Fri 29 Jan 2021 at 17:00 – Sun 31 Jan 2021 at 14:00
St Mary’s Priory, Smith Street, Warrington WA1 2NS, England
[Obviously subject to Covid regulations in January: check our website for updates.]
Is God calling ME? Matrimony, celibacy, monastery, seminary, Fraternity?
If you are a single Catholic man between 18 and 29 years of age, come and discern with us at St Mary’s Priory & Church. Shrine Rector Fr de Malleray, FSSP will lead the Weekend, assisted by Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP and Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP. There will be talks, prayers (Divine Office in our beautiful church), Holy Mass and informal chatting with fellow guests. Possibility of private meetings with a priest, and of confession.
[No sign up sheet for the FSSP at the end of the Weekend!] Feel welcome confidentially to call, email or write for any questions. Residential, at St Mary’s Priory: 2 nights and 2 days. FREE for unwaged and students. Others: £60 per person in total.
COME & SEE. Please share the information with your friends!
BOOKINGS & CONTACT: [not via Facebook] malleray@fssp.org (read by Fr de Malleray only); 01925 635664 (Priory’s Landline).
—————————- VOCATION NEWS: 12 FSSP UK (& Ireland) PRIESTS IN 18 YEARS
We have currently six young men from England & Wales in formation at our two international seminaries. Three of our deacons from England were ordained priests at St Mary’s Warrington in the past few years by Archbishop McMahon, OP of Liverpool. Those were the first EF priestly ordinations by a diocesan bishop in England in fifty years.
In total, 43 young men were admitted into our two seminaries this past autumn including 1 from England.
We give thanks for 12 priests from the UK & Ireland over the past 18 years: Fr Konrad Loewenstein in 2002; Fr Brendan Gerard in 2006; Frs Matthew Goddard and William Barker in 2009; Fr Simon Harkins in 2010; Fr Matthew McCarthy in 2011; Fr Ian Verrier in 2015; Fr James Mawdsley in 2016; Frs Alex Stewart and Krzysztof Sanetra in 2017; Fr Seth Phipps and Fr Patrick O’Donohue (incorporated) in 2018.
Weekdays:
11:00am-1:30pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays:
10:00am-1:30pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing
Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Daily
Holy Mass online with homily: on
LiveMass.net > Warrington: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same
on demand 24hrs after 3pm upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for
Sunday Mass.
To receive Holy Communion:
one must be a Catholic, in state of grace, one-hour fasting at least. In the EF
liturgy, Holy Communion is received kneeling (unless unable to) and always
on the tongue. Thank you in advance.
Safeguarding: If you have
concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the
Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department on 0151 522 1043 or e-mail
safeguarding@rcaol.co.uk, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding
Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
Ask us for a Gift Aid form to
increase your donation by 20% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid
envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing
orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds
Bank ; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
Second hand clothes donated: ask
Mary Jones.
COVID: Please
observe social distancing, sanitizing and one-way system as signed, and kindly
cover your face with a mantilla, scarf or mask unless exempt.
We thank our stewards who generously
give their time to secure a safe environment for all visitors to St Mary’s.
Please make sure to follow their instructions and abide by the regulations
(unless exempt from some), including social distancing and one-way system.
The New liturgical
Year started last Sat 28th Nov with the First Vespers of Advent.
Let us prepare for the coming of the Saviour Child! O come, o come Emmanuel!
Contact us for material and financial support
if you struggle during
lockdown.
Speak confidentially to
any of the priests on
your next visit to our
church and we will help.
Use Priory Court Car Park: Now accessed through automated gates. Do ask the clergy for the access code on your next visit here, and kindly use that car park in priority, freeing the Church car park for occasional visitors unaware of the access code. Thank you.
A good opportunity to support fellow
Catholics in these difficult times: join our Shrine Directory: Email Fr Stewart (astewart@olgseminary.org) your
profession, trade or skills with the contact details you would like to be
included on a printed booklet to be shared with parishioners. This document
will not be shared electronically.
Children Education Meeting at
St Mary’s. As you know, families meet every Wednesday afternoon at Priory Court
for educational activities. The purchase of the new building and the growing
needs of families lead us to envisage more. Please look at the successful Regina Caeli Academy model as an
option.
