I always kept in touch very well with my family and friends in Ireland. I was still driving until I was aged 84. I stopped then before I was told to! I feel very well looked St Mary’s Catholic Church Chorley after in Nazareth House and appreciate how hard the staff all work. I like the food and enjoy reading, DVDs, CD’s and Lyric FM on the radio. I especially love the Rosary and usually say the complete 20 mysteries every EASTER SUNDAY day. I am very interested in technology including using my own laptop to Google things and I like to use YouTube as well. I enjoy regular outings and visits also and, thank 16TH APRIL 2017 God, I still have a great zest for life and a good sense of humour.” (As told to Paul Wickham) After the Sabbath and towards dawn on the first day of “May the angels lead you into paradise, may the martyrs welcome you the week, Mary of Magdala and the other Mary went to as you draw near, and lead you into the holy city, Jerusalem. May the choir of visit the sepulchre. And all at once there was a violent angels receive you, and where Lazarus is poor no longer, there may you find earthquake, for the angel of the Lord, descending from eternal rest.” heaven, came and rolled away the stone and sat on it. ST ANNE’S GUILD: next meets on 18th April at 19.45 in the parish centre. His face was like lightning, his robe white as snow. The FRIDAY FILM SESSION: We next meet on Friday 21st April at 14.00. guards were so shaken, so frightened of him, that they were like dead men. But the angel spoke; and he said to DIVINE MERCY SERVICE on Sunday 23rd April at Sacred Heart, Brooke St., Chorley the women, ‘There is no need for you to be afraid. I PR6 0NG Commencing at 15.00 with the Chaplet of Divine Mercy. Individual know you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He Confessions, Rosary. Holy Mass at approx 15.45. Everybody welcome. is not here, for he has risen, as he said he would. Come LOURDES YOUTH GROUP; a fund raising quiz night and hot pot supper will take and see the place where he lay, then go quickly and tell place on Thursday 27th April in the Parish Centre, commencing at 19.30. Tickets cost his disciples, “He has risen from the dead and now he is £5.00 incl. supper. going before you to Galilee; it is there you will see him.” Now I have told you.’ Filled with awe and great joy the ANNUAL PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM: from Chorley and Lancashire areas will th th women came quickly away from the tomb and ran to tell be taking place on 12 - 16 June. The cost is £291 pp. For further details please the disciples. contact Miss J. Noblet – 01257 265498. And there, coming to meet them, was Jesus. ‘Greetings’ BOX 44 of the gift aid scheme has been taken by mistake. Please return it to the he said. And the women came up to him and, falling down before him, clasped his feet. Then parish office. Would the owners of the remaining boxes please collect them. Thanks. Jesus said to them, ‘Do not be afraid; go and tell my brothers that they must leave for Galilee NEW APOSTOLIC NUNCIO: His Excellency Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams (72) from USA has been appointed by Pope Francis as the new Apostolic Nuncio in th London. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 1944, he has previously been Nuncio in Sun 16 EASTER SUNDAY (Mass book p.251) Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, the Philippines, and since 2011, Greece. Sat 20.00 Easter Vigil And Mass - Françoise Archer (A) Sun 08.00 Mass – Parishioners Deacon Norman and I wish you a very joyful and blessed Easter. 10.30 Mass – Andrew James Waddington 14.00 Msza Święta po polsku

Fr Francis Marsden 01257 262537 Mon 17 th Easter Monday and Deacon Norman Arrowsmith 08.40 Morning Prayer 09.00 Mass – Derek Tranter (A) E-mail address: [email protected] Parish website: www.stmarys-chorley.org Tues 18 th Easter Tuesday 08.40 Morning Prayer and Exposition Office hours Tuesday - Friday 9.00-13.00 (except Mass), 14.00-16.00 12.00 Mass – Bertram Livesey (A) Parish Centre: 270122 or 07971025 985 (Manager – Heather Roscoe) Wed 19 th Easter Wednesday LIVERPOOL ROMAN CATHOLIC ARCHDIOCESAN TRUSTEES INC. Registered Charity No. 232709 08.40 Morning Prayer 09.00 Mass – Joe Mockler (LD) Thurs 20 th Easter Thursday unto them, O Lord….. 12.00 Mass - Brian Way (LD) st Fri 21 Easter Friday OFFERTORY COLLECTION last week was £860 of which £402 was Gift Aided. Thank 09.30 Morning Prayer and Exposition until 11.45 you very much. Your offerings this Easter Sunday are for Parish Funds. 