5 May 2018 7.30pm-9:00pm at St Mary’s Church, Warrington WA 1 2NS
Conductor: Michael Wynne
Warrington Choral Society performs music by the Baroque Czech composer Zelekna, and by Vivaldi and Mozart.
Zan Dismas Zelenka: Litaniae De Venerabili Sacramento
Antonio Vivaldi: Magnificat
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Regina Coeli
St Mary’s Shrine, Buttermarket Street, Warrington WA1 2NS
Ticket: £12
A parishioner from Manchester has spare train tickets for next Saturday’s great March for Life. Come along and join us from St Mary’s Warrington and thousands of others.
Please see below.
Dear Supporter,
You would be very welcome to come to London on Saturday 5th May to join the March for Life.
I have a Virgin Rail Group Travel ticket for 20 people with seats reserved altogether as a block:
| OUT | |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 0835 |
| London Euston | 1104 |
| RETURN | |
| London Euston | 1852 |
| Manchester Piccadilly | 2130 |
The cost is £53 per person return, payable by arrangement.
To book a seat:- john@mcr4life.co.uk,
07909 920739, or 0161 928 2411.
May Almighty God bless this March.
John Marechal
Homily by Fr Armand de Malleray at St Mary’s Warrington on the 4th Sunday after Easter – On Fatherhood, brotherhood and Alfie Evans. 29 April 2018.
New: direct link to the 14:58 min video here.
“Every perfect gift is coming from above, coming down from the Father of lights… for of His own will has He begotten us in the word of truth… You know, my dearest brethren.”
Dear Friends,
What is a parent? What is a father? What are brethren? I would like to reflect with you today on parenthood, fatherhood and brotherhood. On the link between fatherhood and brotherhood. Essentially, there can be no brethren unless there is a father.
Today, like millions of people of every faith and none, you may feel that our little brother Alfie Evans was unjustly treated. He died yesterday in Liverpool. Adults in power said that Alfie should die where and in the manner they decided. They prevented Alfie’s parents from taking him to another hospital, or even to die at home in their arms. They refused to provide basic support such as oxygen, and for a while, water.
An innocent child died. The point is not to accuse anyone. Perhaps, Alfie would have died soon anyway, perhaps. Although, nobody can assure that. What has been put to death though, is parenthood. Parenthood has been killed. Alfie’s parents, Tom Evans and Kate James, were denied the most fundamental right. The right to secure basic support for their child, such as oxygen, and the right to choose where he would die; if death was near.
If parents failed to meet their child’s basic needs, such as oxygen and water, then the State or some other institution could intervene, and takeover the responsibility from them. But not the other way round. When parents want their child to breathe and drink, no one has any right to prevent them. Oxygen and water are not a medical treatment. They are basics of life. If you invite a friend to stay in your home (not in a hospital), and you don’t provide oxygen and water, your friend is not going to enjoy his stay very long. It has nothing to do with illness. It is good manners.
Parents have an inalienable natural right to protect the life of their children, body and soul. Such a right is not granted by the State. Parents have this right by the very fact that they gave life to that new human being, their child. The Alfie Evans ruling denied this obvious truth. Lord David Alton of Liverpool, wrote about it: “Every parent has a fundamental right – and I would say duty – to fight for and care for the child to whom they gave life.” Pope Francis surely agreed, actively supporting Alfie’s evacuation to Italy.
But the legal and medical establishment have ruled otherwise, against immense pressure from all over the world. By doing so, the legal and medical establishment have killed the natural understanding of parenthood. That is, a father and a mother who share primary responsibility for the life of their child, because they have given him life.
Not without significance, the judge at the centre of the Alfie Evans case, Justice Hayden, has co-authored a book titled Children and Same-Sex Families, a legal handbook described as a guide for those “who provide advice and support to same-sex families.” With the best of intentions, how could Justice Hayden understand that the natural right of Alfie’s parents upon their child takes precedence? The very word proves it: “parent” comes from the present participle of “parere”, that is, “to bring forth, to give birth to”. Whatever their good intentions, two men (or two women) never did conceive and give birth to a child. They are not “parents.”
Against natural evidence, “parents” in modern Britain have become a social and legal construct, not a natural reality anymore. Like marriage, family, gender and personhood, parenthood is now defined by the State, not by nature anymore. If the interests of the State change, then the definition of parenthood will change as well. But when any institution ignores God’s law as embedded in nature, the tendency is to claim always more control over bodies and souls.
