Parish Information
21 Jan 2012 Comments Off
Parish Priest: Martin Saunders
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Pope Benedict Friday January 20th.
“Prayer for unity is not limited to this Week of Prayer, but rather must become an integral part of our prayer, of the life of prayer of all Christians, in every place and in every time, especially when people of different traditions meet and work together for the victory, in Christ, over all that is sin, evil, injustice, and that violates human dignity”.
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Daily Prayer
Why not spend just 10 minutes in prayer each day? This website is the ideal companion. Just click.
9.30.am Monday
9.30.am Tuesday
9.30.am Wednesday
9.30.am Thursday
9.30.am Friday
9.30.am Saturday
Sunday Huncoat 6.00pm (Sat) St. Joseph’s 8am & 10am
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Woodlands Trust Recycle your Christmas cards during the month of January at M&S, in Accrington |
Royal Blackburn Hospital
If anyone has a couple of hours a week to spare a catholic volunteer team is being formed at Blackburn hospital to visit and chat with catholic patients who may feel isolated or lonely. if you feel this may be something you could do please let me know that you are interested. Thank you.
Hyndburn Holyland Pilgrimage.
Are you are interested in a trip to the Holyland leaving on Thursday 13th September? The trip is organised for the Hyndburn parishes. Please read the notice at the back of the church. The pilgrimage will be led by Fr. Clarke from Great Harwood. The cost of the pilgrimage is from £995. Please let me know if you are interested or contact Fr. Clarke directly.
The Mousetrap
We have secured a limited number of tickets for the Mousetrap at the Palace Theatre in October. Tickets including travel are £25 each. Please book your place and a £5 deposit secures your ticket.
Ladies Club
The Wednesday club has now restarted after the winter break. We meet every Wednesday afternoon 1pm in the parish centre. All welcome.
Kenya School.
Your generosity has allowed us to finally complete our Saint Patrick’s Secondary School project in Kenya. Photographs of the project and its development will be available soon. Well done and thanks for your generosity and family fast efforts.
St Anne’s and St Joseph’s
*** School Inspection Report**
St Anne’s and St Joseph’s is a good school. This happy, harmonious school has many strengths some of which are outstanding. All parents and carers who responded to the questionnaire were unanimous in the view that their children enjoy coming to school. Pupils’ spiritual, moral, social and cultural development is outstanding as is the school’s promotion of community cohesion. Pupils’ experiences of different cultures and beliefs are well developed through the curriculum, charity work and links with Kenya. - November 2011
Congratulations to the Governors, teachers and pupils. Well done
Ist Choice Credit Union – 10.45- 11.45am Sunday
Ladies Club 1pm every Wednesday
Spanish lessons every Wednesday at 6.30pm
Caritas Collection – Sunday 29th January
Parish Social Friday 17th February
Ash Wednesday 22nd February
Quiz Night – Sunday 4th March
Easter Sunday 8th April
Hyndburn Parishes Bulletin The January edition is now in the parish churches. Please pick one up. It contains information about all the hyndburn parishes and the events taking place and a proposed pilgrimage to the Holy Land.
Parish Library. Thanks to a sponsor new books are now available for sale at £1.99 each and with a 50p trade in if they are returned on the purchase of another book. They are new, short and easy to read.We hope that work will soon start on the shelving in the centre.
Spanish Club The club takes place every wednesday. All are welcome even if you have never uttered a word of another language before. Come learn and enjoy. Open to all.
The Church’s Peace Movement is Called Pax Christ – spend a few minutes exploring the official website.Pax Christi official Link Pax Christi International is a non-profit, non-governmental Catholic peace movement working on a global scale on a wide variety of issues in the fields of human rights, human security, disarmament and demilitarisation, just world order and religion and violent conflict.
Christmas Savings Club
The office is open every Sunday 10.45am – 11.45am in the parish centre. We are part of the First Choice Credit Union and there is also a branch upstairs in the Accrington Market Hall. By joining the credit union you are saving in a government protected scheme and also helping people in difficulty to borrow. Your money is 100% government secured.
The silver surfers
Silver Surfers’ Club. If you have access to a computer and the internet at home why not join our special UK Online project. It will enable you to become more confident and relaxed on the internet in the comfort of your own home and it’s free of charge. You can join the scheme at the ACT centre 25 Warner Street and then do everything else in your own home at your own speed. Call into the centre for more information and to be shown how to sign up. Give them a ring 01254 238443. Despite the heading Silver surfers the scheme is open to anyone at all but pensioners are especially welcome.
Macmillan Cancer Support Once again in 2011 we organised the world’s biggest coffee morning in support of the Macmillan nurses. We raised £508 well done.
St Joseph’s Parish Social 2012
Fixing the Draw - – – – Na zdrowie – - - - – -Holding up the bar
Rest in Peace
Please remember in your prayers the following whose funerals took place over the past 12 months.
Margaret Boyd
Bridie McGauley
Tony Clynes
Mary Bamber
Patricia McAlister
Margaret Handley
Joan Rooney
Ena Hannah
Bob Wilson
Joyce kenyon
Fr Richard O’Connor
Julie O’Hagan
Michael Fern
Norah and Stewart Graham
Andrew Eland
Fr Joe Feeley (St Mary’s Clayton)
Renee Fenyk
Janusz Zdziebkowski
Eileen O’Hare
Plater College – Catholic Social Teaching
Click on the Plater link at the Top of the page to see what is happening in the 6 Hyndburn parishes during 2011 with the support of the Plater Trust. Our plans for the future? One community of six parishes. www.belgarth.org.uk/plater
