EDUCATION MEETING WARRINGTON Sunday 26 April 2020, 12:30pm-3:30pm St Mary’s Church, Buttermarket Street, Warrington WA1 2NS FREE church car parks accessed via Smith Street and Buttermarket Street
WHAT: A number of families meet weekly at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington for half a day of educational activities (about 25 children). In addition to this, we have been observing with interest the formation of the Regina Caeli Academy (RCA) in Bedfordshire over the past 18 months and have invited them to present their educational model in Warrington. With a spacious building just acquired next to our church, we now actively welcome educational initiatives and we pray God that we may answer them very soon.
WHO: Anyone with interest in education is welcome to attend. This includes not only parents wishing to support such an academy in Warrington, but also home educators eager to compare their methods with the RCA ones, parents whose children are in full time school education and are curious to hear what RCA can bring, as well as benefactors open to funding reliable Catholic education.
AHEAD: The innocence of our children is in danger. Next autumn, even Catholic schools will have young children subjected to lessons on sexuality delivered in a way which is very likely to harm their innocent souls and twist their understanding of natural law, while depriving their parents of their inalienable rights as their primary educators. Even if this concern did not exist, the fact that most teenagers educated in Catholic schools lapse demonstrates enough that more must be done to teach and form the next generations of Catholics.
BUT: Many parents agree with this assessment, but feel they can’t home educate, though. They don’t have the training, the time, the resources. They fear that home education might hinder socialising their children. They doubt whether home education would enable their children to enter the universities and get good jobs.
ASK: Regina Caeli [https://www.rcahybrid.org.uk/] is a private, independent tutoring centre operating in the Catholic tradition. It offers two full days of taught lessons in school (Mondays and Thursdays) and lesson plans for three days of lessons taught at home, for boys and girls aged 4-18. The two taught days comprise the majority of academic work and there is significant support for the homeschooling element. The organisation has grown rapidly since its launch in 2003, now operating in 16 locations in the United States (with 8 more in planning) and, of course, now also in Bedfordshire in the UK.
Regina Caeli is a response to the need for affordable, authentic, classical education taught in light of the Catholic tradition. Its primary goal is to aid the students in knowing, loving, and serving God by providing them with a “classical style” of education so they learn how to think critically and become life-long learners. The mission is both educational and apostolic combining high educational standards with faithful adherence to the Magisterium of the Church.
Leaders of Regina Caeli UK will give a presentation about the hybrid academy and answer any questions families may have.
TIMETABLE: 12:30pm Teas and coffees / lunch (please bring your own packed lunches) 1:30pm Brief introduction, followed by a talk by Regina Caeli Academy UK representative 2:30pm Coffee and cake 2:45pm Talk by the Trustees of the Bedfordshire RCA on how it works in practice 3:00pm Q&A’s, and next steps for interested parents
If you can, arrive earlier and attend our 11:00am Solemn High Mass (confessions from 10:30am). There is an other 6:00pm Sunday Mass.
There is a separate room to occupy the children. We’re aiming to get some help to entertain the children (tbc).
INTERCESSORESS: The Servant of God Elizabeth Prout, Foundress of the Sisters of the Cross and Passion (the female branch of Bl. Dominic Barberi’s Passionists in England), chose and founded St Mary’s school in Warrington. Our current building stands on the very footprint of the one she knew and where her order taught children from 1899 until 1967. Her order asks us to inform them of any favour received through her intercession. Let us ardently ask her for success for this initiative as we prepare for the bicentenary of her birth on 2nd September 2020.
CONCLUSION: The great step of the re-dedication of England to Our Lady of Walshingham on 29th March calls for renewed creativeness in Catholic education. Now is the time; 26 April is the date and St Mary’s the place. Please come, tell your friends, and pray. We look forward to meeting you soon.