The truth is, there are no parents left in modern Britain. But if there are no parents, how can there be any brethren? Living in peace together, with mutual respect, in a brotherly way, is possible only if all acknowledge a common father, whether at home, or in town, or as a people. The State may not call itself father, yet, but the Alfie Evans tragedy should make everyone understand that the State has taken the place of the natural parents. George Orwell’s Big Brother is not a fiction anymore.
The cruel irony is that, on St George’s day, when Alfie’s parents were denied the right to take him out of hospital, another young couple, William and Kate, walked out of another hospital, with their little boy. The entire nation rejoiced when watching the happy Cambridge family. It would have been a beautiful statement if the Royal baby had been called Alfie, as one of his several names. Why was the nation rejoicing for Prince Louis? Many newborn boys were taken home by their parents that day. What about him? Because a dynastic birth embodies filiation and the natural transmission of life, and we humans love it! Prince Louis is son of William, son of Charles, son of Elizabeth, daughter of George, etc.
“Every perfect gift is coming from above, coming down from the Father of lights… for of His own will has He begotten us in the word of truth… You know, my dearest brethren.”
Thankfully, far above the blindness of many, and above the malice of some, there is a Father indeed. It is God the Father “Of whom all paternity in heaven and earth is named” (Eph 3:15). Fatherhood is the main relationship which shapes our identity. Fatherhood expresses our origin and guarantees our identity. The original sin committed by Adam and Eve was a denial of God’s fatherhood. They denied that God was willing or competent to foster their best interests. By turning away from God, they fell under the power of created beings.
Denying God’s fatherhood brought about three consequences.
1. Divorce between Adam and Eve: mutual trust turns into accusation. Tenderness turns into domination.
2. Divorce between mankind and nature: Adam and Eve lost their peaceful dominion over nature. No more stewards of the material world, men must sweat and fight against nature, against viruses, against tsunamis, earthquakes and tornados to keep alive. Nature is not a divine gift anymore; it has become man’s chaotic re-creation.
3. Divorce within man, between his two main faculties. Our intellect designed by God to know the truth turns blind to truth and imagines deadly fictions and lies. Our will-power designed by God to desire the good is allured by selfish interests, sensuality and pride. Intellect and will do not work in harmony anymore, but ignore each other or compete with each other.
So, dear friends, what can we do?
Practically, we can try and get better laws. We should also commit more actively to the pro-life cause. But supernaturally, the only way to secure peace as among brethren, in modern Britain as in all times, is to come back to God the Father. Because our filial relation to God as common Father conditions our mutual relationship as brethren, as fellow citizens. If we truly care for what happened to Alfie and his parents, then we should examine how we do as children of God. If we wished the British medical and legal establishment acted as brothers to us citizens, and to natural families and natural parents in particular, then we must become better sons, daughters, children of God, of the Father of lights.
If we wished oxygen, water and food had been given to our little brother Alfie, then let us check that we make good use of God’s grace, the oxygen and water of our souls. Let us become more hungry for the divine food God offers us, that is, His Body, in the Holy Eucharist. Let us revive our filial connection with our loving Father God, through sacramental absolution for our sins.
Lastly, let us offer our difficulties and sufferings, small and big, in sacrifice for all our fellow citizens – with and without the establishment – to discover the joy of being children of light. We ask this, through the intercession of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of all men, but especially of the more vulnerable ones.
[You can watch this homily on http://livemass.net/ > Warrington > Sunday – Starts 35:00 – ends 49:00]
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29 April 2018 WEEKLY BULLETIN of ST MARY’S SHRINE
www.fssp.co.uk/warrington • 01925 635664
St Mary’s Shrine, 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 Konrad Loewenstein, FSSP: padrek@libero.it
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP: iverrier@fssp.org
WELCOME TO ST MARY’S SHRINE!
7/7 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-11:45am during Eucharistic Adoration.
Daily Rosary 11:30am Mon-Fri, 11am Sat. Followed by the Angelus.
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. Thank you for your awareness.