11.30 Chaplet of Divine Mercy Novena 12.00 Mass – Leo (A) Rosie, Janet, Michael (b’day) Bolton FR (CANON) RICHARD FIRTH left this earthly life very peacefully at 6.30 am on 14.00 Funeral Service in memoriam Ryan Hamer Monday 10th April, in Nazareth House, Dublin, where he had been living for the last Sat 22 nd Easter Saturday four years. He now begins his eternal life in the presence of God. 11.00-11.45 Confessions Mgr Michael McKenna was main celebrant, accompanied by Fr Marsden and 12.00 Mass – deceased priests and parishioners of St Mary’s the Nazareth House chaplain. Fr Marsden travelled to Dublin for the Requiem also to Sun 23 rd Divine Mercy Sunday (p.255) represent the Chorley Deanery and the Archdiocese and passed on your condolences Sat 18.15 Mass – Robert Harrison (A) to Fr Firth’s nephews and nieces. This is what Fr Firth said about his life two years ago 08.00 Mass – Thomas and Catherine (A) Redhead (14 April 2015), shortly before his Platinum Jubilee as a priest. 10.30 Mass – Parishioners “I was born on the 19th May 1919. I am in my 96th year now. I will, please 15.00 Divine Mercy Service at Sacred Heart, Brooke Street, Chorley. God, celebrate 70 years as a priest this May 26th. Mass at approx. 15.45 My mother, Ellen Morrissey, was from Ballyloobey, Co Tipperary. For many years I used to visit my relatives in Tipperary. My Dad was George Firth from Rosary on Tue, Thurs, Sat after Mass Waterford city, a Master Mariner. Both my parents were devout Catholics. My mother, Ellen, died in 1936 when I was only 17 and my Dad, George, a Sea Captain, died in Please pray for the sick and the housebound: Roland Anderton, Emily Atkins, 1971. He was over 90. My father’s ship, the Innisfallen, was sunk by a German mine Emma Beatty, Pauline Bennett, Margaret Bower, Brigid Cain, Christine Caunce, leaving Liverpool for Dublin in 1940. My sister Maura was on board, along with her Michael Carter, John Cheyne, Colin Clarke, Michael Collins, Jill Connor, Melville friend, going home for their holidays. Four of the crew were drowned and my father Coombes, Hughie Daly, John Daniels, Joan Doran, Kathleen Durkin, Sr Frances, Sr was badly wounded - he eventually got off the ship by tug boat. Paschal, Mavis Entwistle, Yvonne Finlayson, Mildred Gilhooley, John Green, Martin I had three sisters Maura and twins Alice and Eileen. Eileen became a Henry, Fr Bernard Higham, Simon Holcroft, John Johnson, Joan Jones, Bernard Daughter of Charity and psychiatric nurse but died aged only 24 in St Vincent’s Kenyon, Leslie Knowles, Doreen Lang, Julie Lowe, Richard Lowe, Tusia Lynch, hospital in Fairview. Alice was single and lived in the family home in Clontarf where I Debbie MacFarlane, Kevin McCarrick, Frances McHale, Kathleen Mitchell, Veronica always stayed when in Ireland. Mobbs, Peter Nelson, Catherine O’Donoghue, Anthony O’Malia, Edna Penman, Kathleen Reynolds, Margaret Rice, Canon Bert Shaw, Mgr. Jan Szponar, Maureen I went to primary school in the Holy Faith convent in Clontarf. At age 9, we Taylor, Paul Tiffin, Terry Tingey, Muriel Wilson, Frank Waring, Agnes Young and moved to Liverpool and I went to a Jesuit college there. When I was twelve I joined St parishioners in The Adelphi, The Gables, Westwood, Gillibrand Hall etc. Joseph’s seminary in Upholland, Lancashire. I was ordained in Holy Cross College, Clonliffe Road, (we were the first group of priests to be ordained after the war) and READERS: Easter Vigil: 20.00 Margaret Rossall, Angela Simm, Jeni Wilson, Kinga then returned to England. I served in many parishes including St John’s Kirkdale in the Grzeczynska. Easter Sunday: 08.00 Molly Stazicker, 10.30 Dr Jane Eccles. Liverpool diocese, where both Anfield and Goodison Park are situated, which football 22/23 April. 18.15: Gillian Sharples, 08.00: Margaret Arrowsmith, 10.30: Simon fans will know are home to keen rivals Liverpool and Everton. Eccles. I also spent 10 years as a Port Chaplain in the Apostolate of the Sea. I served ANNIVERSARIES:. Françoise Archer, Derek Tranter, Bertram Livesey, Leo Bolton, in the Royal Navy Reserve also and saw many ports abroad as well as serving as Robert Harrison, Catherine Redhead. Chaplain on Educational Cruises on the P&O line. All of which I thoroughly enjoyed. RECENTLY DECEASED: Canon Richard Firth (97) whose funeral took place on My final position was for 26 years as Parish Priest in St Gregory’s Chorley with which Wednesday 12th April in Dublin. Michal Hinawskyj (91) of Walletts Road who died parish I still have strong connections. I spent 11 years in retirement there until suddenly on 6th April. Requiem 24th April at 10.00am followed by cremation at December 2012 when I collapsed on a visit to Dublin and ended up in Beaumont Charnock Richard Crematorium and burial of the ashes in Poland. Ryan Hamer (44) hospital. th who died near Limoges in France on 7 April, where a Requiem Mass was held. I consider myself blessed that I got a bed then in Nazareth House where I st Memorial Service to be held here on Friday 21 April at 14.00. Fr Charles Canning, still say 10am Mass everyday using my trusty Kindle on which I also read my daily th retired parish priest of St Oswald’s Padgate also died on 10 April. Eternal rest grant prayers. I loved golf and played a lot on my many holidays home to Ireland e.g in counties Clare, Sligo and locally in St. Anne’s and Royal Dublin.