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

Diocese of Clifton Registered Charity No. 233977

Parish Priest: Monsignor Liam Slattery VG liam.slattery@priest.cliftondiocese.com Permanent Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson colm.robinson@deacon.cliftondiocese.com Rev Tim Meadows timothy.meadows@d eacon.cliftondiocese.com Rev David Hebbes david.hebbes@deacon.cliftondiocese.com

Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English gloucester.stpeter@parish.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

25th December 2016 – Nativity of the Lord (Year A)

Sunday 25th December

6.00pm (Sat) Vigil Mass Joan Byrne RIP 12.00am Midnight People of the Parish Mass 9.00am Mass Danny McCarthy RIP 10.30am Mass Peter Staley Anniv 12.30pm Polish Mass

Diocesan Prayer Link Fairford-St Thomas of

Canterbury with Cricklade

Monday 26th December 10.00am Mass Pat O’Donnell RIP 11.30am Polish Mass

St Stephen

Tuesday 27th December 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7.00pm Mass The Ashcroft Family

St John

Wednesday 28th December

10.00am Mass Funeral Mass for Alberto Santarsieri

The Holy Innocents

Thursday 29th December 10.00am Mass John Bedford RIP St Thomas Becket Friday 30th December 10.00am Mass Pat Seymour RIP The Holy Family

Saturday 31st December

10.00am Mass Larry Montagu RIP 10.45am-11.30am Confessions 5.15pm – 5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Mary Cannon RIP & Little Grace RIP 7.30pm Polish Mass

Octave of Christmas

Sunday 1st January 9.00am Mass Annakkutty Varkey RIP 10.30am Mass People of the Parish 12.30pm Polish Mass 5.30pm Mass Zbigniew Wolowiec RIP

Mary Mother of God Diocesan Prayer Link

Frome- St Catharine with Mells

Monday 2nd January 9.30am Mass Leslie Flavell RIP

SS Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen

Tuesday 3rd January 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7.00pm Mass Ints of Genevieve, Patrick & Clarissa Martin

Weekday of Christmas Time

Wednesday 4th January 12.00pm Mass John Bedford RIP Weekday of Christmas Time Thursday 5th January 9.30am Mass Ints of Peggy Brindley Weekday of Christmas Time

Friday 6th January 9.30am Mass Lisa & John Walters Weekday of Christmas Time Saturday 7th January 10.00am Mass Ray Carroll RIP

10.45am-11.30am Confessions 5.15pm – 5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Malcolm Fernando RIP 7.30pm Polish Mass

Weekday of Christmas Time

We pray for those who are ill - Andrea Brushneen, Alison Blake, Sarah Anderson, Marie Cunningham, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Norah King, Charlie Slade, Hayley Fox, Florence Stephens, Rita Lenagan, Lloyd Smith, Sharon Williams, Neil Hillyer, Michaele Hercules, Ann Vaughan, Lal Slattery, John Wood, Leonard Slatter, Sue Hartnett, Danny Clarke, Jane Conway, Tom Kennedy, Phil Gammond, Susan Warren, Alison Doyle, Theo Montague, Margaret Coleman, Vera Watson, Patricia Walsh, Cecilia Edwards, Johnathon Byard, Rejane de Castro Lima, Janice Hunt. Do please let us know if there are names to be added or removed from this list.

Last Weekend: Offertory - £1865.74 Mass Count – 763

Parish Office: Will close on Friday December 23rd and reopen on Tuesday January 3rd

Happy Christmas: Mgr Liam, Fr Donal, Deacons Colm, Tim and David wish all parishioners and their families a happy, holy and peace filled Christmas and a safe journey to those travelling over Christmas.

Christmas Collection: The offertory collection at the masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas Day is your offering to Mgr Liam’s yearly salary.

Crib Donations: Will be shared between Gloucester and District Samaritans and Gloucester Foodbank.

New Year’s Day: Next weekend (December 31st/January 1st) we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God. A pastoral letter from Bishop Declan will be read at all masses.

The Epiphany of the Lord: Will be celebrated on the weekend of January 7th/8th.

Little Church: Will resume at the 9.00am mass on Sunday January 8th.

Yemen Crisis: If you wish to make a donation to the Disasters Emergency Committee appeal in response to the humanitarian crisis in Yemen, this can be done on the CAFOD website, www.cafod.org.uk.

S.V.P: Next meeting is on Tuesday 3rd January at 7.30pm in the Coffee Bar.

First Holy Communion 2017: There is a meeting for the parents, only of those children registered to join the First Holy Preparation Programme 2017, on Friday January 6th at 6.00pm in Church.

RIP: Your prayers are asked for those who died recently. Alberto Santarsieri. His funeral mass takes place at 10.00am on Wednesday December 28th followed by burial in Coney Hill Cemetery.

Filipino Monthly Mass: Saturday 7th January at 3.00pm. The celebrant will be Revd Fr Nathaniel Maravilloso.

Repository: A cheque for £2,000 was given to Mgr Liam for parish funds for the proceeds of Repository shop sales. Many thanks to Breda Smith and her team of volunteers, and to all who support the Repository.

Divine Mercy Holy Hour: Thursday 5th January at 3.00pm in church. All welcome.

Newsletter: The next parish newsletter will be on the weekend of January 7th/8th.

My Day by Day: January edition is now available at the back of church at the special price of 50p.

Bible Alive: The January edition is now available priced £2.50.

Prayer Intention of Pope Francis for January: That all Christians may be faithful to the Lord’s teaching by striving with prayer and fraternal charity to restore ecclesial communion and by collaborating to meet the challenges facing humanity.

Vocation Matters-25th December – The Nativity of our Lord “The Word was made flesh, he lived among us” (John 1:14)

Facebook, SnapChat, Twitter, WhatsApp, Instagram. The list of ways we can share news with each other is growing. Communication may be developing but one news story transcends all forms of media. That Christ was born of Mary, and that through Him we find new life and purpose, is news that can and wants to infiltrate all lives. Christ, dwelling in our hearts, wants us to make sure that we share with all our followers, the true reason for this feast, so that they may become his followers, or at least experience his peace at this blessed time. #share the joy

1st January – Solemnity of Mary the Mother of God “Mary…treasured all these things in her heart.” (Luke 2:19)

“A penny for your thoughts” was a request often made to medieval pilgrims, who were seen as possessing special spiritual wisdom. When we spend time to contemplate in our heart the mystery of the Incarnation, a picture of how we might serve the living God may rise up in our minds. Pondering like Mary, our vocation may then spring forth and catapult us forward in our walk with Jesus. So cultivate that space as this new year begins. Then, when offered, “A penny for your thoughts”, your response may be to share an insight into your calling.