Bulletin 27th January 2013. 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

27^th January 2013. 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time

This week’s readings

Please pray for our sick and housebound

Julie K, Connie Burton, Anne Henrys, Lenny Johnson, Mildred Ford, Lillian Stanhope, Doris Murch, Eric Brown, Joyce Heggarty, Winnie Richardson, Moura Hitchen, Cath Yates, Maddy, Agnes Nicholson, Frank Gilligan,  Elizabeth Snape, Derek Wilkinson,Mary Andrew, Fr. Peter Dolan and Annie. The residents of Highcliffe, Greenways, Brookside, Meadow Bank and Simeon house nursing homes.

We welcome anyone new to the parish. It would be helpful if you would ask for one of the parish information leaflets and fill in the white insert so that we can register your family details.

IMPORTANT

HOLY COMMUNION WHILST IN HOSPITAL

Please contact St. Joseph’s Presbytery if any of your family is admitted to Chorley Hospital 01257 262713.

If anyone is admitted to Preston Hospital, please inform the chaplain on 01772 719604. This request comes from the respective Hospital chaplaincy teams.

 MARRIAGE (same sex couples) BILL

MPs will shortly be voting on whether or not to support this fundamental change in the law.

Archbishop Peter Smith has written to us on behalf of the bishops to make our views known to our MP Lindsay Hoyle. Lindsay is deputy speaker and will be chairing the debate and therefore will have no vote but in a letter to our Dean Fr. Marsden, he has promised full support, stating that “ I firmly believe that the government should ensure that churches are not forced to conduct same sex marriages and I have written to David Cameron to stress the importance of protecting churches from any change in legislation”

Archbishop Smith urges us to make our views known to our MP (even though he will not be voting)..

To this end cards have been provided and are available at the back of church.

SCRIPTURE

The Spirit…..has sent me to bring good news to the poor

To proclaim liberty to captives and to the blind new sight.

To set the downtrodden free”

Dates for your diary

Tues 10.00am   Funeral of Margaret Heys

.Sun Feb 10th

A SERVICE OF CELEBRATION

 OF MARRIAGE AND FAMILY LIFE

At Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception

Bryn

Further details on the notice board

CAFOD LENTEN FAST DAY

………..24^th February. Envelopes are available at the back of church. Please take one….especially if you are a tax payer.

Christmas Collection Total – £2647.25-Thank You for all your generosity.

Thank You

The food collection is on going…….

HELP THE HOMELESS CHORLEY

Tel 01257 273320 always needs food, bedding, furniture etc.