Parish Newsletters – February 2021 – St Vincent De Paul RC Church, Knutsford

Table of Contents

2nd Sunday in Lent – 28 February 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	27^th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
Sunday	28th	9.00am	Private Intention
2^nd Sunday in Lent		11.00am	Gertie James
Monday St David	1^st		No Mass
Tuesday	2nd	9.30am	Brian Hurtley (Anniv)
Wednesday	3^rd	9.30am	Elsy Matthew
Thursday	4th	9.30am	James Boyes (Anniv)
Friday	5^th	9.30am 1.00pm	Jackie Butler Intentions REQUIEM: Marie Frances Hampson
Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	6^th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
Sunday	7th	9.00am	Shrewsbury Secular Clergy Fund
3^rd Sunday in Lent		11.00am	Adrian Prescott

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home.

Marie Frances Hampson who has died and all those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Brian Hurtley, Ted Lowe, Bridget McCormack, Ann Hammond, Raymond Boyes, Joan Bebbington, Westby Thorp, Bernard Gough, Mary Ann Smith and Mona Cavanagh. May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be celebrated each Friday in Lent at 11am on the livestream. The service will be recorded for you to join at your convenience..

FAMILY FAST DAY: Please place any Family Fast envelopes or offerings in the baskets at the church door.

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER: Bookings will open for our Holy Week and Easter services and Masses from Monday, 8 March. We are increasing the capacity of the church to 30 households for Good Friday and Easter Sunday but for this to happen safely it is vital that everyone sits in the place they are directed to by the stewards. I am very grateful to our stewards for all they are doing to ensure that our church can open safely for Mass.

PARISH FACEBOOK PAGE: For those of you who use Facebook we now have a Parish Facebook Page where you will find news and announcements about parish life. These will of course still appear on our Parish Website but it offers another way to reach out to people beyond our parish.

BAPTISMS: I am happy to celebrate Baptisms by arrangement although Government regulations permit a maximum of 6 people to be present at this time. The Service can be live streamed for family and friends to watch online. Please call me for more information

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

THANK YOU For your Offertory gifts Please place any offertory envelopes or offerings in the baskets at the church door or post through the presbytery letterbox or; thank you for your continued support of the parish in such difficult circumstances. (Diocese of Shrewsbury is a Registered Charity)

1st Sunday in Lent – 21 February 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	20th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
Sunday	21^st	9.00am	Joyce Livesey
1^st Sunday in Lent		11.00am	Peter McDonnell
Monday Chair of Peter	22nd		No Mass
Tuesday	23rd	9.30am	Fr Bernard Green
Wednesday	24th	9.30am	Harry Fearns
Thursday	25th	9.30am	Walsh Family Intentions
Friday	26^th	9.30am	Raymond Cobb
Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	27^th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
Sunday	28th	9.00am	Private Intention
2^nd Sunday in Lent		11.00am	Gertie James

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home.

All those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Michael Crowther, Peter McDonnell, Allie Daniel, Doug Saven, Terence Tratalos, Peter Saunderslee, William George Poynor, Hazel Mary Lockhead, Samuel Smith, Tony Debio, Bridget Cragg, and Keith Hewitt. May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be celebrated each Friday in Lent at 11am on the livestream. The service will be recorded for you to join at your convenience..

A NOTE FROM OUR GIFT AID CO-ORDINATOR: OFFERORY DONATIONS: Dear Parishioner, Our new Offertory envelopes will be available soon for those who use them. Given the restrictions that we have experienced over the last year with the virus and which look likely to be with us for some time to come we would ask you to consider making your offering by Standing Order. If you wish to stay as present you do not need to do anything. If though you would be happy to move to payment by Standing Order then please email me with your name, address and telephone number at planned.giving@stvincentsknutsford.org or by leaving your details on the office telephone number 01565 633040. Thank you for your support. Graham Alcock, Gift Aid Officer.

FAMILY FAST DAY: Next Friday 27 February is Family Fast Day when we are encouraged to cut down on what we eat and give the money we save to support CAFOD and its work helping those in the developing world. Envelopes are available at the doors of Church and there will be a basket for you to make your offerings next weekend.

