St Peter’s Catholic · PDF fileSt Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX Tel: 01452 523603 [email protected] Parish website: www

St Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX

Tel: 01452 523603 [email protected] Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk

Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com Diocese of Clifton Registered Charity No. 233977

Parish Priest: Monsignor Liam Slattery VG [email protected] Assistant Priest: Canon Alan Finley [email protected] Permanent Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson [email protected] Rev Tim Meadows timothy.meadows@d eacon.cliftondiocese.com Rev David Hebbes [email protected]

Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English [email protected] Parish Office: Tues, Wed, Fri -9.30am-2.30pm Thurs-12.00pm-5.00pm

Parish Safeguarding Representatives: John Bond & Deacon Colm Robinson

Schools

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School: Tel: 01452 524792. Web: www.st-peters-pri.gloucs.sch.uk St Peter’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form Centre Tel: 01452 520594. Web: www.st-petershigh.gloucs.sch.uk

16th July 2017 – 15th Sunday in Year (Year A)

Sunday 16th July

6.00pm (Sat) Vigil Mass Kevin Blowey RIP 9.00am Mass People of the Parish 10.30am Mass Ints of Sylvester Chonga & Family 12.30pm Polish Mass 5.30pm Mass Brian Williams RIP

Diocesan Prayer Link Bath- St Peter & St Paul

Peasedown-St John St Joseph

Monday 17th July 10.00am Mass Ints of Michael Stratford Ordinary Time Tuesday 18th July 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

7.00pm Mass Annakkutty Varkey RIP Ordinary Time

Wednesday 19th July 11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 12.00pm Mass Paul Montanaro RIP

Ordinary Time

Thursday 20th July 9.30am Mass John Gordon RIP Anniv Ordinary Time

Friday 21st July 9.30am Mass Peter & Mary Hanks 60th Wedding Anniversary 8.30pm Polish Mass

Ordinary Time

Saturday 22nd July 10.00am Mass Anthony & Vhari Crew 25th Wedding Anniversary 10.30am-11.30am Confessions 5.15pm-5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Mary Cannon RIP & Little Grace Murphy RIP 7.30pm Polish Mass

St Mary Magdalene

Mass Text: Sunday 16th July 2017 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time Responsorial Psalm: Some seed fell into rich soil and produced its crop. Gospel Acclamation: Speak Lord, your servant is listening; you have the message of eternal life. Preface: 4 of Sundays in Ordinary Time Eucharistic Prayer: III

Next Weekend: Sunday 23rd July- 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Wisdom 12:13. 16-19 Romans 8:26-27 Matthew 13:24-43

Last Week: Offertory - £1382.15 Apostleship of the Sea- £473.61 Mass Count –

This Week: Week 15 and Week 3 for the Daily Prayer of the Church. Please note that mass on Monday July 17th will be at 10.00am to enable the children from St Peter’s Primary School join us for their end of year celebration.

We pray for those who are ill - Andrea Brushneen, Sarah Anderson, Marie Cunningham, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Hayley Fox, Florence Stephens, Rita Lenagan, Sharon Williams, Neil Hillyer, Michaele Hercules, Ann Vaughan, Lal Slattery, John Wood, Leonard Slatter, Sue Hartnett, Jane Conway, Tom Kennedy, Phil Gammond, Peter Green, Mandi Stokes, Theo Montague, Margaret Coleman, Vera Watson, Patricia Walsh, Janice Hunt, Cecilia Edwards, Veronica Burke, Pippa Baker-Walsh, Janet Diaco Katie Hawketts, Cynthia Harvey, Fr Aidan Murray, Reg Gregorio, Alan Hipwell, Fr Donal Daly.

Baptisms: We welcome into the family of the church Archie Lawlor, Amysha & Jacob Dixon baptised this weekend.

Congratulations: To Kaylee Flinter & Richard Gammon who were married here on Thursday.

SVP: Meet on Tuesday July 18th at 7.30pm in the Coffee Bar.

