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

Tel: 01452 523603 Email: info@stpetersgloucester.org.uk

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@stpetersgloucester.org.uk In Residence: Fr Gerry Walsh Deacons: Rev Colm Robinson, Rev Tim Meadows Parish Secretary: Mrs Thérèse English secretary@stpetersgloucester.org.uk Parish Office: Tuesday - Friday 9.30am-1.30pm

Sunday Mass Times 6.00pm (Sat), 9.00am, 10.30am, 2.15pm (Polish), 5.30pm

Reconciliation/Confessions Saturday: 10.30am-11.30am & 5.15pm – 5.45pm

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

29th September 2013- 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mass Text Responsorial Psalm: My soul, give praise to the Lord. Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! The sheep that belong to me listen to my voice, says the Lord, I know them and they follow me. Alleluia! Preface: 1 Eucharistic Prayer: 2

LAST WEEKEND: Mass Count –667 Offertory - £1542.10 EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: Wednesday at 11.30am and Friday 8.30am. CAFOD HARVEST FAST DAY: Friday 4th October 2013. It is a stark fact that one in eight of us will go to bed hungry tonight. On Friday 4 October – Harvest Fast Day – CAFOD is asking you to make a place at your table to help our sisters and brothers in the world’s poorest countries get enough nutritious food to eat. Your Fast Day envelopes are available in church this week. Please give as much as you can so that hunger doesn’t remain a fact of life. There will be retiring collections at all masses next weekend. MASS INTENTIONS THIS WEEK: 6.00pm (Sat) (Angela Jayatilleke RIP). Sunday 9.00am (Intentions of Jim Byrne). 10.30am (People of the Parish). 5.30pm (Martin White RIP). Monday 9.30am (Timothy Browne RIP). Tuesday 9.30am (Betty Clune RIP). Wednesday 12.00pm (Phillip Carroll RIP). Thursday 9.30am (Sheila Margaret Mary O’Neill RIP). Friday 9.30am (Rosaleen Murray RIP. Saturday 10.00am (Teresa Staley RIP). 6.00pm (Kathleen Hicks RIP) PRAYERS FOR THOSE WHO ARE ILL: Andrea Brushneen, Alison Blake, Hilda Lawrence, Brendan Markey, Sarah Anderson, Idaline Daley, Ona Pukas, Marie Cunningham, Colin Rocheberry, Jessie Hall, Cheryl Loy, Norah King, George Donovan, Marlene Stafford, Jim Byrne, David McClurg. BABY LOSS MEMORIAL SERVICE: There will be a Liturgy in St Peter's Church on Wednesday October 2nd (Feast of the Guardian Angels) at 7.00pm for parents/families who have lost a child through miscarriage, still-birth or neo natal, providing a time to remember and reflect. THIS IS OUR FAITH: The next talk in the series in our area of the diocese, entitled ‘I believe in the resurrection of the body’ is on Tuesday 1 October, led by Fr Paul Brandon at St Patrick’s Parish Hall, Brockworth, 7.30pm-9.00pm (refreshments from 7pm). RCIA JOURNEY IN FAITH: This year’s RCIA Journey in Faith will start on Wednesday October 9th at 7.30pm in the Coffee Bar. If you would like to be a prayer companion to those seeking Full Communion with the Catholic Church please see Mgr Liam or Rose Harvey. PRAYER , PRAISE & WORSHIP: On Tuesday 1st October at 8.00pm at Church of the Immaculate Conception, Stroud. Guest speaker Deacon Tim Meadows. See noticeboard for more details. CHRISTMAS FAYRE: There will be an meeting on Thursday 10th October at 7.00pm in the sacristy. If you would like to run a stall, or help with this fund raising event in any way, please come and give your support.