New Video on ‘Parents as Heroes and Saints’ by Fr de Malleray:
[Summary by Juventutem London:] On the feast of St. Anthony the Abbot, Fr De Malleray, FSSP, begins his homily by reflecting on the family. To be a parent and spouse in contemporary culture is heroic. It is a historic time for antagonism against the family and yet God loves families. He created the first family. Reflecting on the Holy Family inspires us of this truth. God decided to belong to a family. The second person of the Trinity, became the son of a woman, Our Lady, and the foster son of St. Joseph. From the beginning of our race, God expressed His will that humanity should be propagated through family. The first end of marriage is procreation and education of children. The second end of marriage is mutual support of the spouses. Parents have the glorious task of assisting God with populating heaven with new worshippers of the most Holy Trinity. This means not only to beget children but also to raise children to love God. The proof of a successful Christian education is the good example of virtue and the assistance lent by children to their parents and neighbours in need. So families are our heroes; because God wants families. But the world hates families. The world wants to take control of the family, of parents, of children. Why? Because the family as willed by God is the best school of sanctification for children and adults in the world. The world, being inimical to God, wants to control every man and every woman as if God did not exist. Family is the core cell of society. Christian families are domestic churches. Families are where children learn to lead life in common, to share, to listen, to obey, to trust, to serve, to love. Nowhere better than in the family can virtue be acquired. This in turn benefits society at large. Happy and stable families bring balanced and helpful itizens into the world. On the contrary, when families are weak or broken, then addiction, suicide, violence and crime increase. Fr then affirms a truth that soon, could be criminalised: parents are the primary educators of their children. They have this responsibility by natural right since they begot them. The state or any other institution, may assist the parents in the education of the children – but it must be the parent who decides if so. The state has no right to force “eduction” upon children against the parents’ will, especially sexual perversion classes. The state and other institutions may step in to provide for the children’ education if the parents cannot, yet always respecting natural law and divine law. Parental rights: the confiscation of the parental right by the state is the necessary bent of godless societies. This confiscation has been tried and implemented by every tyranny, but most successfully in recent times. Communism, Nazism, and now Hedonist Relativism. On the contrary, healthy families make prosperous countries.
Some examples of what a state worthy of the name should do: Firstly, in its duty to families, the state must provide adequate housing; every family is entitled to own a house. Second: the state must facilitate the transition of the family home from one generation to the next, by not claiming inheritance tax. Thirdly, society must accept that women cannot be replaced in nurturing life and in making the home a place of peace, order, and happiness. This is essential to ordering a society towards salvation. We are bound for eternity, but family life is our best preparation for a happy eternity with God. The supreme service women in the world can give to humanity is fostering life. It has been a great success of cultural communism to persuade the Western world that housewives are a waste. To achieve this lie, the godless have used cinema, literature, sociology, and the parliaments, to powerful effect. The truth is that mothers in the homes are queens. Women raising their children are heroines. Wives investing all they energies and skills into shaping new children of God are among the greatest benefactresses of mankind. Fourth: the authority of the husband and father must be upheld and praised, as described by St. Paul. “He must love his wife as Christ loved the Church and gave Himself for her.” Fr then mentions a recently released film A Hidden Life, which depicts an authentically-lived Catholic manhood. Fifth: marriage must be protected by law as a permanent and exclusive bond of fidelity between a man and woman in order to raise children. Sixth: pornography, contraception, abortion, surrogacy, IVF, must be curbed and ultimately disappear as contrary to the dignity of men and women, of parents, and of society. Fr then quotes from Pope Francis on the family, highlighting its place in the Christian life.
Fr concludes points out that he has been addressing these issues from the perspective of civil society – but ultimately it is about grace and eternity. Securing a natural order benefits the supernatural order. Strong families make strong countries – and strong countries, inspired by the Catholic faith, prepare a blessed eternity with God. This is what we must all have in mind when praying before the crib and while praying for families. Indeed, individual families are cherished units of the larger family of God, that is, His Holy Church. In the “Hanc Igitur” prayer, the celebrant refers to the Church as the family of God. Fr finishes the sermon by inviting those who might be called to family to beg the Holy Family to inspire, to guide, to heal, and sanctify a;l families. This way parents will not only be heroes, but with their children, they will be saints.
