MASS INTENTIONS FOR 1ST / 2ND JUNE 2019
Saturday 5.15 pm – Parishioners
Sunday 10.00 am – Catherine Sankey / Debra Catty
Monday 3rd June 10.00 am Mass – Ted & Vera Halewood
Tuesday 4th June 10.00 am Mass – Alma Griffiths
Wednesday 5th June 10.00 am Mass – Sam & Paula Byrne (sick)
Thursday 6th June 10.00 am Mass – Jim Gallen
Friday 7th June 12 Noon Mass – Michael Hodgson
Saturday 8th June 11.15 – 11.45 am – Confessions
12 Noon Mass – Heidi Halliday
Rosary prayed prior to Mass.
RETIRING COLLECTIONS: This Sunday: World Communications Next Sunday: School Levy
FEAST DAYS Monday: St Charles Lwanga & Companions. Ugandans martyred by their ruler Mwanga for their Christian faith between 1885 and 1887.
Wednesday: St Boniface, Bishop & Martyr. Born as Winfrith in Devon and killed in the
Netherlands in 754 he evangelised the Germanic peoples. Known as the Apostle
of Germany.
PLEASE REMEMBER TO PRAY FOR:
THOSE SICK: Louis Marshall, Jacob McCann, Albie Brandwood, Sheila Bradshaw, Carl Zeigler, Catherine McCann, Sharon Gilmour-Glover, Ceara Judge, Lorna Gibson, Bill Leary, Ruth Collins, Kathleen Buttery, Paul McVey, Margaret Stuart, Sam Byrne, Paula Byrne and a sick teenager.
LATELY DEAD: Isabel Morrison, George Joseph Woods.
ANNIVERSARIES: Catherine Sankey, Vera Halewood.
SCRIPTURE FOCUS FOR SUNDAY. We are called to be one, just as Jesus and his Father are one. We become one with each other and with them through our sharing in Holy Communion. But there are many others we are called to be one with as well. May we learn how to be one with them too.
THIS SUNDAY IS WORLD COMMUNICATIONS DAY. This was established by Pope Paul VI to pray for and celebrate the work of all involved in communications and the media. Pope Francis has chosen for this year’s theme “The truth will set you free (John 8:32)”. He asks “What is fake news and how can we recognise it?” and speaks of the truth that will set us free and of peace as the “true news”. Please pray for the efforts of the Church to communicate the Good News and help with your donations.
MUSICALS AND MORE with hits from stage and screen like ‘South Pacific’ and ‘The Greatest howman’. 7.30pm on Friday 7th June in the Crypt Concert Room at the Metropolitan Cathedral, entrance Brownlow Hill. Tickets at £10 each can be purchased from the Parish Office or online at http://www.stedmundschoir.com
UNION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS. The Mothers will be attending the Annual Mass at the Cathedral on Wednesday 6th June. The coach will leave church at 6.40pm.
PARISH SUMMER FAYRE. This will take place on Sunday 7th July after 10am Mass. Any donations would be gratefully received for bottle and gift tombolas, jewellery, cakes, toys and white elephant stalls. Usual stalls plus BBQ. Donations can be left at the back of church.
SCRIPTURE MORNINGS AT IRENAEUS St Georges Road on 6th, 13th and 20th June from 10.30-12 noon on the topic “He is Risen”, exploring the Resurrection story.
LENTEN ALMS. We had a most generous response to the fundraising during Lent. The money was distributed by donating £130.87 each to:
a) Mary’s Meals b) Mother Teresa’s Sisters c) Little Way Association
d) S.V.P. e) Nugent Care f) Bolivia g) A.G.N
Total £916.09 In addition, £30 was sent to Water Aid, making a total of £956.09.
QUIZ NIGHT on Friday 7th June at 7.30pm at St Helen’s Parish Centre. Entry is £5 per person, bring your own drink and all proceeds are to SPUC. Telephone 924 3417 for details.
LADIES DAY EVENT on Saturday 29th June in the Crypt Concert Room from 4pm – 9pm. Tickets are £35 and include a 3 course meal and a glass of fizz. Raffle, pay bar and entertainment. Compered by Frankie Connor (Radio Merseyside) Tel 709 9222 to book.
NORTHERN CATHOLIC CONFERENCE from 7th to 9th June at Liverpool Hope University. The weekend will include Daily Holy Mass, Adoration, Healing Service (led by Andy Fava of Cor et Lumen Christi Community) and with addresses from Fr Eamonn Reddy, Sr Regina Collins, John Hesketh, Sr Roseanne Reddy and Fr Pat Deegan. For information or booking contact Denise on 07543 800812 email northerncatholic@outlook.com
MAGNIFICAT. The June edition is available at the back of church.
We are Christians who belong to the Catholic Church throughout the world…
We believe that our ‘Church’ is not just a building but all those people who follow the way of Jesus in different Christian traditions, tooted in our common belief in the Trinity; Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
We meet together regularly to pray to God, to hear God’s Word and to celebrate the Sacraments.
We try to care for one another, especially at difficult times in our lives, and try to help each other grow in faith.
We are ordinary people, not one of us more important than the other, concerned for and trying to get involved in the life of the community in which we live.
We pray for the needs of the poor everywhere, and try to find ways of working for justice and peace for all.
We try to accept our responsibility to use our gifts and talents for the benefit of others and in caring for God’s world.
And at all times we try to be a people of hope…
with gratitude for the past, enthusiasm for the present, and hope for the future.
MASS INTENTIONS FOR 8TH / 9TH JUNE 2019
PENTECOST SUNDAY (YEAR C)
Saturday 5.15 pm – Parishioners
Sunday 10.00 am – Fr Joe Cunningham / Jim Hogan