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St Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX
Tel: 01452 523603 [email protected] Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk
Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com Diocese of Clifton Registered Charity No. 233977
Parish Priest:
Monsignor Liam Slattery VG
Assistant Priest: Canon Alan Finley [email protected] Permanent Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson [email protected] Rev Tim Meadows [email protected] Rev David Hebbes [email protected] In residence: Rev Richard Elson [email protected]
Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English [email protected] Parish Office: Tues, Wed, Fri -9.30am-2.30pm Thurs-12.00pm-5.00pm
Parish Safeguarding Representatives: John Bond & Deacon Colm Robinson
Schools
St Peter’s Catholic Primary School: Tel: 01452 524792. Web: www.st-peters-pri.gloucs.sch.uk St Peter’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form Centre Tel: 01452 520594. Web: www.st-petershigh.gloucs.sch.uk
15th October 2017 – 28th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year A)
Sunday15th October
6.00pm (Sat) Vigil Mass James & Joan Slevin RIP 9.00am Mass Iype Varkey RIP 10.30am Mass Joseph Patrick McGarr RIP 12.30pm Polish Mass 5.30pm Mass Patrick & Nancy Ward RIP
Diocesan Prayer Link St Gerard Majella, Christ
the King, & St Bernadette, Bristol
Monday 16th October 9.30am Mass Fr Alphonsus Nweze RIP Ordinary Time Tuesday 17th October 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
7.00pm Mass Joan Pickett RIP St Ignatius of Antioch
Wednesday 18th October 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7.00pm Mass Paul Montanaro RIP
St Luke
Thursday 19th October 9.30am Mass Tommy Neely RIP Ordinary Time
Friday 20th October 9.30am Mass Vera McSweeney RIP 8.30pm Polish Mass
Ordinary Time
Saturday 21st October 10.00am Mass Richard Emenike Azuh RIP 10.30am-11.30am Confessions 5.15pm-5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Wladyslaw Wasylkiw RIP
Ordinary Time
Mass Text: Sunday 15th October 2017 – 28th Sunday in Year Responsorial Psalm: In the Lord’s own house shall I dwell for ever and ever. Gospel Acclamation: May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. Preface: III of the Sundays in Ordinary Time Eucharistic Prayer: II
Next Weekend: Sunday 22nd October– 29th Sunday in Year Isaiah 45:1.4-6 Thessalonians 1:1-5 Matthew 22:15-21
Last Week: Offertory - £1860.91 Mass Count – 844
This Week: Week 28 and Week 4 for the Daily Prayer of the Church. Please note mass on Wednesday is at 7.00pm.
Fr Alan writes: ‘Believe it or not I think of myself as quite fit and healthy! I have been so unfortunate with the leg tendon problem for many months, flu after the Australia holiday and now, it appears, sciatica!’ Fr Alan is currently in Nazareth House, Cheltenham to rest and recover fully. We send him good wishes and prayers.
Prayer for our Parish O God, Creator and giver of all things, bless our parish
in its united endeavour. Strengthen our faith. Grant us a spirit of self-sacrifice,
so that, with your grace, we may provide for the needs of our parish, glorify you,
and sanctify ourselves, through Christ our Lord.
We pray for those who are ill - Andrea Brushneen, Sarah Anderson, Marie Cunningham, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Florence Stephens, Rita Lenagan, Sharon Williams, Neil Hillyer, Michaele Hercules, Ann Vaughan, Lal Slattery, John Wood, Leonard Slatter, Sue Hartnett, Jane Conway, Tom Kennedy, Phil Gammond, Peter Green, Mandi Stokes, Theo Montague, Margaret Coleman, Vera Watson, Patricia Walsh, Janice Hunt, Cecilia Edwards, Veronica Burke, Janet Diaco, Katie Hawketts, Fr Aidan Murray, Alan Hipwell, Fr Donal Daly, Sammy Santorelli, Elizabeth Knight, Christopher Browne, Eneida Morera, Eileen Dewsnip
Mission Masses: Are taking place around our diocese during October and November. The nearest one for us is on Friday 10th November at St Thomas More, Cheltenham at 7.00pm. Please see the noticeboard for details.