(St Thomas Aquinas, the greatest Doctor of the Church)
Preparation Courses for First
Holy Communion (to
be conferred on Corpus Christi Sunday, 14th June, 11am) and for Confirmation (to be conferred
on Sat. 18th July, 3pm by Archbishop McMahon of Liverpool). Both courses will begin on 15th
March and every following Sunday 9:45am-10:45am.
1) For
First Holy Communion course, please contact roger.gilbride@fssp.org as soon as
possible if you want (or your child) to be included.
2) For
Confirmation course, please contact henrywhiz@hotmail.com
as soon as possible. Confirmation candidates from outside the Liverpool
Archdiocese are welcome with a statement of due preparation from their pastor. Please note: we reserve the right to
postpone admission to either sacrament if a candidate has missed sessions
and is not ready to receive.
[Updated on 4th March 2020:] Our Lenten Shrine community alms this year will go to Cenacolo, a community helping people suffering from addictions. Pray for the work of the Cenacolo Community and the individuals and their families that need help to ‘walk from the darkness of addiction’ to healing through God’s Love and Grace.
Please donate cash in envelopes clearly labelled ‘Cenacolo’. Please note: FSSP Warrington is exclusively responsible for this initiative and will personally transfer the amount collected to the Cenacolo Community as a Lenten offering from our Shrine community to Cenacolo UK. The only valid contact details for Cenacolo UK are available on their website: https://cenacolouk.org/.
First Women’s Group Meeting, Sat. 7th March, 1pm: After (optional) 10am-12noon
adoration and 12:10pm Holy Mass, bring and share packed lunch to Shrine Hall,
followed by talk by Fr Henry Whisenant.
Any
women from 18 to 118 welcome!
Brand new Baronius hand missals
for only £35.00
each! St Mary’s Shrine being such a good customer, Baronius Press granted us a
major discount on their public price of £53.95 + shipping
(https://www.amazon.co.uk/Daily-Missal-1962-Baronius-Press/dp/0954563123). Hand
your £35 in cash to a priest and he
will give you your precious new hand missal. Make sure to stick a large label
with your name on the outside cover of the missal (and inside as well), as
about 100 other copies are used at St Mary’s.
St Patrick’s Party, Tuesday 17th
March: 6pm shared Irish dishes followed by 7pm film. Please bring some IRISH CHEESES,
SODA BREADS, DRINKS/WINES (email roger.gilbride@fssp.org to find out where you
can buy those). At 7pm, showing of the EWTN Film ‘Bravery Under Fire’ about the
life of Irish Fr William Doyle, SJ (90 mins). Fr Doyle is considered a ‘Martyr
of Charity’ as he died on the battlefield of Ypres in WWI rescuing wounded
soldiers (www.fatherdoyle.com).
New Video on ‘Parents as Heroes and Saints’ by Fr de Malleray:
Diocesan Safeguarding Training
session at St
Benedict’s Catholic Primary School, near St Benedict’s Church: at the end of
Quebec Road, WA2 7SB, Thursday 19th March, 7pm. Free. With the
participation of Frs Dave Heywood and Armand de Malleray FSSP.
Mass of Thanksgiving for Converts: Sat 21st March,12:10pm.
Any converts and their families and friends, especially those received or baptised at St Mary’s in the past four years, are heartily invited to attend this Mass and join our wider community in giving thanks to God for the gift of faith and of belonging to the Church. It will be an opportunity to meet with other converts. Adults under instruction to become Catholics or simply with interest in Catholicism are very welcome to attend as well. Please bring and share lunch in Shrine Hall at 1pm. Arrive earlier if you can for a time of Eucharistic Adoration in thanksgiving for the same intention, from 10am (with confessions).
Feast of the Annunciation, Wed 25th March: Low
Mass at 8:00am, Solemn Mass at 12:10pm; Low Mass at 7:00pm (exceptionally open
to ALL, before the usual 8pm Men’s Group talk).