Our Lady of Guadalupe on Sat 12th Dec: pro-life devotions, veneration of the holy Image of Our Lady.
Second-hand handmissals for sale £15 each. + LMS booklets for sale: £3.00 per copy or
£5 for two copies. And more books. Ask us after Holy Mass. Cash only.
Having Holy Masses offered at St Mary’s: an excellent act of devotion and faith.
For the benefit of our congregation, we have decided to offer every week a Holy Mass for the following intentions:
Sunday 11am: All St Mary’s Faithful;
Wed evening: All Men at St Mary’s;
Fri: All St Mary’s penitents of the week.
We invite you to choose one from these three new intentions when you next hand to us an envelope with the usual Holy Mass stipend (circa £10.00 per Mass). In addition, you are of course welcome to continue to offer Holy Mass stipends with your own specific intentions.
St Mary’s clergy attended an online
Safeguarding session with about 40
fellow priests from the Liverpool Archdiocese on Fri 4th Dec.
Our quarterly magazine Dowry, Autumnissue, with many suggestions of
good books to read, is
available online hereand shortly in print.
Educational support group for ladies on
Sat 19th Dec, 1.30pm: limited numbers: booking required.
Christmas cards, Advent Calendars, etc available from Aid to the Church in Need website www.acnuk.org or by ringing 0345 241 6068 and
asking for a Catalogue.
Liverpool City Region (includes Wirral), Warrington and Cheshire will be in Covid Tier 2 from Wednesday 2nd December.
Churches will be able to reopen. The Government website says:
‘places of worship remain
open but you must not socialise with people from outside of your household or
support bubble while you are indoors there, unless a legal exemption applies’
Assistant:
Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP (also Choir & Organ)
Assistant:
Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP
Visiting
Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly
Shrine
Secretary: Mrs Jane Wright
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan
Safeguarding Department on 0151 522 1043 or e-mail
safeguarding@rcaol.co.uk, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding
Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
COVID: Please
observe social distancing, sanitizing and one-way system as signed, and kindly
cover your face with a mantilla, scarf or mask unless exempt.
To receive Holy Communion: one must be a Catholic, in state of
grace, one-hour fasting at least. In the EF liturgy, Holy Communion is received
kneeling (unless unable to) and always
on the tongue. Thank you in advance.
Happy New liturgical Year! Starting on Saturday 28th Nov with First Vespers of Advent. Let us prepare for the coming of the Saviour Child! O come, o come Emmanuel!
Nov 2020 Lockdown: All are
welcome to watch Holy Mass with homily live on LiveMass.net at the usual
times: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs after 3pm
upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for Sunday Mass.
Opening Times
for Private Prayer:
Sunday: Church
OPENS 9:00am – Church CLOSES 10:30am – Church
OPENS 5:30pm – Church CLOSES 7:00pm
Mon-Fri: Church
OPENS 11:00am – Church CLOSES 12noon
Sat: Church
OPENS 10:00am (the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for private
adoration from 11am) – Church CLOSES 11:45am
We thank our
stewards who generously give their time to secure a safe environment for
all visitors to St Mary’s. Please make sure to follow their instructions and
abide by the regulations (unless exempt from some), including social distancing
and one-way system.
A priest is available at those times for
Confession and for private distribution of Holy Communion on request.
As during the
previous lockdown, St Mary’s clergy remains available for pastoral support.
Please do make
good use of the provision granted you to visit St Mary’s, in accordance with
our own Archbishop’s encouragements: “At this difficult moment, we ask that,
as a Catholic community, we make full use of our churches as places of
individual prayer and sources of solace and help. We must sustain each other
in our patterns of prayer.” Read here the
full response released by Cardinal Nichols and Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP,
and here the
Bishops Conference’s statement.
Contact us for material and financial support if you struggle during
lockdown. Speak confidentially to any of the priests on your visit at our church and we
will help.
End of lockdown on Wed 2nd
December?
Most of our usual activities are suspended due to Covid regulations. Check our website for updates around 2nd Dec.: https://fssp.co.uk/warrington/ .
No access: The gates currently standing
at the entrance of the Priory Court car park on Buttermarket Street will be
automated for safety and privacy. Please note that there will be no access to
Priory Court car park on 25th and 26th Nov. while the
work is taking place. Our other car park remains accessible via Smith Street.
