FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER
28th APRIL & 5th MAY 2024
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Sun 28th
FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (Mass book p. 264)
11.30 Mass – Richard and Marie Kenyon (Diamond Wedd Anniv)
12.30 Baptism
Mon 29th St Catherine of Siena, Co-Patron of Europe
Tues 30th St Pius V, Pope
10.00 Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion
Perpetual Succour Novena
Wed 1st May St Joseph the Worker
Thurs 2nd May St Athanasius
Fri 3rd May SS Philip and James
10.00 Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion
Sat 4th Feast of the English Martyrs: Ss John Houghton, Augustine
Webster, Robert Lawrence, Richard Reynolds, Blessed John
Haile, priests and martyrs (1535)
17.00 Vigil Mass at St Mary’s Chorley
Sun 5th SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (p.266)
09.30 Mass at St Mary’s Chorley
11.30 Mass – John Wood (A)
Mon 6th
Tues 7th
St John of Beverley
10.00 Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion
Perpetual Succour Novena
Wed 8th
19.30 Vigil Mass of the Ascension – St Mary’s Chorley
Thurs 9th THE ASCENSION OF THE LORD (Holyday of Obligation) p.269
09.30 Mass at St Gregory’s Weld Bank or Sacred Heart Chorley
10.30 Mass – Carol Hodgson (sick)
12.00 Mass at St Mary’s Chorley
19.00 Mass at Sacred Heart, Chorley
Fri 10th
St John of Avila, Priest and Doctor
Start of the Pentecost Novena to the Holy Spirit
10.00 Mass – Vince Callaghan (sick)
Sat. 11th
17.00 Vigil Mass at St Mary’s Chorley
Sun 12th SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (p.273)
10.00 Mass at St Mary’s Chorley
11.30 Mass – Jane Gilbertson (LD)
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND THE HOUSEBOUND: Joan Bailey, Francis Brennan, Anne Byrne, Mary Patricia Case, Gerard Clarke, Leo Duffy, Clare Edwards, John Fearnhead, Pat Font, Tom Fraser, William Freeman, Bob Goulding, Rosemary Hough, Veronica Hughes, Cathy Hull, Mary Johnston, Archbishop Emeritus Patrick Kelly, John Kerfoot, Bill King, Emma King, Val McGlade, Janet McGowan, Fintan McPeake, Fr Laurence Mayne, Fr Roman Mirchuk, Ellen Morris, Irene O'Neil, Heidi O’Neill, Barrie Swift, Jean White, Betty Wignall, all at Grove House & Marley Court.
RECENTLY DECEASED: Sylvia Walsh. Funeral Mass will be on Monday 13th May.
RETIRING COLLECTIONS: 28th April - SVP
5th May – CHURCH RESTORATION FUND. We have just had some of the altar lights mended. We are waiting until the problem with the left hand mid-nave gutter/downspout is fixed, before we replace the large nave light there which has failed, due to water penetration. We are waiting for
Gary the roofer to bring his cherry picker and sort out the problem. He has a job at Euxton St Mary’s too, so he wants to combine the two jobs for the cherry picker hire.
He has already cleared the gutters and downspouts at the front of the presbytery, 28 Bolton Road, no easy task, given how steeply the garden slopes away down to the road. There is unfortunately some dry rot to be treated in the front room and in the porch there.
With regard to the Upper Room, the diocesan surveyor realises the need for the replacement of the two window frames which have partly rotted, provision of a new fire
escape door, and either repairing or replacing the fire escape into the nursery yard. It is usable even now but the door at the bottom is very stiff. It remains to be decided whether to do up the kitchen, and to what level. It will never be ideal because of the flight of stairs leading to it.
We have already spent in the last few years £14,000 on full rewiring of the electrics and lighting, and some £2000 on boiler replacement and repairs to the heating.
BAPTISM DATES: 26 May, 30 June, 28 July
PRIESTLY ORDINATIONS will take place in the Metropolitan Cathedral on Saturday 13th July at 12.00 noon. One of the four deacons to be ordained priest is Martin Fyles, who was with us as a student for a summer placement a few years ago. Please keep him in your prayers as he prepares for ordination.
THE ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL RECENTLY SENT OFF ITS SEVENTH CARGO TO UKRAINE as part of its #Liverpool4Ukraine appeal. The trip, which set off from Wigan on 16 April is the latest in the archdiocese’s support of Ukraine. It has been over two years since the Russian invasion, a month later, the first trip was completed.
The latest supply was made possible thanks to donations from The Brick, Wigan, the Archdiocese of Liverpool and its partners Greenmount Projects. In total, 120 boxes of aid will be making the trip over to Ukraine, including seven pallets which have toiletries/sanitary products, food, toys, blankets and bedding, dried food and medical aid. As well as that, there will also be Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), sanitizer and body bags.
The aid was gratefully received by Andrew Quinlan on behalf of Bishop Gregory Komar from the Ukrainian diocese of Sambir-Drohobych. As the auxiliary bishop of the diocese,with a close association with the Archdiocese of Liverpool, Bishop Gregory plays a crucial role in distributing the goods across the Lviv region of western Ukraine.
Chief Operating Officer Martin Miller said: “It’s always a privilege to be able to help the people of Ukraine in this way. “Since the Russian invasion, people have been displaced,and feeling that they have lost everything. We hope that by continuing to help in this way, we can help give them a boost.”
The latest trip was also a chance to show the people of Ukraine that they are not alone.
Whether it be through prayer, or donating something physical or financial, the people of the archdiocese, not for the first time, have got behind the people of Ukraine, and made a meaningful impact in their lives. Donations are very much still welcome.
Thanks be to God for the good news, that the USA House of Representatives has at long last voted to provide more support for the defence of Ukraine against the Aggressor State. The delay in voting this through has cost a lot of Ukrainian soldiers’ lives and some territory.
Parish Priest: Fr Francis Marsden
Secretary: Mr Frank Webster
Parish Office: St Joseph’s Presbytery, 28 Bolton Road, Adlington, Chorley PR6 9NA
Wednesdays 10.00-13.00
Tel: 01257- 480237 or 01257- 262537 (St Mary’s Chorley)
E-mail: stjosephs.anderton@tiscali.co.uk
Parish Website: www.stjosephsanderton.com
ARCHDIOCESE OF LIVERPOOL Registered Charity No. 1199714
