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Catholic Parish of St Mary & St Thomas More

2 Hallcourt Crescent, Cannock , WS11 0AB
Parish Priest: Fr Peter Weatherby tel: 07766 335591
Deacons : Rev Michael Vickery, Rev Paul Hender
20th October 2019 • 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time Parish Sister: Sr Jacinta Mariette 07488 369482
Welcome to everyone at Mass today, especially if you St Mary’s Music Group: rcmusicgroup.weebly.com
are new to our church or haven't been to Mass for Stafford Hospital Chaplaincy: 01782 676400
some time. Practising Catholics, clear in conscience New Cross & Cannock Hospital Chaplains: 01902 695098
that they are properly prepared, may receive holy St Mary’s Centre (Meals and Functions) 01543 579364
priest@cannockcatholic.org & www.cannockcatholic.org
communion. Others are invited to come forward for Cafod Representative : Jo Burrowes
a blessing. If so, please place your hand on your Safeguarding: Jo Burrowes & Ann Hinsley
heart to indicate this to the priest, deacon or minister. (Birmingham Diocesan Trust: Reg Charity No. 234216)

Masses, Intentions & other services Pray continually, never lose heart …
Check mass intentions online at bit.ly/mass-intentions
Journey in Faith Tue Next Weekend we
🄲 Centre (Hall or Bar) ⓢ St Mary’s School; 7.30pm in the Centre. welcome Fr Denis Carter,
Find out more about the who is a Columban
🄻 Our Lady of Lourdes Sacristy 🇹 St Thomas More School
Faith. This week we Father. He is celebrating
20th October • 29th Sunday • Prayer discuss “The Holy Spirit all masses next weekend,
and the Church”. Full and there will be a
Sat 19 ⓢ 5pm Robert Hunt RIP programme: bit.ly/ second collection for the
Sun 20 ⓢ 8am Breeda Hinton RIP 2OY2sIw. All welcome! Society of Saint
ⓢ 10.30am Billy Cooper (70th bday remem) Quiz Night Thanks to Columba. Before he
those who organised the entered the society lived
Mon 21 🄻 9.30am Mass at Hednesford
evening and to everyone in Rochdale and worked
Tue 22 🄲 7pm Stephen Haywood RIP in auto-repair as a panel
who came along, £229.20
Wed 23 ⓢ 9.15am Don McCulloch RIP (School Mass) was raised for the Parish beater. He joined the
Columbans in 1974 and
Thu 24 🄲 9.15am Neil Wilkinson RIP Development Fund.
was ordained in 1981. He
🇹 1.45pm No Mass at St Thomas More this week APF Boxes will be worked for 20 years in
emptied in October. the Sindh province in
Fri 25 🄲 9.15am Neil Wilkinson RIP Please bring your red southern Pakistan.
Sat 26 🄲 10am No Mass boxes to Church.
Diocesan celebration
27th October• 30th Sunday •Humble Deanery Mass for the to mark Canonisation of
Canonisation of St John
Sat 26 ⓢ 5pm Jack & Jamsey Hickey RIP Cardinal Newman.
Henry Newman photos: Sunday 20th October at
Sun 27 ⓢ 8am Liam Matthew Keeling RIP bit.ly/2MpQGF8 4pm Choral Ecumenical
ⓢ 10.30 Mary Bosworth & Family RIP Sat 30 Nov 12pm -2pm Vespers at St Chad’s
Back in Church on All Saints’ Day. Christmas Fair Good Cathedral.
quality items for sale on Connect is a weekend
Mass at 7pm. Be there! stalls welcome now, youth conference
If you can help clean the Church and get it ready for the along with the usual
exploring what it means
reopening please come along during the half term week. items for prizes. Bring
to be pro-life as a young
Times advertised next week. along to any mass or to person today. It's open to
the Presbytery (front anybody who is 18-25 or a
Saints & Holy Days Tues St John Paul II, Sat Our Lady. door porch is ok) Draw
Funeral Mitek Karasinska, 22nd October, at Our Lady of tickets available now. student, whether they
Lourdes 12pm are pro-life, pro-choice,
Please collect books to or undecided. 2-3
Children’s Liturgy during Sunday 10.30 Mass sell! November, Maryvale
Rosary 8.50am before Mass on Thursday and Friday; and Vocations Office Institute in Birmingham.
first Saturday of each month. Poster for 2019/20: Tickets £40. Pass on to
Morning Prayer 9.40am Saturday (not first Saturday). http://bit.ly/2nIlcAy friends and family; book
Confessions Saturdays 🄲 before and after 10am Mass ⓢ Prayer calendar: early to avoid
4.30pm - 5pm. At other times on request. http://bit.ly/2peXSLa disappointment at
Parish Income 13th October £398.73 (Gift Aid £168.72), Thanks for your www.connectconference.
Parish Development Fund £442.66 (Gift Aid £258.75). continuing support of co.uk
Thank you! the Foodbank. Please Diocesan Newsletter
Second Collections: This weekend: APF - World Mission keep the donations 6th October bit.ly/
Day, 27th Oct Columbans Missionary Appeal A full list of coming while we are in 2VphR5M
second collections is here: bit.ly/2LQNZKN the school.

