Dates for your Diary

Summer Fete Saturday 27th June 1.00-4.00pm on the School Field.

Next Saturday!!
Many thanks to all who have offered help, donated prizes, or money. We
have volunteers to man the stalls and games, but still need helpers to sell
cakes, and helpers to serve teas:- 1.00-2.00pm, 2.00-3.00pm, 3.00-4.00pm.
Disposable cups are used nowadays, so there is very little washing up.
There is also a big box next in the porch for donations of gifts for the
Tombola, Children's Tombola and the various stalls and games. No jumble
or bric-a-brac thank you!
Cakes, home produce and plants are always best sellers. Please deliver
them to the School, if possible, on Fri 26th pm or Sat 27th am.
Setting up usually begins at 10.30am approx. and cleaning up and
transporting back to the Church Hall at approx. 3.30pm. (At the end of the
day, extra helping hands are greatly appreciated!)
Invitation from Archbishop Bernard Longley to young Catholics of the
Archdiocese - The Archbishop would like to invite you to join him on
pilgrimage to World Youth Day, Krakow, Poland in July 2015.
Birmingham Catholic Youth Service will be organising this pilgrimage, which
takes place between 19th July - 2nd August 2015. Age range - 16-35 years.
For more information and to download your application form, see the
website: www.go2wyd.co.uk .

ST. BENEDICTS R C CHURCH

OWEN STREET, ATHERSTONE,
WARWICKSHIRE, CV9 1DG
Tel: 01827 713177,
Website: st-benedicts-atherstone.org
Parish Priest: Mgr. Paul Watson

Finance Secretary: Jo Howe 01827 750214

Newsletter: Brian Ingram 01827 704858
email: brianingramocds@gmail.com
Items for inclusion in the Newsletter by Thursday Noon

12th Sunday of the Year (B)

Sat 20th June

4.00 pm

Sun 21st June

9:30 am

Mon 22nd June

Vigil of Sunday
12th Sunday of the
Year

Bible Alive - the July Issue is available - please feel free to take a copy.
Summer Retreat - July 24-26th at Hilton, Nr. Lichfield (Non-Residential) in a
country setting. There are brochures in the porch and a Poster on the
noticeboard
Weeding around the Church - Would anyone be willing to give an hour to
tackling the weeds around the Church and Car Park wall & Hall. To gain
access through the gate, please contact Brian Ingram on 01827 704858.

We extend a warm welcome to everyone worshipping here this

weekend, refreshments are served in the Church Hall after 9.30am
Mass, please come and join us, ALL ARE WELCOME.

Tues 23rd June

7.00 pm Prayer Mtg

Wed 24th June

Thurs 25th June

7:00 pm

Fri 26th June

10.00 am

Sat 27th June

4.00 pm

Sun 28th June

9:30am

Reception Mass for

Fr Peter Gallagher
Service of Holy
Communion
Vigil Mass
13th Sunday of the
Year

For the Parishioners

The Liturgy & the Care of the Church

Readers this week:
Readers next week:

Sat: S. Machin
Sun: L. Osborne,R & B Taylor
Sat: C. Rudkin
Sun: D. Furlong

Offertory Procession this week: V & D Dickens

Eucharistic Ministers D. Leaper
M. Reed
Next Week
Church Cleaning - ------------------Altar Society -------------------

The Sick and their Carers

Please pray for Father Andrew, Pat & Maureen Burke, Bridie Symmons,
Ada Russell, Winifred Jones, Charlotte Smith, Kath Ford, Ursula Cope,
Patricia Carter, Christina Chetwynd, Olive Fortune and Father Paul.
Please remember our housebound parishioners in your prayers: Marion
Burrows and Marie Aherne .

Anniversaries
We pray for all our deceased relatives and friends especially those
anniversaries fall at this time, William John Jones, Muriel Gilbert, Lilian
Mary Clamp, Annie, William May they Rest in Peace.

Money Matters
Collections 2 weeks ago: Ist - 243.76 (1st Com Mass - 179.02)
2nd - 179.62
Collections last week: 1st - 236.60
144.58 - thank you!
Next week 27/28th - Second Collection for Peter's Pence
July 11/12th - Second Collection for the Apostleship of the Seas (special
envelopes will be available).
TOTE: 14/6/2015
Winning Nos. 8 / 34 0 Winners - Payout 24.24
(Rollover) Snowball next week 17
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PRAYER GROUP - After the initial meeting last week, it was agreed that,
for the next few weeks, the meeting will take place in the Church at 7pm
(as there will be no evening Mass). The prayer will take the basic format of
Evening Prayer of the Church with the opportunity to extend the various
elements of the Prayer (Praise and adoration, listening to Scripture
readings and Intercession for our various needs). To give you a sense of
how long the meeting might last - last week we prayed together for about
half an hour!

"That in all things God may be glorified St. Benedict

Fr Peter Gallagher RIP

With great sadness we learned of the death of Fr Peter
Gallagher last Monday 8th June. As you know, Fr Peter
was Parish Priest here at St Benedict's for 30 years
before his retirement in 2013. After a sudden collapse
in his bathroom, Fr Peter could not be revived and his
long life ended
The Funeral arrangements have now been made. The principal Requiem
Mass, celebrated by the Archbishop and concelebrated by many of the
priests of the diocese, will take place in Nuneaton at 11.30 am on Friday
26th June at the Church of Our Lady of the Angels. This Church has been
chosen as the location of the Requiem Mass because it is large enough to
accommodate the numbers of priests and people likely to be participating
in the Mass and prayers for Fr Peter. Also because the Nuneaton parish
was where Fr Peter grew up and celebrated his first Mass after ordination.
However, in recognition of the 30 years Fr Peter ministered as Parish
Priest here at St Benedict's, and as a special opportunity for as many
parishioners to come together to pray for his soul, Fr Peter's body will be
brought to St Benedict's Church on Thursday 25th June at 7.00 pm, after
which the Dean, Fr Michael Gamble, will celebrate Mass for him. Fr Peter's
body will remain in the Church overnight until 9.00 am on Friday morning,
when the coffin will be taken to Nuneaton.
After the evening Mass, the Church will remain open for a period of time,
so that parishioners may have the opportunity to come to pray for Fr Peter
- and also for a period of time before 9.00 am in the morning.

Fr Paul -- Early in the week last week the Queen Elizabeth Hospital offered
me the possibility of going into hospital sooner than the original date. The date
for the surgery is now Monday 29th June! I have happily accepted this - good
to get things done as soon as possible now. This means that I go away to
Rome this weekend and return next Saturday. I shall go into hospital the next
day (Sunday 28th) and have the surgery on the following day. Fr Raphael will
celebrate the Masses from now on. God bless you all. I'll be in touch!