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

Tel: 01452 523603 Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk

Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com

CLIFTON DIOCESE (a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 10462076.

A registered charity number 1170168. Registered Office: St Ambrose North Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PW)

Parish Priest: Monsignor Liam Slattery VG liam.slattery@cliftondiocese.com

Permanent Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson colm.robinson@cliftondiocese.com Rev Tim Meadows timothy.meadows@cliftondiocese.com Rev David Hebbes david.hebbes@cliftondiocese.com In residence Stephen Corrigan (Seminarian) stephen.corrigan@cliftondiocese.com

Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English gloucester.stpeter@cliftondiocese.com Parish Office: Tues, Wed, Fri -9.30am-2.30pm Thurs-12.00pm-5.00pm

Parish Safeguarding Representatives: John Bond & Deacon Colm Robinson

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

20th January 2019- Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)

Sunday 20th January

6.00pm (Sat) Vigil Mass Joan Byrne Anniversary 9.00am Mass Sr Christy Mariya RIP 10.30am Mass The Doyle Family RIP 12.30pm Polish Language Mass 5.30pm Mass People of the Parish

Diocesan Prayer Link St Gregory the Great/ St Thomas More- Cheltenham Sacred Hearts- Charlton Kings

Monday 21st January 9.00am Mass Ints of Mary Hicks St Agnes

Tuesday 22nd January 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7.00pm Mass Thanksgiving- George & Marianna

Ordinary Time

Wednesday 23rd January 11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 12.00pm Mass Paul Montanaro RIP

Ordinary Time

Thursday 24th January 9.30am Mass Stephen Magee RIP St Francis de Sales

Friday 25th January 9.30am Mass Antony Varkey RIP 8.30pm Polish Language Mass

Conversion of St Paul

Saturday 26th January 9.00am Mass Julian Szarek Anniversary 10.30am – 11.30am Confessions 5.15pm - 5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Ralph & Kathleen Thornton RIP 7.30pm Polish Language Mass

Saints Timothy & Titus

Mass Text: Sunday 20th January 2019- Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Responsorial Psalm: Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples. Gospel Acclamation: Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life: you have the message of eternal life. Eucharistic Prayer: IV with its own preface

Next Weekend: Sunday 27th January 2019- 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) Nehemiah 8:2-6. 8-10 1Corinthians 12:12-30 Luke 11-4.4:14-21

Last Week: Offertory - £1517.73 Mass Count – 849

This Week: Second week in Ordinary Time and week 2 for the Daily Prayer of the Church. Please note morning mass on Monday and Saturday is at 9.00am.

Peace Sunday: Every year Pax Christi promotes the Holy Father’s World Peace Day Message on the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (January 20th this year). The theme this year is ‘Good Politics Serves Peace’. Visit paxchristi.org.uk for more information. Anyone wishing to support financially the work of Pax Christi can do so by using one of the envelopes at the back of the church and placing it the offertory collection this weekend.

We remember those who have asked for our prayers: Andrea Brushneen, Cheryl Loy, Rita Lenagan, Sharon Williams, Michaele Hercules, John Wood, Leonard Slatter, Sue Hartnett, Jane Conway, Phil Gammond, Mandi Stokes, Theo Montague, Margaret Coleman, Vera Watson, Elizabeth Knight, Patricia Walsh, Janice Hunt, Cecilia Edwards, Veronica Burke, Janet Diaco, Sarah Anderson, Fay Gordon, Kitty Smith, Brendan McGowan, Ben Wilkinson, Jackie Hutt, Marlene Stafford, Steve Prosser, Peter Hayward, Kitty Daly, John Walsh, Peter Hagan. Do please advice of changes to be made to this list.

Christian Unity Week: Day by day through this Octave of Prayer for Christina Unity you are invited to listen to Ecumenical representatives across our diocese who help us ponder how we move from shared prayer to shared action. The theme for this year comes to us from Indonesia: “Justice, and only justice, you shall pursue” (Deut 16:18-20).Visit the Clifton diocesan website for more information and to listen to the various contributions.

Baptisms: We welcome into the family of the church Harry and Sophia Allison baptised this weekend.

RIP: Please remember in your prayers those who have died recently: Roland Baldwin. His funeral service takes place on Friday January 25th at 1.30pm at Gloucester Crematorium. Diane Mary Sysum. Her funeral service takes place at St Peter’s Church on Friday February 1st at 12.00pm followed by committal at Gloucester Crematorium. Kathleen Davies. Her funeral service takes place at St Peter’s Church on Tuesday February 5th at 11.30am followed by committal at Gloucester Crematorium. Thomas ‘Tommy’ Murphy: His funeral mass takes place on Friday February 8th at 11.00am followed by burial in Coney Hill Cemetery. Marks Duncan. Funeral service at Gloucester Crematorium on Friday February 15th at 12.00noon.

Refurbishment: Work will begin during the week of January 28th to refurbish the church porch and entrance area. There will be limited access to the church while the work is taking place and this will be via the rear entrance. Full details next weekend.

Series of Talks: On Wednesday 30th January at 7:30pm, Stephen Corrigan will be giving the 2nd in his series of short talks on different elements of the Catholic faith. This time the subject will be 'Incarnation'. How did Jesus claim to be God? Why can't he simply be a good teacher? And how can we know the New Testament is a reliable historical document? The talk will take place in the Church, and after a chance for refreshments in the Sacristy there will be an informal discussion on the points raised. All are welcome.

OPAS Support Administrator: An exciting opportunity has arisen in the Curial Finance Team! The Diocese is currently rolling out a new online accounting system (OPAS) for all of its 107 parishes. Additional support is needed in the Finance team over the next twelve months to help train and support parishes with the new system, as well as general administrative support within the Finance team to allow other members of the team to work on this project. Full training on OPAS will be provided. The role is a full-time, fixed term contract for twelve months, salary up to £22,000 depending on experience. Interviews will take place in late January/ early February. Ideally the successful applicant will be in post by the end of February. The role is based at Alexander House, Bristol but there may occasionally be a need to travel to parishes throughout the Diocese. The deadline for applications is Monday 28th January.

CYMFed Flame is the biggest Catholic Youth Event in the UK. It takes place on Saturday 2nd March 2019 at Wembley Arena. All young people of Secondary school age are invited to join Bishop Declan and thousands of young people from across the UK at the fantastic event. To buy your ticket visit www.cliftondiocese.com and click on the Flame logo. Download the booking forms and parental consent, send them in to us and we’ll confirm your place! Email: youth@cliftondiocese.com for more information.

El Shaddai 14th Anniversary: The 14th anniversary of the Gloucester El Shaddai (Catholic Charismatic Prayer Community) takes place in St Peter’s Church on Saturday January 26th 10.00am to 4.30pm. Details of the day’s programme are on the noticeboard. All welcome to join in all or some of the day.

Clifton Diocese- Year of Prayer The epiphanies carry on... this time at Cana. Here is the first of Jesus’ signs. They reveal to us who Jesus is. What could be seen as a clear reminder of unworthiness and brokenness (water) is transformed into a symbol of rejoicing and presence (wine). Maybe there’s something of a new weddedness that it to take place between God and his people once again... in Jesus. Mary’s presence and, indeed, her ‘instructions’ to the servants give us food for our own prayer: do whatever he tells you. The Lord calls us close to him and as we open ourselves up to him, as we seek to encounter him through prayer, we seek to do his will. Prayer can be an abandonment to the will of God, a letting go so as to let God come flooding into our lives. And as we see from the wine at Cana, God always brings an abundance!