Offertory Collection 27th Jan £456.87

Gift Aid Dec SO £1,012.58

Tax £229.00

Parish Office, 2, Court Road, Kingswood, Bristol BS15 9QB Tel: 0117 949 8743

Email: bristol.ourladyoflourdes@cliftondiocese.com Website: www.ololbristol.co.uk

Parish Priests: Fr Jim Williams (Tel: 01454 312161) & Fr Frank Bermingham (Tel: 0117 983 3939)

Welcome to the celebration of Mass today. A special welcome to any visitors we have today.

New Rotas for February - May: Copies of the new rotas are out and

available on the Rota noticeboard at the back of the church. If you are on any of the rotas for the 9am & 6pm, please take a copy.

Mass Times: Mon 4th Feb - No morning mass here as the Requiem Mass for Michael Bush RIP is at 11am at St Augustines, Downend. Thur 7th Feb - There will be Word & Communion Service instead of Mass as Fr Jim is not available.

**Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day: On Sunday 10th February we will be celebrating our Patronal Feast Day by having a little get-together after each Mass. After 9am Mass, we plan to have tea & coffee cakes etc in the school. As it is an extra special day we will also be doing bacon rolls for you to enjoy so don’t have any breakfast at home! Following the 6pm Mass, we will be having nibbles along with a glass of wine plus tea or coffee in the porch. This is a perfect opportunity for us all to celebrate together and mix with fellow parish-ioners to share the joy of our Feast Day. Please don’t let it pass you by. The Social Committee.

Human Trafficking & Modern Slavery, 6th Feb 2019 An open event to church members and the wider community at St Nicholas of Tolentino Church, arrivals from 6.30pm (refreshments) beginning at 7pm, concluding at 9pm – to raise awareness of the issues and explore what we can do together to combat this crime and support its victims (booking not necessary).

Vacancy at Clifton Diocese - OPAS Support Administrator Additional support needed in the Finance team over the next twelve months to help train and support parishes with the new online accounting system (OPAS), as well as general administrative support within the Finance team to allow other members of the team to work on this project. Full training on OPAS will be provided. Full-time, fixed term contract for twelve months, salary up to £22,000 depending on experience. Interviews in late February. Ideally the successful applicant will be in post by mid March. The role is based at Alexander House, Bristol but there may occasionally be a need

to travel to parishes throughout the Diocese. Job Description and Application form can be downloaded from https://cliftondiocese.com/diocese/working-for-us/. Deadline for applications is Wed, 13th February 2019.

"Arise Bristol" An evening of Retreat and Healing Service on Friday, 15th Feb from 6pm - 8.30pm at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, 28 Grange Court Road, Westbury on Trym, Bristol, BS9 4DR. The evening will comprise of Praise and Worship, Word of God sharing and Adoration. For more info contact Deacon Joseph Philip on 07912413445 or George on 07811197278.

Thank you for your generosity

CLIFTON DIOCESE (a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 10462076 Registered charity number 1170168) Registered Office: St Ambrose,North Road, Leigh Woods, Bristol BS8 3PW

Newsletter 3rd February 2019

~~ PARISH OUTREACH ~~

Foodbank Shopping List Small Jars of Coffee, Shaving Foam or Gel, Adult Toothbrushes, 1ltr UHT

Milk (Semi/Full), 1 ltr juice cartons (not chilled), Boxes of Cuppa Soups, Tinned mixed Vegetables, Toi-

let Rolls, Feminine Hygiene (Tampons not pads).

Soup Run (St Augustine’s) Donations of small items such as bars of chocolate, soap, razors,

toothbrushes/toothpaste, deodorants are welcomed. NO DUVETs /PILLOWs, please, as these cannot

be used.

Please leave donated items in their respective boxes in the church porch. Thank you.

***** ANNIVERSARIES ***** Please pray for all whose anniversaries occur at this time Kathleen Mills, Owen Dowling, Daniel Murphy, Louisa Bryan,

Laurence Wintle, Robert Britton, Eileen Deasy

Exploring Prayer A series of talks to mark the Diocese’s Year of Prayer on Sun at 3.15pm or Weds at 7pm - Living Faith - Growing in our Desire for Prayer on Sun 10 Feb or Wed 13 Feb, Taste and See - Exploring Lectio Divina on Sun 31 Mar or Wed 3 Apr, Be still and Know

that I am God - Psalms as a School of Prayer and Contemplation on Sun 19 May or Wed 22 May and Prayer in Christ - The Divine Office on Sun 16 June or Weds 19 June, at Monastery of Our Lady and St Bernard, Brownshill, Stroud, GL6 8AL, 01453 883084, Email: brownshillbooking@bernadine.org, www.brownshill.org. You are welcome to one or all of the talks, Suggested offering for each talk is £5. Sunday’s talks leading into 4.45pm Vespers (optional) and Weds talks leading into 8.15pm Vigils (optional). See poster on noticeboard.

