The Parish of St. James,

Week Beginning Feast of St 2nd February 2020 Year A

Contact Details Parish Team St James’ RC Church Chesnut Grove Team Leader Fr. Brian sdb Bootle Assistant Priest Fr Jim sdb All are welcome L20 4LX here Telephone: 0151 933 8022 Salesian Rector Fr. Brian sdb Email: [email protected] Mass Times with Intentions Parish Catechist Fr. Michael D sdb Website: www.stjamesbootle.co.uk Special Intentions Chair of PPC Bob Jones Saturday Winefride Sims and Youth Active Youth Active Team

6:30pm Marie Mitchell School Chaplain Fr. Jakub sdb

Sunday Deceased members of Last Week’s Offertory 10:30am Powell & O’Connell Parish Schools Envelopes: £368.05 Families ALL SAINTS CATHOLIC PRIMARY SCHOOL Monday Mrs. A. Holleran Loose Plate: £206.26 Mary Hoy 10am 0151 288 6420 Tuesday SAVIO SALESIAN COLLEGE 10am John Kerrvish Mr Tony Costello 0151 521 3088 Wednesday 10am Renee McKenna REFLECTION Thursday Ann and John ST JOHN BOSCO 10am Kerrvish

Friday Marion Vaughn "Don Bosco’s assistance was alive, active, spiritual, far-sighted, and 10am (Birthday) above all, cheerful. He was always with his boys, es­pecially during Saturday Johnny McCluskey and recreation time. He would approach now one boy, now another, 10am Mary O’Connor (Anniversary) questioning them in a fatherly manner, all this in order that he might Services & Sacraments get an insight into their character and individual needs without real­

Confession Saturdays 10:30am & izing it. He would often speak confidentially to one or another, giving by app. each a holy counsel or delicately inviting them to the sacraments. If Novena & Wednesdays he saw anyone sad or disturbed, he would approach him and cheer Rosary 10.30am him up with a quip or a jest. While he ap­peared thoroughly interest­

Exposition of the Fridays 10:30am ed in his boys and their games which he himself often led« All the Blessed Sacra- while, nothing escaped his keen observa­tion. “ ment

Please pray for our sick & 2019 Directories PROVINCIAL VISITATION housebound Ann Stafford Christy Lunt There are a number of last year’s Our Provincial, Fr Gerry Briody is making Baby Ross Baby Carlo directories left in the shop at the his annual visitation of our Salesian Com- Diane Keller Olivia Sandham back of Church. These can be munity from 8th-13th February. He will say Peggy McDonald Baby Logan bought for £1 if anyone would like the two Parish Masses next weekend and Joan McNulty Helen Melrange one. you will see him around during his few Christopher Bowen Margaret Doran days with us. I know you will give him a Joyce Quadrio Olwen Walker Synod meeting warm welcome. Emma Shannon Baby G Tommy Swan The next Synod meeting will be on MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE Baby Isobel Owen Tuesday 4th February. The The Annual Celebration of Marriage and Baby Daniel O’Connor Theme is “How we pray together”. Family Life will take place in the Cathedral Margaret Trewavas You are very welcome to join us on Sunday 9th February at 11am. All are for that discussion in the Parish invited to attend. House at 7pm.