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St Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX
Tel: 01452 523603 Email: [email protected]
Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com
Diocese of Clifton Registered Charity No. 233977
Parish Priest: Canon Liam Slattery VF [email protected] Assistant Priest: Fr Matt Anscombe Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson Rev Tim Meadows Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English [email protected]
Sunday Mass Times 6.00pm (Sat), 9.00am, 10.30am, 2.15pm (Polish), 5.30pm
Reconciliation/Confessions Saturday: 10.30am – 11.30am. 5.15pm – 5.45pm
22nd January 2012 – Third Sunday in Ordinary Time MASS TIMES FOR THIS WEEK: Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday at 9.30am. Wednesday at 12.00pm. Saturday at 10.00am EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Wednesday at 11.30am and Friday at 8.30am. LAST WEEKEND: Mass Count – 802 Offertory - £1261.24. PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY: Today begins a week of prayer for Christian Unity. Gloucester Churches Together are hosting a Unity Week Service in Christchurch, Abbeydale today at 4.00pm. PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL: Andrea Brushneen, Jesse Hall, Cheryl Loy, Michael Loughlin, Mary Strike, Peter Baker, Hilda Lawrence, Annie Beirne, C. J. Earl, Alison Blake, Joyce Harper, Peggy Harvey, Paul Hanlon, Brendan Markey, Honor Quirk. Do please let us know if you have names to be added or removed from this list. JOURNEY IN FAITH: Tuesday January 24th (7.00pm for 7.30pm) in the Coffee Bar. Topic – Sacraments of Initiation 2 - The Eucharist. RUSSIAN SPECTACULAR: The Friends of St Peter’s have been offered tickets to this concert on Thursday 22nd March, 7.30pm at Cheltenham Town Hall, price £13. If you are interested please call Pauline Dickens- 01452 830907.
CRIB DONATIONS: £464.60 was collected in the outside crib for the Gloucester and District Samaritans and £146 for the Clifton Children’s Society in the inside crib. Thank you. LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINARS: Starting on Thursday 16th February in the church, and running for 7 Thursdays throughout Lent. Our first speaker is David Payne, one of the best speakers in the Catholic Church in the UK today. Please take a leaflet at the back of the church for more details. FRIENDS OF ST PETER’S: Will be collecting the Annual Membership Fees this weekend 21st/22nd January & next weekend 28th/29th January. We thank you for your continued support. FILM CLUB: By popular request, the first Wednesday Film Club will start again on Wednesday 1st February in the social club. The film showing is ‘The Way’, starring Martin Sheen. Doors open at 7pm, film starts at 7.30pm. Details of films up to May on noticeboard. RETIREMENT CLUB: Next meeting is on Wednesday 15th February at 1.00pm in the Social Club Hall. Annual Subs will be taken up (£5) so please bring your membership card. Two people from Life Organization will be giving a talk. 2011 PASTORAL STATISTICS: Information being sent being seat to the diocese in relation to 2011 that may be of interest to you. Baptisms in 2011 – 129. First Holy Communions – 46. Confirmations – 23. Weddings – 11. Funerals – 41. Average mass attendance (not including weekly Polish Mass) – 731. EL SHADDAI: The Gloucester Cell of El Shaddai celebrates its 7th Anniversary next Saturday January 28th. As part of the celebrations taking place that day Canon Liam will be celebrating a mass of thanksgiving in church at 12.30pm to which all parishioners are invited and welcome to attend. For more information on El Shaddai visit www.dwxi-elshaddaiglos.org.uk WALSINGHAM: There are a few places available on the Pilgrimage from Our Lady’s Churchdown to Walsingham taking place Tuesday June 5th to Thursday June 7th 2012. Cost £149 includes return travel, two nights’ accommodation with breakfast and evening meal. For further details phone Margaret and Adrian West-Sadler on 857388 or email [email protected]. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION: The children who have applied to make their First Holy Communion this year have now begun their preparation programme. Do please keep them, their families and catechists in your prayers. Any further applications received will now be held over until next year.