22nd March 2009 - 4th Sunday of Lent

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
SACRAMENT OF		Saturday10.45 - 12 noon
RECONCILIATION
EXPOSITION OF THE		Thursday 9.00am - 11.45am
BLESSED SACRAMENT
STATION OF THE CROSS		Wednesday and 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, Ann Stuart, 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, Emma Gascoigne, 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, Con Loughlin (Frs Michal & John Loughlin's father) Peter Lee, Josephine Stephenson and all who died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time.

MASS INTENTIONS RECEIVED: Holy Souls, Special Intentions, Emma Gascoigne, Baby Laurie, Florence Grindley, Laura Twineham, James Cole, Geoff Brown, Frances Blackburn, Bill Moore, John Buckle, Mary Clark, Healing for Emma, Peter Lee,

L E N T

DAY OF RECOLLECTION   Saturday 4 April 10.00am - 4.00pm here at St Wilfrid's STATIONS OF THE CROSS   Wednesdays and Fridays 11.30am LENTEN LUNCHES   Fridays after 12.10pm Mass GOD IN THE MARKET PLACE   Wednesdays of Lent, 1.15pm - 2.00pm at All Saints, Pavement UNNAMED WOMEN OF THE GOSPELS   Fridays 6, 13, 20, 27 March, 10 - 11.30am in St George's Sacristy GOOD FRIDAY   Ecumenical Service in York Minster 7.30pm HELPS FOR THE LENTEN JOURNEY   Walk With Me £1   A selection of CTS booklets including Stations of the Cross

MOTHERS DAY: We honour and congratulate all mothers on this Mothers Day, and we pray for all of them, living and dead.

CLIMATE JUSTICE: Today we welcome Mr Sophea Lay from Cambodia who will speak to us at our 11.00am Mass about how changes in the climate are affecting the people of Cambodia.. We also welcome Alderman David Wilde, Sheriff of York and the Sherriff's lady, Annebel and David Cross, our diocesan Cafod worker.

BAPTISM PREPARATION COURSE: If you have a child for Baptism you are invited to take part in a three session preparation course on Saturdays 21, 28 March and 4 April, 2.00pm - 3.00pm in the Upper Room. Please let Canon Michael know if you wish to attend.

CHRISM MASS - Tuesday 7 April at the Cathedral, Middlesbrough. The coach leaves the Memorial Gardens at 9.30am and Our Lady's, Acomb at 9.45am.

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

MINISTERS OF WORD AND HOLY COMMUNION: If you are available for Holy Week and Easter ministry please put your name on the list in the porch.

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION: A meeting for all Ministers takes place on Thursday 26 March at 7.30pm - 8.30pm in the Upper Room. Please make a special effort to attend.

MINISTERS OF THE WORD: We meet at 8.00pm on Wednesday in the Sacristy this week. I encourage all readers to attend and anyone else who would like to come.

OFFERTORY ENVELOPES: The 2009/10 boxes are available today. Thanks to you who use them as your method of supporting the Church. If you do not already use this system or the Bankers Order and would like to do so please put your name on the list today.

ASCENT meets again on Wednesday 25 March, 12.45pm - 3.00pm in the Upper Room.

SATURDAY REFRESHMENTS restart on 28 March, 10am - 3.30pm in the Upper Room. Donations of cakes etc would be much appreciated.

IN MEMORY OF OSCAR ROMERO, Archbishop of El Salvador who was martyred in March 1980 - Mass will be celebrated on Monday 23 March at 7.30pm at St Martin-le-Grand, Coney Street.

CATHOLIC PAPERS: Because of rising production and distribution costs price have increased slightly recently: Universe £1.20; Herald £1.20; Tablet £2.40; Blessed Among Women Special £3.50; Ireland's Own .95p;

WHO DO YOU SAY I AM? Bishop Terry invites young people aged 13 - 30 years to meet with him during Lent on 10, 17, 24 March at English Martyrs Church.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES, 22-29 May 2009. Booking forms from the sacristy.

WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER Coffee Morning, Fri 27 March at the Salvation Army .

HCPT CHARITY RACE NIGHT. Fri 3 April, Osbaldwick Sports Club, 7pm start - first race 8pm.

FINANCE: Gift Aid £126/30 Loose Plate £699.02 Lenten Lunch £94.37 Thank you.

Diocese of Middlesbrough Registered Charity No. 233748