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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   

31st August 2025                    THE NEWSLETTER                   22ndt Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year C)
Mass Schedule                                                                                                      

(Each Saturday 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:   Philip John Leighton Hardman, Anne Rita Marsland, Margaret Mary Brotherton, Catherine Murtagh, Robert Gerard Hardman, Jean Cunningham and Agnes Hayhurst.  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.

Prayers Please
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mary Moss who died suddenly and unexpectedly. Remember Felix and the family in your prayers too. Her funeral will take place in St Peter’s this coming Thursday at 1pm in St Peter’s.

Praying with the Pope in September 2025
For our relationship with all of creation
Let us pray that, inspired by St Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect.

Look at www.ThePopeVideo.org for more information

Today
Is the 22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time.   In the gospel Jesus gives a Pharisee a lesson in how to be humble.

Day by Day
Copies of the September Day by Day are available at the back of the church.

Boarders return by next week
From next weekend Holy Hour will resume at 4.30pm and Benediction at 5.15pm.   Confession is available from 4.30pm – 5pm.
Also, boarders will be joining us once more for the 11am Mass on Sundays.

World Day of Prayer for Creation
Monday is the World Day of Prayer for Creation and begins the Season of Creation where we can reflect on our relationship with all that God has made.

Back to school
All of our schools start again this week.  
St Joseph’s pupils begin on Wednesday and Stonyhurst has a phased return from Monday to Thursday.  We wish all our new pupils and new staff well.

Next Sunday
Is the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.   In the gospel Jesus tells the story of a man who began to build a tower, but was unable to complete it.

Blessed Carlo Acutis canonisation
This had to be postponed because of the death of Pope Francis.   It has been rescheduled and will take place in Rome next Sunday.    Blessed Carlo will be the first saint born in this century.   He is a patron saint of the internet and of youth. 

Caritas Salford sponsored walk
Once more Caritas Salford is holding a sponsored walk to raise funds.   They are doing the Tolkien Trail on Saturday 13th September.  Please help raise funds for Caritas, supporting families and individuals in crisis by signing up for this year’s Every Step Tolkien Trail challenge, details on the website. Alternatively sponsor the group taking part…sponsor forms at the back of church or go to Just Giving Fran’s Tolkien Group.

Parishes meeting
All of the Jesuit parishes in the UK will have a residential conference from 12th – 14th November.   To prepare for this there is a meeting here at Stonyhurst on Saturday 4th October.   We will be joined by the parishioners from St Wilfrid’s in Preston.   The meeting will be facilitated by Danny Curtin.   Please keep these dates free.

Parish Confirmations
The bishop has given a date for confirmations for candidates from the Ribble Valley churches (Clitheroe, Whalley and Stonyhurst).   Confirmations will be on Tuesday 23rd September at 7pm at St Mary’s, Langho.   We keep our candidates in our prayers.

Carol Leonard RIP
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Carol Leonard, who died suddenly and unexpectedly.   Carol was a regular at the Coffee Stop.  Her funeral will be a private family cremation, but we can pray for her and her family.    May she rest in peace.

Season of Creation
Pope Leo writes about the Season of Creation:
“The theme of this World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation, chosen by our beloved Pope Francis, is “Seeds of Peace and Hope”. On the tenth anniversary of the establishment of this Day of Prayer, which coincided with the publication of the Encyclical Laudato Si’, we find ourselves celebrating the present Jubilee as “Pilgrims of Hope.” This year’s theme thus appears most timely. 
“In proclaiming the Kingdom of God, Jesus often used the image of the seed. As the time of his Passion drew near, he applied that image to himself, comparing himself to the grain of wheat that must die in order to bear fruit (cf. Jn 12:24). Seeds are buried in the earth, and there, to our wonder, life springs up, even in the most unexpected places, pointing to the promise of new beginnings. We can think, for example, of flowers springing up on our roadsides from seeds that landed up there almost by chance. As those flowers grow, they brighten the grey tarmac and even manage to break through its hard surface.”