Week of 28th February - 7th March 2004

First Sunday of Lent

• Next Friday - Cafod Family Fast Day.
• Confessions - Saturday 11:15am - 12 noon or after 7pm Mass at request.
• Novena to Our Lady of Perpetual Succour is NOT held during Lent.
• The Sanctuary Lamp will burn this week in memory of William and Margaret Neafcy. Please make your requests as soon as possible to avoid dissapointment.
• Early Mass is available daily at 7:15am during Lent.
• Stations of the Cross on Tuesday afternoon at 2.30pm, Wednesday and Friday at 7.30pm with Mass. The Stations of the Cross will replace the Liturgy of the Word in the Mass.
• RCIA Tuesday at 8pm.
• Ecumenical Lenten Talks - Smith Room 8.15pm each Friday in Lent. 5th March : 'The Living Community' Sardis and Laodicia Rev David Abbott (H.T.).
• Week of Guided Prayer - Opening Meeting 7 March in the Smith Room. Please return your slip by Sunday 29 February.
• "Walk with Me" - A Lenten Journey of Prayer - This booklet is available FREE: one per family.
• Tea Dance - Tuesday 2 March at the Independent Methodists, Victoria Road.
• Unclaimed Raffle Prizes - Ticket numbers 531, 514, 782 and 894 are prize winners. If you have these numbers, please claim your prize today.
• Parish Centre - Good News!! Out of the blue, I am informed that contractors will be on-site on Monday 8 March to begin repair and refurbishment to the centre. Let us keep this venture in our prayers that all goes according to plan and we will be able to celebrate once again. Watch this space for details.
• Catholic Papers - Please buy a Catholic paper - Catholic Times 80p, Universe 90p, Pictorial 60p - and get the other side of the news and items the secular press do not cover.
• CONGRATULATIONS - to Chris and Janet Brien who celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary last Friday!!
• Grand Musical Feast - Friday 5 March at 7.30pm at St Jude's featuring Parkside Male Voice Choir, St Helens Concert Band, Soloist: Anne O'Hara. In aid of the Mayor's Charity Appeal which is to provide a Rapid Response Vehicle for the Borough
• Hospital - If and when any relative is admitted to hospital, please ensure that his/her religion is registered and that the visit of a priest is required. We cannot always rely on the hospital staff to fulfil the obligation to meet the spiritual needs of the patient.

Day	Time	Offered For
Saturday	7:00 pm	Harriet Clough
Sunday - First Sunday of Lent	10:00 am	Parishioners
Monday	9:00 am	Mary Byrne
Tuesday	9:00 am	Bob Howarth
Wednesday	9:00 am	Fagan Family.
Wednesday	7:30 pm	Mass, & Stations of the Cross.
Thursday	9:00 am	Myler & Naughton Families
Friday	9:00 am	Alan Hayes
Friday	7:30 pm	Mass and Stations of the Cross.
Saturday	9:00 am	Donor's Intention
Saturday	7:00 pm	One Sick (BB)
Sunday - Second Sunday of Lent	10:00 am	Parishioners

Key:			Regular Mass
			Holy Day of Obligation
			Mass of Sunday
			Funeral

For further information or comments please contact info@ourladysbryn.org.uk