Schedule
of Masses throughout the day in England & Ireland
You are INVITED
LENT 2021
God loves you. He has great plans for you. He wants to accompany
you through all the highs and lows of your life. There will soon
be an opportunity for you to explore all this and more as we journey
together as a Diocese through a season of mission. Visit www.abdiocese.org.uk/invited
or click here to find
out more.
MASS BOOKINGS
NOTE: THE CHURCH IS VERY COLD.
DRESS AS FOR THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE, THE DOORS
AND WINDOWS MUST REMAIN OPEN, OUR BLOW HEATERS CAN NOT BE USED
DURING THE PANDEMIC. NO TOILETS ARE AVAILABLE.
If you are unable to use the
online system, you can email Cecilia to book a place. stjoansoffice2@btinternet.com
You can still turn up to Church
without an online booking on any day where there is a scheduled
Mass and be seated if the designated places (currently
only 16 places) have not all been filled.
To Our Catholic Universe
and
Catholic Times Readers In
The Parish:
At the moment you are unable
to collect your paper at Mass, but you can get it delivered direct
to your home every week, POST FREE. Please go to www.thecatholicuniverse.com
or
call them on 0161 820 5722 -.
SPECIAL OFFER
3 Months :-£22.00. or
12 Months:- £80.00.
If you are NEW
to the parish or your family details have changed, please complete
this
registration form.
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A BIG THANKS to our Volunteers
& St Joan's dressed for winter
The Church is open for daily masses
(11am)
(closed on Mondays)
Sunday Masses are as follows:
Saturday Vigil 5pm
Children’s Mass 9.15am
(priority for parents and children from babies to Year 6)
Morning Mass 11.15am
Youth Mass 5pm
(priority for parents and their young people,
year 7 and above)
One household per bench. Please bring
your own sanitised wipes to clean your bench.
Those in the shielding group should
remain at home.
Everyone will be remembered at Mass.
Click
here to sign up for Mass
Click
here for St Joan's Newsletter
for week of January 24th
Under guidelines please provide your own mask,
gloves and wipes to sanitise any area you have
touched and sat within the Church.
Dear
Parishioners here is a prayer for this New Year 2021
Lord Jesus,
You
arrived on earth in the stable at Bethlehem to
be a Saviour for each of us and for the whole world. We feel
the need of your Presence as we begin this new year 2021.
We are grateful that there are vaccines for the virus and we ask
that its protection will be effective for all of us.
We pray for those who have lost jobs and businesses and for all
who are still to face difficult days ahead and who are fearful
of the months ahead.
We ask for strength for all those in the front line of health
and
education, may they be encouraged through our prayers for
them. We ask your help for young people in education and those
who are now looking for jobs in a challenging job market.
May all those who have been isolated and who have not
wanted to live this way see the renewal of friendships and
contacts in this new year 2021.
Let our parish continue to be a happy and joyful community of
all ages as we move forward to restore people to Mass. Let us
all be thankful to you for whatever blessings we have had and
continue to have as we move through the new year. Bless us all,
be with us, let us know and experience your love at the beginning
of 2021 and let us pass this love on to all others. Amen.
Parish Mission Statement
I want you to be happy,
Always happy in the Lord.
I repeat what I want
is your happiness.
PH 4:4-5
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Homily
Wednesday, January 27th
Today is the feast day of St. Angela Merici, in 1535 she founded
the Ursulines, an order of nuns devoted to giving a Christian
education to girls. The Ursulines continue today and the work
of their schools is noteworthy for instilling service to all as
basic and foundational
Christian virtue.
May we be inspired to serve others in the name
of Christ as St Angela and the Ursulines did. This work continues
in the students at Ursuline schools who serve in all sorts of
jobs throughout the world.
During the time of the pandemic the spirit of
care and service exhibited in Ursuline education is more needed
than ever and in fact we have seen great care and neighbourliness
all around us.
Jesus Himself said that He came to serve and
not to be served. Let us who are His followers do the same by
being people of service to all around us.
Let me serve you, Lord Jesus, through my neighbour, Amen.
For full details about St Joan of Arc's own overseas charity,
Arcaid click here.
If you are able to give a one off donation at this time when Arcaid
has so many requests for aid to very poor communities,
please
click here.
Bishop Richard’s Refugee
Crisis Newsletter
Funds are low and any financial support
would be gratefully received.
CLICK
HERE FOR The latest copy of the Bishop Richard's Refugee Crisis
Newsletter is now available on the diocesan website
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