Prayer & Praise: On Thursday 20th July at 7.30pm. Our guest speakers this month are Eliz Miller & Trish Fray-Smith, talking on the ‘Catholic Charismatic Renewal Golden Jubilee 2017 in Rome’. All are welcome.

200 Club Draw: Fr Liam made the latest draw last Sunday. The winners were: £200 - Mrs M. Barnes-Sansome; £100 - Winner donated to Parish (thank you); £50 - Mr F. Gyde; £50 = Mrs C. Cuffe.

Pitch In - As you are aware we are blessed with excellent sports facilities at St Peters High School that benefit the whole school community during the day & are hired by partner organisations in the evenings & at the weekends. These facilities have hours of use each year & need to be maintained to the highest of standards. Our current synthetic surface pitch is now in its 15 year of use & requires refurbishment. Over the past few months we have been working with Nott's Sports on an exciting new project which involves replacing the carpet on our existing synthetic pitch & the design & build of a new 3G synthetic pitch. This would be an amazing addition to our sports facilities and would give us state of the art synthetic surfaces for Hockey, Rugby and Football solving the age old problem of unplayable grass pitches throughout the winter months. This is an ambitious forward thinking project for us to undertake to which demonstrates our continued commitment to providing our pupils with the best possible learning environments for them to unlock their potential. This project will also provide a Sports Hub in the south of the city open to the wider community allowing opportunities for our pupils to use these facilities after school hours. For this project to be realised we need to raise capital funds. We are hoping to achieve this through sponsorship from local business and donations from our school and wider community. If you feel you can contribute to this project please visit our just giving page www.justgiving.com/crowdfunding/stpeterspitchin

Concert Supporting the Grenfell Tower Emergency Appeal: The Cotswold Male Voice Choir and Loveny Male Voice Choir, from Cornwall, are joining forces to stage a concert in Gloucester Guildhall at 7.30pm on Saturday 22nd July. Proceeds will be given to the London Evening Standard Dispossessed Fund helping those affected by the Grenfell Tower tragedy. Tickets: £8.00 adults; £6.00 over 65, Under 16 FOC.

Sung Vespers At Tintern Abbey: The annual ecumenical service of evening prayer at Tintern Abbey (Tintern, Chepstow, Gwent, NP16 6SE) takes place this year at 3.00pm on Sunday 3rd September. People from all backgrounds and denominations will join together in the timeless service of Vespers, which would have been sung in a similar way at the Abbey before the Reformation. The speaker this year is the Rt Reverend Dom Paul Stonham OSB, Abbot of Belmont. If the weather is fine there is no more pleasant way to spend an afternoon in the beautiful Wye Valley! Please bring a folding chair. Entry to the Abbey is free for those attending the service. For further information, please contact the Friends of Our Lady of Tintern on 01594 530612.

Clergy Moves: This autumn the following priests will be moving to new parishes: Canon Richard Dwyer - St Catharine of Alexandria, Frome; Fr Kevin Hennessey - Corpus Christi, Weston-super-Mare; Fr Mark Moran - Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Charlton Kings; Canon Liam O’Driscoll - St Thomas More, Bradford-on-Avon; Fr Tom Finnegan - St John the Baptist, Trowbridge; Fr Anthony Paris - Christ the King, Amesbury; Fr Bede Rowe - Our Lady St Mary, Glastonbury; Fr Paul Brandon - Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, Churchdown; Fr James Finan - St Teresa of the Child Jesus, Filton; and Fr Cavan McElligott – Clifton Cathedral as Assistant Priest. We wish all of them every happiness, and pray for them and for all in their new parishes.

Noah’s Camp: A new Catholic family camp set in rural Gloucestershire, August 7th – 11th. Inspiring talks, fun times for families, live worship band, quiet prayer times, Taize evening and much more. For more details visit www.noahscamp.co.uk.

Schools: We would like to wish staff, pupils and all involved in our schools a very happy, restful and safe summer holiday.

And Finally: Thank you to all teachers and teaching assistants: educating is an important mission, which draws young people to what is good, beautiful and true. Pope Francis.