St Helen’s church St. Joseph’s Church

Parish Office based at St Helen’s church: Mrs Anne Fearon 0151 924 3417 Liverpool Archdiocesan Trustees Inc. Registered Charity No. 232709

St Helen’s Sunday 24th Exposition 9.45 am Mass for Evelyn Herdman (anniversary) 6.30 pm Mass for Pauline Caffery (lately dead)

Monday 25th Exposition 10.15 am Funeral Service for Patricia Corner 2.00 pm St Pio Prayer Group 7.00 pm Holy Hour

Tuesday 26th Exposition

7.30 pm Novena & Benediction 8.00 pm St Helen’s Prayer Group

Wednesday 27th

9.30 am Mass for Thomas Rotherham (in memory)

Thursday 28th

9. 45 am U. M. Prayer at Moor Lane Methodist church 7.00 pm Mass for Nora Gilligan (lately dead)

Friday 1st March

9.30 am Service of the Word & Communion

Saturday 2nd

11.00 Exposition 11.10 Fatima Prayers 11.20 am Confessions 12.00 Mass for Tommy Doyle (anniversary)

Sunday 3rd 9.45 am Mass for Rita & Jack Clarke (anniversary) 6.30 pm Mass for Annie & Michael Kearney (anniversaries)

St Joseph’s

Saturday 23rd 5.30 pm Exposition & Confessions (until 6.20) 6.30 pm Mass for Robert Dykes & Andrew Morrow (In thanksgiving)

Sunday 24th

11 am Mass for Gregory McEvoy (anniversary)

Monday 25th

9.30 am Mass for Mary Daley (lately dead)

Tuesday 26th

7.30 am Morning Prayer of the Church

Wednesday 27th NO SERVICE

Thursday 28th

9.30 am Service of the Word & Communion

Friday 1st March 9.30 am Mass for Paul Breen (lately dead)

Saturday 2nd 5.30 pm Exposition & Confessions (until 6.20) 6.30 pm Mass for Thomas Sheridan (anniversary)

Sunday 3rd

11 am Mass for Joe Brennan (R.I.P.)

PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK OF OUR PARISHES: Stephen Wilson, Christine Moore, John Murphy, Christopher Brown, John Regan, Hannah Amelia Regan, Hugh Dillon, Rita Barber, Celia Bradshaw, Sheila Brennan, Margaret Walsh, Joan Bamber, Susan Natsheh, Marie Brownrigg, Peter Holmes, Mary Cookson-Gower, Norah Byford, Joan Doyle, Rachel Cunningham, Reg Fitzgerald, Hagai Atzmon, Mary Kilbane, Anthony Belderbos, Ged Manning, Pauline Bent, Tom O’Leary, Jack Jones, Barbara Lee, Janet Kinsey, Betty Hennessey, Christopher Cadley, Stephen Deary, Catherine Sinnott, Joan Newton, Sandra Wilkinson, Carol Carroll, Mary & Clare Rimmer, Anthony Greenbank, Joan Pinnington, Celia Ross, David Gratton, Sandra Wilkinson, Winifred Mary Henry, and another sick person.

40, Warren Road, Liverpool, L23 6UE Fr Martin Caddell - 0151 924 2101 Mobile: 07710247633 stjosephsblundellsands@hotmail.co.uk www.stjosephsblundellsands.org Support Sister: Sr Anne Darwin

112, Alexandra Road, Liverpool L23 7TQ 0151 924 3417 sthelenscrosby@hotmail.co.uk www.sthelenscrosby.org.uk Fr Martin Caddell Deacon: Rev. E Douglas

Seventh Sunday of Ordinary Time

23rd / 24th February 2019 Year C

Anniversaries: Ann Kinsey, Norman Jones, Elizabeth Kearney, Fr John McCreanor, Sr Seraphina, Jeanette Butchard, John Glennon, Dorothy Jackson, Ann Creech, Edward Moriarty, Victoria May Wharton.

Please remember in your prayers, Stanley Joseph Ramos who died recently

Exposition: St Helen’s Church Sunday 24th to Tuesday 26th February “Immersing oneself in silent Eucharistic adoration is the secret to knowing the Lord, One cannot know the Lord without being in the habit of adoring, of adoring in silence,” Pope Francis

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SVP: Monthly collection will take place in both parishes next weekend (2nd & 3rd March) Thank you in advance.

Contributions for this newsletter need to reach the Parish Office 12 noon on Thursday. Please provide a contact ‘phone number in case of query.

