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BENEDICTS R C CHURCH

Dates for your Diary

Saturday 7th February - Mens Breakfast at St Mary's Church Hall,
08:30am Start, all men welcome, share a good breakfast and fellowship,
no charge.
Valentine's Fayre - 14th February. We will be having a stall at this event
to raise funds for CAFOD, gifts and donations please in box at the back of
church- a positive way of passing on unwanted gifts!
Sparkles - Wednesday 4th February, meet in the Church Hall at 11:30am,
come and enjoy the company and learn how to make jewellery, all Ladies
welcome, more information from Sarah on 07517601094, or just turn up.

Thought for the Week

The authority of Christ over evil
It is beautiful to begin todays liturgy with the opening prayer:
Grant us, Lord our God,
That we may honour you with all our mind,
And love everyone in truth of heart.
The mantra in the book of Deuteronomy 6:5 enjoin us to love the Lord your God
with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind. The invitation to
love expresses itself in the love of others and I sometimes wonder if it is possible for us
to love as God expect us to. While this call might be a vocation to celibate life, it can
also be realized within the sacred institution of married life. And today, Jesus gives us
the authority to love our neighbours by confronting the evil that sets prejudices in our
hearts, the evil that divide us.

Fr Raphael Imoni
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.

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

4TH WEEK ORDINARY TIME (B)

Saturday 31st January

4:00pm

Vigil Mass

Sunday 1st February

9:30am

Mass (the People of the Parish)

Monday 2nd February

Presentation of The Lord

Tuesday 3rd February

No Mass

Wednesday 4th February

No Mass

Thursday 5th February

No Mass

Friday 6th February

10:00am

Eucharistic Service

Saturday 7th February

4:00pm

Joe Nally

Sunday 8th February

9:30am

Mass (the People of the Parish)

The Liturgy & the Care of the Church

Readers this week:

Pupils

Pupils

Readers Next week:

S. Callers

T. Willmott

Offertory Procession this week:

Pupils

Eucharistic Ministers

M. Reed

T. Wright

The Sick and their Carers

Please pray for Father Andrew, Pat & Maureen Burke, Noel O'Brien,
Bridie Symmons, Ada Russell, Winifred Jones, Charlotte Smith, Kath
Ford, Patricia Carter, Christina Chetwynd 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
who's anniversaries fall at this time, Joseph Charnell, Alfred Fellows,
John McManus, Maureen Deakin, Ada Loach, Rose Haynes,
Elizabeth Pallett, Doris Matthewson, Hannah Challis, Johanna
Welford, Peter Diugnan, Edgar Roberts, Lucia Every, Norah Simpson
and Joe Nally, May They Rest in Peace.

Money Matters
Last week 1st Collection - 241:16
2nd Collection - 124:71
Thank you!

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

News
Music
Looking to the future, is there anyone who has
keyboard (piano/organ) skills would be
interested in helping with music in the liturgy
especially on Sundays? Perhaps also we could
think about establishing a choir so that we
could begin singing other parts of the Mass,
such as the Responsorial Psalm, Gloria, and
plan some extra music for Holy Week

More News
From Paul to the Benedictines:
Greetings to you all and many thanks for your prayers and good wishes.
Well, the week has flown by, marked mainly by my daily visits to the local surgery
for my wound dressing (the healing of which is progressing nicely) and enjoyment
of the occasional wonder of slurries of snowfall - nice to watch from behind glass,
more problematic if you have to negotiate it on foot or in the car! I do manage to
do a bit of driving - to the surgery or the shops occasionally. I even made a trip to
Birmingham earlier in the week. A bit exhausting, but an indication of progress!
I have a bit of a habit of wondering in the corridors in the late evening. On several
occasions, I have caused night staff here to jump out of their skin if I came out of
the darkness or came unexpectedly around a corner. I feel as though I should carry a
little bell like the lepers in Israel in Jesus' time. My effect on them is a bit
disconcerting - to me as to them! All other residents are usually tucked up by then,
so the staff forget that I might be on the loose!
I pray for you all. Looking forward to being back at St Benedict's probably in a
couple of weeks.
God bless,
Fr Paul.
Unused Rosaries: Do you have unused rosaries tucked away in the
cupboard or drawer, we are collecting rosaries to send out to various
missions around the world, this appeal is being made by The Catenians
who have so far sent out 135,000 rosaries. It would be good if we could
give this initiative our support, spare rosaries can be given to Fr. Paul or
Brian Ingram.