The re-dedication of England by our bishops as Our Lady’s
dowry will take place at 12noon on Sunday, 29th March, 2020. St
Mary’s will host special events on that day.
Congratulations
to our parishioner Martin Turner and his fiancée Georgie Burrows, who were united in Holy
Matrimony by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon in Liverpool Cathedral on 28th
February. We assure them of our prayer.
Educational Initiative Regina Caeli Academy – coming soon to the North of
England!
Our new
Priory buildings give hope for increased educational opportunities at St
Mary’s. A meeting here will be announced soon for all those interested, most
likely on a Sunday afternoon.
Next trek with Juventutem Young Adults (18-35): 14th March: to Macclesfield. Meet us at St Mary’s at 10:30am (after optional 9:30am Trekkers’ Mass) or meet us traight at St Albans Catholic church, SK11 8DJ at 11:30am, bringing waterproof clothing and appropriate footwear. We will also have a pub lunch. (Further dates: 18th April; 16th May). Contact helena.waddelove@hotmail.co.uk.
Also, Juventutem Summer Weekend near London 3-5 July 2020.
Also, CHARTRES Pilgrimage: 30th May-1st June 2020 with Frs de Malleray and Whisenant. Contact Pippa: pippajcurran97@gmail.com.
BULLETIN of ST
MARY’S SHRINE 2nd February 2020 Fortnightly www.fssp.co.uk/warrington
• 01925 635664
Watch our Mass
daily on http://livemass.net/Buttermarket
Street, Warrington WA1 2NS
Served by the
Priestly Fraternity of St Peter
by appointment
of the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool
Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP:
malleray@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP: iverrier@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr
Henry Whisenant: henrywhiz@hotmail.com
Deacon Roger Gilbride, FSSP: roger.gilbride@fssp.org
(on pastoral placement until Easter)
In residence: Fr
Alex Stewart, FSSP: astewart@olg-
seminary.org
Holy Masses: Sunday 11am & 6pm; Mon-Sat
12:10pm daily.
Confessions 30mins before every
Mass every day –
including from 5:30pm before 6pm Sunday Mass, and on Saturdays
10am-11:45amEucharistic Adoration: Sat 10:00am-12 noon; 1st Fri
7:40pm-8:40pm; most Wed. afternoon after school
Daily Rosary 11:30am Mon-Fri, 11am Sat. +
12noon Angelus
Sung Compline: Sunday 7:15pm, Wednesday 9:15pm
Stations of the Cross: Mon, Fri 1:00pm
Men’s group: Every Wed 7:00pm Mass + Talk
& Compline
Mothers’ Prayer group: Wed 1:00pm
Adults Catechesis: most Sunday mornings withFr Whisenant
Home Education Group: MostWednesdays 1pm-3:30pm. Contact Alison Kahn 01925 727759.
Choir: Every Thur & Sun.Contact Fr Verrier for an audition if you would like to join our
choir – including Junior choir.
Young Adults & Professionals 18-35: Monthly Sat walk and/or talk:
www.facebook.com/juventutem.warrington/
Divine Mercy group: every second Tuesday 1:00pm
Pro-life group: Last Sat 10:15am
SUPPORT—Bank details: Account name: FSSP
Warrington. Account number: 30993368. Sort Code 30-80-27; Lloyds
Bank, Palmerston Road Branch. Ask us for Gift Aid forms and envelopes:
warrington@fssp.org. Registered Charity number 1129964
Safeguarding: Children, teenagers and vulnerable adults must be accompanied or
supervised at all times within the Shrine. If you have concerns, 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.
Church cleaning: please given an hour of your
time each week to keep St Mary’s fit for divine worship.
Addicts to drugs, alcohol: help available
with high success rate. Free. Confidential phone contact: 07916578902.
☞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.
If no server, please hold the Communion plate against your throat. Thank you in advance.
☞ Printed Mass sheets: please don’t bin them, as we will use them next
year. Leave them in church Porch.