6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 14 February 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	13th	5.30pm	Private Intention
Sunday	14^th	9.00am	Holy Souls
6th in Ordinary Time		11.00am	Our Parish Family
Monday	15th		No Mass
Tuesday	16^th	9.30am	Anne Davies
Wednesday Ash Wednesday Day of Fasting & Abstinence	17th	9.30am 7.00pm	Paul Holehouse Holy Souls
Thursday	18^th	9.30am	Helen Thompson
Friday	19^th	9.30am	Edith & Helen Murphy
Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	20^th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
Sunday	21st	9.00am	Joyce Livesey
1^st Sunday in Lent		11.00am	Peter McDonnell

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home.

All those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Charelie Bolton. Mary Shevloff, James Earley, Paul Holehouse, Patrick McKenzie, George Rimmer, Annie Coop,. May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

BAPTISM: I am happy to celebrate Baptisms by arrangement although Government regulations permit a maximum of 6 people to be present at this time. The Service can be live streamed for family and friends to watch online. Please call me for more information.

LENT begins this Wednesday which is Ash Wednesday and is a day of fasting and abstinence. There will be an extra Mass at 7pm. Ashes will be distributed at all Masses. Each Friday during Lent there will be Stations of the Cross which will be live-streamed only at 11am.

LIVE-STREAM UPDATE: We have been live streaming Masses, funerals and other events using Church Services TV since just before Christmas. All the feedback that I have received has been very positive and I would welcome your thoughts on how we can make more use of this service. You may be interested to know that so far in 2021 our livestream has had 5,763 unique views with people watching for a total of 2,479 hours. We have had people from 41 different countries watching with regular viewers in Ireland, USA and India. Furthest away was someone in New Zealand and last week we had someone watching from Aland (a group of islands between Sweden and Finland).

NEW DIOCESAN YEAR BOOKS are available to buy at £5 from the table as you enter church. Please place money in the basket.

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 7 February 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	6^th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
Sunday	7^th	9.00am	Deceased Shrewsbury Secular Clergy
5th in Ordinary Time		11.00am	John & Norah Walsh
Monday	8^th		No Mass
Tuesday	9^th	9.30am	Norma Lamb (Sick)
Wednesday St Scholastica	10^th	9.30am	Kathleen O’Donovan
Thursday Our Lady of Lourdes	11^th	9.30am	Daniel McCarthy
Friday	12^th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Saturday Vigil Mass of Sunday	13^th	5.30pm	Private Intention
Sunday	14^th	9.00am	Holy Souls
6^th IN ORDINARY TIME		11.00am	Our Parish Family

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home.

All those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Freda Green, Wilson Hamman, Eileen Hussey, Frank Wronko and Bernard Myerscough. May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

HOLY HOUR WITH SPIRITUAL REFLECTION AND ROSARY: Please join me each Friday at 11am on the livestream where will pray for an end to the Pandemic. The service will be recorded for you to join in with at your convenience.

A NOTE FROM OUR GIFT AID CO-ORDINATOR: OFFERORY DONATIONS: Dear Parishioner, we are reaching that time of year when we will be ordering new Offertory envelopes for those who use them. Given the restrictions that we have experienced over the last year with the virus and which look likely to be with us for some time to come we would ask you to consider making your offering by Standing Order. If you wish to stay as present you do not need to do anything and your new envelopes will be available shortly. If though you would be happy to move to payment by Standing Order then please email me with your name, address and telephone number at planned.giving@stvincentsknutsford.org or by leaving your details on the office telephone number 01565 633040. Thank you for your support. Graham Alcock, Gift Aid Officer.

RETIRED PRIESTS FUND COLLECTION: Thank you for your offerings of £225.30 to support our retired priests.

FEAST OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES; This will be celebrated this Thursday. As Director of our Diocesan Pilgrimage I will celebrate Mass for our Diocesan Lourdes Hospitality. This will be our regular 9.30am Mass which you are welcome to attend but we will be joined on the livestream by people from across the Diocese. This Feast is also the Day of Prayer for the Sick and there is a message from Pope Francis which you can read on our website.

NEW DIOCESAN YEAR BOOKS are available to buy at £5 from the table as you leave church. Please place money in the basket.