RETIREMENT CLUB: Next meeting Wednesday 2nd October will be Bingo. Unfortunately the Speaker who we had booked has had to re-schedule for the new year. At the meeting on Wednesday we will also be collecting names and a deposit of £10 from members who wish to go on our annual Christmas Lunch, which this year will be held at Egypt Mills, Nailsworth. Menu choices and price details at meeting. FILIPINO MONTHLY MASS: Takes place on Saturday 5th October at 3.00pm in St Peter’s Church for the feast of St Lorenzo Ruiz. Revd Fr Edgar Dizon from the Parish of Corpus Christi in Wolverhampton and the Diocese of Bataan in the Philippines is presiding. A salo-salo or get together is taking place at England's Glory pub on London Road after the mass. All are invited. FIRST THURSDAY PRAYER & PRAISE: St. Peter’s Prayer Group is holding a meeting on Thursday 3rd October 2013 at 7.00pm. Everyone is welcome to come and join us, to enjoy a prayerful time with music from the youth group. Access is through the side door. FAITH TODAY MAGAZINE: October edition on sale now-£2.25. FRIENDS OF ST PETER’S MEETING: On Monday 30th September at 7.00pm in the Sacristy, entry by the side door of the church. Anyone who would like to attend this meeting is very welcome. MONTH OF OCTOBER: During the month of October the rosary will be said after the daily mass on Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. DIVINE MERCY HOLY HOUR: On Thursday 3rd October at 3.00pm. PETER’S YOUTH: Next meet on Sunday 29th September, 6.30pm-8.00pm in the Coffee Bar. CELEBRATE BRISTOL WEEKEND CONFERENCE: The annual CELEBRATE Catholic Renewal Conference will be taking place at St. Bede's College, Bristol from 26-27 October. For more information and booking forms visit www.celebrateconference.org. FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2014: Application form for First Holy Communion 2014 are now available at the back of the church. DIOCESAN CATECHISTS’ FORMATION COURSE : This could be for you! Running throughout 2014, the series seeks to encourage and enthuse those engaged in handing on faith to others. If you would like to find out more, why not come along to the introductory session, either on Wednesday, 23rd October in Swindon or Thursday, 24th October in Whitchurch, Bristol. You‟d be more than welcome; all you need to be is keen to know more, keen to understand and keen to bring others into the life of our communities of faith and hope. For more details, please see poster/flyer on the notice board.

CAKE SALE: Organized by the Friends of St Peter’s, on Sunday 6th October in the Coffee Bar after the 9.00am mass. Donations of cakes, pastries, breads etc can be left in the Coffee Bar before mass. Money raised will be used for our parish so please support this fund raising event. BAPTISMS: We welcome into the family of the church Bridget Connors and Davien Dawkins baptised this weekend.

AND FINALLY: Dear Brothers and Sisters: In the Creed, we confess that the Church is "one". When we consider the rich diversity of languages, cultures and peoples present in the Church throughout the world, we realize that this unity is a God-given gift, grounded in our common Baptism and our sharing in the Church's one faith and sacramental life. Like a great family, we are united to all our brothers and sisters in Christ, wherever they may be. We might ask ourselves how much we appreciate and express in our daily lives, and particularly in our prayer, this reality of our unity and solidarity in the communion of the Church. The world needs our witness to God's plan for the unity, reconciliation and peace of the whole human family. Let us ask the Lord to enable us, and Christians everywhere, to work to overcome our tensions and divisions, to strive, as Saint Paul bids us, to maintain the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace (cf. Eph 4:3), and to cherish the harmony which the same Spirit creates from the richness of our diversity. Pope Francis from General Audience Wednesday September 25th 2103

Next Sunday – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Readings: Habakkuk 1:2-3;2:2-4. Timothy 1:6-8.13-14. Luke 17:5-10.

Vocation Matters- 29th September – 26th Sunday in Ordinary Time “Fight the good fight of the faith” The ‘Rumble in the Jungle’ and the ‘Thrilla in Manila’ were two of the greatest boxing matches of all time, both won by Muhammad Ali. Jesus exhorts us to fight the good fight of faith. Ours is to be a bloodless battle though. The ring is the world. Our enemy is the devil and all that runs counter to God’s plan. Our weapon is not our fists but the sword of the Spirit, the Word of God. The showmanship comes from our adherence to the Lord and our desire to do his will. The knockout blow is proudly proclaiming the name of Jesus in all its power. The prize is peace in this life and the promise of the crown of glory in the next!