☞ Modesty in church: please cover your bodies at least down to
elbows and below knees; no tight or see-through garments.
☞Did you know? St Mary’s
Shrine costs £1,444/week to run and maintain. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
(Lumen ad revelationem gentium!)
Annual FSSP Clergy Gathering at St Mary’s 3-5 Feb. Join us for Monday 3rd Feb
Holy Hour followed by 6pm Vespers; Tue. 6pm Vespers; + 16 Low Masses on Tues.
and Wed. at 6:30am and 7:15am before 8am Lauds.
Pray for Fr Loewenstein: after a period of reflection, our confrere
sought permission to try religious life in a traditional community. The
Superiors of our Fraternity have granted it to him. We will miss Fr
Loewenstein’s pastoral dedication, his clear teaching and his friendly humour.
He is grateful for our prayers and no doubt will keep us in his. His new
address is not known yet.
Dowry Magazine, Winter edition, will be available on line this week. Read soon this
special issue on Anti-Christian persecutions.
The re-dedication of England by our bishops as Our Lady’s dowry will take place at 12noon
on Sunday, 29th March, 2020. St Mary’s will host special events on that day.
Thanksgiving Mass for converts on Sat 21st March, 12:10pm. We invite all adults received into the Church or
baptised at St Mary’s over the past 4 years to join us with their families and
friends on this occasion. Refreshments will follow.
Servers training afternoon Sat 8th Feb, 1pm. Contact Deacon Gilbride: roger.gilbride@fssp.org
2 vacancies at Charles Forbes Court on Mersey Street, over the fence from St Mary’s. Contact
Donna Cowell 07799438993
Educational Initiative Regina
Caeli Academy – coming soon to the North of England!
Our new Priory buildings give hope for
increased educational opportunities at St Mary’s. A meeting here will be
announced soon for all those interested (please suggest dates.)
The Men’s group weekly is going strong with about 20
attending every Wednesday evening (7pm Low Mass;
8pm Talk; 9pm prayers). Any men 18+ welcome,
including non Catholics.
Thank
you to the ladies and clergy who worked hard to prepare
accommodation on 24-26 Jan last for 11 young men staying at St Mary’s for
vocational discernment.
SPUC
Youth conference, Friday 28th Feb – Sun 1st March 2020. Willows
Training Centre, Great North Road, Wyboston Bedfordshire MK44 3AL. £115 by
31/12 or £135, with one of the FSSP UK priests offering holy Mass each day. Contact us urgently for sponsorship.
Next Young Adults Group event15th Feb:
Trek in Delamere Forest. Let us know if
you require a lift from St Mary’s (after the 9am Trekkers Mass). Alternatively,
meet us at 11am at the free Barnsbridge Car Park (WA6 6NB). Please
do RSVP and let us know if you require a lift/will be meeting us there so we
know who to wait for! Further event: 14th March; 18th
April; 16th May.
Also, Juventutem
Summer Weekend near London 3-5 July 2020.
Also, CHARTRES
Pilgrimage: 30th May-1st June 2020. Contact Conor: conorjj79@gmail.com
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Days for Life, Manchester: Wednesday, 26th Feb – Sunday 5th April (subject to
possible PSPO).
Clergy
Retreat 27 April-1st May 2020, Stonyhurst: The priests
and Holy Church: her sons and defenders – by Fr A. de Malleray. COST: £320 in total (4 days full board,
modern single room with ensuite).
Ordinations: Pray for 8 to be ordained Subdeacons on 8th Feb in America; and 22 to be ordained to Minors orders including Miklos from London + 2 to Subdeaconate in Bavaria, where Fr de Malleray will be from 7 to 16 Feb to give the semestrial retreat.
Sacrament of Confirmation on Saturday 18th July 2020, 3:00pm, administered by His Grace Malcolm McMahon, O.P., Archbishop of Liverpool, at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington, Buttermarket Street WA1 2NS. Followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament and refreshments. Candidates from within and without the Liverpool Archdiocese should contact Fr Whisenant henrywhiz@hotmail.com.