Pro-life: Every last Saturday, 10:15am. Coordinator: Peter Boyle: p.boyle400@btinternet.com
This Week’s Mass Intentions:
| Sun 29 | 4th Sunday after Easter | 11am
3:00pm Rosary on the Coast prayers 6pm |
Mr & Mrs Longfield
Bridget Hannah |
| Mon 30 | S Catherine of Siena, Virgin | 12:10pm | Jean Howard RIP |
| Tue 1 | S Joseph the Worker, Spouse of the BVM (1st Class Feast) | 8:00am (private intention)
12:10pm |
Holy Souls in honour of St Joseph |
| Wed 2 | S Athanasius, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor (Requiem Mass: Anniversary of death) |
12:10pm Mothers’ Prayer Group 1pm |
Ann Girling RIP |
| Thur 3 | Feria: Votive Mass for Vocations | 12:10pm | Kate Gately RIP |
| Fri 4 | Holy English & Welsh Martyrs | 12:10pm | Parkinson Family |
| Sat 5 | Eucharistic Adoration:
S Pius V, Pope, Confessor |
10:00am – 12:00pm
12:10pm |
Families
Fr Peter Sibert RIP |
| Sun 6 | 5th Sunday after Easter | 11:00am
6:00pm |
Susan & John Martin
Maire McGurdy |
Confirmations by Archbishop McMahon O.P. on Wednesday 20th June, 7:00pm
followed by Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament ending by 8pm. Refreshments.
Like last year, candidates from further away are very welcome to come and be confirmed with our local group: please contact us.
Saturday 28/04/18 – Warrington SPUC Chain
10:00 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions
10:15 Prolife meeting
11:45 Benediction
12:10 Mass
After Mass – Warrington SPUC chain – near St Mary’s Church Warrington
Rosary on the Coast: Sun. 29 April 2018, 3pm.
National Marian Prayer for our country: at St Mary’s Litanies of Our Lady and homily. Veneration of a large scale replica of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Website: rosaryonthecoast.co.uk
☞ Did you know?
St Mary’s Shrine costs £1,444 a week to run and maintain. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
See the great pictures on our Holy Week liturgies on our Flickr albums: www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums
GA envelopes labeled to collect from Narthex.
Please do subscribe to this scheme, so that less of your gift be spent in admin cost and more in helping St Mary’s.
Indeed, if you Gift Aid using the ‘one-off’ envelopes in the pews, our secretary needs more time to process more data. If you Gift Aid via the regular scheme, it is quicker for us to process, and thus your money is put to better use.
Help us minimise admin & maximise your giving:
The box sets of GIFT AID envelopes for the new tax year will be available for collection shortly. Anyone who is a tax payer and a regular user of the occasional Gift Aid envelopes (those left on the benches) and would prefer their own set of dated and numbered, Sunday Gift Aid envelopes, should contact Jane Wright in the Shrine Office warrington@fssp.org
Eucharistic Congress: As a contribution to the Congress, Fr de Malleray will give a series of lectures on the Holy Eucharist at St Mary’s (dates to be announced soon). Those will be broadcasted on LiveMass, as was the case for Fr Loewenstein’s Lenten talks.
March For Life: join us to London on Sat. 5th May for the great pro-life walk! Now is the time to walk for life. Day Return train tickets available: book with Peter Boyle our pro-life officer: p.boyle400@btinternet.com. With Frs de Malleray and Verrier.
Chartres Pilgrimage at Pentecost: 19-21 May.
Join our pilgrimage from Warrington, with Fr de Malleray. Contact Conor now: conorjj79@gmail.com.
Watch Holy Mass at St Mary’s daily on www.livemass.org. The Mass of the day can be watched for 24hrs and that of the Sunday for the entire week.
NEW PARISH OF BLESSED JAMES BELL
As announced, the three parishes of St Benedict’s, St Mary’s and St Oswald’s will merge into one new parish on 1 May 2018 under the patronage of Blessed James Bell. The new parish will incorporate three Churches (St Benedict’s, St Oswald’s & St Mary’s Shrine), two Catholic Primary Schools (St Benedict’s & St Oswald’s), two Parish Centres (St Benedict’s & St Oswald’s) and one Parish Office (based at St Benedict’s).
The Pro-life garden Summer Fete. Sunday June 24th 2018, feast of the Nativity of St John the Baptist. Speaker: Robin Haig SPUC Chairman.
A thought-provoking meditation on the mystery of our salvation. Our Lord died on the cross for us once a long time ago, but we benefit from the merits of His sacrifice many times even today.
How do we get to do this? Fr de Malleray responds…
#juventutemlondon
#fsspengland
#thelatinmasssociety
Filming: Rafe Gibbons
https://www.facebook.com/londonjuventutem/videos/1653768344727879/
EF Confirmations, Wednesday 20th June 2018 at 7:00pm,
by Archbishop Malcolm McMahon, OP
at St Mary’s Shrine, Warrington,
followed by Exposition, Benediction and refreshments.