Follow Your Heart - Discernment & Vocation, 15th-17th Feb at the FCJ Community in Liverpool. A weekend retreat for young women, reflecting on the vocation to religious life. Stay

for the weekend or just come for the day on 16th Feb. An opportunity for prayer, reflection and input, to ask questions and to meet others who are also wondering where God is calling them. To reserve a place email Sr Lynne fcJ at lynnefcj@hotmail.com. More information at www.fcjsisters.org. See poster on noticeboard.

CYMFed Flame on 2nd March at Wembley Arena is the biggest Catholic Youth Event in the UK. All young people of Secondary school age are invited to join Bishop Declan and thousands of young people from across the UK at the fantastic event. To buy your ticket visit www.cliftondiocese.com and click on the Flame logo. Download the booking forms and parental consent, send them in to us and we’ll confirm your place! Email: youth@cliftondiocese.com for more information. See poster on noticeboard.

**** DATES FOR YOUR DIARY ****

Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day Sun 10th Feb After 9am Mass School Hall

Celebrations After 6pm Mass Church

Good News proclaimed to the poor, to the prisoner, to the blind, to the downcast, and to everyone, is obviously not well received. The Good News is not just for the few but for all who are open to receive it... even the outsider, the foreigner and the

stranger. In our prayer we are invited to be open to that same Good News which our second reading calls us to consider as love – God’s love given freely to us so that we might radiate that love to others in the way we live. We are appointed as ‘prophets’ and proclaimers of God’s love, not simply within the security of our own parish communities, but to our world. We proclaim Good News through patience, forgiveness, compassion, gentleness, understand-ing, kindness and through being the love Paul reflects upon – that same love with which God loves us.

Parish Office Opening Times

w/c 3rd Feb - Mon/Wed/Fri - 9am-2.00pm

Our Lady of Lourdes &

St Bernadette

*St Augustine’s Downend

*St John Fisher,

Frenchay

*St Paul’s, Yate

*St Lawrence, Chipping

Sodbury

Sun

3 Feb

9.00am Mass

(John Traynor RIP) 6.00pm

Mass

9.30am

Mass

11.00am

Mass

Mon

4 Feb

11.00am Funeral Mass for

Michael Bush RIP

Tue 5 Feb

9.30am Mass

7.30pm Mass

9.30am

Mass

Wed 6 Feb

9.00am

Mass 9.30am

Mass

Thurs 7 Feb

9.30am Word & Communion

Service

9.30am Mass

9.30am

Word & Communion

Service (Convent)

Fri 8 Feb

9.30am Word & Communion

Service

7.00pm

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament

7.30pm

Mass

9.30am

Mass

Sat

9 Feb

9.30am

Mass 6.00pm

Mass

5.00pm

Vigil Mass

Sun 10 Feb

9.00am Mass

(Debbie Taynton - Recovery) 6.00pm

Mass

9.30am Mass

11.00am Mass

* Please check websites to confirm times for www.staugustinesbristol.co.uk or www.stlawrenceandstpaul.co.uk

MASS TIMES FOR OUR PARISHES IN COMMUNION

NEXT WEEK

Sunday 3 Feb

9.00am Mass

Welcomers: Liz Sword Volunteer Organ: Peter Marshall Readers: Everest Akumonye Serena Akumonye Collectors: Muriel Nicholls John Campbell Volunteer Volunteer Offertory Procession: Muriel Nicholls Volunteer Ministers of Communion: Siobhan Nash Volunteer

6.00 pm Mass

Welcomers: Joan Dibble Margaret Nicholls Readers: Paul Davies Collectors: Volunteers Offertory Procession: Children/ Volunteers Ministers of Communion: Adrian Figurski Teresa Long Volunteer Collection Counters: Christine Newport Michael Heselgrove Church Cleaning: Ethna Bourke Kim Bacon

NEXT WEEK

Sunday 10 Feb

9.00am Mass

Welcomers: Kathy Edwards Mike Edwards Organ: Pat Mallin Readers: Maureen Glynn Jean Balmond Collectors: Martin Gluck Gary Newport Margaret O’Driscoll Volunteer Offertory Procession: Millie, Ian & Josie Morgan Ministers of Communion: Chris Newport Volunteer

6.00 pm Mass

Welcomers: Rosa Major Patsy Marks Readers: Mike Rawlings Collectors: Rosa Major Patsy Marks Offertory Procession: Pat Lockett Volunteers Ministers of Communion: Tim Hughes Kim Bacon Volunteer Collection Counters: Phil Stefano Volunteer Church Cleaning: Joe Diorazio Michael Heselgrove

St Vincent de Paul Society

Every Thursday 8.00pm Mazenod Centre.

President: Dan McNab

9325264

UNION OF CATHOLIC MOTHERS

Every Wednesday 7.30pm Mazenod Centre

Secretary: Margaret O’Driscoll

0117 961 2952

WOODLAND PLAYERS

Every Thursday, 8.00pm School Hall

New members welcome

President: Josie Reed 9675747