Mass Intentions:
(Other intentions were applied over
the past 2 weeks at private Masses. Please ask Fr
Whisenant for details.)
Sun 2
Purification of
the Blessed Virgin MaryBlessing of Candles &
Procession at 11am
[Full Marian schedule at St Mary’s Shrine Warrington WA1 2NS]
Based on Prayer of Erasmus 1532, Dedication of England to the Mother of God 1893, Prayer for England, Cardinal Griffin’s Act of Consecration 1948, Act of Consecration St John Paul 1982
PRAYER O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England thy “Dowry” and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee.
Response
We your faithful people assembled here offer you this country in which we live. Once it was yours, all its children were your children and you were honoured throughout England as its Protectress and its Queen. Again do we consecrate it as your Dowry, and entrust it to your maternal care.
Prayer
By thee it was that Jesus our Saviour and our hope was given unto the world; and He has given thee to us that we might hope still more.
Response
To you we entrust the Church, which invokes you as Mother. On earth you preceded her in the pilgrimage of faith. Comfort her in her difficulties and trials. Make her always the sign and instrument of intimate union with God and of the unity of the whole human race. To you, Mother of the human family, and of the nations, we confidently entrust the whole of humanity with its hopes and fears. Let it not lack the light of true wisdom. Guide it to seek freedom and justice for all. Direct its steps in the ways of peace. Enable all to meet Christ, the Way, the Truth and the Life.
Prayer
Plead for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the Cross, O sorrowful Mother.
Response
Pray, O Holy Mother of God, for the conversion of heart of the people of England, restoration of the sick, consolation for the troubled, repentance of sinners, peace to the departed. Queen of Peace, pray for us and give to the world the peace for which all peoples are longing, peace in the truth, justice and charity of Christ. Give peace to the nations and to the souls of all, that in peace, the Kingdom of God may prevail.
Prayer
Intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold they may be united to the supreme Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son. ResponseMay your prayers bring back this country to the fullness of its ancient faith. May your intercession lead us to a closer union with your divine Son. We offer you all the people of this land, especially those who know you so little or not at all. May all in our country know Christ, the light of the world and its only Saviour.
Prayer
Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith fruitful in good works we may all deserve to see and praise God, together with thee, in our heavenly home.
Response
May we who follow your Son, be fruitful in the good work of building a culture of life in our world, where all human life is treasured and the gift of God’s creation is respected and cared for, so that all may share the fruits of God’s generous love.
V: Pray for us O Holy Mother of God.R: That we may be made worthy of the Promises of Christ.
Let us pray:
O Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of God, and our most gentle Queen and Mother, look down in mercy upon England, thy Dowry, and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee. By thee it was that Jesus, our Saviour and our hope, was given unto the world; and he has given thee to us that we might hope still more. Plead for us thy children, whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the cross, O sorrowful Mother. Intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold, they may be united to the Chief Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son. Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith, fruitful in good works, we may all deserve to see and praise God, together with thee in our heavenly home. Amen.
Residential summer camp for boys aged 10 to 17. Based at Savio House, Ingersley Road, Bollington, Macclesfield
The Camp will involve scheduled activities including Holy Mass, prayer and catechetical talks, sports / hiking /games, quizzes, preparing and acting in a drama production and excursions by bus to local places of interest.
Full price £220. Subsidised: £100.
For more information and booking forms contact Fr Phipps: sphipps@fssp.org
Residential summer camp for girls aged 10 to 17. Based at Savio House, Ingersley Road, Bollington, Macclesfield
The Camp will involve scheduled activities including Holy Mass, prayer and catechetical talks, sports / hiking /games, quizzes, preparing and acting in a drama production and excursions by bus to local places of interest.
Full price £220. Subsidised: £100.
For more information and booking forms contact Fr Phipps: sphipps@fssp.org
Please pray for 12 young men from all over the UK discerning God’s calling while on recollection at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington this weekend.
