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EASTER SUNDAY

20th APRIL 2025  

Now on the first day of the week Mary Magdalene came to the tomb early, while it was still dark, and saw that the stone had been taken away from the tomb. So she ran and went to Simon Peter and the other disciple, the one whom Jesus loved, and said to them, “They have taken the Lord out of the tomb, and we do not know where they have laid him.” So Peter went out with the other disciple, and they were going toward the tomb. Both of them were running together, but the other disciple outran Peter and reached the tomb first. And stooping to look in, he saw the linen cloths lying there, but he did not go in. Then Simon Peter came, following him, and went into the tomb. He saw the linen cloths lying there, and the face cloth, which had been on Jesus'[a] head, not lying with the linen cloths but folded up in a place by itself. Then the other disciple, who had reached the tomb first, also went in, and he saw and believed; for as yet they did not understand the Scripture, that he must rise from the dead. 
  John 20:1-9

Sat 19thHOLY SATURDAY
20.15Easter Vigil and Mass at St Mary’s Chorley 

Sun 20thEASTER SUNDAY – THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD
09.30Mass at St Mary’s

11.00Mass of the Resurrection – Parishioners

Mon 21stEaster Monday 

Tues 22ndEaster Tuesday 
 10.00Mass – In honour of Frederic Ozanam (SVP)

Wed 23rdEaster Wednesday

Thurs 24thEaster Thursday  

Fri 25thEaster Friday 
10.00 Funeral Mass – Michael Anthony Eccles

Sat 26th Easter Saturday
17.00Vigil Mass at St Mary’s Chorley 

Sun 27th DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY 
09.30Mass at St Mary’s

11.00Mass – Robert Brownlow 
12.00Baptism – Ralph Bernard Evans


15.00 Divine Mercy Service and Mass at Sacred Heart, Brooke St., Chorley



PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK AND THE HOUSEBOUND: Pope Francis, Joan Bailey, 
Francis Brennan, Anne Byrne, Mary Patricia Case, Gerard Clarke, baby Henry Curtis, 
Leo Duffy, John Fearnhead, Pat Font, Tom Fraser, William Freeman, Bob Goulding, 
Rosemary Hough, Cathy Hull, Mary Johnston, Abp Emeritus Patrick Kelly, John Kerfoot, Bill King, Emma King, Val McGlade, Janet McGowan, Fintan McPeake, Teresa Martin, Fr Laurence Mayne, Ellen Morris, Irene O'Neil, Heidi O’Neill, Barrie Swift, Josette Walsh, Lorraine Waugh, Jean White, all at Grove House & Marley Court. 

RETIRING COLLECTIONS:  The Easter Collection goes into the parish funds as usual. SVP Collection on 27th April 

BAPTISM BOOKINGS DATES:  8th June, 28th June, Baptisms will take place at 12.00 noon. Could those who have returned baptism forms please let me know which date they want for their child’s baptism, if they have not already done so? 

THANK YOU to everyone who has worked hard covering the statues and pictures in Church for Passiontide, cleaning the church and now decorating it for Easter. Without the help of such dedicated co-workers our celebrations would be much diminished. Thank you also to the choir, musicians and altar servers for their support. 

DBS FORMS – All those parish volunteers who are asked to fill in DBS forms and provide identity information, could they please get the forms back to Mr Francis Webster, Parish Safeguarding Officer, as soon as possible. Urgent! Many thanks for your cooperation. We know it is a bit tedious and bureaucratic, but these days we all have to go through these safeguarding procedures. 


EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES AND THE TURIN SHROUD
We are very lucky to have Mike Pietrzyk, a speaker from Michigan USA, visiting the Archdiocese of Liverpool. We have invited Mr Pietrzyk to speak to us on Monday 28th April at 18.30 in St Mary’s parish centre about Eucharistic Miracles. This will be a day after the canonisation of Bl. Carlos Acutis in Rome. A further visit will take place on Saturday 3rd May, in the same parish centre, with an illustrated talk about the Shroud of Turin and the secrets that the forensic evidence tells us with the new technology now available Please book the dates in your diary and come and hear the amazing evidence that will astound you about the Passion of Christ and the true reality of Jesu’s presence in Holy Communion. 

BAKE SALE - SUNDAY 27th APRIL  Our altar server Eli Maher has been selected to join West Lancashire Scouts on a volunteering mission to Malawi this summer. Working with the charity Friends of Malawi Orphans (FOMO), he will be working to rebuild several community centres which were devastated in recent floods. These centres serve as schools, orphanages and health centres, providing vital help for the local communities. To raise money for the trip, Eli will be selling cakes at the back of the church after Mass on Sunday 27th April. Your support is very much appreciated!