Next Sunday: Is World Mission Sunday and the Holy Father invites all Catholics to contribute to a special collection for Missio, his official charity for overseas mission. Your support on World Mission Sunday will help brave missionaries in proclaiming the Gospel of peace in South Sudan and around the world. Please join in this special day that unites Catholics all over the world in prayer, celebration and care for the mission of the Church. You will be able to Gift Aid all donations by using envelopes provided by Missio. Thank you.
CAFOD Harvest Fast Day: Raised £2037.76 including over £400.00 from our soup lunch on Friday 6th October. Your generosity means that more farmers around the world will be able to support their families, now and in the future. Please continue to pray for them and for CAFOD’s work with the most vulnerable communities across the world. CAFOD: Do you wonder where CAFOD receives its funding from? How much is raised by CAFOD Lent and Harvest Fast Days? Where is the money spent? – which countries/what projects? If you’ve ever asked yourself any of these questions come along to the CAFOD Clifton Roadshow Saturday November 18th - Holy Family Church Patchway BS34 5DY; 14:00. To book, contact Liz Baldwin at the CAFOD Clifton volunteer centre at [email protected] or call 0117 942 8328.
Ordination: A coach has been organised from St Peter’s Parish to the Priestly Ordination of Deacon Richard Elson in Clifton Cathedral on Saturday December 9th. The Coach will leave from opposite the church at 9.15am and will cost £5 per person. To book a place, please add your name to the list at the back of the church.
Fish and Chip Supper & Skittles: Saturday 21st October at 7.30pm in the Social Centre. Organised by The Friends of St Peter’s, tickets on sale this weekend. Adult- £6 Child-£4
Prayer & Praise: Meeting next Thursday 19th October 2017 at 7.30pm. We are delighted that our special guest speaker this month is Sarah Phillips speaking on ‘John and 1,000 reasons for singing the Psalms’. You are all welcome to join us for worship, with music led by Tony Wadley.
Knitting Group: Meet on Wednesday October 18th at 12.30pm in the Coffee Bar.
S.V.P: Meet on Tuesday October 17th at 7.30pm in the Coffee Bar.
Request for Clothing: Does anyone have any tall men's clothing they could donate? The gentleman concerned is over 7ft tall. Shoe size 16. Trousers 40 inch waist, (but 38 waist may be okay), with 40 inch leg. Chest size XXL but XL may be okay for say jumpers with a bit more give. If you can help please contact the parish office.
School Admissions for Reception Children September 2018: Was your child born between 1st September 2013 and 31st August 2014? Then they are entitled to start school in the Autumn Term of 2018. The admission policy for 2018-2019 and copies of our parish maps showing the catchment area for the school are available on St Peter’s Catholic Primary School website: www.st-peters-pri.gloucs.sch.uk. Parents are invited to attend one of our school tours on Monday 6th November at 2.00pm - 3.00pm, or Wednesday 8th November at 6.30pm - 7.30pm – please contact the school on 01452 524792 to confirm your attendance. If you have any queries, please contact Gina Powell on the above number or by email: [email protected] . The closing date for applications is 15th January 2018.
And Finally: I wish to speak about that dimension of hope which we can call attentive waiting. Jesus tells his disciples to be like those who await the return of their master, with lamps alight. As Christians, therefore, we are always attentive, awaiting the Lord’s return, when God will be all in all. Every day is a new opportunity to be attentive to God, to welcome the day as his gift, and to live that day by offering our good works to him. Such attentiveness requires patience, however, if we are not to lose sight of God’s grace when our days are monotonous, or our difficulties many. For no night is so long, as to make us forget the joy that comes with dawn. As Christians, we know that Christ will return; that no matter what we may suffer, life has its purpose and deeper meaning, and that the merciful Lord will greet us at its end. Thus we can look upon history and our own lives with confidence and hope, knowing that the future is not guided solely by the work of our hands but by God’s providence. May we repeat every day the words of the first disciples: “Come, Lord Jesus!” And in our most difficult moments, may we hear the consoling response of Jesus: “Behold, I am coming soon”. Pope Francis