MASS TIMES: FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 6.00pm People of the Parish. 8.30am Sarah McDonnell. 10.30am Sean Holland. MONDAY 7.00pm Lent feria Agnes and Samuel Moktan. TUESDAY 10.00am Feast of Saint Patrick</ Celia and Patrick McSharry. WEDNESDAY 9.00am Lent feria Brendan Maher. THURSDAY 9.00am in church Solemnity of Saint Joseph Philomena Green. FRIDAY 12 noon Stations of the Cross MASS 6.00pm
Lent feria Mary Brassington. SATURDAY 10.00am Lent feria Josie Teall. FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT 6.00pm Patrick Finn. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Kath Reid.
CONFESSION – 5.15pm on Saturday or contact Fr Neil (01213512161) or email fr.neil.bayliss@rcaob.org.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time and place.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN LENT – will take place in church at 12 noon every Friday. Followed by a ‘’Soup and Roll’’ lunch in the Church Hall. Volunteer soup makers are needed for the last Friday in Lent.
LENTEN TALKS BY OUR SEMINARIANS – For two more Saturdays in Lent our Seminarians are going to give a talk on the Gracious Virtues of Lent. Each talk will take place at 3pm in the Lady Chapel, Saturday 21st March – Hope Saturday 28th March – Charity.
LEPRA APPEAL – 21st-22nd MARCH – There will be a voluntary appeal to assist the work of LEPRA in March. Lepra is a registered charity that works to help relieve the suffering of lepers.
CHURCH CAR PARK – Parishioners who use the Church car park, kindly use all the spaces, not leaving empty
the middle row or the back row by the hedge.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R1 8.30am R8 10.30am R16
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM3 8.30am EM7 10.30am EM14
MASS ATTENDANCE March 7th / 8th 6.00pm 149 8.30am 123 10.30am 175
SAFEGUARDING TRAINING – For ALL parishioners who do any kind of volunteering work in the Parish: Step 1 Visit the Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency website. (https://training.catholicsafeguarding.org.uk) Step 2 Scroll down the page until you see three levels of training. Step 3 Click on ‘Enrol’ level one and enter your name and email address. Step 4 Upon completion, please email Father Neil that you have done so. (fr.neil.bayliss@rcaob.org.uk) Remember, you are asked to complete only level one. This should take less than ten minutes. If you do not have access to the internet, you may read the documents on the Parish Notice Board in the porch.
ANNUAL DIOCESAN THANKSGIVING MASS FOR MARRIAGE – An invitation is extended to married couples, those celebrating a mile-stone anniversary and those preparing to marry this year, to our Diocesan Thanksgiving Mass for Marriage at Saint Chad’s Cathedral on Saturday May 2nd 2026 at 12 noon, followed by light refreshments. For more information and to register your attendance, please visit www.vocations.org.uk/marriage-mass
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL – There are vacancies for pupils in Reception and in Year 1 and Year 2 classes. If interested, please contact the school
SAINTS OF THE WEEK – Saint Patrick (385-461) Saint Patrick was born into a Christian Romano-British family. His first encounter with Ireland was as a slave after he was captured by raiders at the age of sixteen. After escaping, he studied in Gaul and was ordained a priest. Around 432, he returned to Ireland as a missionary bishop and succeeded in consolidating the faith in large parts of the country.
Saint Joseph was the spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary and the foster father of Jesus. It is believed that he was born in Bethlehem and died in Nazareth. Joseph is presented as someone who is respectful and sensitive,
capable of placing Mary’s dignity and life above everything else, even above his own reputation. As we honour Saint Joseph as the husband of Mary today, ponder the effect of that unique marriage bond. Saint Joseph was not perfect, but his absolute obedience to the Father’s will and his unity in marriage to the Mother of God makes him our father, just as he was the father of Jesus. As a loving father, he will direct us with the authority of God the Father, will protect us in times of trouble as he did for Jesus and Mary, and must always be seen as one uniquely chosen to be the father of the family to which we all belong. His feast is celebrated on March 19th
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK IN OUR PARISH – May the Lord grant them consolation, peace and healing and to all involved in health care in hospital or in the community, grace, strength and perseverance.
IN MEMORIAM – Please pray for the repose of the souls of parishioners whose anniversaries occur at this time: Mary Constantine, Margaret Quinn, Catherine Brady, George Michael Bolan, Andrew Sharkey, Lillian Hall, Alfred Ruocco, James Purdy, Vera Farrell, Una Geraldine Roy, David Calnan, Patrick O’Connor, James Kevin Smyth, Catherine Nichols and Jack Arnold.