St Peter’s Catholic Church London Road, Gloucester GL1 3EX

Tel: 01452 523603 gloucester.stpeter@parish.cliftondiocese.com Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk

Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com

Parish Priest:

Monsignor Liam Slattery VG

liam.slattery@cliftondiocese.com

Assistant Priest: Canon Alan Finley alan.finley@cliftondiocese.com Permanent Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson colm.robinson@cliftondiocese.com Rev Tim Meadows timothy.meadows@cliftondiocese.com Rev David Hebbes david.hebbes@cliftondiocese.com

Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English gloucester.stpeter@cliftondiocese.com Parish Office: Tues, Wed, Fri -9.30am-2.30pm Thurs-12.00pm-5.00pm

Parish Safeguarding Representatives: John Bond & Deacon Colm Robinson

Schools

St Peter’s Catholic Primary School: Tel: 01452 524792. Web: www.st-peters-pri.gloucs.sch.uk St Peter’s Catholic High School & Sixth Form Centre Tel: 01452 520594. Web: www.st-petershigh.gloucs.sch.uk

14th January 2018- Second Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Sunday 14th January

6.00pm (Sat) Vigil Mass Jim Byrne Anniversary 9.00am Mass People of the Parish 10.30am Mass Eileen Cremin RIP 12.30pm Polish Language Mass 5.30pm Mass Nora King RIP

Diocesan Prayer Link Devizes- Immaculate

Conception with Lavington

Monday 15th January 9.30am Mass Ulahannan Kalarickal RIP Ordinary Time Tuesday 16th January 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

7.00pm Mass Ints of Adriana & Patrick Martin

Ordinary Time

Wednesday 17th January 11.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 12.00pm Mass Pat Seymour RIP

St Anthony

Thursday 18th January 9.30am Mass John Cherian RIP & Aleyamma John RIP

Ordinary Time

Friday 19th January 9.30am Mass Joan Byrne RIP 8.30pm Polish Language Mass

St Wulstan

Saturday 20th January 10.00am Mass Ints of Jean McCreely 10.30am-11.30am Confessions 5.15pm-5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Ints of Nora & Tommy Higgins

Ordinary Time

Mass Text: Sunday 14th January- Second Sunday in Ordinary Time Responsorial Psalm: Here I am Lord! I come to do your will. Gospel Acclamation: We have found the Messiah, which means the Christ, grace and truth have come through him. Preface: For Eucharistic Prayer IV Eucharistic Prayer: IV

Next Weekend: Sunday 21st January – 3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time Jonah 3:1-5. 10 1 Corinthians 7:29-31 Mark 1:14-20

Last Week: Offertory - £1616.70 Mass Count –744

This Week: Second Week in Ordinary Time (cycle 2 for weekday mass readings) and Week 2 for the Daily Prayer of the Church.

Diocesan Briefing: The latest edition of the Diocesan Briefing issued by Lyn Murray (Diocesan Chief Operating Officer) is available at the back of the church and on the newsletter page of our parish website.

Lithuanian Monthly Mass: Saturday January 20th at 3.00pm in St Peter’s Church.

We pray for those who are ill - Andrea Brushneen, Sarah Anderson, Marie Cunningham, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Florence Stephens, Rita Lenagan, Sharon Williams, Michaele Hercules, Ann Vaughan, Lal Slattery, John Wood, Leonard Slatter, Sue Hartnett, Jane Conway, Tom Kennedy, Phil Gammond, Mandi Stokes, Theo Montague, Margaret Coleman, Vera Watson, Patricia Walsh, Janice Hunt, Cecilia Edwards, Veronica Burke, Janet Diaco, Sammy Santorelli, Eneida Morera, Eileen Dewsnip, Fr Alan Finley, Mary Wood, Michelle Shields, Freddie Ludlow, Fred Leader.

