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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   

25th January 2026                           THE NEWSLETTER                             Third Sunday of OT  (Year A)
Mass Schedule                                                                                                         Caritas Sunday                                            

(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:  Claire Eleanor Morris, Margaret Holden, Beatrice Cross, Grace Clare Shoesmith, Rosanna (Rose) Wilcock, Peter Joseph Shoesmith, Mary Cecilia Rogerson, James Holden, Ann O’Hara and Molly Bailey.   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 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time.   In the gospel Jesus begins his ministry and chooses his first disciples.

Caritas Sunday
Today is Caritas Sunday.  Fran Duxbury will give out envelopes and make a brief appeal at all Masses so that we can support them in their work.   They target needy people within our diocese.   More specific information on the Caritas Salford website.

Week of prayer for Christian Unity
Please remember to pray for the unity of all of those who believe in Jesus Christ.

Conversion of St Paul
If it were not a Sunday, today would have been the feast of the conversion of St Paul.

Visitors from Uruguay
The college is currently hosting 28 pupils and 3 teachers from the Colegio Seminario in Montevideo.   They will join us for the 11am Mass on Sunday.    They will leave tomorrow.

St Carlo Acutis relics
Are coming to the diocese.   They will be at St Mary’s Church, Burnley on Wednesday and Thursday (from 10am to 8pm).  School visits will be organised on Thursday morning and parishioners can visit at other times.   Bishop John Arnold will celebrate Mass in St Mary’s to welcome the relics at 7pm on Wednesday. 

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

Next Sunday
Is the fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time.   In the gospel Matthew recounts the first sermon of Jesus where he proclaims the beatitudes.

World day of prayer for racial justice
Next Sunday is the world day of prayer for racial justice.   May all feel included.

Fr Simon Bishop SJ, RIP
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr Simon Bishop who died two weeks ago.   Simon attended SMH and the College for 10 years.   He became a Jesuit and returned to be chaplain.   More recently he has been the Master of Novices.   Sadly, he lost his battle with cancer.  Simon’s funeral will be on Tuesday 3rd February at 11am at St Mary’s Church, Harborne, B17 0DN.

Vacancy at Jesuit Missions
Jesuit Missions is looking for a new ‘Campaigns & Outreach Officer’.   This is a remote working opportunity, with travel across the UK.
For more information about Jesuit Missions, the Job Description/Person Specification go to: https://jesuitmissions.org.uk/vacancies/
Closing date: 9am, 2nd February 2026.

Cardinal Timothy Radcliffe OP
Will give a talk at the Holy Name church in Manchester:  “How can we keep our hope alive today”.   Thursday 17th February at 7pm in the church.   All welcome.

Last year’s palms
If you kept your palm from last year’s Palm Sunday, please bring it back to church.   Fr Tim will need them to make the Ashes for Ash Wednesday.

The Conversion of St Paul
Is celebrated on 25th January.   The feast would be celebrated today, but it has been superseded by the Sunday liturgy.   “Saul”, as he was known, was a fierce persecutor of the early Christian communities.   He was present at the stoning of St Stephen, the first Christian martyr.   He was on his way to Damascus when he fell and had a vision of the risen Lord.   He then asked to be baptised and assumed the name “Paul”.   He turned from the church’s persecutor to its staunchest defender.
We are grateful that his many letters were collected and preserved.   Through them we learn much about the lives of the first believers in Jesus Christ.   The letters are full of useful instruction and are still relevant to us today.
Tradition holds that both he and St Peter were martyred in Rome in about the year 65AD.