Dear Visitors,
As per the guidelines issued by the Archdiocee of Liverpool, we are pleased that St Mary’s Shrine remains open for public worship, at the usual times advertised in our latest newsletter:
Places of worship
You can attend places of worship for a service. However, you must not
mingle with anyone outside of your household or support bubble. You
should maintain strict social distancing at all times.
God bless you,
St Mary’s Clergy
| Thank you to all for this past CHRISTMAS! Frs de Malleray, Verrier, Stewart and Jolly thank you for your many cards, gifts, bottles, cooked dishes, and prayers at Christmas. It was uplifting to see so many at Midnight Mass and on the following days. Let us keep up this good attendance and tell our friends about the grace of daily Mass. |
St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin 3 Jan 21 (fortnightly)
Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England
Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool. 01925 635664 – warrington@fssp.org
fssp.co.uk/warrington/ – facebook.com/fssp.england
Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP malleray@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP (also Choir & Organ) iverrier@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP astewart@olgseminary.org
Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly
Shrine Secretary: Mrs Jane Wright
Opening Times:
Sundays: 10:00am-1:00pm & 5:00pm-7:00pm (Holy Masses 11:00am & 6:00pm; Sung Vespers 5:00pm; Confessions 10:30am-11:00am & 5:30pm-6:00pm)
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.
All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs must be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and tie for men and boys, dresses for women and girls. Men keep their heads uncovered within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Thank you.
Switch OFF your mobile phone before you enter our church. Letting it ring inside the church gravely disturbs the quiet of the sacred place. Thank you for your consideration.
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.
Our Warrington Vocations: Welcome back to our Second Year seminarian Henry. We pray that he might spend a restful time in his family. We also pray for our First Year seminarian David, who was prevented from travelling home this time. We keep our two seminaries in America and Europe in our prayer. Sister Mari Caritas sent her Christmas greetings from America. Let us keep her and her community in our prayer. Lastly, we pray for our young people currently discerning God’s Holy Will for them.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation 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
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.
Use Priory Court Car Park through automated gates. NEW: additional keypad for pedestrians to exit: same code as Entrance + letter A. Do ask the clergy for the access code on your next visit. Do NOT share the codes with anyone (unless they are personally known to you as regular Massgoers at St Mary’s). Please park on any spaces to the FRONT & RIGHT of the pedestrian wooden gate into the Presbytery garden and church, as the spaces on the LEFT of that gate are for office users.
Holy Mass booklets, rosaries for sale. Ask us after Holy Mass. Cash only. Baronius hand missals: we await the publisher’s confirmation for our latest order.
St Mary’s logo on mugs and coasters: £7/mug & £3/coaster. Profit goes to support St Mary’s Shrine.
Tues 5th Jan 1pm-2pm: Blessing of Epiphany Water. Please bring containers filled with water and preferably labelled to your name. Before 12:10pm Mass, leave them for blessing on the bench near the Little Organ. This blessing of water is the most powerful after the Ester Vigil one. Bring your container(s) back home for private devotional use all year long.
To date, Covid-19 vaccination is optional civilly and morally. No one should be forced to take it. Furthermore, even though the production of one such vaccine be proven to have no connection with the “abominable crime of abortion” (Vatican Council II, Gaudium et Spes, 51), UK mortality rate so far doesn’t justify more stringent precautions against Covid than against flu. In addition, the Government and vaccine producers have warned against negative side-effects including serious risks to pregnant women and persons with severe disabilities. Classical moral theology teaches that remote material cooperation in evil (in this case, for vaccination with abortion-connected vaccines) could be justified if: 1) There must be no realistic alternative; 2) One must make known the moral objections; 3) There must be a sufficiently grave, proportionate reason. Since the UK mortality rate has not exploded so far compared with past years, and since a vaccine totally free from connection with abortion is to be hoped, conditions 1) and 3) are not met in the present UK situation. Currently one might choose to take a vaccine free from any connection with abortion if the threat of Covid contamination were felt greater than the known and unknown side-effects of Covid vaccines.
Launching St Mary’s YouTube channel: to make LiveMass recordings available permanently, visit https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_NVY7jpDIhANiwjng1gN0w. Homilies for Sundays and major feasts will be uploaded regularly. Thank you to our LiveMass/YouTube operators.
Annual Vocation Weekend: Fri 29 Jan 2021 at 17:00 – Sun 31 Jan 2021 at 14:00. For single Catholic men 18-30. St Mary’s Priory, Smith Street, Warrington WA1 2NS, England. Contact malleray@fssp.org. [Obviously subject to Covid regulations in late January: check our website for updates.]
