ST PETER APOSTLE CHURCH,
RUSHDEN
Tele: 01933 353649 Email: catholicrushden@sky.com
Website: www.catholicrushden.org.uk
7TH
MARCH 2010
THIRD
SUNDAY OF LENT
MASS BOOK: Page 77
PREFACE PAGE: Page 10 ~ Lent 1
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER: No. 2
MYSTERY OF FAITH: Dying you destroyed…
Liturgies For
The Week
Sat: 6:30 pm – People of the Parish
Sun: 8:00 am – Mass in
Polish
9:00 am – Antonietta Solerno
& Pietro Aufiero RIP
10:30 am – Kenneth Bailey RIP
Mon: No Liturgy Today
Tue: 9:30 am – Nicholson RIP
Wed: 7:30 pm – Page RIP
Thu: 9:30 am – Pat McAvock RIP
Fri: 7:30 pm – Collins/Tighe/Munnelly
Deceased Family
Members
Sat: 6:30 pm – Mass
Sun: 9:00 am – Ron West
RIP
10:30 am – People of the Parish
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Wednesday: After 7:30 pm Mass
Saturday: 11:00 am
until 11:30 am
Children’s Liturgy: During the 9:00am
Mass
Sunday School: 9:50 am to 10:20 am in the Parish Hall
Prayer Meeting: Monday 7:30pm Healing Service
Holy Hour: Tuesday 10:05 – 11:05 am
Rosary: Wednesday 7:10 pm
‘Coffee
Stop’: Thursday 10:00 to 11:30 in Hall Lounge
Youth Group:
Friday 12th March at 8:00 pm in the Hall
Refreshments: In the Lounge after 10:30 Sunday Mass
Please pray for those whose anniversaries
occur at this time: William Harvey, Reynold
Helm, Alice Bergin, Annie Beirne, Lily Partridge,
Karolina Przybyszewska, Thomas Vickers, Rebecca Brader, Archibold Scott,
Catherine Nicholson, Timothy Martin, Tadeusz Kcuczynoki, Sarah Rowe, Peter Fett,
Victor Sidorowski, Thomas Moss, Douglas Gilbert,
Olive Maher, James McMahon and John Malone.
OFFERTORY: Thank you for your
donation last weekend of £647.69.
CAFOD
COLLECTION LAST WEEKEND: Thanks to everyone who gave to our Lent Fast Day
collection. Our parish raised £433.35
for CAFOD’s work all over the world.
The evening with Frank Sudlow
from CAFOD on 24th February was great. The UCM thank everyone who attended and
helped to raise £150 for CAFOD.
PLEASE REMEMBER IN
PRAYER: Abigail, Elizabeth, Ben Bird, Christine,
Pamela, Pat & Steph, Michael, Annie, Liz, Brenda,
Alison, David, Kennett, Roy and all who have asked for our prayers.
HEALING
SERVICE:
Churches together in Irthlingborough invite you to their healing service at
St Peter the Apostle Rushden, on Monday 8th March 7.30 pm. Everyone is welcome to come along and take
part.
L E N T
SUNDAY HOLY HOUR: 3: 30 – 4 :30 pm in
church. Next Sunday there will be
Prayers for Priests to mark ‘The Year of The Priest’.
LENT LUNCHES: will be served every
Wednesday during Lent at St Mary’s Church Hall, Rushden, from 12 noon until
1:15 pm. All the churches in town help to prepare the lunch on a rota basis:
our church’s turn is the 24th March.
CHURCHES TOGETHER IN IRTHLINGBOROUGH: Invite you to their Lent course
on ‘Prayer & Praying’. Week 3 “When
all else fails, follow directions” is on Thursday 11th March at 7:30
pm at the Salvation Army, Spinney Road, Irthlingborough. Everyone is welcome to attend.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Friday at 7 pm in
church.
PARISH FORUM: Will meet on Tuesday 9th March in the
Hall Lounge.
UNION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS: meet on Wednesday 10th
March at 8:00 pm in the Hall Lounge with silk flower arranging led by Janet
O’Leary.
TIME TOGETHER GROUP: Meets on Saturday 13th
March at 2:30 pm in the Hall for an afternoon of ‘Line Dancing’. Visitors are
welcome to join us especially members of the Monday Dance Club. No charge, just a raffle for funds. For help with transport, please ring Richard
on 01933 313456 (before 9:00 pm).
QUIZ NIGHT: Next Saturday, 13th
March, there is a Quiz Night in aid of the HCPT Lourdes pilgrimage. It is in the Parish Hall, starting at 8:00 pm
and costs £6 per person (includes sausage & chip supper). Teams
and individuals welcome! Tickets/further details from Richard on 01933
313456.
S P U C: The SPUC ‘Pro-Life Chain’, protesting against
abortion, will be held on Saturday 24th April from 11:00 am until
1:00 pm at Goldington Green, Bedford. Contact C Harries on 01234 708725 and see
poster at back of church.
A DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: On 24th April at 8:00
pm at Rushden Windmill Club, Glassbrook Road, there
will be a ‘RACE NIGHT’ for HCPT
Lourdes Group. Race sponsors are needed;
you can also ‘Buy A Horse’. For more details, contact Brian Thorn on
07719 660106.
MONDAY DANCE CLUB: Thank you to all who supported
our Anniversary Dance on 27th February – a great night was had by
all! To date we have raised and given
£3,096 to Church Funds, Local and Overseas Charities and other good
causes. Come and join us Monday afternoons
from 2:00 until 4:00 – you will be most welcome.
REPOSITORY: Mothering Sunday cards and St Patrick’s Day items
are now on sale.
‘THE VINE’: The March
issue of the free Diocesan newspaper is now available at the back of church.
FATHER
CHARLES: We all had the privilege
of his visit with us last month. I hope you would agree that as a thank you to
him and for the on-going work in his St Luke’s Mission in Zimbabwe we can help
by giving in a retiring collection to be held at all Masses next weekend.
PASSOVER
@ ST PETER’S: Sunday 28 March, 6pm to 8:30 pm, in the Church
Hall. Adults £3, children under 12 -
FREE! Cost includes a 2 course meal.
Tickets available at all Masses from Saturday 13 - Sunday 21March.
MURDER MYSTERY: Scripts will be
available at the back of the Church this weekend for the “actors”. Please take
the envelope with your name on it and read before Thursday 11th March when we
have our first rehearsal in the lounge.
Peace & Blessings –
Fr Joe