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<div>web email:  church @ belgarth. org. uk </div>
<p>Parish Priest: Martin Saunders</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Week of Prayer for Christian Unity </span></strong></p>
<p>Pope Benedict Friday January 20<sup>th</sup>.</p>
<p><em>“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”.</em></p>
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<p><strong></strong> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Daily Prayer</em></strong></span></p>
<p><em><strong>Why not spend just 10 minutes in prayer each day? This website is the ideal companion. Just click.</strong></em></p>
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<div><strong>Mass Times  16th January 2012</strong></div>
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<p><strong>9.30.am      </strong><strong>Monday  </strong></p>
<p><strong>9.30.am      Tuesday  </strong></p>
<p><strong>9.30.am      Wednesday  </strong>       </p>
<p><strong>9.30.am      Thursday   </strong></p>
<p><strong>9.30.am      Friday </strong></p>
<p><strong>9.30.am      Saturday         </strong>          <strong>  </strong>            </p>
<p><strong>Sunday       Huncoat 6.00pm (Sat)         St. Joseph’s 8am &amp; 10am</strong></p>
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<p><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Woodlands Trust</span></em><em>                               Recycle your Christmas cards during the month of January at M&amp;S, in Accrington</em></strong><em></em></p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Royal Blackburn Hospital</span></strong>                                  </p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Hyndburn Holyland Pilgrimage.</span></strong>                      </p>
<p>Are you are interested in a trip to the Holyland leaving on Thursday 13<sup>th</sup> 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.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">The Mousetrap</span></strong>                                         </p>
<p>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.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Ladies Club</span></strong></p>
<p>The Wednesday club has now restarted after the winter break. We meet every Wednesday afternoon 1pm in the parish centre. All welcome.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Kenya School.</span></strong></p>
<p>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.</p>
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<p><strong>St Anne’s and St Joseph’s</strong></p>
<p>*** School Inspection Report**</p>
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<p>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</p>
<p>Congratulations to the Governors, teachers and pupils. Well done</p>
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<div><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Parish Diary Dates from 22nd January 2012</span></strong></div>
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<p>Ist Choice Credit Union – 10.45- 11.45am Sunday<strong></strong></p>
<p>Ladies Club 1pm every  Wednesday</p>
<p>Spanish lessons every Wednesday at 6.30pm</p>
<p>Caritas Collection &#8211; Sunday 29th January</p>
<p>Parish Social Friday 17th February</p>
<p>Ash Wednesday 22nd February</p>
<p>Quiz Night  &#8211; Sunday 4th March</p>
<p>Easter Sunday 8th April</p>
<p><strong>Hyndburn Parishes Bulletin                                </strong>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.</p>
<p><strong>Parish Library.</strong>                    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.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Spanish Club</span></strong>                    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.</p>
<p><strong>The Church&#8217;s Peace Movement is Called Pax Christ</strong> &#8211; spend a few minutes exploring the official website.<a title="The Catholic Peace Movement." href="http://www.paxchristi.org.uk/" target="_blank">Pax Christi official  Link</a>  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.</p>
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<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Christmas Savings Club</span></strong></p>
<p>The office is open every Sunday 10.45am – 11.45am in the parish centre. We are part of the<strong> First Choice Credit Union</strong> 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.</p>
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<p> <strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Silver Surfers’ Club.</span></strong>   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.</p>
<p><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Macmillan Cancer Support</span></strong>        Once again in 2011 we organised the world’s biggest coffee morning in support of the Macmillan nurses. We raised £508 well done.<span style="color:#000000;"> </span> </p>
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<h2><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><span style="color:#000000;text-decoration:underline;">St Joseph&#8217;s Parish Social 2012</span></strong></span></h2>
<div><span style="color:#000000;">We hope to have a very successful evening and the parish social will raise money for the Dioces of Salford Caritas group. </span></div>
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<div><strong><span style="color:#000000;"> </span></strong> <span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://martinsaundersblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/dsc00131.jpg"><img title="Fixing the Draw" src="http://martinsaundersblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/dsc00131.jpg?w=157&#038;h=164" alt="" width="157" height="164" /></a><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://martinsaundersblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/adam.jpg"><img title="Na zdrowie" src="http://martinsaundersblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/adam.jpg?w=154&#038;h=165" alt="" width="154" height="165" /><span style="color:#000000;"><img title="Brothers in arms" src="http://martinsaundersblog.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/dsc00136.jpg?w=188&#038;h=165" alt="" width="188" height="165" /></span></a></span></span></div>
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<p class="wp-caption-dd"><em><strong>Fixing the  Draw  - &#8211; &#8211;  &#8211;   <span style="color:#000000;">Na zdrowie &#8211; - -  -  &#8211; -<span style="color:#000000;">Holding up the bar</span></span></strong></em></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Rest in Peace</span></span></strong><strong><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">  </span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><strong><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Please remember in your prayers the following whose funerals took place over the past 12 months.</span></strong></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Margaret Boyd</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Bridie McGauley</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Tony Clynes</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Mary Bamber</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Patricia McAlister</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Margaret Handley</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Joan Rooney</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Ena Hannah</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Bob Wilson</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Joyce kenyon</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Fr Richard O&#8217;Connor</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Julie O&#8217;Hagan</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Michael Fern</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Norah and Stewart Graham</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Andrew Eland</span></span></p>
<p><span style="font-family:Calibri;"><span style="line-height:115%;font-size:12pt;">Fr Joe Feeley (St Mary&#8217;s Clayton)</span></span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;">Renee Fenyk </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;">Janusz Zdziebkowski </span></p>
<p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:&quot;">Eileen O’Hare </span></p>
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<p><strong></strong> <strong>Plater College – Catholic Social Teaching </strong></p>
<p>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. <a href="http://www.belgarth.org.uk/plater">www.belgarth.org.uk/plater</a></p>
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<h5> <span style="color:#000000;"><span style="color:#000000;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Fr Kevin Burke</span>    Joined us for a few weeks whilst on holiday from the missions. Fr. Kevin is a Marist Father and had  a well earned rest and met old friends in the Accrington area last summer. </span> He has now returned to his mission station. </span>                  </h5>
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<h5 style="text-align:center;"><span style="color:#000000;"><a href="http://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk">www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk</a></span></h5>
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