Prayer intentions for our sick: Hilda Creagan, John Sunderland, Steve Humphrey. R.I.P. Mrs Frances Fawcett, mother of our Shrine Secretary Mrs Jane Wright, who passed away last week. We assure all her family of our prayer.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS
Masses will be offered this month in private for Kevin Mcluskey; Kate O’Donoghue (RIP); Luciano Deluca; FSSP; Theresa Raynard; Thomas Parkinson; Paul Allen’s Family; Special Intention; Francine Hanna; Rosa: Thanksgiving; Bernadette Keenan; Reparation for sac. act; Malarchy Cardiff (RIP); Margaret Parkinson (RIP); Holy Souls; Miguel Casado; Mary Doyle (RIP); Reconversions of France/all French; Intentions of Knights of Our Lady in France, England, German, world; Luciana Robinson; Josh Langley; Leigh Keenan; Harry Leach; David Harris; Healing for Kilsby family; Winnie Davis; Repose of souls Covid victims; Joyce Drury; Holy Soul; Leonard Keenan; Patrick Keenan (RIP); Fr Robert; Holy Souls; Mary Ashley (RIP); Dr Gordon Bowden (RIP); Edmund Whithall (RIP); Des Delamere (RIP); Andrew Robinson; Bridie Ford (RIP); Deceased Mcnally/white families
| Sun 3 | Most Holy Name of Jesus, II Class 5pm Sung Vespers | 11:00am 6:00pm | All St Mary’s Faithful Rocco Robinson |
| Mon 4 | Feria, IV Class | 12:10pm | Romeo Robinson |
| Tue 5 | Feria, IV Class – Blessing of Epiphany Water 1pm | 12:10pm | Fr Doyle (RIP) |
| Wed 6 | Epiphany of the Lord, I Class | 12:10pm | Hilda O’brien |
| Thu 7 | Feria, IV Class | 12:10pm | Nikki Heywood |
| Fri 8 | Feria, IV Class | 12:10pm | All St. Mary’s penitents of the week |
| Sat 9 | Saturday of Our Lady, IV Class Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon | 12:10pm | James McLuskey |
| Sun 10 | Feast of the Holy Family (1st Sunday after Epiphany) 5pm Sung Vespers | 11:00am 6:00pm | All St Mary’s Faithful Rafael Rozo (RIP) |
| Mon 11 | Feria, IV Class | 12:10pm | Bridger McLuskey |
| Tue 12 | Feria, IV Class | 12:10pm | Liam O’neill |
| Wed 13 | Commemoration of the Baptism of Our Lord, II Class | 12:10pm 7:00pm | Poor Sinners All men of St. Mary’s |
| Thu 14 | St. Kentigern, Bishop, III Class | 12:10pm | Priestly souls in need |
| Fri 15 | St. Paul the Hermit, Confessor, III Class | 12:10pm | All St. Mary’s penitents of the week |
| Sat 16 | St. Marcellus, Pope, Martyr, III Class Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon | 12:10pm | For FSSP |
| Sun 17 | II Sunday after the Epiphany, II Class 5pm Sung Vespers | 11:00am 6:00pm | All St Mary’s Faithful Moughton family |
St Mary’s Shrine Church in Warrington remains open as a place of public worship under the new Tier 4 regulations. No changes to our opening times and Holy Mass times.
(Icy/slippery grounds: please take extra care on the car parks and around the church.)
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).
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VOCATION RESOURCES:
General page: https://fssp.co.uk/vocations-to-the-priesthood/
Audio conferences on the priest 1) and Our Lady; 2) and Martyrdom : http://www.radioimmaculata.org/audio-on-demands/various-audio-on-demand/various-homilies/father-armand-de-malleray
Latest book on the Sacred Priesthood by Fr de Malleray: https://www.amazon.co.uk/X-Ray-Priest-Field-Hospital-Reflections/dp/1989905013
Book on the holy Eucharist here: https://www.lumenfidei.ie/product/ego-eimi-it-is-i/
Seminary blog: http://fsspwigratzbad.blogspot.com/
Know us better through browsing online our quarterly magazine Dowry here: https://fssp.co.uk/category/dowry/
International Vocation Prayer Network: www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/
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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.
Please pray for them (www.fssp.org/en/help-us/confraternity-of-saint-peter/) and for many more to enter the lists!
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.
Please pray for us. We assure you of our prayer.
O Lord, grant us many holy priests!
St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin
6-19 Dec 2020 (fortnightly)
Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire,
WA1 2NS, England
Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool
01925 635664 – warrington@fssp.org
fssp.co.uk/warrington/ – facebook.com/fssp.england
Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP (also Choir & Organ)
Assistant: Fr Alex Stewart, FSSP
Visiting Priest: Fr Andrew Jolly
Shrine Secretary: Mrs Jane Wright
Opening Times:
Sundays: 10:00am-1:00pm & 5:00pm-7:00pm (Holy Masses 11:00am & 6:00pm; Sung Vespers 5:00pm; Confessions 10:30am-11:00am & 5:30pm-6:00pm)
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.
