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

Tel: 01452 523603 Parish website: www.stpetersgloucester.org.uk

Diocesan website: www.cliftondiocese.com

CLIFTON DIOCESE (a Company Limited by Guarantee registered in England and Wales under number 10462076.

A registered charity number 1170168. Registered Office: St Ambrose North Road Leigh Woods Bristol BS8 3PW)

Parish Priest: Monsignor Liam Slattery VG liam.slattery@cliftondiocese.com

Assistant Priest: Canon Alan Finley (on sick leave) 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

15th July 2018 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday 15th July

6.00pm (Sat) Vigil Mass Teresa Staley Anniv

9.00am Mass People of the Parish 10.30am Mass Phil Kearns RIP 12.30pm Polish Language Mass 5.30pm Mass Ints of Henrietta and Jamie

Diocesan Prayer Link Wincanton- St Luke and

St Teresa with Mere, Milbourne Port,

Castle Carey and Bruton

Monday 16th July 9.30am Mass Patrick and Mary O’Brien RIP

Ordinary Time

Tuesday 17th July 11.00am Funeral Mass Fay Symonds RIP 6.00pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 7.00pm Mass Dominic Hegarty RIP

Ordinary Time

Wednesday 18th July 6.30pm Mass Eddie Sherlock RIP Ordinary Time Thursday 19th July 9.30am Mass Ints of Anthony

Fray-Smith Ordinary Time

Friday 20th July 9.30am Mass Ints of Dominic Philip 8.30pm Polish Language Mass

Ordinary Time

Saturday 21st July 10.00am Mass John Cherian RIP & Aleyamma John RIP 10.30am – 11.30am Confessions 5.15pm - 5.45pm Confessions 6.00pm Vigil Mass Paul Montanaro RIP

7.30pm Polish Language Mass

Ordinary Time

Mass Text: Sunday 15th July 2018 – 15th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Responsorial Psalm: Let us see, O Lord, your mercy and give us your saving help. Gospel Acclamation: May the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ enlighten the eyes of our mind, so that we can see what hope his call holds for us. Preface: IV of Sundays in Ordinary Time, The History of Salvation Eucharistic Prayer: I

Next Weekend: Sunday 22nd July – 16th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year B) Jeremiah 23:1-6 Ephesians 2:13-18 Mark 6:30-34

Last Week: Offertory - £1506.05 Apostleship of the Sea - £488.96 Mass Count – 769

This Week: Week 15, Cycle II for the Weekday Readings and Week 3 for the Daily Prayer of the Church.

Mass This Week: Please note that mass tomorrow, Monday, is now at 9.30am, which is a change to what was published last weekend. Mass on Wednesday is at 6.30pm.

We pray for those who are ill: Andrea Brushneen, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Rita Lenagan, Sharon Williams, Michaele Hercules, Ann Vaughan, John Wood, Leonard Slatter, Sue Hartnett, Jane Conway, Tom Kennedy, Phil Gammond, Mandi Stokes, Florence Stephens, Theo Montague, Lal Slattery, Margaret Coleman, Vera Watson, Patricia Walsh, Janice Hunt, Cecilia Edwards, Veronica Burke, Janet Diaco, Eileen Dewsnip, Sarah Anderson, Fred Leader, Fay Gordon, Kitty Smith, Brendan McGowan, Elizabeth Knight, Katie Hawketts, Ben Wilkinson, Jackie Hutt, Marlene Stafford, Steve Prosser, Adele Moore.

150th Anniversary: Planning meeting in the sacristy on Tuesday July 17th after the evening mass.

Mission Appeal: This weekend we welcome to our parish Fr Francis Barrett who will be making an appeal on behalf of the Crusade of the Holy Spirit to support their work in Latin America.

Schools: We would like to wish staff, pupils and all involved in St Peter’s Primary and St Peter’s High Schools a very happy, restful and safe summer holiday.

Platinum Anniversary: We send our congratulations and prayers to Canon Mattie Hayes, a retired priest of our diocese and one time assistant priest here in St Peter’s, who celebrated the 70th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood last Wednesday. See diocesan website for pictures, story and interview.

RIP: Your prayers are asked for those who died recently. Fay Symonds. Her body will be received into church on Monday July 16th at 3.30pm. Funeral Mass on Tuesday July 17th at 11.00am followed by burial in Coney Hill Cemetery. Thomas ‘Tom’ O’Shea. Funeral mass on Thursday July 26th at 12.00pm followed by committal at Gloucester Crematorium. Eileen Dewsnip, who died this week, funeral details to follow. We extend our sympathy and the support of our prayer to their families.

Baptism: We welcome into the family of the church Joylin Bastian, Jorge and Jasmine Wasley, and Cohen O’Connor baptised this weekend.

Clerk to Governors Advert: The Governing Boards of St Peter’s High School, Rosary Catholic Primary School and St Thomas More Catholic Primary School are seeking to appoint a Clerk to Governors. The Clerk will be accountable to the Governing Board, working effectively with the Chairs of Governors, the Headteacher and the Governors. Consideration will be given to “Job sharing” or anyone interested in working at one or two schools rather than all three. See noticeboard for more details or visit one of the schools websites.

Red Mission Boxes/Missio: Box holders and promoters, thank you all so much for your generosity in helping the missions. Please collect your magazines from the back of church. Feel free to empty your own box if you can and put the money into one of the brown envelopes provided. Otherwise, please bring it to church to be emptied. If you would like to write a cheque, please make it payable to “APF”. Any queries please contact Lucy Hayward on 07452 7733 30 or email lucyglos@msn.com

Prayer and Praise: Meet on Thursday July 19th at 7.30pm in St Peter’s Church. During this month’s prayer meeting our special speaker is Canon Tom Gunning who is the Parish Priest at Church of The Immaculate Conception, Stroud. He will be talking on "The Humility of Jesus", with music ministry led by Tony Wadley. All are welcome.

Little Church: Today is the last Little Church (9.00am mass) before the summer break. It will resume again in early September. Thank you to all who run and help Little Church. It is so appreciated..

A Reminder: Children who do need to use the toilet in church must always be accompanied by an adult family member. Similarly children must not be let light votive candles on their own.

Caution: Please do not leave personal property (handbags, car keys etc) unattended at any time while in church.

Clifton Diocese- Year of Mission Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mission always involves being sent out… that’s what it means to be an apostle. Jesus draws the Twelve close to him, giving them a share in his authority and his mission, and sends them out to preach God’s mercy, healing and forgiveness. Notice what they are to rely upon… not what they pack ‘just in case’ – spare shoes, a packed lunch, an extra tunic. No! They are to rely on what God will provide for the journey. They come close to Jesus before they are sent out – that’s important. We need to be close to the Lord if his mission is to become ours… or else we go out empty handed and with an empty heart. It’s also the Lord we constantly return to… after all it is his mission we share in and not one of our own making. Wherever we find ourselves during this coming week may our mission towards others be one that brings healing, mercy and peace into others’ lives.