MASS TIMES: THIRD SUNDAY OF LENT 6.00pm Joan, John and Anthony Boland. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Peter Larkin. MONDAY 7.00pm Saint Frances of Rome Deceased Bojan family. TUESDAY 10.00am Lent feria Joan and John Semple. WEDNESDAY 9.00am Lent feria Special intention. THURSDAY 8.00am in church Lent feria AP. FRIDAY 12 noon Stations of the Cross MASS 6.00pm Lent feria Teresa Brunnock. SATURDAY 10.00am Lent feria Mr and Mrs McMillan. FOURTH SUNDAY OF LENT 6.00pm People of the Parish. 8.30am Sarah McDonnell. 10.30am Sean Holland.
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.
LENTEN TALKS BY OUR SEMINARIANS – For three 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 14th March – Faith. Saturday 21st March – Hope. Saturday 28th March – Charity.
FISH AND CHIP LUNCH – The next Fish and Chip Lunch will be in the Church Hall at 1.00pm this Tuesday March 10th. If you wish to join us, please sign the list in the porch. £7.00 per person to include lunch, dessert and tea/coffee. Payment due when signing. Thank you.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R3 8.30am R9 10.30am R13
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM2 8.30am EM8 10.30am EM15
MASS ATTENDANCE February 28th / March 1st 6.00pm 156 8.30am 131 10.30am 211
LEPRA APPEAL – 21st-22nd MARCH – There will be a voluntary appeal to assist the work of LEPRA. Lepra is a registered charity that works to help relieve the suffering of lepers.
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL –There are vacancies for pupils in Reception and in Year 1 and Year 2 classes. If interested, please contact the school
SVP – The SVP groups across the cluster are holding a ‘Taste of India’ dinner Saturday 28th March in Holy Trinity Church Hall at 7.30pm. 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 Frances of Rome (1384-1440) Frances was a married woman and a mother of six children. She was zealous in the performance of every household duty, saying ‘A married woman must often leave God at the altar to find Him in her household care’. She patiently endured many trials, including the death of two of her children, the exile of her husband and the confiscation of their estates. In 1443 she founded the Benedictine Oblates of the Tor de’Specchi to continue her works of charity, and after her husband died in 1436, she became their superior. Frances’s feast is celebrated on March 9th.
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: Rosaleen Smyth, Alice Bannon, Elizabeth Williams, Marion Hanslow, Sylvia Tomlinson, Helena Plant, Margaret Craig, Margaret O’Keeffe, Lowri and Rhys Pratt, Adrian Passey, Albert Davis, Dominic Bourke, John Grenville, Irene Sheldrick, James Malone, David Oldham, Catherine Village, Diane Larkin, George Jennings and Frances Jennings.