDAY
LAST WEEK
Attendance
503
Collection
£1,404.11
LATELY DEAD
We pray for the repose of the souls of:
Olive Jones of Whitelow House who died 19th
March, aged 93. Funeral Service at Lancaster &
Morecambe Crematorium on Tuesday at 11.45am.
Vincent McGill of Norfolk Avenue who died on
22nd March, aged 85. Requiem Mass at St
Patrick’s on Wednesday at 1.00pm followed by
committal at Lancaster & Morecambe Crematorium.
Parishioners have asked prayers for relations and friends lately dead:
Colin Stewart
May they rest in the peace of Christ.
PLEASE PRAY FOR
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,
Rev Debbie Peatman and the sick and housebound in the parish
and those in local hospitals and nursing homes.
Sick
Anniversaries Fr John Gornall, Josie Walmsley, Kathleen McGuigan,
Sheila Drake, Hugh Ward, Joan Crossland, Isabel Beattie,
Helen Forbes, Lee Maguire, Millie Dawson, Ann Burbidge,
Winifred Hilton and all those whose anniversaries occur between
29th March and 4th April.
BAPTISMS
We welcome into the family of the Church through the
Sacrament of Baptism:
Joshua Thomas Grice
son of David and Sarah
today (Sunday) at St Mary’s at 12.30pm
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.
LEGION OF MARY Meetings on Monday afternoons at 2.00pm in
St Patrick’s Church Hall. All are welcome.
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES
Offertory envelopes for the new tax year are now available. Please collect from
the Church you indicated. You will need your new bo x for next weekend.
Cuppa and Chat
Bingo
200 Club
Please note there will be NO meeting on 6th April.
Monday nights in St Patrick’s hall. Doors open at 7pm.
Received in March £228.
Week ending 22/03/15
1st prize Terri Bell; 2nd prize Dr Sarah Brear;
3rd prize Mr and Mrs D Bates
SVP
A huge thank you to parents, children, Sr Anna and staff of St Mary’s school for
preparing the Easter gifts and cards for some of our older parishioners.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS
Today (Sunday) we will be joined by the members of the congregation of
Churches Together in Morecambe and Heysham in walking the way to Calvary
with Jesus at 3.00pm in St Patrick’s.
Chrism Mass at the Cathedral Holy Thursday 11.30am.
GOOD FRIDAY
O King of the Friday
Whose limbs were stretched on the cross.
O Lord who did suffer
The bruises, the wounds, the loss,
We stretch ourselves
Beneath the shield of thy might,
Some fruit from the tree of thy passion
Fall on us this night!
Thank you for the donations towards the cost of Easter flowers.
Other donations will always be welcome!
Our congratulations and best wishes go to
Margaret Parkinson
who celebrates her 90th birthday on Good Friday.
Refreshments served after 10.30am Mass
on Sunday in St Mary’s hall.
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
Saturday 11th April
Friday 8th to
Sunday 10th May
Friday 22nd to
Sunday 24th May
Women’s Vocation Discernment Day (for 18+) at
Little Sisters of the Poor, Jeanne Jugan Residence,
Fulwood Preston. Contact Sister Mary Julian Ekman,
RSM on [email protected] by 2nd April
Encounter – experience the loving presence of Jesus.
Cor et Lumen, Wigton. www.coretlumenchristi.org
Adventure Weekend at Castlerigg Manor. For young
people, years 7 to 9. www.castleriggmanor.co.uk
The Catholic Voice – your free diocesan newspaper – is available this weekend.
to all our visitors – if you are staying please visit the
Church for prayer before the Blessed Sacrament during the
week.
The Parish in the Lancaster Diocese. Registered Charity No. 234331