CHRIST CHURCH CARNFORTH www.christchurchcarnforth.co.uk
Priests of the Parish Canon Stephen Jones Tel. 732948 email: stephenjones17@hotmail.com
Fr Christopher Holden Tel. 730760 email: wilfridcgh@hotmail.com
Hon. Assistant Priests Canon Brian Oddy Tel. 732048
Canon Brian Pithers Tel. 424786
1st January 2012 MARY, MOTHER OF GOD A Happy New Year to everyone!
Today, the Octave Day, we continue our celebration of Christmas by thanking God for Mary, who bore for us the Child she named Jesus, the Saviour. Like Mary, we are called to bear Christ to the world.
• Toilets are to the left out of the main door. • Please let young children explore. • Collection during the second hymn. • Large print hymn books available on request.
MASS THIS WEEK AND INTENTIONS
Monday 7.00pm God’s blessing on 2012 SS. Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen
Tuesday 12noon Home Communicants of Christmastide
Wednesday 9.15am Thanks for blessings of 2011 of Christmastide
Thursday 7.15pm Newly-confirmed of Christmastide
Friday 9.15am Parliament of Christmastide *2.45pm Funeral Mass (Lesley Benson RIP)
Saturday 9.15am Dominicans St Raymund of Penyafort
DIVINE OFFICE (The Prayer of the Church) Morning Prayer: Sun 7.30am; Mon – Sat 8.55am Evening Prayer: Sun 5.30pm; Mon – Fri 5.00pm
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION By appointment only this week.
ROSARY tomorrow at 7.30pm. Please make any requests for prayer on the prayer board. All welcome.
*LESLEY BENSON RIP Lesley’s Funeral Mass is on Friday at 2.45pm, before cremation at 4.15pm. Please keep Richard and the family in your prayers.
CHRISTMAS CONTINUES throughout the coming week, right up to and including Monday 9th January. Accordingly, the Christmas Crib remains, so do please make use of it as a focus for prayer. Next Sunday, we celebrate the feast of the Epiphany of the Lord.
HELP NEEDED next Sunday, after the 10.00am Mass, to take down the Christmas tree, to vacuum and to saw the tree into smaller pieces. Thank you in anticipation.
PLEASE PRAY for all our regular home communicants, including those in our local residential and nursing homes, who will receive the Sacrament this week.
READERS Please collect your readings from the sacristy. Thank you.
WOULD YOU LIKE 2 sets of garden furniture (one green, one white)? Also available are a fully-working gas barbecue and a rabbit hutch. All free to anyone who can use them. Please contact Rebecca Riley.
THERE IS A VACANCY for a school foundation governor. Please see Fr Stephen for details.
FORWARD!plus, the free paper of Forward in Faith, is available in church today. Please take a copy.
FINANCIAL GIVING If you are in a position to be able to increase your giving, please do so. We were way short on the Parish Share again last year, and it’s important that we address this for the sake of the future independence of the parish. Thank you.
Please stay for coffee after the 10.00am Mass.
