St.

Mary's Church
40 Park Lane
Rothwell
Leeds
LS26 0ES Telephone 0113 2824453
Clergy Father Éamon McGeough
Web site https://october18th.wixsite.com/stmarysrothwell

Registered Charity no. 249404

MASS TIMES
Monday 14th October 11.00 a.m Mass (Pro Pop)

Tuesday 15th October 10.00 a.m Mass (Pro Pop)

Wednesday 16th October 10.00 a.m Mass (Emily Nowell)

Thursday 17th October 10.00 a.m Eucharistic Service

Friday 18th October 10.00 a.m Mass (Agnes Kilgallon)

Saturday 19th October 6.00 p.m Vigil Mass (Don Hayes)

Sunday 20th October 9.30 a.m Mass (For a Happy Marriage)

11.00 a.m Mass (Betty Greenslade)

Last week’s Collection Total £1103. Many Thanks! Pews - Please try to leave the pews tidy after Mass
Agnes Kilgallon’s Family wish to thank the many parishioners who supported them at her funeral. This was
very much appreciated.

HALL HIRE Our hall is available for parishioners to use for their social events should you wish. Please contact the
hall manager (Steph Power) for details on 07729761340.

CONFIRMATION PREP DATE (For external students) Mass of enrolment – Sunday 29th September 2019.
Saturdays 5th/19th October. 2nd /16th November (To include short service of reconciliation) All @ St Mary’s
Church @ 10.00 a.m.

DEFIBRILATION TRAINING There will be a refresher course on Saturday 9th November for anyone interested in
familiarising themselves with this potentially lifesaving equipment. 10.00 a.m Church hall.

QUIZ NIGHT Saturday 26th October 7.15 p.m Church Hall. Tickets £5.
NOVEMBER DEAD LIST Demand for masses was very high last year. Please therefore present your intentions
ASAP and I will endeavour to say mass on the day requested or the nearest available date thereafter.
Envelopes at the back of church.

SAMARITAN’S PURSE OPERATION CHRISTMAS CHILD Leaflets are now available and are free, so please take
one. It will advise you what to can and cannot put in the shoeboxes. – Some of the regulations regarding this
have been changed, e.g. Toothpaste and sweets can no longer be included.
Shoeboxes are now ready for purchase at 50p/box. Please take what you need and put monies in collection
dish in the porch. Boxes will need to be filled and returned to church by mid-November. Date to be advised.

FOOD BANK Thank you to everyone who contributed to the food bank, helping the many in our community
who suffer from food poverty. If you don’t, as yet – perhaps one extra item in your weekly shop could be of
such help.

DOWRY TOUR From Thursday 7th November, 4pm, until Saturday 9th November, 1pm. The statue of Our
Lady of Walsingham will be at Leeds Cathedral. There will be a range of liturgical devotions to coincide with
this visit.

RENAISSANCE IN RIPON The Choir and Trombone Quartet of the University of Texas at El Paso are visiting
the Diocese of Leeds in October to join Leeds Cathedral Choir for a Gala Concert of Renaissance choral music
at St Wilfrid’s Church on Sunday, 13 October at 3.30 pm. Tickets are £10 from Charles Foulds on 07813
832231 or charles.foulds55@gmail.com – with all proceeds going towards the St Wilfrid’s Restoration Appeal
Fund. For more information visit: https://www.dioceseofleeds.org.uk/renaissance-in-ripon/

SHORT TALK ON NEMWAN Following the Leeds Newman Festival and Bl. John Henry’s Canonisation, Prof.
George Herring (parishioner of St. Wilfrid’s Ripon, whose academic specialism is the Oxford Movement) will
give a talk entitled “Newman: Saint for the 21st Century” at St Robert’s Parish Centre, Harrogate on 17th
October, beginning at 7.30pm. Numbers are limited, so please contact
gregory.stacey@dioceseofleeds.org.uk to reserve a place.

REFUGEE RESPONSE WAKEFIELD Tuesday 22nd October 2019 at St Peter and St Paul Parish Centre, St
George’s Walk, Stanbridge Lane, Wakefield, WF2 7NR from 7-00pm to 9.30pm. This event is an opportunity
to hear from the organisations which are supporting Refugees and Asylum Seekers and learn about the
volunteer roles available. There will be a number of short presentations followed by time to visit information
stalls. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served. Please contact Lucy Irven on 07739 975 020 at
lirven@catholic-care.org.uk for more information.

THE ANNUAL LOURDES DINNER DANCE is being held on Friday 25th October, which includes a
complimentary drink, 3 course dinner and DJ/dancing is being held at the Met Hotel in Leeds. All profits
raised from the night will go to the Leeds Diocesan Lourdes fund. Tickets are priced at £40 each or £350 for a
table of ten - for more information or tickets please contact Phil Marshall on 07766 148375 or at
Philmarshall49@hotmail.com

Everywhere we look we see images of violence, in our homes, on our streets, in our schools. We see it in
advertising, in films, on the news. We see it in strife within companies, communities and nations and
between them. We find it expressed physically, sexually, emotionally and psychologically. It is everywhere
and we feel powerless in the face of it. Let’s just stop it. Let the writers, producers, editors and actors who
portray violence stop. Let the media stop presenting stories on violence. Let parents and teachers, brothers
and sisters, men and women and children stop. Let the political, social, economic, judicial and religious
institutions stop. Let us all spend time in silence, stillness, meditation and prayer each day, drawing on the
spirit within us to lead us into kindness, openness of heart, goodness, well-being, generosity and goodwill.

How beautiful upon the mountains

Are the feet of him who brings good news.
ISAIAH 52:7