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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

20th October 2024 THE NEWSLETTER 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B)

Mass Schedule

Date	Time	Mass Intentions	Feast
Sa 19th	5.30pm St P’s	Lynne Gudgeon A	Vigil of 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Su 20th	9.30am St J’s	For the Parish	29th Sunday of Ordinary Time (Year B)
	11.00am St P’s	Robert Joseph Jackson A
Mo 21st	No Mass		Weekday in Ordinary Time (Week 29)
Tu 22nd	8.00am St P’s	Communion Service	Weekday in Ordinary Time
W 23rd	8.00am St P’s	Communion Service	Weekday in Ordinary Time
Th 24th	No Mass		Weekday in Ordinary Time
Fr 25th	8.00am St P’s	Communion Service	Weekday in Ordinary Time

(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 Robert Joseph Jackson, Lynne Gudgeon, Robert Johnson, Anthony Perry James Wilkinson, Sheila Holden and Sarah Bolton. May they rest in the peace of the Lord.

Readings at Mass

	29th Sunday of OT	30th Sunday of OT
First	Isaiah 53; 10 – 11	Jeremiah 31; 7 – 9
Second	Heb 4; 14 – 16	Heb 5; 1 – 6
Gospel	Mark 10; 35 - 45	Mark 10; 46 - 52

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

Praying with the Pope in October 2024
For a shared mission
Let us pray that the church continues to sustain a synodal lifestyle in every way, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, communion and mission shared by priests, religious and laity.

Look at www.ThePopeVideo.org for more information

This Sunday
Is the 29th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In the gospel two of the disciples, James and his brother John, try and bag the best seats in heaven.

Half Term break
Stonyhurst and SMH are now on their half term break. This means they will not be joining us for Mass or Benediction for the next three weeks. St Joseph’s is also on half term, but just for one week.

World Mission Day
Today is World Mission Sunday where we focus our prayers on the Universal Mission of the Church. There will be a second collection for the work of Missio at all the Masses this weekend.

The 9.30am Sunday Mass
Work has begun on restoring the classroom damaged by fire in St Joseph’s. Work will continue until March. The builders have reduced the amount of space they need in the play-ground, so there is now room for the normal quota of cars.

Fr Tim away
Fr Tim is away from the parish from Monday to Thursday 31st October. During his absence the 8am morning Masses will be replaced by communion services. A big thank you to the Eucharistic Ministers who will be leading these. There will be no Holy Hour or Benediction next Saturday, but the weekend Masses will be at the usual times. Fr Adrian Howell SJ has kindly agreed to come and celebrate them.

October devotions
During October we gather as a parish to say the rosary. This Wednesday we will gather at Michael and Margaret Embury’s house (9 Avenue Road) at 7pm.

Coffee Stop
Takes place on Thursday in the Bowling Green pavilion from 1.30pm to 3pm. All welcome.

Next Sunday
Is the 30th Sunday of Ordinary Time. In the gospel Jesus meets Bartimeus, a blind beggar.

All Saints
The feast of All Saints falls on Friday 1st November. Mass will be in the St Joseph’s Chapel at 9.30am.

All Souls
The feast of All Souls falls on Saturday 2nd November. There will be a Mass in the cemetery at 11am followed by a blessing of graves.

St Joseph’s fundraising
In the wake of the fire at St Joseph’s primary, the school has set up a fundraising page to pay for improvements to school security. To donate please go to: https://gofund.me/1e5565ff

Hopkins Society weekend
Takes place in Theodore House next weekend. There is a possibility that parishioners can join in some of the events planned for the weekend. Check out their website for details:
www.hopkinssocietyuk.co.uk

The Diocesan Synod
The Diocese will produce 4 leaflets on different aspects of our Catholic faith. The first two are available at the back of the church. We will need to produce a parish response before the Synod convenes again next year.

Cemetery clean up crew
Thanks to Martine and Stephen for sprucing up the statue in the cemetery and to our regular volunteers who keep everything so neat and tidy.

Mass Count
We have completed the Mass count for this year. The total numbers coming to Mass for the last four weeks is as follows: