St. Mary’s Falmouth & RC Parish The Parish is a part of Plymouth RC Diocese, a Registered Charity Parish Church:- St Mary Immaculate, Falmouth serving St Edwards, St Mary’s Presbytery, Killigrew St, Falmouth, TR11 3PR - email: [email protected] phone 01326 312763 Parish Priest - Fr Brian Kenwrick Safeguarding Officers: - Sheila Jordan (619648) Hilary Kiszczuk (212070) 4th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B) Psalter week 4 28th January 2018

FALMOUTH SAT 6.30 pm FALMOUTH Angela Guest SUN 9.00 am MAWNAN SMITH SUN 10.45 am FALMOUTH People of the Parish

Weekday Masses (4th week in Ordinary Time) MON weekday 10.00 am Carmel Lyons int. TUES weekday 10.00 am Sr. Peggy McLoughlin int. WED St John Bosco 9.30 am Class 5 ST MARY’S SCHOOL 7.00 pm Salesian family THUR weekday 10.00 am Peter Moffat RIP MAWNAN SMITH FRI PRESENTATION OF THE LORD 10.00 am Eileen & John Devine & Family int. SAT Ss. Blaise & Ansgar 10.00 am Lara Colthorpe RIP

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SATURDAY 5.30 pm to 6.25 pm EXPOSITION Wednesday 10.30 am to 1.00 pm & Saturday 10.30 am to 11.30 am (finishing with Benediction)

HELSTON St Mary’s Helston, serving St Michael’s Mullion. email: [email protected] phone 01326 572378 Resident priest - Fr James Courtney O.S.B. Hall contact: - Lorna Bean 07769176130 Emergency contact : 07771507875 SUN 9.00 am HELSTON SUN 11.00 am MULLION

Weekday Masses (4th week in Ordinary Time) MON weekday 9.30 am TUES weekday 12 noon WED St John Bosco 12.30 pm funeral Betty Benny RIP THUR weekday 6.30 pm FRI PRESENTATION OF THE LORD 9.30 am SAT Ss. Blaise & Ansgar NO MASS SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION SUNDAY 8.30 am Helston, after Mass Mullion and weekdays after Mass Morning/Evening prayer 15minutes before daily Mass. From Fr. Brian – Valerie Dillon *Helston 50th Anniversary Mass and celebration* I ask your prayers for my sister Valerie Dillon, who For catering purposes we need to have an idea of died last Thursday (25th January). My sincere numbers so would Helston parishioners please thanks for all those who prayed for Val uring her sign up at the back of church and anyone else let short illness. As you will appreciate it is a difficult the office know so numbers can be passed on. time for me and if I appear distracted I ask for your Thank you. understanding.

Bacon Butty Sunday by AOS Your winter warmer will be served after the Sunday morning Mass in Falmouth today 28th January. Cost remains at £2.50 and any monies raised will be used to support seafarers visiting the port.

Helston Churches Together Anyone interested in knowing more about Churches Together please see Anne Randall or Mary Myles.

Filling Station Many of us will know our next speaker at our Collections local Filling Station in February in Budock Parish last week: £1,079.49 including standing orders. Andy Stayne...... from Roman Catholic Church

Truro...... will be speaking on Understanding BAKED POTATO LUNCH Prophecy, at Penmorvah Hotel, Budock, on There will be a BAKED POTATO LUNCH in St. Monday, 5th February at 7.30pm. Come and Mary's Hall, Falmouth on FRIDAY 23RD FEBRUARY support him. There were about 80 people from at 12.noon. This is in aid of Hospice local churches at the last meeting. Free Care. The lunch will be baked potato with a choice entrance. Warm and comfortable with of fillings, dessert, tea or coffee. Wine will be refreshments. available for a donation. There will also be a raffle. Tickets are £10 and MUST be bought in advance **Change of Date** for catering. These are available from Christine YOUR PARISH NEEDS YOU!!!!! Morris or Pat Fitzpatrick either at church or phone Due to sickness, absence and other unforeseen 01326 319142 Everyone very welcome - we look circumstances the date for the Entertainment forward to seeing you. Evening has had to be changed to SATURDAY "NOTICE TO GOLDEN OLDIES GROUP. 17TH FEBRUARY AT 7.30PM. We are putting on an It is with great regret that Maureen can no longer evening of entertainment. Can you sing, dance, run the GOLDEN OLDIES group on a Tuesday play the spoons, juggle, tell stories, act...... or do morning. She wants to apologise to and to thank anything which others will enjoy??!! We are all the lovely ladies who came to the class and to putting on a potted pantomime too and need encourage them all to KEEP MOVING!" people to take part. Now that festivities are The ‘ladies’ would like to thank Maureen for all she lessening please give it some thought and speak to has done and if anyone has experience of leading either Clive or Christine (319142) We really do dance based exercise please get in touch with Pat need a lot of support. All parts of the parish are Fitzpatrick on 01326 316566. included in this request!!!!

Parish School St Mary’s RC Primary

Mongleath Road, Falmouth 01326 314540

School News

Go Active Cornwall run holiday clubs with a difference for children aged 5 - 14 years old. They have the biggest range of sports and activities in the UK – activities that include NERF GUN WARS, Bubble Football, Archery and more!

Go Active are offering two dates in the February half term Monday 12th February and Thursday 15th February at a discounted rate of £10 per day. Each day runs from 8.30am until 4.30pm. If you would like to book a place for your child please come into the school office to collect a consent form. Completed forms and payment need to be sent into the school office by 5th February. Further information on the holiday clubs can be found on the website http://www.goactivecornwall.co.uk/holiday-clubs/

Forthcoming Requiem Masses: Betty Benny RIP Wednesday 31st January at 12.30 pm at Helston Harry Pilgrim RIP Wednesday 7th February at 11 am at Mawnan Smith Peter Moffat RIP Friday 9th February at 11 am at Falmouth Teresa Harry RIP Tuesday 13th February at 10 am at Falmouth

Helston Coffee Club After making a donation for music books for the choir we were able to make the following donations: £100 to Helston Methodist to help with the homeless. £100 to night shelter £100 to Mary’s Meals We were able to double these donations by using some of the remaining money from the Bonus Ball fund. Also at the time the donation to Mary’s Meals was matched funded. All of the above were gratefully received and a big thank you to all who made it possible

Used Stamps Please could you keep any stamps to be collected to support the work of the Medical Missionaries of Mary in South Sudan.

From Father Brian This Sunday at the 10.45 am Mass we welcome the children, and their families, who are preparing to receive First Holy Communion. The children will be officially enrolled in the First Holy Communion Programme and their families will promise to support them in their preparation. We also welcome members of St Mary’s School who will be helping with the liturgy at the 10.45 am Mass.

Point to Ponder We rise by lifting others.

Please Pray for Valerie Dillon (Fr. Brian’s sister) who died last week. May the Lord grant her eternal rest.

Diary Dates – we are all welcome at all events – both sides of the parish! Falmouth Tuesday 30th January -3.45 pm 1st Holy Communion children’s session – St Mary’s School Wednesday 31st January 3.30 pm Table Tennis – hall Tuesday 6th February 10.35 am 1st Tuesday Coffee morning – hall Tuesday 6th February 12.15 pm – Social & Fundraising group meeting – hall (open meeting) Saturday 17th February 7.30 pm Entertainment Evening - hall Wednesday 21st February after Mass – Film Night - hall Saturday 19th May 2.00 pm – Cream Teas – hall & lawn Helston Wednesday 7th February 2018 7 pm 50th Anniversary Mass - church Other locations

Sick Please pray for those in the Parish who are sick or housebound. Falmouth: Kathleen O’Flaherty, Pip Owen, Gill Beaton, Colin Campbell, Lynda Peace, Eve Anderson, Annette Biagini, Dot Waddingham, Chris Gee, Stan Gwynne, Margaret Wright, Theresa Sullivan, Kerry Chellew, baby Isabella Grace, Finn Lyons, Katie Turner, Rebecca Emms, Mark Fanning, Ursula Emms, Kevin Allen, Suzy Hoyle, Pat Richards, Kerry-Ann Patrick, Peter Beaumont, Prue Sharrock, Victor Nicholson, Marta Castillo Capel, Nick Malone, Colin Jago, Jason Campbell, Stuart Wiseman, Stuart Fearn, Chelsea Robinson, Joe Ryan, Alison Wheatley, Dennis Scrace, Barbara Davis, June Martin, Sylvia Rowe, Jozef Stasiak, Winn Xenaky, Thyra Martin, Raymond Mulligan, Sister Martin, Mary Froom, Steven Pellow, John Harkin, David Malloy, Hazel Wilkes, Peter Bott, Pat Berney, Marek Jurina, Slavo Pekar and Sheila Hennessey.

Helston: Lisa Tripconey, Mary Harry, Heather Ashton, Poppy De’Ath, Chris O’Brien, Mary Gilbert, May Gordon, Frieda Curnow, Joe Chapman, Isobel Ellis, Rita Eaton, Christine Cowen and Alex Mullaly.