St Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX

Tel: 01452 523603 Email: info@stpetersgloucester.org.uk

Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com

Diocese of Clifton Registered Charity No. 233977

Parish Priest: Monsignor Liam Slattery VG liam@stpetersgloucester.org.uk Assistant Priest: Fr Gerry Walsh gerry.walsh@cliftondiocese.com Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson, Rev Tim Meadows Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English secretary@stpetersgloucester.org.uk Parish Office: Tuesday - Friday 9.30am-1.30pm

Sunday Mass Times 6.00pm (Sat), 9.00am, 10.30am, 2.15pm (Polish), 5.30pm

Reconciliation/Confessions Saturday: 10.30am-11.30am & 5.15pm – 5.45pm

Schools

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School. Tel: 01452 524792. Web: www.st-peters-pri.gloucs.sch.uk St Peter’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form Centre. Tel: 01452 520594. Web: www.st-petershigh.gloucs.sch.uk

1st March 2015 – 2nd Sunday in Lent

Mass Text Responsorial Psalm: I will walk in the presence of the Lord in the land of the living. Gospel Acclamation: From the bright cloud the Father’s voice was heard: ‘This is my Son, the Beloved. Listen to him!’ Preface: The Transfiguration of the Lord. Eucharistic Prayer: II

Next Sunday – 3rd Sunday of Lent Exodus 20:1-3.7-8.12-17. 1 Corinthians 1:22-25 John 2:13-25.

LAST WEEKEND: Mass Count – 706 Offertory - £1324.47 MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS THIS WEEK: 6.00pm (Sat) (Patrick Joseph Daly RIP). Sunday 9.00am (Lisa Maguire RIP). 10.30am (People of the Parish). 2.15pm - Polish Mass. 5.30pm (Gerry Brindley RIP). Monday 9.30am (Ints of Gerry Conlon) Tuesday 9.30am (Maisie Hickey RIP). 7.00pm (Ints of Fr Mykola) Wednesday 12.00pm (Kathleen Thornton RIP). Thursday 9.30am (Ints of Mick & Kathleen Wall). Friday 9.30am (Mary Curran RIP). Saturday 10.00am (Michael Healy RIP). 6.00pm (People of the Parish). THIS WEEK: Psalter Week 2 & Proper of the Season. CAFOD LENT FAST DAY: There is a retiring collection at all masses this weekend. If you are a UK tax payer, and would like to Gift Aid your donation, envelopes are available at the back of church. There is good news- the UK government has promised to match every pound you give this Lent up to the value of £5m. Please give as generously as you can. LECTIO DIVINA: Spend an hour in prayer, reading and reflecting on next Sunday’s Gospel on Monday at 7.00pm in the church. LENT – THIS WEEK: Tuesday – Evening Mass at 7.00pm proceeded by Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament from 6.00pm. Wednesday – Stations of the cross at 11.30am, Lent Lunch in aid of CAFOD at 12.30pm in the Coffee Bar; Lenten talk and reflection on Prayer led by Mgr Liam at 7.00pm in church. WORLD YOUTH DAY 2016: Applications are now being taken for the Diocesan World Youth Day Pilgrimage to Krakow, Poland in 2016. If you are aged 16+ by July 2016, visit www.cliftondiocese.com/worldyouthday and register your interest online. RETIREMENT CLUB: At our next meeting on 4th March we will be having an illustrated talk by Chris Edward on the workings of the RNLI, Royal National Lifeboat Institution. We will also be collecting your club membership fees, please remember to bring your membership card for signing. PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL: Andrea Brushneen, Alison Blake, Sarah Anderson, Marie Cunningham, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Norah King, Charlie Slade, Deacon Tim Meadows, Edmundo Padilla, Daryl Paris, Christopher Browne, Clifford Browne, Hayley Fox, Florence Stephens, John Staley. DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR: Thursday 5th March at 3.00pm in the sacristy. Please use rear door. All welcome. ST.PETERS PRAYER GROUP: is holding a meeting on Thursday 5th March at 7.00pm. Access is through the rear door.