AN EVENING OF SONG with Parkside Colliery Male Voice Choir at St Joseph’s Chorley, Parish Centre on 17th May commencing at 19.30. Tickets are £5.00 (including refreshments) are available from Chris Jenner. Tel: 01257 278915 

EASTER QUOTATIONS 
“But the greatest of all [feast days] is Easter Day, the day of the Lord’s Resurrection, because today assurance was given to us to obtain eternal and immortal life in soul and body. Christ gave it to us through his resurrection, which is the cause and the assurance of our resurrection.”
St. Vincent Ferrer

“Tis the spring of souls today: Christ hath burst His prison;
And from three days’ sleep in death as a Sun hath risen.
All the winter of our sins, long and dark, is flying
From His light, to whom we give laud and praise undying.
Now the queen of seasons, bright with the day of splendour,
With the royal feast of feasts comes its joy to render!” 
St. John of Damascus

“The Church is alive, as her Divine Founder is alive! The Church advances with the very virtue of life, as Jesus, after having submitted to the debt of mortal nature, proceeds victoriously beyond the stone barrier, which his enemies have placed to guard the tomb! Over the centuries, too, there have been other enemies for the Church, who have tried to close it as if in a sepulchre, celebrating its agony and death from time to time. But she, who has within her the invincible strength of her Founder, is always reborn with him, forgiving everyone and assuring serenity and peace to the humble, the poor, the suffering, to men of goodwill.”
St. John XXIII, 1959

“If this mission may sometimes seem difficult, call to mind the words of the Risen Lord: ‘I am with you always, to the close of the age’ (Matthew 28:20). Certain of his presence, you shall fear no difficulty and no obstacle. His word will enlighten you; his Body and his Blood will nourish you and sustain you on your daily journey to eternity.”
 St. John Paul II, 2004

“Glory be to You, who laid your Cross as a bridge over death that souls might pass over it from the dwelling of the dead to dwelling of life.” 
St. Ephraem


"The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances." 
Robert Flatt

"Easter is the demonstration of God that life is essentially spiritual and timeless." 
Charles M. Crowe

"See the land, her Easter keeping,
Rises as her Maker rose.
Seeds, so long in darkness sleeping,
Burst at last from winter snows.
Earth with heaven above rejoices..." 
 Charles Kingsley

"Let every man and woman count himself immortal. Let him catch the revelation of Jesus in his resurrection. Let him say not merely, “Christ is risen,” but “I shall rise.” 
 Phillips Brooks  

"On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer."

“The bodies of the saints will therefore rise again free from every defect from every deformity, and from every corruption, encumbrance, or hindrance. In this way their freedom of action will be as complete as their happiness.” 
 St. Augustine of Hippo

“At the side of each of you there will always be Mary, as she was present among the apostles, frightened and confused at the time of trial. And with her faith she will show you, beyond the night of the world, the glorious dawn of the Resurrection.”
St. John Paul II, 2004

“Earth her joy confesses, clothing her for spring;
All fresh gifts returned with her returning King.
Blooms in every meadow, leaves on every bow,
Speak His sorrow ended, hail His triumph now:
‘Welcome, happy morning!’ age to age shall say.” 
Venantius Fortunatus

THE PASCHAL TRIDUUM AT ST MARY’S:

Holy Saturday 19th: 11.00 Confessions. 12.00 Paschal Food blessing for the Polish and then the Ukrainian communities. 
20.15 – Easter Vigil and Mass of the Resurrection

Easter Sunday 20th April: 09.30 Mass at St Mary’s


Divine Mercy Service: Sunday 27th April 15.00 Sacred Heart Chorley.


CHORLEY AND PRESTON HOSPITALS: Please contact St Joseph's Chorley (262713) if any member of your family is admitted into Chorley Hospital and needs a visit. In urgent cases or emergency please ask the ward staff to call the duty Chaplain on his bleep/phone. For the chaplaincy service at Royal Preston Hospital Tel: 01772 522435. For the chaplaincy service at Wigan Infirmary Tel: 01942 822324. 


Parish Priest: Fr Francis Marsden
Secretary: Mr Frank Webster 
Parish Office: St Joseph’s Presbytery, 28 Bolton Road, Adlington, PR6 9NA
Wednesdays 10.00-13.00
Tel: all calls now to 01257- 262537 (St Mary’s Chorley)

E-mail: stjosephs.anderton@tiscali.co.uk
Parish Website: www.stjosephsanderton.com

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