MASS & SERVICE TIMES
Saturday 11th May
4:45pm – Sacrament of Reconciliation
5:15pm – Private Intention
Sunday 12th May – FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (CYCLE C)
9:30am – People of the Parish
11:00am – Mathew Thuruthikkara RIP
Monday 13th May
9:30am – Sick of the Parish
Tuesday 14th May
9:30am – Mrs Marion Graham & Mr Stirling Blair Anniversary RIP
10:30am – Coffee morning
Wednesday 15h May
Noon – Sick of the Parish
Thursday 16th May
9:30am – Jack (Birthday age 13) Recovering from illness.
Friday 17th May
No service
Saturday 18th May
4:45pm – Sacrament of Reconciliation
5:15pm – People of the Parish
Sunday 19th May
9:30am – Children making their First Communion
11:00am – Children making their First Communion
Monday 20th May
9:30am – Private Intention
We would welcome Mass Intentions for weekday Masses.
If Fr Simon is unobtainable and you urgently need a Priest please phone the parish mobile: 07548 222133 Please use this number for emergencies only i.e. where a priest is needed urgently.
Dates for your Diary
Coffee morning
Tuesday 14th May 10:30am.
There will be tea and coffee, cakes and biscuits, Bingo and a Bring and Buy Sale. Everyone is welcome.
First Eucharists
Sunday 19th May 11am Mass
Its likely to be standing room only once the children and their families are seated.
Alcoholics Anonymous Open Meeting
Wednesday 5th June 7:30pm
Learn more about the illness which is affecting so many people, their families, and loved ones today. Doors open at 7:30pm in the Social Centre at St. Josephs RC church. Tea, coffee, and biscuits will be served before the meeting starts at 8:00pm. Please see the poster in the porch for more information.
Sponsorship request
Tony Montgomery is running the Manchester Half Marathon with his daughter Lucy to raise money for St Luke’s Hospice. There is a sponsorship form in the porch if anyone would like to donate.
CAFOD Climate Change appeal
Get involved in the CAFOD campaign ‘Our Common Home’ to tackle climate change, for more information go to https://cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Climate/Climate-Change
Prisoner Outreach
So far Parishioners have raised £109 for The Prisoner Outreach Organisation. Thank you to everyone who has donated their loose change to this organisation. Please continue to donate your loose change into the bottle on the bookshelves in the porch and help to support this organisation.
On a lighter note
An RE teacher said to her children, “We have been learning about how powerful the Kings and Queens were in Biblical times. But there is a higher power. Who can tell me what it is?” John blurted out, “I know, Aces.”
200 CLUB DRAW
Winner: £40 Prize this week – Mr Thomas Laffey
WHY NOT JOIN THE 200 CLUB AND HELP THE PARISH?
FLOWERS FOR THE CHURCH
If you would like to make a donation for the flowers please add your name to the list in the porch and place your donation into the wall box.
SPECTACLES FOR MISSIONS
Please continue to bring in your unwanted spectacles and cases.