MASS TIMES: FIRST SUNDAY OF LENT 6.00pm Anne Stokes. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Deceased McCann and McCabe families. MONDAY 7.00pm Saint Polycarp, Bishop and Martyr Madeleine Atherley. TUESDAY 10.00am Lent feria Margaret Moylan. WEDNESDAY 9.00am Lent feria Francine Davies. THURSDAY 9.00am in school Lent feria John Brennan. FRIDAY 12 noon Stations of the Cross MASS 6.00pm Lent feria Eileen Bayliss. SATURDAY 10.00am Saint Oswald, Bishop Raymond Defebere. SECOND SUNDAY OF LENT 6.00pm Jacqueline Skidmore. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Barney McFadden.
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 – Lenten Stations of the Cross will take place in church at 12 noon every Friday. Followed by a ‘’Soup and Roll’’ lunch in the Church Hall. More volunteer soup makers are needed. Will volunteers please sign the list in the church porch. 2 soup makers required for each Friday in Lent.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY – The Children’s Liturgy Group Leaders will be providing Tea & Coffee after 10.30am Mass this Sunday…. … that means lots of cake! Please support them as any proceeds they make will go to help pay for flowers for Mothering Sunday and chocolate for Father’s day.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R1 8.30am 7 10.30am R15
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM4 8.30am EM8 10.30am EM13
MASS ATTENDANCE February 14th / 15th 6.00pm 137 8.30am 118 10.30am 218
CAFOD APPEL – 28th February – 1st MARCH LEPRA APPEAL – 21st-22nd MARCH – There will be a voluntary appeal to assist the work of CAFOD and then a second appeal for LEPRA later in March. Lepra is a registered charity that works to help relieve the suffering of lepers.
SVP – The SVP groups across the cluster are holding a ‘Taste of India’ dinner Saturday 28th March in Holy Trinity Church Hall. Tickets available 7th/8th March £20 per ticket – cash only.
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
SAINT OF THE WEEK – Saint Polycarp was a second century Christian Bishop of Smyrna. According to the Martyrdom of Polycarp he died bound and burned at the stake, then stabbed when the fire failed to touch him. It is recorded by Irenaeus, who heard him speak in his youth, and by Tertullian, that he had been a disciple of John the Apostle. With Clement of Rome and Ignatius of Antioch, Polycarp is regarded as one of the three chief Apostolic Fathers. The sole surviving work attributed to his authorship is his Letter to the Philippians. It is first recorded by Irenaeus of Lyons. The feast day of Saint Polycarp is celebrated on February 23rd.
LENT AT HOLY TRINITY 2026 – Three meetings are to be held on 26th February, 5th March and 12th March at 7.30 in Holy Trinity Parish main hall. On 26th February, Fr Van will give a talk on the role of the laity in Ecclesial Reconciliation viewed through the teaching of St Augustine of Hippo. On the 5th March, Fr Toby Duckworth, who is a specialist in spirituality, will talk about Lenten spirituality. Lenten Lunch: A lunch is to be held on Friday 20th February at Sacred Heart parish hall. Mass at Sacred Heart will therefore be at 11.30 a.m. and will be followed by lunch starting at 12.30. Please join us as we come together as a community during this Lenten period. A second lunch will be held at Holy Trinity on 27th March at 12.30 p.m..
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: Alan Collins, John Banks, Ellen McMullan, Margaret Curnock, Peter Gennoy, John Loughlin, Walter Hollis, Margaret Howard, Brian Perry, Doreen Upton, Leslie Davis, Lynne Lawrence, Patrick McSharry, Vincent Dawson, Anthony Quinn, Dolores Downes and John Scanlon.
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the repose of the souls of Tom Collins and John Brannon who have died recently.