While low level of comfort makes healthy candidates and priests, please send us donations to convert our newly bought Priory building, so that these men and future guests might not need to sleep on mattresses in the photocopy room or in the parish hall, and that ideally our priests might not need to vacate their own rooms to fit several guests in them.
BULLETIN of ST
MARY’S SHRINE 19th January 2020 Fortnightly www.fssp.co.uk/warrington
• 01925 635664
Watch our Mass
daily on http://livemass.net/Buttermarket
Street, Warrington WA1 2NS
Served by the
Priestly Fraternity of St Peter
by appointment
of the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool
Rector: Fr Armand de Malleray, FSSP:
malleray@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP: iverrier@fssp.org
Assistant: Fr
Henry Whisenant: henrywhiz@hotmail.com
Deacon Roger Gilbride, FSSP: roger.gilbride@fssp.org
(on pastoral placement until Easter)
In residence: Fr
Alex Stewart, FSSP: astewart@olg-
seminary.org (on Sick Leave: Fr K.Loewenstein, FSSP)
Holy Masses: Sunday 11am & 6pm; Mon-Sat
12:10pm daily.
Confessions 30mins before every
Mass every day –
including from 5:30pm before 6pm Sunday Mass, and on Saturdays
10am-11:45amEucharistic Adoration: Sat 10:00am-12 noon; 1st Fri
7:40pm-8:40pm; most Wed. afternoon after school
Daily Rosary 11:30am Mon-Fri, 11am Sat. +
12noon Angelus
Sung Compline: Sunday 7:15pm, Wednesday 9:15pm
Stations of the Cross: Mon, Fri 1:00pm
Men’s group: Every Wed 7:00pm Mass + Talk
& Compline
Mothers’ Prayer group: Wed 1:00pm
Adults Catechesis: most Sunday mornings withFr Whisenant
Home Education Group: MostWednesdays 1pm-3:30pm. Contact Alison Kahn 01925 727759.
Choir: Every Thur & Sun.Contact Fr Verrier for an audition if you would like to join our
choir – including Junior choir.
Young Adults & Professionals 18-35: Monthly Sat walk and/or talk:
www.facebook.com/juventutem.warrington/
Divine Mercy group: every second Tuesday 1:00pm
Pro-life group: Last Sat 10:15am
SUPPORT—Bank details: Account name: FSSP
Warrington. Account number: 30993368. Sort Code 30-80-27; Lloyds
Bank, Palmerston Road Branch. Ask us for Gift Aid forms and envelopes:
warrington@fssp.org. Registered Charity number 1129964
Safeguarding: Children, teenagers and vulnerable adults must be accompanied or
supervised at all times within the Shrine. If you have concerns, 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.
Church cleaning: please given an hour of your
time each week to keep St Mary’s fit for divine worship.
Addicts to drugs, alcohol: help available
with high success rate. Free. Confidential phone contact: 07916578902.
☞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.
If no server, please hold the Communion plate against your throat. Thank you in advance.
☞ Printed Mass sheets: please don’t bin them, as we will use them next
year. Leave them in church Porch.
☞ Modesty in church: please cover your bodies at least down to
elbows and below knees; no tight or see-through garments.
☞Did you know? St Mary’s
Shrine costs £1,444/week to run and maintain. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
(St Agnes, Virgin & Martyr, pray for us!)
Pray for Henry,
Tom and Conan, our three First Year seminarians from England
and Ireland as they begin their second semester at Our Lady of Guadalupe
Seminary, where our other UK seminarian Emmanuel studies. Fr de Malleray will
give the semestrial retreat to our seminarians in Europe next month in Bavaria
where Gwilym and Miklos, our other seminarians from the UK, study.
Educational
Initiative Regina Caeli Academy – coming soon
to the North of England!
