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St Mary’s Shrine Church Bulletin
31 Jan 21 (fortnightly)
Smith Street, Warrington, Cheshire, WA1 2NS, England
Served by the Priestly Fraternity of St Peter by appointment from the RC Archdiocese of Liverpool.
Weekdays: 11:00am-1:30pm (Confessions 11:40am-12:05pm; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Saturdays: 10:00am-1:30pm (Eucharistic Adoration 10:00am-12noon, with ongoing Confessions; Holy Mass 12:10pm)
Daily Holy Mass online with homily: on LiveMass.net > Warrington: Sun 11:00am; Mon-Sat 12:10pm, and the same on demand 24hrs after 3pm upload for weekday Masses, and over 7days for Sunday Mass.
To receive Holy Communion: one must be a Catholic, in state of grace, one-hour fasting at least. In the EF liturgy, Holy Communion is received kneeling (unless unable to) and always on the tongue. Thank you in advance.
All must dress modestly in church out of reverence for God and of respect for fellow-worshippers. Chest and limbs must be covered down to elbows and knees at least. No sportswear. Sunday best should be worn by all on Sundays and feasts: suit and tie for men and boys, dresses for women and girls. Men keep their heads uncovered within church; women are encouraged to wear a scarf, hat or mantilla. Thank you.
Switch OFF your mobile phonebefore you enter our church. Letting it ring inside the church gravely disturbs the quiet of the sacred place. Thank you for your consideration.
Safeguarding: If you have concerns about children or vulnerable adults, please contact the Archdiocesan Safeguarding Department on 0151 522 1043 or e-mail safeguarding@rcaol.co.uk, or speak with Clare Fraser, St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer. Thank you for your awareness.
Mother Elizabeth Prout declared Venerable by Pope Francis: thanks be to God! Given that her community ran St Mary’s School – now Priory Court – for decades, no doubt all of us at St Mary’s and further afield will renew our prayers to God that she might soon be beatified and might intercede in particular for our children and our families. We invite anyone who attended St Mary’s School under the Sisters as pupil or staff to send us their memories and anecdotes.
Educational Project St Mary’s: following last week’s online presentation of the Regina Caeli Academy (www.rcahybrid.org.uk/), would anyone interested in the hoped for upgrade of our educational offer at St Mary’s please email malleray@fssp.org? Despite the many restrictions, now is the time to communicate, anticipate and set up a more permanent framework to educate our children as saints. Please tell your friends.
Moving near St Mary’s? Interest was recently expressed to us again by families considering moving to Warrington. We can advise you on preferred locations and local housing market.
Congratulations to our Welsh seminarian Gwilym Evans, FSSP who was admitted to major orders and will be ordained a Subdeacon at our Bavarian seminary on Sat. 13th February.
Congratulations to Baby Thomas Lawrence baptised last week (the youngest of seven children) – and to his parents who so generously welcome life and raise their children in the faith.
Warning: Our Offertory collection has been diminishing over the past month, falling below £800.00 last week. Even when adding the online donations, we are well below the £1,400.00/week needed to cover our weekly expenses including heating, insurance, maintenance, safety features, priests’ support (food, personal allowance, healthcare, car allowance, Government contribution for retirement); admin staff salary including accounting and more. Please bear in mind that if the acquisition of Priory Court was a great step forward, it also means increased expenses. Sadly the Covid restrictions prevent us from using the new building as we would wish yet. But the bills still must be paid by us. We also know that the national and international situation makes the future look very precarious for many of you, our benefactors. While we trust in God’s Providence, we also need to do what we proportionately can to support a busy place of worship and of doctrinal and spiritual teaching such as St Mary’s Shrine, even though we might attend rarely or via LiveMass.net.
Please bear in mind that St Mary’s Shrine receives no financial support from the Archdiocese of Liverpool where we serve, so that each and every expenses is incurred solely by us, including the care of this vast Grade II-listed church building.
