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2nd Sunday of Easter – LOW SUNDAY – 8th April, 2018

DATE

TIME ST COLUMBA’S TIME ST MALACHY’S

Saturday 7th April NO MASS 6.30 pm John Timlin

Sunday 8th April 9.00 am People of the Parish

11.00 am John Joseph & Annie Walsh

12.30 pm Baptism of Oliver Stanley &

Freddie James Kelly

Monday 9th April 8.30 am Special Intention

Tuesday 10th April 10.00 am Intentions of

Fr. Peter Nealon

1.20 pm IN SCHOOL

Easter Day Mass

Wednesday

11th April 8.30 am November Dead List

12.00 noon November Dead List

Thursday 12th April 8:30am The Ferrins Family

Friday

13th April 8.30 am Private Intention

10.45 am Funeral Service for

Raymond Mason

Saturday 14th April 10.00 am People of the Parish

6:30 pm Private Intention

Sunday 15th April 9:00 am Special Intention

11:00 am Margery Cornwall

Parish Priest Monsignor Michael McQuinn

(01422) 361682

Diocese of Leeds Registered Charity

No: 249404

Confessions this week:

Wednesday 11.30 a.m. - 11.55 a.m. Saturday 10.30 a.m. - 11.00 a.m.

Email: michael.mcquinn@diocese

ofleeds.org.uk

PLEASE PRAY FOR: THE SICK: Mary Dollman Kieran Kneafsey Gloria Conway Marie West

Malcolm Webb Rosaline Walsh Bernard Lister Arthur Warden

Stuart Ridley Dolores Crabtree Joan Minford Baby Noah Calcott

Fr. Sean Leonard Rose Rothery

LATELY DEAD: Raymond Mason

ANNIVERSARIES: John Joseph Walsh

CHURCH CLEANING THIS WEEK:

Mrs. Varley & The Parker Family

NEW OFFERTORY ENVELOPES are now at the back of the Church. If you wish to have envelopes but

don’t already, please write your name on the list at the back of the porch or see Fr Michael or Marina.

OFFERTORY COLLECTION: Last Week: £688.93

HOLY PLACES (GOOD FRIDAY): “ “ £257.43

HUNGRY BOX: “ “ £ 32.67

READERS AND EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

READERS: THIS WEEK: 8th April, 2018 NEXT WEEK: 15th April, 2018

11.00 a.m P. Luniw 11.00 a.m. B. Holt EUCHARISTIC THIS WEEK: 8th April, 2018 NEXT WEEK : 15th April, 2018

MINISTERS: 11:00 a.m B. Holt & D. Gott 11:00 a.m. D. Hall & N. Robinson

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION 2nd MAY 2018. Preparation Session - 10th April

Many thanks for your continued generosity

SUBSCRIPTIONS ARE NOW DUE: The new season of the 200 Club has begun. Please hand your

monies in to either Father, Kath, Marina or Trish as soon as

possible if you want to be entered into the monthly draw.

£1 per month or £12 for the year. New members most welcome.

Thank You x You need to be in it to win it.

The Angel's Corner Cafe (Dementia Friendly)

will open on Sunday the 15th April,

2018 at 1.00 - 3.30 pm. Everybody welcome!

Just 'pop in' to relax, enjoy, listen to music, have fun with activities or chat

in a welcoming and friendly

environment! £2.00 for refreshments. Volunteers still required to help with the

cafe. For further information please contact Pauline on 07939100495.

National Eucharistic Congress “Adoremus”. Over the weekend of 7th -9th September a National

Eucharistic Congress is being held in Liverpool. People from every parish in the country are being invited. A special symposium is being held on Friday 7th at the

ACC Convention Centre and a special Congress Day to be addressed by Bishop Robert Barron of the USA on Saturday 8th at the Echo Arena. Special Masses and Eucharistic Processions are to be held at Liverpool

Metropolitan Cathedral on Sunday 9th. Each parish is being invited to send three delegates. For further

information and details of booking arrangements see Fr Michael. Bishop Marcus has asked us to prepare for the

Congress with a special series of homilies after Easter

A special Fundraising Concert for the Family of

the late NICK SMITH is to be held on Friday 13th April, 2018 from 7.30 pm in our Church

Hall, featuring the Yorkshire Songwriter

ROGER DAVIES Tickets £8- available after Mass or call

01422-248841 or 07905-564664

Congratulations to Oliver Stanley & Freddie James Kelly

who we welcome into the family of the Church at their baptisms today.

TODAY is the Feast of Divine Mercy. A special celebration will take place at Leeds Cathedral Great

George Street Leeds LS2 8BE, 2nd Sunday of Easter, 8th April 2018.

The programme will be as follows: 1:30pm Start,

1.45pm Exposition Prayers, & Readings, 3:10pm Mass & D.M.I

Veneration, 4:30pm Tea in the Cathedral Hall. There is NO

Confession on Divine Mercy Sunday as confessions 7 days before or

7 days after meet the requirement.

Halifax Choral Society are presenting Franz

Joseph’s Haydn’s “The Creation” at the Victoria

Theatre on Sunday 15th April at 6.30pm. The biblical story

is retold in beautiful music and tickets cost £12 to £24.

Further details: www.victoriatheatre.co.uk

NEXT BREW & A CHAT will be held on Monday 16th April – taster Curling, Music, Knitting, lots

to do

ST MALACHY’S SCHOOL EASTER

CELEBRATION MASS –

Tuesday 10th April at 1.45 pm in school.

All welcome!

Hungry Box. Since

last summer the very generous sum of £1514.60 has been

received through the Hungry Box. This has now been

forward to support the local food bank at Ebenezer

Church and homelessness project at the Gathering Place

run by Christians Together Calderdale. Many thanks for

your ongoing generosity.

Dead List Masses. It is not possible to schedule all

the Masses received in respect of the November Dead List for celebration in the Parish. However, one of our newly ordained priests who is finishing his studies in Rome, Fr Elliott Wright, has undertaken to celebrate 20 of these

Masses during the next few weeks.

SVP: We will be holding our Annual SVP Coffee

morning in aid of SVP Youth on Sunday 22

April. We will be having a Grand Tombola, Raffle

and Cakes etc Any donations from those able to

bake or contribute gifts, toiletries etc. towards the

event will be greatly appreciated. Items can be

placed in the box in the church porch. Many thanks.

WINNERS OF THE 200 CLUB APRIL DRAW:

1st £20 No: 93 NIAMH ROUSE

2nd £10 No: 50 PENNY MC GOVERIN

3rd £5 No: 8 COLIN RICHARDSON