WELCOME TO ST MARY’S NEWHOUSE

Mass Times and Intentions

At St Mary’s Newhouse, there is Mass on Sundays (10:30 am) and Wednesdays (7:00 pm).  Mass is usually celebrated by Fr. Bob on other days at 9:30 am, but it is advisable to phone and check the day before, please, on 862831.

Weekday Masses @ OLSE

Due to the lack of adequate heating in our Church ….

For the foreseeable future, it has been decided that from Monday 29th November weekday Masses on Monday and Friday at 9am, and Tuesday at 4pm will be held in the Parish Centre Hall.

FERNYHALGH MASS SCHEDULE- Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, Fridays & Saturdays @ 9:00 am,  Wednesdays & Sundays @ 10:00 am.  

CONFESSION available at Our Lady & St Edward’s  – every Saturday 10:00-10:30 a.m.

                                         at St Mary’s Newhouse  – every Saturday 10:00 a.m.

PLACES FOR WEEKEND MASSES

To book for OLSE mass please call:

Dierdre 6pm Sat. - 863084

Sheila 8:45am Sun.- 861073

To book for SMN mass please call:

Michaela 10:30 Sun.- 860940

Thank you

Please take the mass sheets and newsletter home with you.  Also, please could you let Michaela know if you don’t need your reserved seat any specific week. We have had quite a few people not attending recently and could re-allocate their seat.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Please, would parishioners who would like a mass intention hand their request directly to Fr Bob, Sr Shienrose or Pauline.

Please pray for the sick: Carmen Roca, Kevin Weardan, Sue O’Brien, Victoria Leighton, Ellie Rose, Joe McIntyre, John Riley, Jeanette Brock, Joe Kemp, David Cochrane, Geoffrey Clinning, Theresa Wilkinson, Jessica, Amanda, Monica, Bob Coar.

To have the name of a seriously sick person on the newsletter, please submit their name and yours with your phone number.

PARISH COLLECTION: 21st November: £356.10.

YOUTH COLLECTION (Castlerigg): £46.50.

Thank you all.

Bishop Paul has sent a pastoral letter for Advent; printed copies are available at Mass this weekend. It is likely to be published on the Bishop's Blog this weekend - see link at the foot of this page.

TODAY

1st Sunday of Advent.

Collection for the Poor Mission Fund

Friday 3rd December is 1st Friday of the Month and Migrants Day

Diary (Saints)

30^th Nov - St Andrew, Apostle

3^rd Dec – St Francis Xavier, Memorial

4^th Dec- St John Damascene, Priest & Doctor

6^th Dec- St Nicholas, Bishop

7^th Dec – St Ambrose, Bishop & Doctor

FOODBANK   We desperately need tins of meat, vegetables, fruit and potatoes. Also pasta, pasta sauce, rice pudding, Carnation milk and cream, cake, biscuits, Weetabix, long life milk, jam, pot noodles, small jars of coffee, small bottles of orange juice, cooking oil and custard.

Donations can be left at the presbytery/convent.

Please contact 0777 943 6279 if you require us to collect goods you wish to donate. 

Basket in the porch for used cards (birthday, anniversaries, etc). All your donations are recycled into new cards by the residents of Stella Matutina.

Preparatory Document for a Synodal Church: Communion, Participation, and Mission

English Version of the Preparatory Document - BOOKLET FORMAT (21.5X21.5)

https://www.synod.va/en/documents/english-version-of-the-preparatory-document.html

Prayer for the Synod to the Holy Spirit

We stand before You, Holy Spirit, as we gather together in Your name. With You alone to guide us, make Yourself at home in our hearts; Teach us the way we must go and how we are to pursue it. We are weak and sinful; do not let us promote disorder. Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path nor partiality influence our actions. Let us find in You our unity so that we may journey together to eternal life and not stray from the way of truth and what is right. All this we ask of You, who are at work in every place and time, in the communion of the Father and the Son, forever and ever. Amen.

CAFOD

Like many women around the world, Garmah in Liberia had no legal rights to her home when her husband died. CAFOD worked with local experts to help her and now Garmah and her children live rightfully and happily together in their family home. “I feel safe, my children have a place to rest their head and I can make a garden to feed them and myself. God sent redeemers to fight for my land rights. I am overfilled with joy.” Thank you for your support which enables hundreds of women like Garmah remain in their homes during times of struggle. Other examples of our work can be found in our World Gift catalogues or website worldgifts.cafod.org.uk

Have a wonderful Christmas.

Prayer: We pray for the Church, that she may make Christ present to the world, through working alongside the poor and marginalised and seeking justice so that all people may flourish.

Advent gifts, calendars and books, Christmas cards, cribs are available from Covenant Books as well as Holy Communion, Confirmation gifts.

For more information contact Pauline on 07900 542337.

Christmas Carol Concert

Thursday 9^th December 2021  6:30 pm at St Walburge’s Shrine Church

For more information please contact 07778 506832

THE CASTLERIGG LOTTERY

In order to help raise funds during this difficult time, Castlerigg Manor have recently started a lottery! It's just £3 a month to join and the winner takes half the pot each month! Register at www.castleriggmanor.co.uk/lottery

ADVENT RETREAT // December 10-12 // Open retreat with streams for Young People aged 15+ and Young Adults aged 18-25.

OVERFLOW // Online Youth Group for Young Adults aged 18-25. Every other Tuesday.

For more details please visit: https://www.castleriggmanor.co.uk/stay-in-touch

MEDJUGORJE IRISH CENTRE PILGRIMAGES APRIL - OCT 2022:

7 Nights Apartment B&B and return Airport transfer from Dubrovnik or Split from €315 per person sharing. Guaranteed Airport transfer price for any flight. Contact us for details and book the dates that suit you.

Tel: 020 3239 8662

or email reservations@med-irishcentre.com

The Pope’s Prayer Intention for November 2021

People Who Suffer from Depression

We pray that people who suffer from depression or burn-out will find support and a light that opens them up to life.

The Pope’s Prayer Intention for December 2021

Catechists
Let us pray for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God: may they be its witnesses, with courage and creativity and in the power of the Holy Spirit.

The Haydock Memorial

Informative videos can be found on St. Andrews, Cottam website (https://www.standrewscottam.org.uk/), including one which includes reference to the Haydock memorial at St. Mary's. See https://youtu.be/FvaUYLxyP60

For the latest Diocese information regarding Coronavirus, including details of prayers and special contrition/communion, please visit Lancaster Diocese Coronavirus advice

Visit:- www.CatholicDirectory.org to view all the different diocesan newspapers, including the Catholic Voice of Lancaster (www.catholicvoiceoflancaster.co.uk).

See Bishop Paul's blog https://www.lancasterdiocese.org.uk/our-bishop/the-bishops-blog/ for recent Diocesan news.