IMPORTANT: Any 13+ Catholics are welcome to apply, even from outside the Liverpool Archdiocese.
Email now Fr Loewenstein, FSSP: padrek@libero.it
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22 April 2018 WEEKLY BULLETIN of ST MARY’S SHRINE
www.fssp.co.uk/warrington • 01925 635664
St Mary’s Shrine, 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 Konrad Loewenstein, FSSP: padrek@libero.it
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP: iverrier@fssp.org
WELCOME TO ST MARY’S SHRINE!
7/7 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-11:45am during Eucharistic Adoration.
Daily Rosary 11:30am Mon-Fri, 11am Sat. Followed by the Angelus.
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. Thank you for your awareness.
Pro-life: Every last Saturday, 10:15am. Coordinator: Peter Boyle: p.boyle400@btinternet.com
This Week’s Mass Intentions:
| Sun 22 | 3rd Sunday after Easter | 11am
6pm |
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Harry & Theresa Webster |
| Mon 23 | St George, Martyr, Patron Saint of England (1st Class Feast) | 12:10pm | The Conversion of England |
| Tue 24 | S Fidelis of Sigmaringen, Martyr | 12:10pm | Erika Hewitt Hayes |
| Wed 25 | S Mark, Evangelist (2nd Class Feast)
Mothers’ Prayer Group 1pm |
12:10pm
|
Ted Taylor
|
| Thur 26 | SS Cletus & Marcellinus, Popes, Martyrs | 12:10pm | Hugh McFall RIP |
| Fri 27 | S Maughold, Bp, Confessor | 12:10pm | Thomas Bowles |
| Sat 28 | Eucharistic Adoration:
S Paul of the Cross, Confessor |
10:00am-12:00pm
12:10pm |
Pro-Life
Moniágh Keenan |
| Sun 29 | 4th Sunday after Easter | 11:00am
3:00pm Rosary on the Coast prayers 6:00pm |
Mr & Mrs Longfield
Bridget Hannah |
Confirmations by Archbishop McMahon O.P. The date offered is Wednesday 20th June. It being a week day, we suggest 7:00pm for the ceremony (time to be confirmed), which should be over before 8pm.
Like last year, candidates from further away are very welcome to come and be confirmed with our local group: please contact us.
Rosary on the Coast:
Sun. 29 April 2018, 3pm.
National Marian Prayer for our country: at St Mary’s Litanies of Our Lady and homily. Veneration of a large scale replica of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
Website: rosaryonthecoast.co.uk
Young Adults Group: 11 young adults and young professionals attended our monthly gathering yesterday 21 April, 1pm-4pm (cf picture). Fr Verrier gave a brilliant talk on Genesis 1-3. Next month, our group will go for a trek. Details to be advertised soon. Save the date: Sat. 12 May. All 18-35 welcome.
☞ Did you know?
St Mary’s Shrine costs £1,444 a week to run and maintain. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
See the great pictures on our Holy Week liturgies on our Flickr albums: www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums
Watch our Holy Week liturgies on vimeo.com/livemass
GA envelopes labeled to collect from Narthex.
Please do subscribe to this scheme, so that less of your gift be spent in admin cost and more in helping St Mary’s.
Indeed, if you Gift Aid using the ‘one-off’ envelopes in the pews, our secretary needs more time to process more data. If you Gift Aid via the regular scheme, it is quicker for us to process, and thus your money is put to better use.
Help us minimise admin & maximise your giving:
The box sets of GIFT AID envelopes for the new tax year will be available for collection shortly. Anyone who is a tax payer and a regular user of the occasional Gift Aid envelopes (those left on the benches) and would prefer their own set of dated and numbered, Sunday Gift Aid envelopes, should contact Jane Wright in the Shrine Office warrington@fssp.org
Weekly Family Day: As soon as further DBS checks are completed, our monthly family day will occur weekly. After our usual 12.10pm Mass, there will be a picnic and 2 afternoon classes following a set curriculum. We will end with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament before joining (those who wish) the Junior Choir practice. Info/contact: Alison Kahn penketh.kahns@gmail.com
Eucharistic Congress: As a contribution to the Congress, Fr de Malleray will give a series of lectures on the Holy Eucharist at St Mary’s (dates to be announced soon). Those will be broadcasted on LiveMass, as was the case for Fr Loewenstein’s Lenten talks.
