Sunday 19 April
Third Sunday of Easter
NOTICES
GOSPEL JOY DISCUSSION GROUP: Monday, 2-3pm. "They have taken the Lord out of the tomb."
GARDENING GROUP: Tuesday, after Mass. All invited to support.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME: Tuesday 21 April, 6pm. A meeting for all parents and children involved in this year’s sacramental programme.
MUSIC NIGHT: Friday 24 April, 7pm. Join us for a night of live music, fun and entertainment. With performances by The Footnotes and The Ukulele Band.
CORNERSTONE COLLECTIONS: These collections continue at the back of church. Many thanks for your continued generosity. Demand is oversubscribed at Caritas’s Food bank at the Lalley Centre and at the Cornerstone centre, we have a drop of point for your food contributions at the back of church, Dried tinned bottled goods and baby requisites specially welcomed
Sunday 5th July the Madonna del Rosario procession: We need to provide one marshal for every ten participants; I am looking for a volunteer to go to the training meeting (we usually have about 9 of our folk attending) any volunteers?
READERS: Thank you for your ongoing work, new readers are always welcome. During Eastertide, the response to the Psalm is usually Alleluia. And a gentle reminder anything printed in Red is a Rubric and an instruction so should not be read out. You do not need to say the Response is or The Gospel acclamation is.
Caritas Coffee Morning and Development Draw after 10am Mass
THE WORLD THIS WEEK
What the world needed when Israel and the United States attacked Iran was a principled condemnation from someone who refused to be intimidated by Donald Trump.
That voice belonged to Pope Leo XIV. It was a case where the independence of the Holy See from national political interests made perfect sense. The Pope was able to express what many leaders felt but could only hint at in public. He must be listened to. He has a serious message, not just of disapproval but offering a credible way forward. That is no doubt why his message is having such resonance far beyond the Catholic Church, and across all forms of mass and social media. The one western leader who has come close is the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sánchez, who greeted news of a temporary ceasefire by saying, “The government of Spain will not applaud those who set the world on fire just because they show up with a bucket.”
What he and Pope Leo agreed on was the need for negotiation and diplomacy in place of bombing in the vain hope of inflicting “regime change from the air”. It is increasingly clear there is no realistic alternative to a negotiated settlement
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Friday: 9.20- 9.45am
Saturday: 6pm to 6.20pm and at call
COLLECTIONS
11/12 March: £411.30
Thank you as always for your generosity.
This week, Team B.
STEWARDS (18/19 APR)
Saturday: M Hesketh, J Whatmough, B Whatmough
Sunday: D Hibbert, C Timoney, B Rogers
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