Sunday Bulletin 6 Dec 2020

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 28^th 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 12^th Dec: pro-life devotions, veneration of the holy Image of Our Lady.

Second-hand handmissals for sale £15 each. + LMS booklets for sale: £3.00 per copy or £5 for two copies. And more books. Ask us after Holy Mass. Cash only.

Having Holy Masses offered at St Mary’s: an excellent act of devotion and faith.

For the benefit of our congregation, we have decided to offer every week a Holy Mass for the following intentions:

• Sunday 11am: All St Mary’s Faithful;
• Wed evening: All Men at St Mary’s;
• Fri: All St Mary’s penitents of the week.

We invite you to choose one from these three new intentions when you next hand to us an envelope with the usual Holy Mass stipend (circa £10.00 per Mass). In addition, you are of course welcome to continue to offer Holy Mass stipends with your own specific intentions.

St Mary’s clergy attended an online Safeguarding session with about 40 fellow priests from the Liverpool Archdiocese on Fri 4^th 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 19^th 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 24^th Confessions 11pm-11:55pm; 11:30pm Carols (choir); 00:00am Midnight Solemn Mass (‘Night’);

25^th 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

by Fr AM