CONFESSIONS:  Wednesdays, 5.45pm to 6.10pm and by appointment 

CHURCH IS OPEN – Thursdays 11am to 1pm for visits to the Blessed Sacrament 

READINGS FOR 21 SEPTEMBER
1^st Reading: Amos 8:4-7, Against those who ‘buy the poor for silver’
Psalm 113: Praise the Lord who raises the poor.
2^nd Reading: I Timothy 2:1-8, Prayers should be made for all people to God, who desires all people to be saved.
Gospel Reading: Luke 16:1-13, You cannot serve God and money.
Gospel acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia. Jeus Christ, though he was rich, yet for your sake became poor, so that you, by his poverty, might become rich.  Alleluia.
Communion antiphon: You have laid down your precepts to be carefully kept; may my ways be firm in keeping your statutes.

POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS FOR SEPTEMBER
For our relationship with all of creation
Let us pray that, inspired by St Francis, we might experience our interdependence with all creatures who are loved by God and worthy of love and respect.

SAINTS / FEAST DAYS THIS WEEK
23 September – St Pio of Pietrelcina
24 September – Our Lady of Walsingham
26 September – Ss Cosmos & Damian
27 September – St Vincent de Paul

2^nd COLLECTION LAST WEEK:  Catholic Education  – £50.10  Thank you

2^nd COLLECTION THIS WEEK (21 September): Evangelii Gaudium (Home Missions)
I believe…
Evangelii Gaudium Sunday is celebrated in our parishes on 21 September 2025. This year, the Church has been celebrating a significant anniversary. It’s 1,700 years since the Council of Nicaea. This great gathering of Bishops from around the Church began the work to formulate the creed we proclaim Sunday by Sunday. It is the content of this creed that is our mission, so that we may know and love God in this life, in order to be happy with him forever in the next. The creed begins with a profound proclamation, “I believe…”
This is the theme for Evangelii Gaudium Sunday 2025.

COUNTING AT MASS – 4 WEEKS
The Archdiocese requires us to count the number of parishioners attending Sunday Masses over a four week period.  The more, the merrier!
Please can welcomers count and check numbers for the next four weeks.  Many thanks.

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING: Wednesday 24 September at 7.15pm in the hall

CAFOD HARVEST FAMILY FAST DAY – 3 OCTOBER – THEME: ‘LOVE OF OUR NEIGHBOUR’
Pope Leo XIV urges us to recognise those experiencing poverty as “witnesses to steadfast hope, precisely because they embody it in the midst of uncertainty, poverty, instability and marginalisation.”  Your generosity offers signs of hope in this Jubilee year, helping build more water tanks in Ethiopian communities, where women have to walk for hours just to get to a water standpipe.
CAFOD envelopes will be available next week.  Please remember to gift aid, if you can.  Every penny counts!

FAMILY OF PARISHES SURVEY
Please make sure that you have a survey form from our family of parishes, so that you can be reflecting on the important questions affecting our parish over the next few years.  Forms are available in the porch and will be collected in October.

HELP NEEDED TO KEEP A CLEAN CHURCH– AFTER MASS NEXT WEEK, 28 SEPTEMBER
Mary, our volunteer cleaner and parishioner, kindly looked after the church for many years, before moving away a few months ago.  Diane is very keen to recruit a team of willing helpers to do this on a rota basis, each month.  If you’re happy to help out, please bring your favourite cleaning products and tools along to Mass next week for a group cleaning session.  The more, the merrier – and less time-consuming!  Thank you.

LITTLE CHURCH – 2^nd & 4^th SUNDAY (Next session: 28 September)
All children up to the age of 11 are very welcome to attend our very fun and lively children’s liturgy sessions on the 2^nd and 4^th Sunday of every month.  Emma, Joanne and Keren are fully qualified and have EDBS registrations, so your child is/children are in very good hands, whilst you remain in church for the readings and Father’s homily.

PARISH PILGRIMAGE TO LADYEWELL
Those who attended the day of pilgrimage last Saturday enjoyed a really lovely, very spiritual and reflective time.  Thank you to everyone.

SPONSORED HAIRCUT FOR MACMILLAN CANCER SUPPORT
Ruth Melia is planning to have half her hair cut off in order to raise funds for Macmillan cancer Support.  Please see her after Mass if you’re willing to sponsor her for this very worthy and important cause.

LEAFLETS FOR OUR MILLENNIAL SAINTS – available in the porch

ST CARLO ACUTIS
This extraordinary 15-year old boy was canonised by Pope Leo last Sunday.  St Carlo is the first millennial saint, whose life constantly bore witness to a deep love of the Eucharist and the power of faith. He offered his suffering (when diagnosed with leukaemia) to Pope Benedict and the Church.  St Carlo, please pray for us…
ST PIER GIORGIO FRASSATI
A young campaigner and activist for social reform and social justice.  Humble and committed in everything he did.
St Pier, pray for us and for all those in need…

CHURCH FOODBANK UP-DATE FOR SUMMER 2025
We are suspending our foodbank collections over the summer months and will resume in the autumn. 
However, help is still available to purchase weekly vouchers for the Tarleton Food Pantry (Monday mornings).

RED MISSION BOXES
Please bring your red boxes to church over the next few weeks, so that they can be counted and the money go to the APF Missions, which is much needed.   Please let Diane know if you’d like to arrange collection of your box.

PRAYERFUL REFLECTION BEFORE MASS
Some of our parishioners who like to pray and have a few moments of quiet reflection before the start of Mass.  And of course, we have every opportunity to have a chat and catch-up after Mass. 
Our monthly coffee mornings provide an ideal occasion for this! 

CHURCH CLEANING / FLOWER ARRANGING
Thank you to those who have already said that they’d be interested in helping out.  Diane would like to start putting rotas together, so please can you let her know your availability.  Church cleaning is only twice a month and flower arranging is every other week.  Please have a word with her after Mass today, or ring on 07876 363779. Thank you.

VOTIVE CANDLES
People have been asking how much they should donate for a votive candle.  Fr John is happy to leave it to your discretion, as all donations will be gratefully received – whenever they are made.

GLUTEN FREE SACRAMENT AVAILABLE
Please indicate to Fr John if you need to receive a gf host when you come to receive communion.

ST IGNATIUS OF LOYOLA: The Loving Generosity of Christ
He is generous to exhaustion and what is most wonderful is that he gives himself thus entirely, not once only but every
day, if we wish it.  Every fresh Communion is a new gift, which Jesus Christ makes of himself.