Sunday Bulletin 2 Feb 2020
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| 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-11:45am Eucharistic 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!
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.
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 event 15th 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
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).
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 Mary Blessing of Candles & Procession at 11am | 11:00am 6:00pm | Josh & Samantha & Langley’s baby Mhaol-Muire Coughlan RIP |
| Mon 3 | Feria • Stations for Priests 1pm | 12:10pm | Eddie Whitall RIP |
| Tue 4 | St Andrew Corsini | 12:10pm | FSSP Confraternity |
| Wed 5 | St Agatha • Mothers’ Prayer Group 1pm Men’s group: Mass, Talk, Q’s & A’s, Compline | 12:10pm 7:00pm | D’Arcy RIP (anniv) David Hall RIP |
| Thu 6 | St Titus | 12:10pm | Joan Howatt RIP |
| Fri 7 | St Romuald • Stations for Priests 1pm First Friday Evening Mass &Holy hour | 12:10pm 7:00 pm | Dorothy Rowley RIP The King Family |
| Sat 8 | Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament St John of Matha [Farewell to Alleluia] | 10:00am 12:10pm | Persecuted Christians Amelie Gray |
| Sun 9 | Septuagesima Sunday | 11:00am 6:00pm | Linda Hawkins RIP Lucy, Adrian & Family |
| Mon 10 | St Scholastica • Stations for Priests 1pm | 12:10pm | Cal Cormac Murphy O’Connor RIP |
| Tue 11 | Apparition of the BVM Immaculate | 12:10pm | Antony Collins |
| Wed 12 | Seven Holy Servite Founders • Mothers’ Prayer Group 1pm; Men’s group: Mass, Talk, Q’s & A’s, Compline | 12:10pm 7:00 pm | Michael Keenan RIP Special Intention |
| Thu 13 | Feria | 12:10pm | Paul, Cara, Lauren & Lucy Rice |
| Fri 14 | St Valentine, Martyr (Comm.) • Stations for Priests 1pm | 12:10pm | Joan Hind |
| Sat 15 | Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament Our Lady’s Saturday | 10:00am 12:10pm | Vocations Jake Fraser |
| Sun 16 | Sexagesima Sunday | 11:00am 6:00 pm | Lawrence Fraser RIP Karina Wally |
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