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Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (C) 18th July 2010
Parish Mass Book: Page 54 Preface: 4, page 8 Eucharistic Prayer: 1, page 10
Psalm response: The just will live in the presence of the Lord.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia!
Open our hearts, O Lord, to accept the words of your Son.
Alleluia!
 The Deep End:
Clutter
Laptops are turning lecture halls into private cinemas and even online casinos. Once considered valuable aides to learning, they’re no longer the apple of a teacher’s eye. An increasing number of lecturers just don’t want them in the classroom anymore. The reason? Students use them less for learning and more for entertaining. Themselves, that is. Not only are those who use them distracted, but so too are those nearby them. Not surprising when laptop use in class becomes networking in Facebook, watching movies, waging World War III virtually and playing poker actually, online. Instead of focusing on teacher talking, students focus on their laptop calling. So, the teacher strikes back, banning them from the classroom. This is a clear example of how something good: the amazing laptop, can get in the way of something better: the desired education.
Today’s Gospel reading (Luke 10:38-42) gives another example of the same thing. Jesus visits Martha and Mary. The good here – Martha’s attention to guests – gets in the way of something better: her attention to God’s word. Mary, on the other hand, just sits absorbed by what Jesus is saying. She’s free of clutter in her life and so can focus on what’s important. Activity is fine, but it shouldn’t push contemplation from our lives.
A Buddhist monk once told Thomas Merton, a famous American Trappist, that you can’t contemplate properly until you can close doors quietly. Closing doors quietly on clutter – mental, emotional, and social – is what today’s Gospel is about. You may lap that up, but you won’t top it!
Fr Tom Cahill SVD, INTERCOM
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Thank you for joining our parish community today. We hope you enjoy your visit. You are most welcome to come forward at the Eucharist and receive a Blessing from the Priest, if you feel unable to receive Holy Communion
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| Saturday |
6.30 pm |
Canon McArdle |
Vigil |
| Sunday |
11.00 am |
Ernest Lowther |
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
| Monday |
9.00 am |
Word and Communion |
Martyrs of Lancashire |
| Tuesday |
9.00 am |
Word and Communion |
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| Wednesday |
9.00 am |
Nazareth House Intention |
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| Thursday |
9.00 am |
Sr. Canice Kennedy |
St. Mary Magdalen |
| Friday |
9.00 am |
Fr. John Hawkins (Sick) |
St. Bridget |
| Saturday |
6.30 pm |
Bernard Greenall |
Vigil |
| Sunday |
11.00 am |
Infirm Secular Clergy |
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time |
Please remember in your prayers:
Fr John Hawkins, Monsignor Patrick Mulvany, John Hegarty, Betty Matthews, Margaret Sullivan, Patrick Martin, Hazel Fullerton, Frances Hopwood, Eric Blamire, Sylvia Hargreaves, Robert Jackson, Katie Buckley and for all who are sick, for Gordon Inkster, Baby Erin Jane Keenan, Ken Barnes, Bernard Greenall and for all whose anniversaries occur at this time.
Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 5.45 - 6.15 pm
Morning Prayer of the Church: 8:45 am before daily Mass.
The next Baptism preparation meeting will be on Wednesday 28th July at 7.00 pm in the parish house
Collection |
£414.21 |
Attendance |
61+128=189 |
Sea Sunday |
£111.53 |
Zambian Orphans |
£127.74 |
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Sunday |
11.00 am |
Collection for Bishop’s Good Shepherd Fund
Baptism of Tidhg William Coleman |
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Monday |
7.00 pm |
Marian devotions |
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Tuesday |
10.00 am |
Tabor Centre, Preston, Emmaus Meeting |
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Wednesday |
6.00 pm
7.30 pm |
Wedding rehearsal at Thurnham
Mass for Deaf and Impaired Hearing |
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Thursday |
9.30 am
7.00 pm |
Altar Servers practice
Marriage preparation (St Bernadette’s) |
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Friday |
2.00 pm |
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes begins
Marriage of Helen Byrne and Martin Kearns at Thurnham |
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Saturday |
7.00 pm |
“For All the Saints” Hymn Singing Festival at Ashton Hall. |
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Day for Life and collection and appeal on behalf of Lancaster Life |
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Papal Visit: there are a limited number of places available for parishioners who would like to join either the Hyde Park Prayer Vigil (Saturday 18th September) or the Beatification Mass for Cardinal Newman (Sunday 19th September).
Limited information is given below but all the details will be available to the participants.
Hyde Park Visit – Travel to London to arrive at Hyde Park late morning. No exact time is confirmed yet for the start of the Service but it will end about 9.00 pm. Cost of £10 includes Central Zone Travel Card for public transport once in London, together with a Pilgrim Pack and Pass. Parishioners may travel to London separately or a coach could be organised. It is suggested, however, that a meeting point is arranged and our group travel together to Hyde Park. There will be travel restrictions in the city and public transport must be used.
Beatification Mass – Travel to Birmingham by coach from The Cathedral. Cost of £25 includes coach travel, Pilgrim Pack and Pass. Arrival in Birmingham is around 3.00 a.m. ready for 8.30 am to begin formally at 9.30 am.