Three more paid-for spaces are available for Shrine parishioners to attend the Eucharistic Congress in September. Please contact urgently the clergy or directly Fr Dave Heywood, P.P.
March For Life: join us to London on Sat. 5th May for the great pro-life walk! Now is the time to walk for life. Day Return train tickets available: book with Peter Boyle our pro-life officer: p.boyle400@btinternet.com. With Frs de Malleray and Verrier.
Chartres Pilgrimage at Pentecost: 19-21 May.
Join our pilgrimage from Warrington, with Fr de Malleray. Contact Conor now: conorjj79@gmail.com.
House to let: two bedroomed/ two reception roomed terraced house, in Longford Street, Warrington (0.9 mile from St Mary’s) near St Benedict’s – owned by P.B., a member of St Mary’s Shrine’s congregation. Contact us for more information.
Watch Holy Mass at St Mary’s daily on www.livemass.org. The Mass of the day can be watched for 24hrs and that of the Sunday for the entire week.
Bl. James Bell Parish: the new canonical parish under our new patron will start next month. We were glad to celebrate his feast last Friday. Come and see his stain glass window at St Mary’s, first right from the back of church.
Young Adults Group: 11 young adults and young professionals attended our monthly gathering yesterday 21 April, 1pm-4pm (cf picture), with several new faces, while other regulars could not make it this time.
Fr Verrier gave a brilliant talk on Genesis 1-3. Since sacred history begun in a garden, it was very fitting that we should gather in the Priory garden, under the blooming trees (with no snake hanging from the branches, thankfully).
Next month, our group will go for a trek. Details to be advertised soon. Save the date: Sat. 12 May. All 18-35 welcome.
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15 April 2018 WEEKLY BULLETIN of ST MARY’S SHRINE
www.fssp.co.uk/warrington • 01925 635664
St Mary’s Shrine, 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 Konrad Loewenstein, FSSP: padrek@libero.it
Assistant: Fr Ian Verrier, FSSP: iverrier@fssp.org
WELCOME TO ST MARY’S SHRINE!
7/7 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-11:45am during Eucharistic Adoration.
Daily Rosary 11:30am Mon-Fri, 11am Sat. Followed by the Angelus.
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. Thank you for your awareness.
Pro-life: Every last Saturday, 10:15am. Coordinator: Peter Boyle: p.boyle400@btinternet.com
This Week’s Mass Intentions:
| Sun 15 | 2nd Sunday after Easter | 11am
6pm |
Peter Turner & family
Philip Brockenhurst |
| Mon 16 | Feria (Vot. Mass of the Most Holy Trinity) | 12:10pm | Gemma Pope |
| Tue 17 | Feria (Votive Mass of the Holy Angels) | 12:10pm | Fr K. Windsor |
| Wed 18 | Feria (Votive Mass of S Joseph) | 12:10pm | Legion of Mary in China |
| Thur 19 | Feria (Votive Mass for Vocations) | 12:10pm | Intention of Sheila Parkinson |
| Fri 20 | Bl James Bell, Martyr | 12:10pm | The Cummins Family |
| Sat 21 | Eucharistic Adoration:
S Anselm, Bishop Confessor Doctor |
10:00am – 12:00noon
12:10pm |
Pro Life
Holy Souls |
| Sun 22 | 3rd Sunday after Easter | 11:00am
6:00pm |
Kathleen Fitzpatrick
Harry & Theresa Webster |
Fr Michael Murphy RIP. In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr Michael Murphy, who died peacefully on 11 April. A priest from the Southwark archdiocese (in Streatham Hill and as such, Fr de Malleray’s neighbour in Clapham Park from 2001) Fr Murphy had retired in Warrington, his hometown. He was a great supporter of St Mary’s Choir and Music. Among other involvements, he had sponsored organ formation for one of our young adults and was considering enrolling another in the organ program. He also helped meet the costs of the LiveMass installation and sanctuary alarm at St Mary’s. A member of the Warrington Arts Council, Fr Murphy was well known in town, where he eagerly promoted culture and social interaction.
He was rarely seen wearing clericals and some of those who knew him may not have realised his status as a retired priest. He would still help out however, as priest chaplain on cruises and, closer to us, in a parish south of Warrington. He also joined the FSSP clergy on a couple of occasions for some clergy meals. His funeral will take place at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark. We at St Mary’s will also have a Mass of Requiem for him (details to be announced soon). May he rest in peace.