A good opportunity to support fellow
Catholics in these difficult times: join our Shrine Directory: Email Fr Stewart (astewart@olgseminary.org) your
profession, trade or skills with the contact details you would like to be
included on a printed booklet to be shared with parishioners. This document
will not be shared electronically.
No more OFFERTORY COLLECTION. Kindly bring your collection in an
envelope and put it through the letter slot on the front door of St Mary’s
Presbytery (where we clergy live). It is even better for us if you can send
your donation to St Mary’s Shrine via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/.
Ask
us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 20% at no extra cost to
you. Gift Aid
envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are
easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds Bank ; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account
number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
PRINTING OUR NEW ST MARY’S LOGO!
Feel welcome to email us if you can recommend a firm that would print the logo on suitable surfaces such as mugs, tea towels, postcards, t-shirts, stickers, etc. Ideally, the same firm would also take online orders and send directly the items to customers on our behalf. In additions, some items could be purchased directly at St Mary’s. It is a good way of promoting St Mary’s Shrine while raising money for the ongoing needs of this beautiful church.
Children
Education Meeting at
St Mary’s. As you know, families meet every Wednesday afternoon at Priory Court
for educational activities. The purchase of the new building and the growing
needs of families lead us to envisage more. Please look at the successful Regina Caeli Academy model as an
option.
Reminder: many videos of homilies and conferences on permanent access on our https://vimeo.com/livemass channel.
Due to the latest Covid restrictions, the conference for all originally planned for Sunday 22nd Nov to discuss education at St Mary’s is cancelled. Anyone interested in making alternative arrangements, please contact Alison Kahn on 01925 727759 before then, to agree details.
LMS booklets for
sale: £3.00 per copy or
£5 for two copies.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS:
Sun 22
XXIV and Last Sunday after Pentecost5pm Vespers & Benediction
11:00am[Private]
Kath Benson (RIP)
Keith Scott (RIP)
Mon 23
St Clement, Pope and Martyr
[Private]
12:10pm
Fr M
Katherine Benson
Tue 24
St. John of the Cross, Confessor
[Private]
12:10pm
Thanksgiving for exam success
Conor Jones
Wed 25
St. Catherine, Virgin
[Private]
12:10pm
[Private]
Leslie Ord
Mass of Thanksgiving
All men of St Mary’s
Thu 26
St. Silvester, Abbot
[Private]
12:10pm
Intentions of donor
Ronald Hannah
Fri 27
Feria
Votive Mass for the Forgiveness
of Sins
[Private]
12:10pm
Michelle Bradburn
All Penitents of the week
Sat 28
Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon
Saturday of the Blessed Virgin
[Private]
12:10pm
Joseph King
Richard Doherty
Sun 29
I Sunday of Advent
11:00am
[Private]
All St Mary’s Faithful
Donor’s intention
Mon 30
St. Andrew, Apostle
Immaculate Conception Novena begins: 1-8 Dec.
[Private]
12:10pm
Holy Souls/Stephen Parkinson
Andrew and Colin Jones
Tue 1
Feria
Votive Mass for Vocations
[Private ]
12:10pm
Olwen Silvester Haig
For Vocations
Wed 2
St. Bibiana, Virgin
Martyr
[Private ]
12:10pm
[Private]
Holy Souls/Samuel Parkinson
Eileen Pattillau
All men of St Mary’s
Thu 3
St. Francis Xavier, Confessor
[Private ]
12:10pm
Holy Souls/Enda Cribbon
Colin Jones
Fri 4
St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor
Mass of the Sacred Heart
[Private ]
12:10pm
Ryan Fraser
All Penitents of the week
Sat 5
Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon
Feria Immaculate
Heart of Mary
[Private ]
12:10pm
Fr Gilbride
Donald Trump
Sun 6
II
Sunday of Advent5pm Vespers & Benediction
11:00am
[Private]
All St Mary’s Faithful
Grace King
Church Cleaning Team: Thank you to all of you who kindly came
forward join this discreet but so necessary team, coordinated by Maria Haynes.
St Mary’s clergy attended an online
Safeguarding session with over 50 fellow priests from the Liverpool
Archdiocese, on Wed 18th Nov.
