SERVICE TIMES THIS WEEK OUR LADY and ALL Lancaster Lane - Parbold - Lancashire - WN8 7HS Monday 22 January Web-site: 1215 Midday Prayer with Mass e-mail: [email protected] Fr Kevin Snape Parish Priest: Father Gordon OSB Tuesday 23 January Priest in Residence: Father Cassian OSB  01257-463248 0915 Morning Prayer with Mass Deceased Beechey family Retired Deacon: Rev Bennett  01257-462998

Notre Dame Convent  01257-465069 Wednesday 24 January — 0915 Morning Prayer with Mass Catherine Hastie

Thursday 25 January - CONVERSION OF SAINT PAUL 0900 Morning Prayer with Mass Ellen McParlin and Denise Loughe

Friday 26 January - St Robert, St Stephen, St Alberic 1900 Evening Prayer with Mass John and Lilian Glass

Saturday 27 January - St Timothy, St Titus 1100 Morning Prayer with Mass Peter Osbaldeston 1135 Confessions

Sunday 21 January 2018 Sunday 28 January — 4th Sunday in Ordinary Time (B) Vigil Saturday Racial Justice Sunday 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

1800 Ursula Madden VIGIL 1800 Catherine Hastie Sunday SUNDAY 1000 The Parish 1000 The Parish MASS RESPONSES : Hymnals p.200 (No.479)

Please take this News Letter home with you A Parish in the Upholland Pastoral Area of the Archdiocese of Liverpool

Ampleforth Abbey Trust – A Registered Charity No. 1026493 A Parish in the Upholland Pastoral Area of the Archdiocese of Liverpool Ampleforth Abbey Trust – A Registered Charity No. 1026493 PLEASE PRAY FOR: DOUGLAS VALLEY OUTREACH January 26 the Sick: ROSARY GROUP Douglas Valley Outreach The Rosary Group meets on St Robert, St Alberic, St Stephen Richard Hewitt, Chris Macgregor, Annual General Meeting and Saint Robert, a Benedictine Monk Peter Madden, Tony Bryant Tuesday evenings at 2000. Social Evening of Molesme, was the founder of It is open to everyone in the Parish, those who have died recently: Wednesday 31 January 1930. who will be more than welcome. Citeaux (near Dijon) and the Parbold Village Hall. Cistercian Order in 1098. He those whose anniversaries Its purpose is to meet together and was joined by fellow Molesme are this week: There will be a short meeting to to do as Our Lady requested of Monks Alberic and Stephen Jozef Cych, John Baron present The Annual General Saint Bernadette – that people Harding. Report and appoint trusties, pray the Rosary.

MEETINGS THIS WEEK. followed by a cheese and There is much in our world for January 27 wine social. All welcome. which we need to pray. , Saint Titus Tuesday Rosary Group There are vacancies on Please come along and join Timothy and Titus were converted 2000 13 Robin Lane, Hilldale The Management Committee, if us – we meet in each others homes to Christianity by St Paul, Thursday SVP you are interested in joining us as advertised on the Notice Sheets and became his companions 25 Jan Church Meeting Room. please contact each week. and helpers. Phil Roberts, Treasurer Paul entrusted Timothy with the OFFERTORY 01257 462344. VINCENTIAN VOLUNTEERS care of the Christians in , Loose £119.07 www.douglasvalleyoutreach.com A positive opportunity for young and sent Titus to to look Envelopes £197.55 people to undertake interesting after the Christians there. Standing Orders (est) £343.64 HOLY LAND charity work for one year, living in The Project are leading a community with fellow volunteers. He wrote them the so-called PSLAM RESPONSE pilgrimage to the Holy Land Living expenses are paid. “pastoral” , giving advice The response to the Psalm is: between 11—20 June 2018. for pastors and people alike. Contact Sister Pauline DC To you, O lord, I lift my soul, For the first part, staying in the old 0151 261-0225 or see the web to you I lift my soul. city of Jerusalem and visiting all site: www.vincentianvolunteers.org the Holy Places. SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME Then moving to Galilee, and SAINTS OF THE WEEK COMMUNION OF THE SICK The next meeting is other areas associated with Priest: Let us pray for our Sick as January 25 Monday 22 January — Session 4 ’ ministry. our Eucharistic Ministers Conversion of Saint Paul are sent out to give them “Following Jesus” There are a few places left Saul, the young man who looked the Sacrament of ’s In Church 1830. on the Pilgrimage. after the cloaks of the men who Body. The cost will be in the region of were stoning St Stephen, grew into SAINT JOHN RIGBY £1800 with a single room ALL: May this Sacrament unite a dedicated and efficient The deadline for applying for a supplement. them with Christ and his persecutor of Christians. Church and give them place at St John Rigby College, in The Irenaeus Project consolation and peace. September 2018, is Today’s feast celebrates the day 0151 949 1199 or email Tuesday 6 February 2018. that Christ appeared to him in a Priest: Ministers, in the name of [email protected]. vision as he was on the way to the Church gathered here, Applications can be made online Damascus, reproached him take the Body of the Lord via the College website for his persecutions and to the Sick of this Parish. www.sjr.ac.uk.  08457 90-90-90. converted him to the true faith.