The Catholic Parish of The Sacred Heart, Darwen St. Joseph’s Church St Edward’s Church Bolton Rd Blackburn Rd Parish Office Priest’s Residence Church House Parish Priest Fr Brian KealeySt. Joseph’s Presbytery 370 Blackburn Road 149 Bolton Road Darwen , BB3 0AA Darwen, BB3 2PG 01254 702525 01254 702026 e-mail: [email protected] www.darwencatholic.org.uk “If he listens to you, you have newsletter: [email protected] facebook.com/DarwenCatholic won back your brother.” rd th 23 Sunday Ordinary Time Year A 6 September 2020 St. Joseph’s St. Edward’s rd Saturday 6.15 p.m. Vigil Mass 23 Sunday Ordinary Time A HAVE YOU BOOKED? Sunday 9.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m. Mass 23rd Sunday Ordinary Time A (HAVE YOU BOOKED?) Monday 9.15 a.m. Doors closed - Fr Brian Mass (Followed by Deep Clean) Tuesday 9.15 a.m. Doors closed - Fr Brian Mass Fr Brian appreciates Wednesday 9.15 a.m. Doors closed - Fr Brian Mass Thursday 9.15 a.m. Doors closed - Fr Brian Mass anybody who joins Friday 9.15 a.m. Doors closed - Fr Brian Mass him in prayer. Saturday 9.15 a.m. Doors closed - Fr Brian Mass 6.15 p.m. Mass – 24th Sunday Ordinary Time A (PLEASE BOOK) th Sunday 9.00 a.m. 11.00 a.m. Mass – 24 Sunday Ordinary Time A (PLEASE BOOK) SUNDAY MASS – PLEASE DON ’T JUST TURN UP! PLEASE REMEMBER TO BOOK IN ADVANCE Bookings are by text only. Saturday 6.15pm: 07772 257315 Sunday 9am: 07598 908987 CHARITY FUNDRAISING Sunday 11am: 07722 889932 REVISED PLAN Lines open Mon-Sat 10 -4pm. TEXT: To keep things simple with SURNAME - MASS - NO. OF PLACES online donations via ‘Just e.g. Smith 9am 2 places. Giving’, Fr Brian’s sponsored A simple YES /NO reply will be returned. walk will be in support of The Texts will be kept for 21 days for NHS trace & test. East Lancashire Hospice only. CAFOD will instead have our Christmas Collection. FR. BRIAN’S MARATHON SPONSORED TREK Burnley & Back in a Day – 26 miles JustGiving Link https://www.justgiving.com/ EAST LANCS HOSPICE fundraising/Brian-Kealey th Wednesday 30 September 2020 DETAILS ON OUR WEBSITE & FACEBOOK ACCESS OUR JUSTGIVING PAGE 1. Scan the unique QR code above. 2. Type the link above into your web browser. 3. Click on the link on our Facebook page. Covid19 has severely affected charity 4. Click on the link on our website post. fundraising. Your sponsorship will be valued. ONLINE DONATIONS ONLY PLEASE WALK ‘WITH’ FR BRIAN Go to Fr Brian’s JustGiving Page and read all about Fr Brian will be doing a solo walk but you are it! Then click DONATE and follow instructions to invited to walk along with him in any way you can: pay. The money will go directly to the hospice and 26 miles/2.6 miles ~ 26 km/ 2.6 km ~ 26 steps there will be a record of donations with Just Giving. 26 laps of the garden/street ~ 26 minutes 26 seconds looking at Fr Brian’s route … etc GIFT AID Email us or post your photos on our FB page If you are a tax-payer and opt to gift-aid, an extra on the day just for the fun of it! £2.50 is raised for every £10 you donate Mass Intentions Ave Maria Lately Dead: Marilyn Taylor Feast Day: Our Lady’s Birthday th th Anniversaries: Bob Eastham (6 Sept) Tuesday 8 September ST JOSEPH’S LIVE STREAMING Watch Mass live in St Joseph’s Saturday 6.15pm & Sunday 9am https://www.churchservices.tv/darwen Sunday Mass Order of Service & Readings Sunday readings: https://universalis.com/mass.htm Order of Mass: PDF file on our website homepage CORONAVIRUS PANDEMIC SUNDAY OBLIGATION SUSPENDED We are open for Sunday Masses by a booking system. All other groups and activities are still suspended. You can join in spiritual communion and/or watch live https://www.churchservices.tv/Darwen Fr Brian’s sermons are published with the newsletter on CLOSED MID-WEEK our website: http://www.darwencatholic.org.uk/ & With the school year and the season of facebook.com/DarwenCatholic autumn upon us, we are mindful of the regional spikes of coronavirus in Our Churches are closed during the week and our halls neighbouring areas. We therefore continue to remain closed with the situation under regular review. be vigilant and will remain closed during the PLEASE DO NOT COME TO MASS IF YOU ARE week to minimise the risk of spread among VULNERABLE IN ANY WAY the vulnerable members of our community. STAY AT HOME IF YOU OR SOMEONE IN YOUR PLEASE STAY SAFE! HOUSEHOLD HAS ANY COVID19 SYMPTOMS Burnley & Back in a Day – 26 miles THE ROUTE PART 1 SCHOOLS RE-OPENING From St Joseph’s climbing up to Blacksnape GOOD LUCK & HAPPY DAYS via Rosehill & Taylor’s Green. From Blacksnape We have every confidence in our staff, down to Hoddlesden Millennium Green and back parents and children to make the best of up to Pickup Bank. Over the moors near Clough this current situation. We pray that they can Head to join the Rossendale Way over Haslingden rise to the challenges that they face Grane above Jamestone Quarry, overlooking Calf positively and proactively. Hey and Ogden reservoirs. Staying on the We wish them well for the new school year. Rossendale Way, round Oswaldtwistle and May God bless them and keep them safe. Haslingden Moors to Rising Bridge, then under the bypass to Stonefold and up over Goodshaw Hill. Leaving the Rossendale Way as it veers off before 44444444444444444444ED|R Hameldon Hill, then joining the Burnley Way past the masts on Hameldon and down round Nutshaw Hill to Clow Bridge reservoir. Finally along the tracks above Manchester Rd to the New WEEKLY COLLECTIONS Waggoners’ pub and a well-earned pint of water! Payment can be made preferably by PART 2: REPEAT IN REVERSE! standing order or online bank transfer. There is a collection box in Church for COVI D19 Test Centre those who have booked Mass. Donations can also be posted or Railway Rd Car-park Darwen delivered to either presbytery. You stil l need to book online or Online transfers & standing orders: ring 911 to register for Bank Account: TSDT Sacred Heart appointment but this is a walk-in Account no. 40835803 no parking test centre which Sort code: 205534 makes it easier to access for many THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT! Darwen residents. .