Our
quarterly magazine Dowry,
Autumnissue, with many suggestions of good books to read, will be released
online this week,
and soon in print.The current issueis available in print
and online here.
Christmas cards, Advent Calendars, etc available from Aid to the Church in Need website www.acnuk.org or by ringing 0345 241 6068 and
asking for a Catalogue.
Prayer
intentions for
our sick: Frances Fawcett, John Marechal, Hilda Creagan, John Sunderland, Steve
Humphrey.
The Archdiocese of Liverpool of which our beautiful Shrine Church is part invites you to answer a couple of simple questions to improve the liturgy in our part of the country. Please click on this link:
It will take you five minutes to support the good proposals by the Archdiocesan Synod, such as:
greater availability of the Extraordinary Form within the Archdiocese;
restricting the use of Extraordinary [lay] Ministers of Holy Communion;
Services of the Word and Communion to be reserved for Sunday in the absence of a priest;
on weekdays, when Mass is not celebrated, a variety of services should be provided, e.g. Divine Office, Rosary and novenas.
While most proposals don’t apply to the EF liturgy celebrated at St Mary’s, we must support the proposed improvements in Ordinary Form churches. Please make sure to type which parish you belong to, i.e. St Mary’s Shrine (within Blessed James Bell Parish), Warrington.
The liturgy is only one of the various aspects in the life of the Church about which the Synod welcomes your input. Feel welcome to express further ideas to the Synod team, in addition to this specific questionnaire.
Reminder: the restrictions imposed by the Government prevent many faithful from meeting the usual conditions to gain the plenary indulgences on behalf of the Holy Souls in Purgatory during this month of November. Thankfully the Holy See has granted more flexible conditions, allowing nearly every one to help one or several holy souls enter heaven this month.
In particular, entering a church or a cemetery is now dispensed with. One can gain the indulgence from home if unable to travel to a church or cemetery. Anyone able to travel is of course expected to make use of the provision for private visit and private prayer to one’s local church, which can include on individual request Confession and private Holy Communion.
Assistant:
Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP (also Choir & Organ)
Assistant:
Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP
Visiting
Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly
Shrine
Secretary: Mrs Jane Wright
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan
Safeguarding Department on 0151 522 1043 or e-mail
safeguarding@rcaol.co.uk, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding
Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
COVID: Please
observe social distancing, sanitizing and one-way system as signed, and kindly
cover your face with a mantilla, scarf or mask unless exempt.
To receive Holy Communion: one must be a Catholic, in state of
grace, one-hour fasting at least. In the EF liturgy, Holy Communion is received
kneeling (unless unable to) and always
on the tongue. Thank you in advance.
Autumn 2020 Lockdown: Dear worshippers at St Mary’s Shrine, following the decision by the Government to ban public worship between 5th Nov and 2nd Dec 2020, thus turning down the petition made by Cardinal Nichols on behalf of the Catholic Church in England, we are sadly forced to close our doors during all our public liturgies, including every public Holy Mass, Divine Office, Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Thus, the faithful will be unable to attend those in person, but all are welcome to watch them live on LiveMass.net at the usual times: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm.
Opening Times
for Private Prayer:
Sunday: Church
OPENS 9:00am – Church CLOSES 10:30am – Church
OPENS 5:40pm (while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for private
adoration) – Church CLOSES 7:00pm
Mon-Fri: Church
OPENS 11:00am – Church CLOSES 12noon
Sat: Church
OPENS 10:00am (while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for private
adoration) – Church CLOSES 11:45am
We thank our
stewards who generously give their time to secure a safe environment for
all visitors to St Mary’s. Please make sure to follow their instructions and
abide by the regulations (unless exempt from some), including social distancing
and one-way system.
A priest will be available at those times for Confessions and for private distribution of Holy Communion on request.
As during the
previous lockdown, St Mary’s clergy remains available for pastoral support.
Please do make
good use of the provision granted you to visit St Mary’s, in accordance with
our own Archbishop’s encouragements: “At this difficult moment, we ask that,
as a Catholic community, we make full use of our churches as places of
individual prayer and sources of solace and help. We must sustain each other
in our patterns of prayer.” Read here the
full response released by Cardinal Nichols and Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP,
and here the
Bishops Conference’s statement.
