22nd February 2009 - 7th Sunday in Ordinary Time

SUNDAY MASS		Saturday 6.15pm; 8.30am and 11.00am
		Liturgy of the Word with Children 11.00am
WEEKDAY MASS		Monday 8.00am
		Tuesday - Friday 12.10pm
		Saturday 10.00am in St Margaret Clitherow Shrine
ASH WEDNESDAY		Mass and Distribution of Ashes
Day of Fast and Abstinence		12.10pm and 7.00pm
SACRAMENT OF		Saturday10.45 - 12 noon
RECONCILIATION
EXPOSITION OF THE		Thursday 9.00am - 10.30am
BLESSED SACRAMENT
STATION OF THE CROSS		Friday 11.30pm
MORNING PRAYER		Monday - Friday 8.45am
ROSARY		Tuesday and Thursday 11.45am
NOVENA TO OUR LADY		Wednesday 12.40pm
OF PERPETUAL HELP

OUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR John Shepherd, Mary Badere, Mary Clark, Lily Trowsdale, Jean Brittenden, Ian McMonagle, Brigitte Black, Maureen Pearson, Mikey Davitt, Sister Theresa Arrowsmith, Andrew Ridley, Ruby Yap, Declan Garnett, Matthew Curran, Anne Birkhill, Stephen Dyson Taylor, Baby Lucca, Baby Laurie, Margaret O'Riordan, Beryl Ives, Joan Conway, Lucy Wilson, Wilf Craig, Anne Saunders, Brett Clarson, Derek Piercy, David Allen, Anne McDermott, Jean Geary, Bernadette Leach, Mel Richardson, Eleshia Monohan, and those who are ill or house-bound and all who care for them, all who died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time.

MASS INTENTIONS RECEIVED: Sister Odilia, Baby Laurie, Emma Gascoigne, Sheila of Tubercurry, Sligo, Joe Cocker.

L E N T

ASH WEDNESDAY - 25 February A day of fast and abstinence    Mass and Distribution of Ashes 12.10pm and 7.00pm STATIONS OF THE CROSS    Wednesdays and Fridays 11.30pm LENTEN LUNCHES    Fridays after 12.10pm Mass HELPS FOR THE LENTEN JOURNEY    Bible Alive £1.95    Walk With Me £1    Day by Day £1    A selection of CTS booklets including Stations of the Cross

RITE OF ELECTION for all those coming into full communion with the Church, takes place on Sunday 1 March (1st Sunday of Lent) at 3.00pm in St Mary's Cathedral, Middlesbrough. If you would like a seat on the coach please put your name on this list in the porch.

FIRST COMMUNION PREPARATION: 'Sharing'. We reflect on the action of Jesus in the story, of the feeding of the 5,000 (John 6:1-11). During the dialogue which opens the Eucharistic Prayer. We join with the priest in giving thanks for the love God shares with us as a family. In this dialogue we are reminded of our close union with the priest and with one another as we thank the Father through Jesus. When we share, we live the life of the Eucharist.

Parents Meeting Childrens Gathering Parish Celebration

Thursday 12 March7.30pm

Saturday 14 March 10.00am-11.30pm

Sunday 15 March 11.00am

WHO DO YOU SAY I AM?" Bishop Terry invites young people aged 13-30 years to meet with him during Lent on 3,10,17,24 March at English Martyrs Church. At these meetings you will be asked to concentrate on a small part of St Mark's Gospel and you will be using a style of prayer called Lectio Divina which Bishop Terry tells you about in an article you can obtain from the church porch.

ASCENT (for those in their middle and later years) meets again on Wednesday 25 February from . 2.45pm - 3.00pm in the Upper Room. All welcome.

LENTEN LUNCHES: If you could help on one of the Fridays of Lent by providing soup and rolls, tea and coffee in the Upper Room, please put your name on the list in the porch.

SINGING PRACTICE: We gather again on the Mondays of Lent (starting 2 March) at 7.30pm in the Upper Room to prepare for our Lent and Holy Week Liturgies.

CELEBRATING FAMILY PROJECT -a three year programme being launched in our Diocese; Year 1 'Everybody's Welcome', Year 2 'Home is a Holy Place', Year 3 'Handing on the Faith'. An information evening will be held at English Martyrs on Wednesday 4 March. 7.00pm - 8.30pm.

YEAR OF ST PAUL: Bishop Drainey will lead two Diocesan Celebrations -Thurs. 26 Feb. at St Charles, Hull 7pm and Sun.28 Jun. at the Cathedral, Middlesbrough 7.00pm. See poster.

BIBLE ALIVE. WALK WITH ME AND DAY BY DAY are all available from the Paper Stall priced at £1.95 Bible Alive and £1 each for the other two.

WQMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER - Friday 6 March. The local services take place at York Baptist Church, Priory Street at 2.00pm, and St Martin-le-Grand, Coney Street at 7.30pm.

INTRODUCTION TO THE ENNEAGRAM: 1st and 2nd June at St Bede's Pastoral Centre. Price £40 for 2 days. To book a place, tel. 464900 or email admin@stbedes.org.uk

THE EBOR LECTURES on Theology and Public Life. Theme for the 2008 9 Lectures 'The Challenge of Climate Change' and they take place on:

Wednesday 4 March : Speaker: Dr Elaine Storkey 7pm at York St John Univ.

Wednesday 25 March : Speaker: Dr Rowan Williams 7.30pm at York Minster

Admission is free but by ticket only from eborlectures@yorksj.ac.uk or telephone 876474.

FINANCE: Gift Aid £160 Loose Plate £677.35 January Standing Orders £2.407.50

Diocese of Middlesbrough Registered Charity No. 233748