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St Helen’s church St. Joseph’s Church
Parish Office based at St Helen’s church: Mrs Anne Fearon 0151 924 3417 Liverpool Archdiocesan Trustees Inc. Registered Charity No. 232709
St Helen’s Sunday 10th 9.45 am Mass for Edmund Coates 6.30 pm Mass for the people of the parish.
Monday 11th
9.30 am Service of the Word & Communion NO PADRE PIO PRAYER GROUP 7.00 pm Holy Hour
Tuesday 12th 7.30 pm Novena & Benediction 8.00 pm St Helen’s Prayer Group
Wednesday 13th
9.30 am Mass for Jean Duffy (anniv.) and deceased relatives
Thursday 14th
9.45 am U. M. Prayer - St Luke’s church 7.00 pm Mass for Peter Walker (sick)
Friday 15th
11.00 am Funeral Mass for Joe Gittins
Saturday 16th
11.00 am Exposition (until 11.50 am) 11.20 am Confessions 12.00 pm Mass for Denise Shearer (LD) and Jim Shearer
Sunday 17th 9.45 am Mass for Sandra Rooney & James Coyne (anniv.) 6.30 pm Mass for the people of the parish
St Joseph’s Saturday 9th 5.30 pm Exposition & Confessions (until 6.20) 6.30 pm Mass for Mark Edwards (lately dead)
Sunday 10th
11 am Mass for Charles Gilbertson (anniversary)
Monday 11th
9.30 am Mass for Priscilla Armendina Lopez (R.I.P.)
Tuesday 12th
7.30 am Morning Prayer of the Church
Wednesday 13th NO SERVICE
Thursday 14th
9.30 am Service of Word & Communion
Friday 15th 9.30 am Mass for Agnes McGiveron (R.I.P.)
Saturday 16th
5.30 pm Exposition & Confessions (until 6.20) 6.30 pm Mass for James Judge (anniversary)
Sunday 17th
11 am Mass for Margaret Semper (anniversary)
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISHES: Stephen Wilson, Frank Hughes, Christine Moore, John Murphy, Christopher Brown, John Regan, Hannah Amelia Regan, Hugh Dillon, Rita Barber, Celia Bradshaw, Sheila Brennan, Denise Cummins, Margaret Walsh, Joan Bamber, Susan Natsheh, Pat Corner, Marie Brownrigg, Peter Holmes, Mary Cookson-Gower, Norah Byford, Joan Doyle, Rachel Cunningham, Jean Greenwood, Margaret McNeillie, May McGivern, Jim Byrne, Pat Kimmance, Reg Fitzgerald, Hagai Atzmon, John Regan, Mary Kilbane, Peggy McGoldrick, Anthony Belderbos, Ged Manning, Margaret, John & Pauline Bent, Tom O’Leary, Stephen Smerdon, Barbara Lee, Janet Kinsey, Jack Jones, Ann Stanton (York), Betty Hennessey, Christopher Cadley, Graeme Davidson, Joe Brennan, and Stephen Deary.
40, Warren Road, Liverpool, L23 6UE Fr Martin Caddell - 0151 924 2101 Mobile: 07710247633 [email protected] www.stjosephsblundellsands.org
112, Alexandra Road, Liverpool L23 7TQ 0151 924 3417 [email protected] www.sthelenscrosby.org.uk Fr Martin Caddell Deacon: Rev. E Douglas
Second Sunday of Advent
9th & 10th December 2017 Year B
Anniversaries: Charles Gilbertson, James Cain, Brigid Presley, Margaret Semper, James Goscombe, John Kilbane, Eileen Reynolds, Mary Adams,Agnes Burgess, Jean Duffy, Therese McCusker, Frank Rogerson, David McIver.
SVP : Thank you so much for your generous donations to the SVP collection last weekend: £324.98 from St Joseph’s and £291.20 from St Helen’s
Please remember in your prayers: Joe Gittins and Pat Barry who died recently
Christmas Masses at St Helen’s Sunday 24th December: 9.45am (4th Sunday of Advent) Christmas Eve 8.30 pm First Mass of Christmas
Monday 25th December: 9.45am Christmas day Mass
Christmas Masses at St Joseph’s Sunday 24th December: 11.00am (4th Sunday of Advent) Christmas Eve Midnight Mass
Monday 25th December: 11 am Christmas day Mass
Contributions for this newsletter need to reach the Parish Office 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. e-mail: [email protected]
Ebola Orphans: (St Joseph’s) Don’t forget our £1.00 in an envelope scheme which is run by our young people at the end of Mass. Please join in! You might win!