Ask us for a Gift Aid form to increase your donation by 20% at no extra cost to you. Gift Aid envelopes can be obtained from our Secretariat. Standing orders are easier and quicker for us to process than cash: Lloyds Bank ; Sort Code: 30-80-27 ; Account number: 30993368 ; Account name: FSSP Warrington
COVID: Please observe social distancing, sanitizing and one-way system as signed, and kindly cover your face with a mantilla, scarf or mask unless exempt. We thank our stewards who generously give their time to secure a safe environment for all visitors to St Mary’s. Please make sure to follow their instructions and abide by the regulations (unless exempt from some), including social distancing and one-way system.
On Priory Court Car Park, please park on any spaces to the FRONT & RIGHT of the pedestrian wooden gate into the Presbytery garden and church, as the spaces on the LEFT of that gate are for office users.
50 new Baronius hand missals and Holy Bibles for sale. Public price $ 64.95/copy. St Mary’s hugely discounted price: £35.00/copy! Pay by cash only, and have your item handed to you by us immediately.
New Memorare prayer cards sponsored by benefactor.
Holy Mass booklets, rosaries for sale. Ask us after Holy Mass. St Mary’s logo on mugs and coasters: £7/mug & £3/coaster. Profit goes to support St Mary’s Shrine.
RIP: Fr Calvin Goodwin, FSSP, who taught Frs Verrier, Stewart, Goddard and Phipps at seminary. Born in America of a British mother, Fr Goodwin had lived for a short time in Wimbledon and always treasured his British heritage, including a dry sense of humour.
At our American seminary, he would often pray the Prayer for the Queen after his Low Mass. A highly cultured man and an expert in opera music, he was a frequent guest on a national radio to comment on opera performances. Fr Goodwin was the first Jesuit to join our Fraternity. He had been actively involved in the professional tutorial DVD made in partnership between the FSSP and EWTN. You can watch his 21min presentation of the Traditional Mass (where he quotes Hercule Poirot and Miss Marple!) here: https://youtu.be/JVVXPhcV9_4 .
Find out more here: https://fssp.com/lectures-of-fr-calvin-goodwin-fssp-1948-2021/
Pray for our Sick: Sue Shovelton, Michael Meadows, M. Hawley, Theresa Reynard, Hilda Creagan, John Sunderland.
Pray for our Deceased: in your charity please pray for the repose of the souls of Aurora Sim and Frances Houghton whose funerals will take place this week. Also, of Mrs Frances Fawcett recently buried; and of Fr Calvin Goodwin, FSSP buried last week in America. R.I.P.
HOLY MASS INTENTIONS
Sun 31
Septuagesima Sunday, II Class 5pm Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
11:00am6:00pm
All St Mary’s Faithful Eileen Corcoran (RIP)
Mon 1
St Ignatius, Bishop, Martyr
12:10pm
Emmanuel Keenan
Tue 2
The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin, II Class
12:10pm
Paul Whitley
Wed 3
Mass of St Blaise & Blessing of Throats in honour of St Blaise after both Holy Masses
12:10pm 7:00pm
Thanksgiving All men of St. Mary’s
Thu 4
St Andrew Corsini, Bishop
12:10pm
Denise Curtis and Family
Fri 5
St Agatha, Virgin, Martyr Sacred Heart Vot Mass & Holy Hour 7:30-8:30pm + Confess
12:10pm 7:00pm
All St. Mary’s penitents Celebrant’s intentions
Sat 6
Immaculate Heart of Mary Votive Mass (St. Titus BC) Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon
12:10pm
Terence Keenan
Sun 7
Sexagesima Sunday, II Class5pm Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
11:00am6:00pm
All St Mary’s Faithful Michael Keenan (RIP)
Mon 8
St John of Matha, Confessor
12:10pm
John and Anne Norris (RIP)
Tue 9
St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Confessor, Doctor
12:10pm
Prevailing of Will of God
Wed 10
St Scholastica, Virgin
12:10pm 7:00pm
All Souls in Purgatory All men of the St Mary’s
Thu 11
Apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary Immaculate
12:10pm
Colin Jones
Fri 12
Seven Holy Founders of the Order of the Servants
12:10pm
All St. Mary’s penitents
Sat 13
Saturday of Our Lady (Subdiac. Ordination Gwilym Evans, FSSP)Adoration & Confessions 10:00am-12noon
12:10pm
Dr Gordon Boyden (RIP)
Sun 14
Quinquagesima Sunday, II Class 5pm Vespers and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament
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