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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)                                                                                                                                                                          

14th October 2018                  THE NEWSLETTER               28th Sunday of Ordinary Time (year B)

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:  Edward Hayhurst, Tom Bailey, Lydia Hough, John ‘Jack’ Holden, Arthur Ronald Tones and Frederick Gerald Layland.   May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace. Amen.

Readings at Mass

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

Praying with the Pope in October 2018

That consecrated religious men and women may bestir themselves, and be present amongst the poor, the marginalised, and those who have no voice.  

Look at www.ThePopeVideo.org for more information.

Today’s Mass
Jesus challenges a rich young man, who he loves, to reevaluate his priorities.

First Holy Communion preparation
Begins today at 8.45am in St Joseph’s.   Let’s pray for our children setting out on their journey towards receiving the Eucharist.

Bishop St Oscar Romero
Of El Salvador will be canonised by Pope Francis in Rome today, during the world synod of bishops on youth.  We can now pray, through his intercession for justice in South and Central America.
There is a relic of the new saint on display in St Peter’s for those who would like to venerate it.

Mass Count
Today we will be counting the number of people who come to Mass for the fourth and final time.   These figures become part of the statistics of the Diocese and of the whole Catholic Church.

Figures to date are: 22/23 Sep 29/30 Sep 6/7 Oct
5.30 Vigil Mass:           38              315             94
9.30 Mass:                  52                57             67  
11.00 Mass:              383               81            301
Total                         473             453            462

Meeting of the Hummingbird Project
Takes place on Monday at 7.00pm in St Joseph’s.   The meeting will, hopefully, help us to finalise our application to the Home Office

Rosary during October
Will be said each Wednesday in the village at 7.30pm.   The third one this Wednesday will be at Margaret Embery’s house which is 3 Longridge Road, near the old Bobbin Mill.   All welcome.

Fr Tim Away
Fr Tim will be at a meeting of Parish Priests in Leeds from Wednesday to Friday.   The Mass at 8am on Friday morning will be replaced by a Eucharistic Service.

SMH Mass
There is no Mass at SMH this Thursday as the pupils are on half term.

CRB Checks for our volunteers.
Some volunteers in the parish require a CRB check:
A team from the Diocese will be at St Mary’s, Langho, on next Saturday to conduct these checks.   If you need to be checked, please collect an explanitory letter from Fr Tim.   We can help with transport on the day .   If you can’t make next Saturday, please talk to Naill or Fr Tim for an alternative strategy.   Its important that all these checks are in place.

Benediction during half-term
Next Saturday there will not be any pupils, but there will still be a holy hour at 4.30pm, with a simple Benediction at 5.15pm

The Collection
Weekend 6th / 7th October 2018

The collection for the CAFOD Family Fast Day came to £ 122.15
Thank you for your generosity.

Mass to honour St Oscar Romero
Takes place in the Cathedral in Salford at 12.10 on Tuesday 23rd October.   All welcome.

Jesuit Visitors
Fr Tim is expecting 9 Jesuits to visit for the weekend 27th / 28th October.   They are coming to attend the Association Dinner.

The Statue of Our Lady
The Statue of Our Lady at the end of the avenue has been gone for some months undergoing repairs.   Sadly her return is further delayed.   She will be back for February next year!

Heating in St Peter’s
Is not working at the moment.   The pipe has been damaged preventing a new delivery of gas.   We hope it will be repaired as soon as possible.