Contact us also for material and financial support if you
struggle during lockdown. Speak confidentially to any of the priests on your
visit at our church and we will help.
General statement: most of our usual activities are suspended due to Covid regulations but visit our website for updates, in case Cardinal Nichols obtains the lifting of restrictions sooner than our next edition.
Shrine Directory: Email Fr Stewart
(astewart@olgseminary.org) your profession, trade or skills with the contact
details you would like to be included on a printed booklet to be shared with
parishioners. A good opportunity to support fellow Catholics in these difficult
times.
No more OFFERTORY COLLECTION. Kindly bring your collection in an envelope and put it through the letter slot on the front door of St Mary’s Presbytery (where we clergy live). It is even better for us if you can send your donation to St Mary’s Shrine via our Donate page: https://fssp.co.uk/donate/.
Ask
us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 20% at no extra cost to
you. Gift Aid
envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are
easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds Bank ; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account
number: 30993368 ;
Account name: FSSP Warrington
Children
Education Meeting at
St Mary’s. As you know, families meet every Wednesday afternoon at Priory Court
for educational activities. The purchase of the new building and the growing
needs of families lead us to envisage more. Please look at the successful Regina Caeli Academy model as an
option.
Due to the latest Covid
restrictions, the meeting on Sunday 22nd Nov to discuss education at
St Mary’s is cancelled. Anyone interested in making alternative arrangements,
please contact Alison Kahn on 01925 727759 before then, to agree details.
LMS booklets for sale: £3.00 per copy or £5 for two copies. Subject to Covid regulations, you can visit after the 11am Sunday Mass Unit 2 of Priory Court to purchase this booklet and other Catholic books.
Church Cleaning
Team: The
winning team! Thank you to all of you who kindly came forward join this
discreet but so necessary team, coordinated by Maria Haynes.
Our
quarterly magazine Dowryis available in print,
and online here.
Browse now through 32 pages of in-depth and lighter articles on saints, the
Holy Eucharist, Columbus, former-Satanist priest convert, news, poetry and the
Priory Campaign. Send the link to your friends: a simple way of spreading the
Good News at no cost.
Christmas cards, Advent Calendars, etc available from Aid to the Church in Need website www.acnuk.org or by ringing 0345 241 6068 and
asking for a Catalogue.
Prayer
intentions for
our sick: John Marechal, Hilda Creagan, John Sunderland, Steve Humphrey.
“At this difficult moment, we ask that, as a Catholic community, we make full use of our churches as places of individual prayer and sources of solace and help.” Statement by Cardinal Vincent Nichols and Archbishop Malcom McMahon OP about this new lockdown.
Dear worshippers at St Mary’s Shrine (WA1 2NS, Buttermarket Street, Warrington), following the decision by the Government to ban public worship between 5th Nov and 2nd Dec 2020, thus turning down the petition made by Cardinal Nichols on behalf of the Catholic Church in England, we are sadly forced to close our doors during all our public liturgies, including every public Holy Mass, Divine Office, Exposition and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament. Thus, the faithful will be unable to attend in person, but all are welcome to watch them live on LiveMass.net at the usual times: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm.
Opening Times for Private Prayer:
Sunday: Church OPENS 9:00am – Church CLOSES 10:30am – Church OPENS 5:40pm (while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for private adoration) – Church CLOSES 7:00pm
Mon-Fri: Church OPENS 11:00am – Church CLOSES 12noon
Sat: Church OPENS 10:00am (while the Blessed Sacrament is exposed for private adoration) – Church CLOSES 11:45am
We thank our stewards who generously give their time to secure a safe environment for all visitors to St Mary’s. Please make sure to follow their instructions and abide by the regulations (unless exempt from some), including social distancing and one-way system.
A priest will be available at those times for Confession and for private distribution of Holy Communion on request.
As during the previous lockdown, St Mary’s clergy remains available for pastoral support.
Please do make good use of the provision granted you to visit St Mary’s, in accordance with our own Archbishop’s encouragements: “At this difficult moment, we ask that, as a Catholic community, we make full use of our churches as places of individual prayer and sources of solace and help. We must sustain each other in our patterns of prayer“. Read here the full response released by Cardinal Nichols and Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP, and here the Bishops Conference’s statement.
