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ST PETER’S CHURCH (with St Joseph’s, Hurst Green)
Stonyhurst College – Stonyhurst – Clitheroe – Lancs – BB7 9PZ.

T: (01254) 826268      E: stpeterschurchstonyhurst@btinternet.com        Web: www.stpetersstonyhurst.org.uk

Parish Priest:   Fr Tim Curtis, SJ              Safeguarding Officer:     Niall Macfarlane (07786 432360
                          Salford Roman Catholic Diocese Trustees Registered Charity No 2500374   

  
Mass Schedule                                                                                                        World Communications Day                                                            

(Each Saturday during term time there are confessions and a Holy Hour from 4.30pm with Benediction at 5.15pm)

L = Lately Dead, A = Anniversary of Death, R = Remembrance          M = Martyr, V = Virgin, B = Bishop, Pp = Pope
P = Personal Intention, S = Sick, B = Birthday   F = Founders Mass             D = Doctor, P = Priest, R = Religious

Please pray for the following, the anniversary of whose deaths occur at this time:   Ethel Mercia (Bunty) Devlin, Charles Leo Hayhurst, Marie Theresa Crotty, Edmund Arrowsmith and Francis Aloysius Holden.   May they rest in the peace of the Lord.

Readings at Mass

  Diocesan Website:
http://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk
for information on our Diocese and what is happening.

Praying with the Pope in May 2026
That everyone might have food
Let us pray that everyone, from large producers to small consumers, be committed to avoid wasting food, and so ensure that everyone has access to quality food.

Today
Is the seventh Sunday of Easter.   Jesus has ascended to the Father, and the Holy Spirit has not yet come.     In the gospel Jesus tells his disciples that his work on earth is completed and that it is time to return to the Father.

Communication’s Sunday
Today is Communications Sunday.   We pray for those who use modern technology to spread the message of the gospel.

Sacramental Preparation
Continues today at 8.30am in St Joseph’s but then takes a break for half term.   Pray for our children as they prepare for their 1st Holy Communion on 28th June.

Prayers for peace
There is a glimmer of hope for the end of the war between USA and Iran. We need to be steadfast in our prayers.

Cannonball Day
Wednesday is the 505th anniversary of the battle of Pamplona where the leg of St Ignatius was shattered by a cannonball.   During his long and painful convalescence, he decided to change his life. This led to the founding of the Society of Jesus.  We can reflect on our own lives.

May Devotions
During May we gather each Wednesday at 7pm to pray the rosary.   This Wednesday we gather at Michael & Margaret Embery’s House (9 Avenue Road).   All welcome.  

Stonyhurst Great Academies
Takes place next Friday and Saturday.

ParkPlay
Takes place every Saturday from 10am to 12 noon on the field behind the Village Hall. Now that the weather is better, we hope for more participants.  New leaders welcome: contact Catriona on  07775 801057.

Next Sunday
Is Pentecost Sunday.   50 days after the resurrection and 10 days after the Ascension of Jesus into heaven, the Holy Spirit descends upon the apostles, and they become full of energy and ready to proclaim the message of the resurrection.

Half Term
The college is on half term next weekend so there will be no Benediction on the Saturday afternoon and the 11am Sunday Mass will be a quiet one.

New Stations for the cemetery
We are expecting to take delivery of these in the next month or so.   Those who wish may contribute to the cost of their purchase.   A thank you to those who have contributed already.

Come Holy Spirit
On Pentecost, Pope Leo has said:
“As we hear in the Acts of the Apostles, the Spirit accomplished something extraordinary in the lives of the Apostles. Following Jesus’ death, they had retreated behind closed doors, in fear and sadness. Now they receive a new way of seeing things, an interior understanding that helps them to interpret the events that occurred and to experience intimately the presence of the Risen Lord. The Holy Spirit overcomes their fear, shatters their inner chains, heals their wounds, anoints them with strength and grants them the courage to go out to all and to proclaim God’s mighty works.”

The Sacrament of Confirmation
We will join with the parishes of Clitheroe and Whalley for the celebration of confirmation for our young people on Tuesday 23rd June at 7pm in St Mary’s Langho.   To be confirmed you need to be in year 8 or above.   For those at St Augustine’s High School, preparation will be done in school.   Fr Tim will run a course for everyone else in 2 sessions:  on Tuesday 2nd June and on Tuesday 9th June at 5pm in St Peter’s.   So far 32 young people have registered.    To access the registration form, its in the PDF below..