Support St Mary’s Shrine: send your donation 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
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:
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, Autumn issue, with many suggestions of good books to read, is available online here and 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.
Christmas Services:
Thur 24th Confessions 11pm-11:55pm; 11:30pm Carols (choir); 00:00am Midnight Solemn Mass (‘Night’);
25th 9:00am Low Mass (‘Dawn’); 11:00am Solemn Mass (‘Day’).
No bookings taken for now for any Christmas Masses.
Prayer intentions for our sick: Frances Fawcett, John Marechal, Hilda Creagan, John Sunderland, Steve Humphrey.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS
| Sun 6 | II Sunday of Advent 5:00pm Sung Vespers | 11:00am 6:00pm | All St Mary’s Faithful Grace King |
| Mon 7 | St Ambrose, Bishop Confessor, III Class | 12:10pm [Private] | Francis Kitsby Sarah Stanton |
| Tue 8 | Immaculate Conception, I Class Solemn Mass 6:00pm Sung Vespers Sung Mass | 12:10pm 6:45pm | Audrey Jones Sam Kennedy |
| Wed 9 | Feria III Class Rorate Mass by candlelight | 12:10pm 7:00pm | Joseph Freeman All men at St Mary’s |
| Thu 10 | Feria III Class, Commemoration of St. Melchiades Votive Mass Translation of Holy House of Loreto | 12:10pm [Private] | Ronald Hannah Lucianna Robinson |
| Fri 11 | St. Damasus, Pope, III Class | 12:10pm [Private] | Fr John McKeown (R.I.P) All St. Mary’s penitents of the week |
| Sat 12 | Rorate Mass by candlelight Our Lady of Guadalupe: pro-life devotions Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon | 6:30am 12:10pm | Monica Faulkner Thanksgiving to Our Lady of Walsingham |
| Sun 13 | III Sunday of Advent, I Class, Gaudete Sunday 5:00pm Sung Vespers | 11:00am 6:00pm | All St Mary’s Faithful Michelle Brazier Heulsman |
| Mon 14 | Feria III Class | 12:10pm [Private] | Tim Faulkner David Richie (R.I.P) |
| Tue 15 | Feria III Class Rorate Mass by candlelight | 6:30am 12:10pm | Niki Heywood Fr Gilbride FSSP |
| Wed 16 | Ember Wednesday, II Class Mothers’ Group 1pm; Men’s Group 7:00pm-9:15pm | 12:10pm 7:00pm | FSSP All men at St Mary’s |
| Thu 17 | Feria, II Class | 12:10pm [Private] | June Hughes Holy Souls in Purgatory |
| Fri 18 | Ember Friday, II Class | 12:10pm [Private] | Conversion of Sinners All St. Mary’s penitents of the week |
| Sat 19 | Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon Ember Saturday, II Class | 12:10pm [Private] | Robert Barron (R.I.P) Miguel Diez Casado |
| Sun 20 | IV Sunday of Advent, I Class 5:00pm Sung Vespers | 11:00am 6:00pm | All St Mary’s Faithful Holy Osman’s recovery |
On this First Friday of the month, a votive Mass of the Sacred Heart will be offered at St Mary’s Shrine today (Friday 4th December 2020) at 7:00pm.
Confessions from 6:30pm.
Open to all.
Click here to open the 20-page pdf.
In this issue:
Editorial: Gloom versus Glow
I Go To The King!
The Philosophy of Christendom
Sharing our Roman Traditions
A Very Priestly Fraternity
Schools of Prayer
The Privilege of Motherhood
Good Books For All As Christmas Presents
Three Books On Priestly Spirituality
Catholic Novels: When Fiction Illustrates Faith
History And Spirituality Books For All
Support Our Apostolate
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’
The guidance is the same as it was before the Nov 5th lockdown 2. The social distancing rules and face-covering and sanitising guidance remains the same. Further information at https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-restriction-tiers-what-you-need-to-know#high-alert
Thanks to our generous stewards, our pre-Lockdown 2 Opening Times will resume as of Wednesday 2nd December 2020:
We look forward to welcoming worshippers again as of Wednesday morning 2nd Dec. 11:00am.
St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin
22 Nov-6 Dec 2020 (fortnightly)
Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire,
WA1 2NS, England
Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool
01925 635664 – warrington@fssp.org
https://fssp.co.uk/warrington/ – facebook.com/fssp.england
Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP
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 Pentecost 5pm 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 Advent 5pm 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, Autumn issue, with many suggestions of good books to read, will be released online this week, and soon in print. The current issue is 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.
Dear worshippers at St Mary’s Shrine, Warrington:
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:
https://forms.gle/YZbFxFAfmhPZUzDV8
It will take you five minutes to support the good proposals by the Archdiocesan Synod, such as:
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.
Thank you for your contribution.