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Our Lady of the
Annunciation, Bishop Eton, Woolton Rd, Liverpool L16 8NQ
Tel: 737 4110/722 1108 Fax: 738 0834
E-mail: bishopetonparish@btconnect.com
Web: www.bishopeton.org.uk
Parish Priest:
Father Desmond Keegan C.Ss.R.
16th January 2011
Second Sunday (YEAR A)
Sunday Masses:
Vigil 6.00pm, 8.30am, 10.00am, 11.30am
Weekday Masses:
7.00am, 12.00 midday
Wednesday 7.30pm:
Novena in Honour of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour
Saturday Masses:
12.00 midday, Vigil 6.00pm
Rosary:
11.30am Monday to Saturday.
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
On Saturday from 4.00pm to 5.00pm and at call
Wednesday Exposition.
We continue to pray for Madeleine
McCann and for all missing children throughout the world.
There are details of a petition for a case review in the porch .
This Sunday
Fr Jimmy Smale C.Ss.R. will be making the Mission Appeal for the
Redemptorist communities in Zimbabwe. Fr Jimmy travels the country
appealing for the Redemptorists and it is the parish's turn in the
National Cycle.
There will be a fundraiser for Zimbabwe
on Saturday 29th January 2011 at 7.30pm organised by the One World
Group. Fr Desmond is very grateful to the One World Group for organising
this event. Tickets '15 to include Chinese buffet and Cabaret singer.
Tickets on sale after all
Masses this weekend 15/16th January. Tickets also
available from the One World Group Secretary on 722 3680 or the parish
office. Please hand in any unwanted Christmas Presents for a
Raffle/Tombola to the parish office.
All monies raised will go to the Mavambo Trust, a
remarkable project run by Brother Benjamin
Posvo C.Ss.R., which supports and feeds 20,000 orphaned children.
Wednesday Exposition. Please sign the updated rota
in the Sacristy if you can commit to a half hour during the day. There
should be a minimum of two people before the Blessed Sacrament all day.
The Octave of Christian Unity runs from Tuesday 18th January?Tuesday
25th January.
During the week there will be:
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The Ecumenical Chaplaincy Team at Liverpool Hope
invitation to a 24 hour vigil of prayer and praise for Christian Unity.
The day begins at 8.00am on Friday 21st January in Hope Chapel with a
day-long sequence of worship from different traditions and an all-night
vigil in Hope Chapel, for which you may need a sleeping bag and pillow.
Please see full timetable in the porch.
A member of the Chaplaincy team will
speak at the end of the 10.00am Mass.
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Exchange of pulpits next Sunday 23rd January
when we welcome our fellow Christians at the 11.30am Mass.
Fr Desmond and two
parishioners will be going to St Barnabas Church at 10.30am.
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United Service at Dovedale Baptist Church
on Sunday 23rd January at 3.00pm. All welcome. Please see posters in the
porch.
Monday 24th January
there will be an extremely important parish meeting at 7.15pm in the
Fisher-More Hall to discuss the proposed partnership of Bishop Eton and
St Mary?s in the Autumn of 2011. Fr Desmond urges as many parishioners
as possible to come to this meeting. There will be a similar meeting in
St Mary?s Hall on Thursday 27th January at 7.15pm.
Baptismal Preparation Course
for the parents who have arranged this with Fr Desmond is on
Tuesdays 18th & 25th January from 7.15pm to 8.30pm in the Hughes Meeting
Room. Access via the car park.
A parents? meeting for First Holy Communion
on Wednesday 26th January in the Fisher-More Hall at 7.45pm for all Year
3 children attending Our Lady?s, Bishop Eton and Carlton House; also
children living in the parish and worshipping at Bishop Eton who do not
attend these schools.
Fisher-More Hall Cleaner.
We are very fortunate to now have a cleaner for the Hall. However, Fr
Desmond asks that all users of the Hall help the cleaner in the
following ways:
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All group materials to be clearly marked and stored tidily.
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Hall to be left after use as clean and tidy as possible
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Chairs to be stacked in 3/4 along the side wall so that the stage can be
hoovered regularly.
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All breakages to be reported to the parish office.
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Any items left out will be assumed to be rubbish and disposed of.
Mass Intention requests.
Please give at least one month?s notice for any Mass Intentions
requested for particular dates. Please note that a Requiem Mass takes
precedence over a specific Mass Intention.
The Archdiocesan Pastoral Formation Department
is offering a series of six weekly meetings,
Recovering and Moving on after
Divorce. Groups are small and confidential.
Meetings start on Monday 21st February from
7.30pm?9.00pm. For further details and bookings (essential) contact
Frances on 727 2195
Question of the Week: Adult:
We witness to Christ as John did, by living lives full of generosity,
forgiveness, and mercy toward others. When do you find it most difficult
to do this? Child:
Who has surprised you by doing something kind for you when you did not
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