Last week’s winner: Tony Rimmer
Thinking outside the pew: Looking around for Jesus among us. Discussion of the readings for the 3rd week of Advent, parish centre, 7:30pm. Sat Dec 16th Fr. Tom Cullinan will lead a talk on the history of Christmas as a Christian celebration and the evolution of the season of Advent. Ince Benet, 10:30-12:00. Morning prayer and midday prayer at 10:00 and 12:00, with shared table lunch to follow. All welcome to any or all parts of the morning.
Parish prep for Youth Synod Thank you to all who answered the questions posed by our young adult parishioners. These are now being typed up and collated. Answers will be sent to young adults and made available to parishioners. We will pause until after Christmas, when the conversation will resume, identifying how we can work as a parish and support individual parishioners as we explore ways to accompany our young adults' Faith journey.
CAFOD (St Helen’s) pray-fast-give This prayer is taken from CAFOD’s Advent calendar.
“God of love, every person is precious in your sight.
Move us to profess our love for our sisters and brothers
through our actions, bringing the light of your hope to
the world. Amen”
Your generous actions have resulted in donations last week
totalling £419. Together with the previous week this totals
£669. I have sent cheques off to CAFOD for the Yemen appeal
to that amount. Thank you again for your incredible
generosity.
CHRISTMAS CARD CAMPAIGN 2017. 1. Only send a religious card if told it is safe to do so. 2. Add a greeting with your name & contact details (if you wish to do so) but DO NOT include any political references, including the source of their address. 3. A small card should cost £1.17, a large one, £1.40.
A Carol Concert with Liverpool Male Voice Choir at St Helen’s Church
Friday 15th December at 7.30pm Tickets £6—includes refreshments (children free) Available from parish office (Proceeds to SPUC)
CAROL CONCERT with Amadeus: the Chamber Choir Holy Family Church, Ince Blundell
Friday, 15th December at 7.30 p.m. Tickets £5 Under 16s: £2.50 (in aid of Mary’s Meals)
SVP. Advent Box A simple way to help those in need! Our Advent Box will be in the porch throughout Advent. Whatever you leave in the box will be distributed to people in our area who may not have as much as most of us this Christmas or who may be isolated or feel in need of being remembered. Food and other gifts may be left there. Any money can be left in the wall/porch -box. Thank you in advance.
Call for double buggies !! A community organisation in Liverpool working with needy families is desperately looking for double buggies. If you have one you can donate, please call Emer Coffey on 9247438 or email. [email protected]
A message from Archbishop Malcolm: “Act in support of Catholic Education: Do you support Catholic schools and the right of Catholics to send their children to them? Then you need to make your voice heard. The government is making a critical decision on whether to overturn the admissions cap which prevents new Catholic schools from allowing all Catholic pupils to attend. The Prime Minister has acknowledged that this policy discriminates against Catholics and had promised previously to abandon it. Now, the Government may decide to keep this discriminatory policy in place instead of removing it. We need you to tell the Government not to discriminsate against Catholics and to remove the admissions cap on new Faith-based schools. Please complete the online petition letter to the Rt Hon. Justine Greening MP, Secretary of State for Education, by visiting: http://catholicnews.org.uk/education-cap OR collect a draft letter (from the back of the Church) you could send to Justine Greening and your local MP.
AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT THE HOLY LAND The Irenaeus Project are leading a pilgrimage to the Holy Land between 11th and 20th June 2018. For the first part, staying in the Old City of Jerusalem and visiting all the Holy places. Then moving to Galilee, and the areas associated with Jesus’ ministry. There are a few places left on the Pilgrimage. The cost will be in the region of £1800 with a single room supplement. For further details contact The Irenaeus Project on 0151 949 1199 or email [email protected]
Giving Sunday—this weekend (9/10 December) If you can please bring along presents for children and teenagers which can be distributed to those in need by S.V.P.
Advent Prayer Cards are available at the back of church. These have been provided as part of the preparation for the Adoremus National Eucharistic Congress which is to take place in Liverpool next year, and also the Liverpool Archdiocesan Synod which will be in 2020.