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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   

4th January 2026                    THE NEWSLETTER                     Second Sunday of Christmas  (Year A)
Mass Schedule                                                                                                                                                      

(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:   Margaret Brown, Richard Henry Rogerson, Kathleen Hill, Mary Frances Slater, Elizabeth Hardman, Neil Murtagh, James Hughes, Mary Melling, Doreen Kenyon, Winifred Butler, Bridgid Hardwick, Richard Algar, James Tomlinson, Isaac Wilkinson and Vincent Comber.  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 January 2026
For Prayer with the Word of God
Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us

build a more fraternal and missionary Church.

Look at www.ThePopeVideo.org for more information

Today
Is the 2nd Sunday after Christmas.   The gospel is the first chapter of St John’s Gospel – in the beginning was the Word, and the Word became flesh.

Crib Offerings
This year will go to the Friends of The Holy Land, who will use the money to support Christians in this war-torn part of the world.

Day by Day
Please pick up your January edition of Day by Day from the back of the church.

Christmas Extra
If you have not done so already, please take a copy from the back of the church.   Enjoy the jokes!

Christmas Collection
This was taken up for the Society of Jesus.   The total come to £1,736.   Thank you for your generosity.

Back to School
St Joseph’s and SMH children return to school on Monday.   For the college, Tuesday is the travel day with the opening Mass of the new term taking place on Wednesday at 9am in St Peter’s.   We wish all of our students a successful term.

The feast of the Epiphany
Tuesday is the feast of the Epiphany where we remember the visit of the 3 wise men to Bethlehem.   Mass will be in St Peter’s at 8am and in St Joseph’s at 9.30am.

End of the Jubilee Year
The Jubilee Year ends on Tuesday.   Many people have visited our church over the last 12 months, and many have left their hopes in our “Jar of Hope”.   This is your last chance to add your hope to these.

Coffee Stop
The first Coffee Stop of 2026 takes place on Thursday in the Bowling Green pavilion from 1.30pm to 3pm.   A chance for us to catch up on what happened over Christmas.

ParkPlay
Resumes on Saturday from 10am to 12 noon on the field behind the Village Hall.   All children welcome.

Next Sunday
Is the feast of the Baptism of the Lord.   In the gospel John hesitates to baptise Jesus, insisting that Jesus should baptise him.

St Carlo Acutis relics
Are coming to the diocese in January.   They will be at St Mary’s Church, Burnley on 28th and 29th January 2026.   School visits will be organised during the daytime and parishioners can visit in the evenings.

The Epiphany in other countries
In some countries the celebration of the Epiphany is more important than the celebration of Christmas.   In Spain, for example, it is the three wise men who bring the Christmas gifts.   Often towns and villages will have a procession through the streets.   It is a great honour to be chosen to play the part of one of the wise men.
The word, Epiphany, means “showing”.   When the shepherds saw the baby Jesus he was revealed to the Jewish people, but the coming of the Magi signifies Jesus being revealed to the world.   From his very birth, Jesus is shown as the Saviour of the whole world.
 
The Parish in Numbers
During 2024 we celebrated:

Our young people from the Parish were confirmed in Langho, so they are not represented in our statistics.