Third Sunday in Lent 7th March 2010

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Haiti Appeal
There is a very moving letter from the Rector Major after his visit to Haiti last week. It is on the notice board at the back of church. If anyone would like a copy please ask Father Francis.

Lenten Alms (Liberia Appeal)
We committed our Parish at the Millennium to on-going support for Liberia. A simple way of doing this is to use, during Lent, a ‘Liberia’ Box – labels are provided at the back of the church to enable you to ‘make your own’ (either a box, a jar, plastic bag, envelope or anything you can put coins into). Any Loose change or money you have saved by giving something up for Lent can go into this ‘box’. Please consider this as your ‘Lenten Alms’ and bring in the donations for the Salesian Liberian Mission at Easter.

CAFOD Family Fast Day
Three of our Confirmation candidates, Alice and Emily Wray and Miriam Beck, held a home made cake sale in aid of CAFOD in the hall after Mass last week. They made a fantastic £58.70 to send off with our Parish CAFOD donation. Well done and thank you.

Lilies for Easter
As Easter approaches once again we would like to decorate the Church with lilies which parishioners have donated in remembrance of their deceased relatives or friends. If you would like to donate a lily, please place the name of the person you wish to be remembered together with the sum of £2 in the envelopes provided at the back of the church and hand them to Fr Francis. (Any queries please ring Frances Barnes on 01625 829299)

Prayer intentions:
Please remember in your prayers the following parishioners and relatives/friends of parishioners who have died recently: Joe Theaker, Jim Caveney, John Dickenson, Nancy Collins, Jack Beckett, Christine Hodgkinson, Joey Kelly, Shayna O’Connor, Paula Seal, Irene Carr, Dave Hignett, Nigel Drane, Margaret Glynn, May Michaux, Cornelius Chapman, Bessie Tune, Eileen Holland, Mary Paddock, Steve Welsh, Jim Kennedy, Fr Michael Power SDB, Tom Reilly, Bessie Garrity, Dunstan Brain, Peter Jennings, Jim Wilson, Glenys Ogden, Michael Staunton, Lily Mahon, Alban Vernon, Mary (Molly) O’Callaghan, Kathleen Butterworth, Bernard Isherwood, Gabriele Shirley and Sarah Harkins.

Kindly pray for the following, whose anniversaries occur this month:
John Garrity, Arthur Collins, Arthur Brogden, Dora V Casey, Ronald Adams, Marjorie Sullivan, Percy Lomas, H L Street, Fr Norbert Kelly, Joseph Nolan, Thomas Murphy, Harold Condron, Bernard Newell, Mabel Hulme, Thomas Caveney, Arnold Trueman, G. Baigent, Edward Barlow, William Hall, Lilian Garrod, Hilda Cooke, Bro Charles O’Donnell SDB, Marion Unwin, Derek Hayman, Hubert Lyster, Joseph Hayman, William Potts, Dr Charles Gould, Maria Dalzell, Stephen Barnes, Jaine Gallagher and Lizzie (Bett) McManus, Frances Butler, Joseph Butler, Kathleen Blackley, Nan Connolly and Edwin Henshall.

Please remember in your prayers those members of our parish who are either sick (in hospital or nursing home), elderly, or housebound; especially
Terence Boardman, Christopher Brown, Agnes Butcher, Brenda Clarke, Dr Jean Coope, Margaret Fallon, Molly Galgani, Zena Greeve, Joan Hall, Isabel Hartley, Jimmy Jennings, Peter Macpherson, Betty Oldfield, Doreen Russell, Norman Smith, Howard Stanier, Thomas Tune, Pearl Murtagh, Margaret Miller, Rosemarie McCarron, Vincent McCumesky, John Madden, John Webb Jenkins, Irene Wild, Katie O’Connor, Michael Ashworth, Maurice Cracknell, Marjorie Kennedy, Catherine Neary, Eileen Murphy, Kathleen Goss, Paul Vernon, Philip Booth, Tom Kirk, Norah Parsons, David Griffiths, Audrey Funnell, Kit Prosser, Mark McHugh and Harry Potts.

A number of people have asked for our prayers for their intentions. Please remember all who are in need of God’s healing, strength and guidance at this time.

Sacramental Preparation Programmes
Following the Parents Meeting on Wednesday, 7th October, the First Communion Programme is now underway.
Also pupils from our parish in Year 8 at Secondary School, who have received their First Communion, should have received an invitation to enrol for the Confirmation Preparation Programme.
If anyone seems to be being missed out of either the First Communion or the Confirmation Programme, please let Fr Francis know as soon as possible.
Since the RCIA Programme is due to begin again after half term, Fr Francis would like to know of anyone who wishes to join in.

Barnabus
your generous gifts for the homeless have been gratefully received – thanks to those involved in the transporting of the gifts. As part of our Parish ‘Covenant with the Poor’, we have pledged to continue our support for this charity. Please continue to give what you can, when you can, in the line of toiletries, tinned goods, and socks/underwear. The ‘big brown Barnabus box’ remains at the back of church.

Clothing: Boxer shorts (medium), Thongs, Socks.

Eucharistic Ministers
If anyone feels able to undertake this Ministry after suitable preparation, please speak to Fr. Francis

The Prayer of the Church
Currently, we have started to recite Morning Prayer from The Prayer of the Church before Mass on Monday, Tuesday and Thursday. All are welcome to take part.

First Communion Preparation (Catholic Children at non-Catholic Schools)
Do you have a child attending at a non-Catholic school? Would you like your child to be prepared to receive Holy Communion?
If your child is in Year 3 or above this September, they are eligible to join the Parish First Sacraments Programme.
Please contact Fr Francis as soon as possible, as the Programme gets underway this month.

Lectio Divina
The Lectio Divina Group meets every Tuesday evening
8.45 – 10.00pm (prompt) at 2 Legh Road Prestbury.
Lectio Divina is a Benedictine way of praying with scripture, and the group will focus on the Gospel of the following week.
All are welcome and if you would like more information call Helen on 572410

Project 2030
In your 20s? The twentysomethings have a regular programme of events for Catholics in their 20s.
Things coming up include:
Snowden, visit Chester Zoo, week in Taize, weekend in London, Edinburgh Festival, visit the Holy Land.
If you’d like to receive more details of these and other events locally contact hugh@project2030.fsnet.co.uk or text/ring Clare on 07950 202205.

Hospital Visiting
If you know of any parishioners who are in hospital and would like to be visited, please give the details to Father Mageean who will arrange for a visit.

Readers
Some readers have requested Mass leaflets for the following week. These are always available from the vestry. Just pick one up after Mass.

Parish Hymn Books.
From time to time we replenish our stock of parish hymn books. If you would like to dedicate a hymn book to a loved one who has died, we are able to do this by putting a dedication in the front of the book. If you wish to remember someone in this way just ask Father Francis or Pat Cohen. A donation of five pounds goes towards the cost of the hymn book.

St Gregory's Parish is now a FAIRTRADE Parish

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