Travel will; therefore, require either a late night or early morning start.
IF YOU WISH TO PARTICIPATE IN EITHER OF THESE EVENTS (YOU CANNOT ATTEND BOTH) PLEASE
ADD YOUR NAME TO THE LISTS IN THE PORCH.
- Today there is a retiring collection for the Bishop’s Good Shepherd Fund.
- Next weekend, 24/25th July will be celebrated as Day for Life. As well as a collection there will be a talk at Mass on the work of Lancaster Life by Chris Doyle.
- Gift Aid: the parish has received £5,998 for the past financial year. Many thanks to all who Gift Aid their donations. If you pay tax and have not yet signed a Gift Aid declaration, please consider doing so.
- A day trip has been arranged for Senior Parishioners on Tuesday 10th August. The cost of £20 will include coach travel, a Pendle Witches Trail, Lunch and Afternoon Tea as well as shopping at the Boundary Mill Outlet. Please sign the list on the Notice Board if you would like to join this trip.
Banns of Marriage:
- Helen Byrne & Martin Kearns, Newlands Rd, Lancaster; Laburnum Park, Carnforth,
Ss Thomas & Elizabeth’s, Thurnham 23 July.
- Leighton Lewis & Kathryn Luksza, Greaves Road, Lancaster, Our Lady of the Wayside, Grasmere, 9 August
- Did you know.. Did you know .. six months on, the challenges in Haiti are enormous, but CAFOD continues to make a difference. 5,400 homeless people received emergency tents, 220 houses will be built for families who lost their homes. Luicenne, a mother and grandmother says, “When we arrived we only had clothing and sheets to cover ourselves. Now we are able to bathe and cook without struggling.” CAFOD is committed to supporting the long-term rebuilding of Haiti, thanks to your support.
- If you are able to receive the Bulletin on-line, please email paul.wyre@fsmail.net and he will make the necessary arrangements.
At the Cathedral: Each Sunday: Sung Vespers and Benediction at 4.40 pm.
Useful information:
Need to talk? Pregnancy care and counselling 01524 409236/ 0800 915 4600. All calls in complete confidence.
For free and confidential information about the Catholic faith to enquirers: www.life4seekers.co.uk; for non-practising/ resting Catholics; items for 10 – 13 year olds can be found at: www.yfaith.co.uk
The Diocesan Website is: lancasterdiocese.org.uk
Fr Val Farrell has a very interesting and thought provoking website which is: www.jenico.blogspot.com
Please find other information and dates either in the July Newsletter, or on the notice board. Items for the August Newsletter, please contact the Parish House or email paul.wyre@fsmail.net before 23 July
- We welcome Fr. Peter back this weekend and thank Canon McArdle for looking after us so well during his absence.
- Today is Sea Sunday, when the Church remembers all those who live and work at sea. Many people have never stopped to consider how important seafarers are to our standard of living. Without them, we would not have most of the items we use in our everyday lives. Apostleship of the Sea (AoS) is the official maritime welfare agency of the Catholic Church in Great Britain. The Apostle Ship of the Sea reaches out to seafarers who visit our ports each year, offering pastoral and practical support and care. AoS is wholly dependent on voluntary donations to continue its work. Sea Sunday is the principal fundraising and awareness-raising event of the year so please give generously, and remember seafarers in your prayers.
- Please pray in particular for Deacon John Moriarty who will be ordained to the priesthood at Our Lady and St Michael’s Church, Alston Lane, Preston at 3 pm today and remember to pray for vocations to the priesthood.
- A day trip has been arranged for Senior Parishioners on Tuesday 10th August. The cost of £20 will include coach travel, a Pendle Witches Trail, Lunch and Afternoon Tea as well as shopping at the Boundary Mill Outlet. Please sign the list on the Notice Board if you would like to join this trip.
- Did you know…. that with £50 CAFOD can provide a bicycle for a health worker in Africa? Without this mode of transport many would not be able to get the proper healthcare they need to combat disease. Why not join Team CAFOD in this August’s “Ride the Lights” in Blackpool? “Bike for Bikes” - working together to change our world for the better. Places limited. To join the team contact CAFOD Lancaster on 01772 733310 or email lancaster@cafod.or.uk
- If you are able to receive the Bulletin on-line, please email paul.wyre@fsmail.net and he will make the necessary arrangements.
- At the Cathedral: Each Sunday: Sung Vespers and Benediction at 4.40 pm.
- Useful information:
- Need to talk? Pregnancy care and counselling 01524 409236/ 0800 915 4600. All calls in complete confidence.
- For free and confidential information about the Catholic faith to enquirers: www.life4seekers.co.uk; for non-practising/ resting Catholics; items for 10 – 13 year olds can be found at: www.yfaith.co.uk
- The Diocesan Website is: lancasterdiocese.org.uk
- Fr Val Farrell has a very interesting and thought provoking website which is: www.jenico.blogspot.com
- Please find other information and dates either in the July Newsletter, or on the notice board. Items for the August Newsletter, please contact the Parish House or email paul.wyre@fsmail.net before 23 July
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