RIP: We ask your prayers for those who have died recently: Peter Maguire. His funeral service takes place in St Peter’s Church at 9.45am on Wednesday January 24th followed by burial in Coney Hill Cemetery. Dennis Bennett: His funeral mass takes place in St Peter’s Church (celebrated by his brother Fr Roy Bennett) on Wednesday January 24th at 1.30pm followed by burial in Coney Hill Cemetery. No midday mass that day. Kathleen Andrews: Her funeral service takes place in St Peter’s Church on Thursday January 25th at 12noon followed by burial at Lawrence Church cemetery, Barnwood. Antonio Lanciano: His funeral mass takes place in St Peter’s Church on Wednesday January 31st at 12noon followed by burial in Coney Hill Cemetery.

Fr Richard Elson: This is Fr Richard’s last weekend with us. He takes up his new appointment as Assistant Priest in Holy Rood Parish, Swindon on Tuesday. We acknowledge with gratitude Fr Richard’s presence and ministry among us and we pray God’s abundant blessing on him as he takes up his new appointment.

Fr Alan Finley: Continues to recover well from the fractured vertebrae in his lower back. He is currently away on a short holiday. It is hoped he will be well enough to resume his duties as Assistant Priest here in St Peter’s at the beginning of March. Until then he will continue to live at Nazareth House in Cheltenham.

Changes to Mass Times: Please not the following necessary changes to daily mass times: Saturday January 27th: Morning mass will be at 9.00am. No rosary. Confessions after mass. Friday February 2nd: Mass for the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemass) at 12noon. Saturday February 3rd: Morning mass at 9.30am with rosary at 9.00am. Tuesday February 6th: Daily Mass at 9.30am. Please be aware that there are no morning or evening confessions on Saturday February 3rd.

Prayer & Praise: On Thursday January 18th at 7.30pm. Tony Wadley will be speaking on his ‘Eve of song and story’. All are welcome.

Catechists Formation Course: The next Diocesan Catechists Formation Course begins on Wednesday 28th February at 7.30pm in St Patrick’s Church Hall, Brockworth and continues on a Wednesday evening, once a month through to March 2019. See the diocesan website for further details. If you are interested in taking part please speak to Fr Liam. All costs will be covered by the parish.

Celebrating Marriage: On Saturday 3rd February, Bishop Declan is inviting people from across the diocese to join him for a Celebration of the Eucharist at 12noon in Clifton Cathedral in Celebration of Marriage. Couples who are celebrating significant anniversaries in 2018 (silver, pearl, ruby, sapphire, golden, emerald, diamond or beyond), newly married or looking forward to marriage in 2018 are asked to contact Richard Williams on adult.education@cliftondiocese.com or 0117 9025595 if they intend being at this celebration.

150th Anniversary: There is a meeting is the sacristy on Tuesday January 16th following th evening mass to plan events for the 150 anniversary of the consecration of St Peter ’s Church on October 8th 2018.

Peace Sunday: Every year Pax Christi promotes the Holy Father’s World Peace Day Message on the 2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (January 14th this year). The theme this year reflects the relationship between migrants, refugees and peacemaking. Visit paxchristi.org.uk for more information. If anyone would like to support financially the work of Pax Christi then please use one of the envelopes at the back of the church and place your donation in the offertory collection. Copies of the Pope’s message are available at the back of the church.

CLIFTON DIOCESE - YEAR OF MISSION We leave the familiar scenes of Bethlehem behind so quickly. We’ve skipped through the waters of the Jordan this last week and now we enter into Ordinary Time. But we don’t leave the Jordan’s banks just yet for John the Baptist is pointing Jesus out to his own disciples. John has to let his own companions go to follow Jesus. John is not the centre of the message… but he discerns that Jesus is. That pointing starts a wonderful journey of people encountering Jesus and bringing others to him. There’s something about Jesus and those with him that truly attracts. We evangelise through attraction! The challenge is to allow ourselves to be ‘attractive’ so that people are drawn to the Lord because of what they see of him in us. May we have eyes to see where we are being led closer to the Lord, but may we also have courage to lead others to Jesus, because it is all about him.