Thurs. 19 April 1pm-3:30pm: Monthly Family Catechism Day. All families welcome.
Weekly Family Day: As soon as further DBS checks are completed, our monthly family day will occur weekly. After our usual 12.10pm Mass, there will be a picnic and 2 afternoon classes following a set curriculum. We will end with Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament before joining (those who wish) the Junior Choir practice. Info/contact: Alison Kahn penketh.kahns@gmail.com
Young Adults Group: Sat. 21 April, 1pm-4pm.
Talk by Fr Verrier on
‘Where do we come from? How did we come to be in our present state? Where are we going?’ based on Genesis 1-3.
Rosary on the Coast: 29 April 2018, 3pm-4pm.
St Mary’s Shrine will host the Living Rosary for Life, Faith and Peace at 3pm on Sunday 29th April 2018. Litanies of Our Lady and homily. Veneration of a large-scale replica of the image of Our Lady of Guadalupe. Website: rosaryonthecoast.co.uk
Easter duty: to be absolved from any grave sins in confession individually by a priest and receive Holy Communion at least every 12 months, preferably around Easter.
☞ Did you know?
St Mary’s Shrine costs £1,444 a week to run and maintain. Your generosity is greatly appreciated.
GA envelopes labeled to collect from Narthex.
Please do subscribe to this scheme, so that less of your gift be spent in admin cost and more in helping St Mary’s.
Indeed, if you Gift Aid using the ‘one-off’ envelopes in the pews, our secretary needs more time to process more data. If you Gift Aid via the regular scheme, it is quicker for us to process, and thus your money is put to better use.
Help us minimise admin & maximise your giving:
The box sets of GIFT AID envelopes for the new tax year will be available for collection shortly. Anyone who is a tax payer and a regular user of the occasional Gift Aid envelopes (those left on the benches) and would prefer their own set of dated and numbered, Sunday Gift Aid envelopes, should contact Jane Wright in the Shrine Office warrington@fssp.org
See the great pictures on our Holy Week liturgies on our Flickr albums: www.flickr.com/photos/138056205@N08/albums
Bl. James Bell it is! Archbishop McMahon signed a decree canonically establishing the new merged Parish of Blessed James Bell from 1 May 2018. A formal announcements and a date for the ceremony will be released shortly. St Mary’s church is fortunate to have a beautiful stain glass window of our new parish patron. May he intercede for all parishioners and clergy! Come this Friday (20th April) on his feast for the 12.10pm Mass.
March For Life: join us to London on Sat. 5th May for the great pro-life walk! Now is the time to walk for life. Day Return train tickets available: book with Peter Boyle our pro-life officer: p.boyle400@btinternet.com. With Frs de Malleray and Verrier.
Sacraments: preparation in taking place. Contact the priests if you need to be added on.
House to let: two bedroomed/ two reception roomed terraced house, in Longford Street, Warrington (0.9 mile from St Mary’s) near St Benedict’s – owned by P.B., a member of St Mary’s Shrine’s congregation. Contact us for more information.
Watch Holy Mass at St Mary’s daily on www.livemass.org. The Mass of the day can be watched for 24hrs and that of the Sunday for the entire week.
Dear Friends,
In your charity, please pray for the repose of the soul of Fr Michael Murphy, who was found dead at his house in Warrington on 11 April.
He had undergone an operation this past Lent and had also had pneumonia. I saw him last at St Mary’s after the Easter Mass and he did look very frail, although in good spirits.
Fr Murphy was my neighbour as Parish Priest at SS Simon and Jude’s in Streatham Hill, London, when I started my ministry in the Southwark Archdiocese in 2001. When our move to Warrington was announced in 2015, it was a surprise to learn in an email from him, that he was a Warringtonian and had come back for retirement in his hometown. He was a great supporter of St Mary’s Choir and Music. Among other involvements, he had sponsored organ formation for one of our young adults and was considering enrolling another in the organ program. He also help meet the costs of the LiveMass installation and sanctuary alarm at St Mary’s. Fr Murphy was well known in town, where he eagerly promoted culture and social interaction.
He was rarely seen wearing clericals and some of those who knew him may not have realised his status as a retired priest. He would still help out as priest chaplain on cruises and, closer to us, in a parish south of Warrington. He also joined us on a couple of occasions for some clergy meals.
His funeral will take place at St George’s Cathedral in Southwark. We at St Mary’s will also have a Mass of Requiem for him. May he rest in peace.
Fr de Malleray