Thank you. Office hours are: Wednesday to Friday, 10 am to 2 pm. e-mail: sthelenscrosby@hotmail.co.uk

FOOD FOR THOUGHT A small group meet to chat about various topics over tea and biscuits at St Helen’s Church (the room behind the kitchen) every Thursday 1.30 - 3pm 28th February: St David’s Day Newcomers always welcome

(St Joseph’s) Don’t forget our £1.00 in an envelope scheme . In aid of Ebola Orphans Last week’s winner: Phil Potter

Fairtrade Fortnight is 25th Feb – 10th March. ‘ A Living Income is a Human Right’.

LOCAL EVENTS Big Brew Traidcraft event at St Mary's Waterloo meeting room 32 Brooklands Ave,Wed. 27th Feb. 11.30 - 1pm Come for tea, coffee, cakes, scones, plus stall Fairtrade Stall: All Saints with Saint Frideswyde on Sunday March 3rd after the service at 12 noon. This will include produce from across the world including Palestine. In Ivory Coast a cocoa farmer needs £1.86 per day in order to live a simple but dignified life providing food, clothing, medicine and schooling for his/her family. The average income is only 74p a day. Please make a permanent switch to at least one Fairtrade product in order to help guarantee a just and living wage to farmers - you can buy: fairtrade chocolate, tea, coffee, sugar, rice and flowers at local stores – see www.fairtrade.org.uk for more details and more products.

CAFOD (St Helen) pray – fast – give

Two weeks ago our Gospel reading ended with Christ telling the disciples that they were destined to be “Fishers of men .” He made clear that He would pass the responsibility for making the kingdom come to those men and their followers. Each in our way, we try to answer that call in our daily lives among the people of our local communities. We recognise the needs much beyond our shores with the support and prayers we offer for CAFOD. Last week’s total will be in next week’s newsletter, thank you.

A DAY ON THE SPIRITUALITY OF POPE FRANCIS Tuesday February 26th

by Bishop John Arnold; Bishop of Salford AT ST JOSEPH’S PRAYER CENTRE, Formby L37

1PH Tel.01704 875850 10.30 – 3.30pm Suggested Donation £20 (includes lunch)

Thinking outside the pew Scripture group. 'A tree is judged by its fruits'. A study of next Sunday's readings challenges us to see ourselves though the eyes of others.When people see our actions, hear our conversations, and walk in our company, do they 'taste and see that the Lord is good'? 7.30 pm Monday—St Helen’s Parish Centre

Concert - Amadeus: the Chamber Choir Haydn Nelson Mass

Zelenka Missa Purification Saturday, 2nd March at 7.30 p.m. Holy Family Church, Ince Blundell

Tickets: £5 Under 19s free in aid of Mary’s Meals (Match-funded by Barclays)

Contact: Rosalind 0151 924 0803 online www.trybooking.co.uk/5739

Parish Trip : “Jesus Christ Superstar” Little Theatre, Southport—Friday 14th June 2019

50 tickets have been reserved and we will book coach transport from St Helen’s church. Ticket price—£17.50 Please sign up quickly at the back of church or by phoning or e-mailing the parish office. Tickets are being held for a couple of weeks, after which we need final numbers.

Our Pastoral Area is now on social media (Twitter and Instagram). For news, reflections and events from our parishes, please follow @PastoralArea9 Both our parishes have web-sites www.sthelenscrosby.org.uk www.stjosephsblundellsands.org ……… and we also have a facebook page Do take a look!

Urgent Prayer for the Holy Land Dozens of Israeli ministers and political officials have signed a petition to settle two million Israeli settlers across occupied Palestine. The petition has been put forward by the Nahala Movement. They demand a rapid expansion of Jewish-only settlements, as well as an end to the two-state solution. There are already between 500,000 and 600,000 Israelis living in settlements in occupied East Jerusalem and the West Bank, in violation of international law. Lord, we pray that international laws would be respected by the Israeli government. We pray that international organisations like the UN would bring pressure to bear on Israel to halt the illegal expansion of Jewish-only settlements in occupied Palestine. Lord, in your mercy...

Reflections on Jesus’ last words from the Cross at St Helen's Church Crosby

Wednesdays 13th; 20th; 27th March 3rd; 10th April

7.00 pm - 9.00 pm

From Anne in the office: 1. Mass Intentions: There is less of a back-log for Masses

at St Joseph’s. If you are waiting for one to be said at St Helen’s and wouldn’t mind it being at St Joseph’s please let me know.

2. Starting this week (w/c 25th Feb) the office will only be open Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays—10 am to 2pm.