PRAYER PRAISE & WORSHIP: Tuesday 3rd March, 8.00pm at The Immaculate Conception, Stroud. Guest speaker is Simon Cameron, lay preacher, the subject is “You are the Salt of the World” WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER: Friday 6th March at St John’s Church, Northgate Street at 2.15pm. Praying for The Bahamas. All are welcome. See noticeboard. BAPTISMS: We welcome into the family of the church, Mia McGarry and Henry Cox, baptised this weekend. ARK AND CRAFT: Saturday 21st March from 10.00am -12 noon. All young children and their carers welcome. Donations of used kitchen roll tubes are needed for the activities and can be handed in to parish office. REPOSITORY: We now have St Patrick’s Day, Easter and general cards in stock together with new rosaries, crucifixes, statues, medals etc. All profit towards church funds. FILIPINO MASS: on Saturday 7th March at 3 p.m. Fr Cristopher Fajardo, a post-graduate student at University of Oxford, will be the celebrant. DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: Friday 21st-28th August 2015. Coach and jumbulance leave from Clifton Cathedral on Thursday 20th August. Further information from Deacon Dave Wakefield -07711 834800 lourdes@cliftondiocese.com PRAYER WORKSHOP: ‘Discovering who I am in God’ on Saturday March 7th in Our Lady’s Church, Newent 10.30am – 4.00pm. Day is being led by Fr Michael Cunningham SBD. Details on www.newentcatholic.org.uk or on noticeboard. WALSINGHAM: Fr Gerry will be leading a parish pilgrimage to the National Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham from Monday June 22nd to Thursday June 25th 2015. Information leaflets and reservation forms available at the back of the church. Please note that rooms with shared bathroom facilities are single rooms unless a twin is requested. If you would like more information please speak to Fr Gerry. ST MATTHIAS LECTURE 2015: ''Can religion be a force for good in international relations?' This is the title of a talk that Bishop Declan Lang will be giving at Bristol Anglican Cathedral, College Green on Wednesday, 11th March at 7.00pm. Bishop Declan is chair of the Bishops' Conference Department of International Affairs. In this role and at the invitation of local Bishops' Conferences, Bishop Declan has visited a number of troubled areas including Lebanon, Thailand and Myanmar, and paid a repeat visit to Gaza as a member of an international delegation of Bishops. There will be simple refreshments afterwards; tickets for the lecture are free but you need to book, contact faith@uwe.ac.uk or 0117 32 82334.'

1000KM PILGRIMAGE: An illustrated talk by Paul Murray on his experiences walking the Vía de la Plata pilgrim route from Seville to Santiago de Compostela in Autumn 2012 and Spring 2014. Saturday 14th March at 7.30 p.m. at The Pavilion, St. Peter’s High School, ADMISSION FREE Refreshments provided by the School’s Sixth Form. Voluntary donations will go to Prostate Cancer UK CHILDREN'S LITURGY OF THE WORD FORMATION DAY: Is to take place on Saturday 7 March, from 10.30am - 1.00pm, at St Nicholas of Tolentino Hall, in Bristol. There's adequate parking in the school in Pennywell Road. There is no charge for the day. More details can be found at adult.education@cliftondiocese.com. DIOCESAN PASTORAL COUNCIL- HUMAN DIGNITY: Saturday 14 March. This diocesan day draws us together in reflection of what it means to be human, but explore some of the issues that seem to take something away from that dignity or the dignity of others. With keynote speaker, David McLoughlin, and workshops (led by some key local and national contributors) to engage and stimulate us in thought and action. We gather together at St Brendan's Sixth Form College, Brislington, beginning at 10am.For further information adult.education@cliftondiocese.com or call 0117 902 5595. ST PETER'S HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL SOCIETY: Presents a Lenten Devotional Concert - Stainer's Crucifixion (soloists: Roberto West and Laurence Padfield), at 7.00pm, Friday 20th March in Church of the Immaculate Conception, Stroud. Tickets £3 (£1 concessions) from School Reception 01452 520594. Refreshments and Retiring Collection in aid of the Immaculate Conception Church roof repairs. “FOR YOUR EYES ONLY”: Join St Peters Music and Media Departments for an evening of Bond Themed Music. Featuring the St Peters School Jazz Band and vocal performances from across the school. £7 ticket includes complementary cocktail and food, under 16 £5 ticket, Friday March 27th, Main Hall, Doors 7pm. Tickets from St Peters High School reception, 01452 520594. "Nobody does it better”. PROCLAIM'15 – 2nd SUNDAY OF LENT: 'It is good for us to be here' "When we hear the word of God, listen to the word of God and have it in our heart, that word grows. And do you know how it grows? The word of Christ in us grows when we proclaim it, when we give it to the others!" Pope Francis. We pray to be people who listen to the word of God and allow his Word to find a home in us, we allow it to take hold, transform us and burst out to share it with others'