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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:     Naill Macfarlane (07786 432360)                                                                                                                                                                          

Salford Roman Catholic Diocese Trustees Registered Charity No 2500374     

10th November 2019      THE NEWSLETTER   Thirty Second Sunday of Ordinary Time  (year C)
 
Mass Schedule for this week

(Every Saturday Afternoon:  Holy Hour with Confessions at 4.30pm,    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.  Bernard John Myerscough, Edward Jackson, Fr Francis Hull SJ, Mary Oddie, John Livesey and John James Brown.  May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

Readings at Mass

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

Praying with the Pope in November 2019
That the spirit of dialogue, encounter and reconciliation emerge in the Near East, where diverse religious communities share their lives together.

Look at www.ThePopeVideo.org for more information.

Today
Is the 32nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.    In the Gospel Jesus explains that our God is the God of the living and that there is a true hope of the resurrection.

Remembrance Sunday
Today is also Remembrance Sunday.   The 5.30pm Vigil Mass will be as normal in St Peter’s with SMH coming to this Mass.   The 9.30am Mass on Sunday will be in St Peter’s with the College attending.   The traditional Remembrance Service will be held on the village Green at 10.45am.   In the Remembrance Service the whole village community is united in its prayer of gratitude to those who have given their lives in defence of freedom.

November list of the dead
November is the month where we remember those who we have loved and died. It is a Catholic custom to inscribe their names in a book which is placed on the altar at each Mass celebrated during this month.   Please add the names of your loved ones to the list.   We commend their souls to the Lord.

Parish Pastoral Council
Meets on Tuesday in the Dashwood Room of Fr Tim’s house at 7pm.   If there is an item you wish to raise, please contact a member of the PPC.    One item on the agenda will be the recent letter from the bishop.

Tea on the Green
This social event is led by some students from Stonyhurst.   We gather at 1.15pm on Thursday in St Peter’s Club for tea, cakes and other activities.   All welcome

Next Sunday
Is the 33rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.   We are coming to the close of the church’s year.   The readings focus on the last times and what will happen once this world passes away.

The Collection
The collection last week came to:

Thanks for your generosity.

Mass for the deceased of the deanery
Will take place at 10am on Tuesday 19th November at the Christian Heritage Centre.   The priests of the deanery will be gathering for this Mass and all parishioners are welcome to join them.  

Piety Stall Christmas Stock
The Piety Stall in St Peter’s has a new selection of Christmas Cards, Advent Calendars and diaries.   A selection of these items is also available outside of the chapel in St Joseph’s.   Please check it out.

School Vouchers
If you are offered some School Vouchers in the supermarket when you do your weekly shop, please accept them and pass them on to the headmistress of St Joseph’s Primary, as they can be used for purchasing new equipment.

Congratulations to…
Dr Alasdair Macfarlane is to marry  Mhairi  Macfadyen in Troon, Scotland, this weekend with a Scottish wedding.  Please pray for the happiness of the couple.

And Congratulations to…
Declan Maguire and Sara Moon will be celebrating the sacrament of marriage in our church next weekend.   We pray for their happiness.

Welcome into the church
We welcome Cain Coop Rushworth into the church.   He will be baptised next Sunday.   Please pray for him and for his family.

They shall not grow old

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: 
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. 
At the going down of the sun and in the morning 
We will remember them.

As the stars that shall be bright when we are dust, 
Moving in marches upon the heavenly plain; 
As the stars that are starry in the time of our darkness, To the end, to the end, they remain.