As the scale of the disaster in Pakistan continues to grow, there will be a Second Collection in all the churches of the Pastoral Area today for the estimated 14 million people affected by the floods.
Saturday 3rd July
Preaching the Word & Storytelling - Andrew Cheatle
Saturday 10th July
Singing the Word of God - Fr Peter McGrail
Saturday 17th July
Praying the Word - Camilla Burns SND
£10 per day or £25 for all three. To register: please email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or phone 0151 291 3573.
CAFOD’s Annual Mass of Thanksgiving will be celebrated at Christ the King and Our Lady, Liverpool, on Thursday 8th July at 7.30 pm. The celebrant will be Fr Michael Fitzsimons and the speaker will be Clare Dixon, Head of Latin America for CAFOD. All welcome.
CAFOD’s Haiti Earthquake Appeal
Coffee Morning: Saturday 3rd July, 10.00 - 12.00 noon, Baptist Church, Church Street, Leigh. All Welcome.
Strawberry Tea: Saturday 3rd. July 2.00 - 4.00 pm, Bedford Methodist Church, Breaston Avenue, off Warrington Road, Leigh. All Welcome.
A Day for all involved in Catechesis
(RCIA, Baptism, Confirmation, First Communion, Marriage, Children’s Liturgy)
Led by Sr Camilla Burns SND
(Director of the Institute of Pastoral Theology at Liverpool Hope University)
Saturday 3rd July at Our Lady’s, Bryn, Wigan WN4 0LZ
10.00 am - 3.00 pm
Cost: £12 per person (inc. Lunch) or £50 for a team of five.
To reserve a place, please phone 0151 522 1040 by 28th June.
LOYOLA-metro in Liverpool has announced its Living Theology Programme for 2010.
The annual summer school on Christian faith will be centred on St Francis Xavier’s Church (SFX) and the Hope University Creative Campus daily, Monday 26th to Friday 30th July. Cost: £75 per person (£25 deposit is required beforehand to confirm the place).
The Archdiocese of Liverpool Pastoral Formation Department are running a workshop daily at 11.30 am entitled ‘Adult Formation in a Time of Change’ and there is reduced cost for those that would like to take part in this workshop only.
Please contact Debbie Reynolds on 0151 298 1911 or email .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) for more details.
Official Papal Visit Website
http://www.thepapalvisit.org.uk/
Twitter
http://twitter.com/thepapalvisit
Last year, because of the economic crisis, many people were unable to afford the cost of travelling to Lourdes with the Archdiocesan Pilgrimage. So, Bishop Tom led a Lourdes ‘At Home’ Pilgrimage across the Archdiocese while the Archbishop led the Pilgrimage in Lourdes. It is planned to do the same again this year with the Archbishop leading the Pilgrimage at home.
The pilgrimage will arrive in Leigh Pastoral Area on Wednesday 28th July and will take place at Our Lady of the Rosary:
8.00 am Early Morning Mass
12.00 noon Mass of Anointing of the Sick (followed by lunch)
7.30 pm Holy Hour
It would help greatly if you could sign the appropriate sheet at the back of church if: (a) you want to be anointed at the Mass of Anointing, (b) you will be staying for lunch after the Mass of Anointing, or (c) you require transport to Our Lady of the Rosary.
We would be grateful if Eucharistic Ministers, SVP Visitors and others who visit those who are sick and housebound. could extend an invitation to those they visit and sign the appropriate sheets at the back of church on their behalf.
Oscott College, Birmingham
2nd - 4th July 2010
Invocation is a National Festival aimed at young men and women (aged 16-35) who are looking to deepen their relationship with Christ, discern God’s will for their lives, and perhaps be open to the possibility of a vocation to the priesthood or religious life.
For further details, visit: http://www.invocation.org.uk
Beginnings and endings
– caring for the whole person
A conference for health and social care professionals to be held from 3.30pm on 24th to lunch on 26th June 2010 at Liverpool Hope University.
This is the second of the National Conferences ‘Faith in Health’ organised by the Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales, and is supported by the Conference of Religious and the Catholic Medical Association.
The conference is open to all health and social care professionals, of all faiths or none. Plenary speakers include Baroness Prof Ilora Finlay, Mr Martin Lupton, Mrs Jacqui Hall, Archbishop Vincent Nichols, Professor Kath McCourt, Sister Margaret Atkins and James Hanvey SJ. In addition, delegates are able to choose from 14 workshops led by experts in a range of related topics. CPD accreditation is being sought.
For more information or registration form, please email: .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address)
Saturday 17th July 2010
St John Bosco Arts College,
Stonedale Crescent, Liverpool L11 9DQ
10.00 am – 4.00 pm
Keynote speaker – David Wells
with workshops and good music.
Cost £10.00 per person. Please bring a packed lunch.
Download a booking form from the Irenaeus Website,
or e-mail .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) or send a SAE to:
Irenaeus, 110a Alexandra Road, Crosby, Liverpool L23 7TG.
The Archdiocesan Vicariate for Evangelisation with St Cuthbert’s Catholic Community College, St Helens, has produced a helpful and prayerful resource for Advent. It is called simply the ‘Sunday Gospel’. For each Sunday of Advent and the Christmas Season, there is a reflective and prayerful version of the Gospel which can be viewed on an iphone, mp3 player or computer. Have a look. There is also a digital Advent Calendar – minus the chocolate, but filled with much tastier surprises. All this can be found on the following web site: http://www.sundaygospel.co.uk
Saturday 19th December at 7.30 pm
St Mary’s, Lowe House, Crab Street, St Helen’s
Contemporary song writing duo Boyce & Stanleywill perform ‘The Promise Concert’ with original music, as well as popular Advent and Christmas songs. Tickets £8.50 for adults, £6.00 concessions (only available in advance) from the Animate Office (01744 740460) or http://www.cjmmusic.com/boxoffice
During Advent, the Archdiocesan Justice & Peace Department will be presenting two evenings in the Pastoral Area on the themes of “Live Simply” and “Climate Change”. The evenings will take place on Monday 30th November and Wednesday 2nd December. The venues for the Justice & Peace evenings have not yet been decided, but there will be a Planning Meeting on Monday 2nd November at St Joseph’s, Leigh, at 7.00 pm, for anyone who would like to be involved in the planning.
Sr Helen Prejean is a Catholic sister, educator, anti-death penalty activist and author. Her book ‘Dead Man Walking: An Eyewitness Account of the Death Penalty in the United States’ tells her story about walking to Death Row with inmates sentenced to death, and was made into the film ‘Dead Man Walking’. She is a very inspirational speaker and speaks movingly about this subject which is close to her heart. There will be two events in the Archdiocese:
An Evening with Sr Helen Prejean
Sunday 15th November at De La Salle School, Mill Brow, St Helens WA10 4QH. Doors open 4.00 pm, Mass 5.00 pm. Tickets £10 – send a SAE to: IRENAEUS, 110a Alexandra Rd, Crosby, L23 7TG. Tel: 0151 924 5127.
A Day for Yr 11, 12 & 13 with Sr Helen Prejean
Monday 16th November: 10.00 am - 12.30 pm at St Mary’s, Lowe House, Crab St, St Helens, WA10 2BE. Tickets £3. Further details from: http://www.animateyouth.org
Sunday 1st November at 6.00 pm at St Mary’s, Leyland. Boyce & Stanley are fantastic performers, well known on TV, their songs and hymns are used in churches throughout the country. See notice board for further details. Website: http://www.cjmmusic.co.uk