A number of families in the North of England have been
observing with interest the formation of the Regina Caeli Academy in Bedfordshire
over the past 18 months and are exploring setting up an academy in the North of
England, with a view to opening in Sep 2020. The exact location of the academy
would depend on the families who wish to attend, but is expected to be between
Newcastle and Leeds. www.eventbrite.co.uk/o/regina-caeli-uk-29170853539
Our new Priory buildings give hope for increased educational
opportunities at St Mary’s. A meeting here will be announced soon for all those
interested (please suggest dates.)
The Men’s group
weekly is going strong with about 20 attending every Wednesday evening (7pm Low Mass;
8pm Talk; 9pm prayers). Any men 18+ welcome,
including non Catholics. On 22nd Jan, talk by Fr de Malleray on
‘Catholics and Oaths: to Hitler, Henry VIII, etc.’
Pray for 11
young men staying at St Mary’s on 24-26 January for vocational discernment. Thank you to
the ladies helping us with cooking and cleaning.
£298.40 raised
for babies last Sunday at the White
Flower Appeal. SPUC expresses thanks to St Mary’s Shrine and parishioners
for their generosity.
‘A Hidden Life’,
rare Catholic film by Terrence Malick. We warmly recommend watching this film
about unsung hero, Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the
Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the
threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for
his wife Fani and children that keeps his spirit alive.
SPUC Youth
conference, Friday 28th Feb – Sun 1st March 2020. Willows
Training Centre, Great North Road, Wyboston Bedfordshire MK44 3AL. £115 by
31/12 or £135, with one of the FSSP UK priests offering holy Mass each day. Contact us urgently for sponsorship.
Next Young
Adults Group events: 15th Feb; 14th March; 18th
April; 16th May.
Also, CHARTRES
Pilgrimage: 30th May-1st June 2020. Contact Conor: conorjj79@gmail.com
40 Days for
Life, Manchester: Wednesday, 26th
Feb – Sunday 5th April (subject to possible
PSPO).
Clergy Retreat 27 April-1st
May 2020, Stonyhurst: The priests and Holy Church: her sons and defenders – by Fr A. de Malleray. COST: £320 in
total (4 days full board, modern single room with ensuite).
Mass Intentions:
(Other intentions were applied over
the past 2 weeks at private Masses. Please ask Fr Whisenant if needed.)
Sun 19
II Sunday after Epiphany
11:00am
6:00 pm
Gerard & Peter
Wallace
Thanksgiving
Mon 20
Ss Fabian & Sebastian • Stations for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
John Medlicott
Tue 21
St Agnes, Martyr
12:10pm
Sam Parkinson
Wed 22
Ss Vincent & Anastasius • Mothers’ Prayer Group 1pmMen’s group:
Mass, Talk, Q’s & A’s, Compline
12:10pm
7:00pm
Tom Clarke
Allys Edwards
Thu 23
St Raymund of
Penafort, Confessor
12:10pm
Rachel
Fri 24
St Timothy • Stations
for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
5:15pm
Ashley
Bolton-Burrows
Priestly Vocations
Sat 25
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
Conversion of St Paul
10:00am
12:10pm
Families of the Parish
Adam Gray
Sun 26
III Sunday
after Epiphany
11:00am
6:00pm
Greg & Janet
Caswell
Catherine Sartland
Mon 27
St John Chrysostom • Stations for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
Brenda McClean
Tue 28
St Peter Nolasco
12:10pm
Patricia Jones
Wed 29
St Francis de Sales • Mothers’ Prayer Group 1pmMen’s group:
Mass, Talk, Q’s & A’s, Compline
12:10pm
7:00pm
Thomas Wakefield
Holy Souls
Thu 30
St Martina
12:10pm
Tom Lee’s Family
Fri 31
St John Bosco • Stations for Priests 1pm
12:10pm
Margaret Eccles’
intention
Sat 1
Exposition of the
Blessed Sacrament
St Ignatius of Antioch
10:00am
12:10pm
The Nation’s Leaders
Margaret Lawless’
intention
Sun 2
Purification of the Blessed Virgin MaryBlessing
of candles and procession at 11am Mass
