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