Please submit notices and items for publication to Fr Peter by hand, by text 07766 335591 or by email to priest@cannockcatholic.org

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Garnett, Anthony
St Mary’s Centre 01543 579364 Please Pray … Lawless, Cathryn, Katie
Sunday Carvery 12-4pm £6.95 … The Holy Father's Bruce, John Morris,
Wednesday Carvery 5.30-8pm 2 for £10 Prayer Intention: That Vincent Dockery,
Thursday 5.30-8pm 2 for £10 (OAP £4 each) the breath of the Holy Hannah Newborough,
Friday 5.30pm-8.30pm from 2 for £10 Peter Clamp, Ray
Spirit engender a new
@cannockrcclub
missionary spring in the Bishop, Audrey George,
All functions catered for Geoff Tipping, Josie
Church.
Riley, James B, Helen,

… for the sick or
Nappy Project Thanks for items to support Olive Brookes, Frank
housebound: Maureen
families in diffi culty. More is needed. Info here: Brooks, Lynne
Murphy, Mary Rowley,
facebook.com/nappyprojectstaffs. Causland, Sylvia
Helen Pawłak, Kath
Fawdrey, Shirley
Turner, Stella Skillen,
Weatherby.
Does God Answer Our Prayers? Winifride Haynes,
We pray for world peace, we offer masses and rosaries and Annette Mason, Doris The Holy Souls
novenas for our children, our grandchildren, we pray for Crabb, Joanne Jeavons,
vocations, for the poor, for those who suffer from natural Nicola McCulloch, Celia …. for the recently
disasters; but often we may feel our prayers go unanswered. Hurdiss, Dee Fellows, departed: Mitek
Is it really true that God hears and answers all our prayers? Theresa Hadley, Fr Pat Karasinska, Don
There is a simple response to this difficult question: that Farrelly, June McCulloch, Victor
God’s answers are not our answers, that his will is not our Weatherby, Priuyani Hughes.
will. ‘Your will, not mine be done’ said Jesus in the Garden of Jacinta Fernando, Sarah … for those with
Gethsemane. And God’s answer may be Yes, of course. It may Hughes, anniversaries about this
be No, this is not my will for you. It may be Not Yet, be
patient. All this is certainly true, but perhaps a bit too … for those in our parish time: 21st Frances
simple. receiving communion at Heaton, 23rd Betty
But rather than ask, does God answer prayers, perhaps we home: Joan Pinson, Munster, 26th Jack
should ask, Why do people pray in the first place? Peter Reilly, Dan Hickey, 27th Liam
If you think God isn’t there, why do so many people still Lyonette, Mary Kirby, Keeling.
Norah Perry, Peter
pray? And why do those who suffer most, pray most, and
those whose life is most comfortable, pray least? Clamp, Don Hinton,
Thanksgivings
Well, God is not a heavenly Santa Claus, to whom we send Gerry Marriott, Billie … for the many gifts,
our latest wish-list. Our petitions come from a much deeper Wyles, Maria cards and birthday
need than just selfish concerns. Remember that Jesus said to Wacławski, Catherine wishes for Tony
James and John, ‘Do you know what you are asking for?’ Holloway, Bernard Bullivant
Our yearning to pray comes from a need to bring our whole Deakin, Iris Robertson, … for the Canonisation
life to him, our joys and our anxieties, our wishes for Mary Casey. of Cardinal Newman
ourselves and our cares for others.
... for those undergoing
It is because we do not feel whole that we come to him for
or recovering from
wholeness. When we pray, we are praying with Jesus on the
cross. We are joined with his suffering and his saving. And treatment or otherwise
this gives us a deeper satisfaction than the answering of any in particular need of our
individual petition. His love is strength and comfort and prayers: Emily
courage.That is what we are really asking for, that is what we Pritchard, Peter
truly seek: and he opens the door for us.
Full rota is at bit.ly/cannockparishrota
Readers Ministers Readers Ministers Readers Ministers
ROTAS Sat 5pm Sat 5pm Sun 8am Sick Visiting Sun 10.30am Sun 10.30am Counters Stole Washing

A Gaughan Sister
October Sister Jacinta
A & R Hinsley David Korzonek D & M Hibberts Callum Pearce Amy Pritchard E Clancy
20th Shirley Pat Seery
D & M Hibberts A & R Hinsley Colman Whitelaw Javier Gonzalez- G Dockery
29th Sunday Weatherby
Fritz
C Bridges Gail & David
October Michael
Patrick Warren S & R Bullivant D Gleve Martyn Porter Korzonek
27th Margaret Tym Seavers Pat Seery
Wendy Owens P & C Wilson M Harris Shirley Weatherby C Bridges
30th Sunday David Gleve
Amy Pritchard C Jackson

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