Newsletter

Rosary Sunday   -   The CAFOD Harvest Collection Will Be Taken Today

Sunday Masses                            

9.30am       Harry Turner (LD)                        
11.00am     Gertie Polding (Birthday)                    
6.30pm       Jim & Judith Kenyon (A)

Weekday Masses

Mon.   8.30am    One Sick
Tues.  8.30am    Frank Morris (in thanksgiving)
Wed.   8.30am    Margaret Dearden & Family
Thurs. 8.30am    Joe Linksey
Fri.      8.30am    Margaret Mary Cartmell (FM)
Sat.     8.30am    Ken Brindle

Sunday Masses, 11th October

9.30am     Geraldine Ellis                           
11.00am     Gerald & Teresa Thompson, Harold and Hannah Slater                    
6.30pm     Frank Smith

Please Pray for our Sick Brothers and Sisters

Jayne Hodge  Kathleen Reynolds  Bridget Cain  Hazel Lee  Mary Patten  Agnes  Martindale  Robert  Stretton  Hilda and Harold Howorth    Maureen  Turner    Mildred Bridge   Margaret   and   Fred  Wood    Harold Sutton   Josie Down    Mary Campbell    Margaret Bower  Thomas Moss    Winifred Marshall   Gerard Baker    Hugh O’Daly    Margaret Dearden    Maureen Jackson    David  Woods      Frank Morris    David Lynch

Please pray for Dorothy Mulkeen who died last week.

Baptism

Today we welcome in baptism Rowen Paige Grimshaw.

Church Attendance

During October the Church nationally counts the numbers of people who attend mass. In November we will remember the twenty five parishioners who have died this year and whom we miss each Sunday and today we welcome the “new” parishioners who have joined us in this time... there are still large numbers of “resting” parishioners whom we miss... any you could persuade to return will be more than welcome!

Hedges

Les Walsh has completed the annual cut of all the hedges in the grounds. It has been a massive task – even the hawthorne hedge marking the entrance to the “new” graveyard has been tamed! Our thanks to Les and the Grounds Team who have worked so hard to complete this mammoth task. Thank you all, very much. 

Religious Inspection

Fr. Melly and his team on Tuesday inspected the religious teaching and the practice of the Faith in the life of the School. They found it “outstanding”. It was a really lovely day – the children were “outstanding” and a credit to the work of their teachers who so wonderfully present the joy of the Gospel in our School. I asked Mrs. Wroblewski to summon the ice cream van as a gift from us so that all the children could celebrate the occasion. The Faith is taught, but first and foremost it is lived and in that way caught.

Open Evening – 14 October (6.00pm – 8.00pm)

You are all warmly invited to come to look around the school at the Open Evening next week. Invitation cards are available in the porch... you won’t recognise the building from what you remember in ‘your day’... it has been much enhanced!

Collection

Thank you for last week’s collection of £978.

CAFOD

The harvest CAFOD collection will be taken today. If you wish any of it to go to Water Aid please mark your donation as “Water”.

Cheques

Our Bank (like all others I suspect) is tightening up on the receipt of cheques... they will only accept cheques made payable to St. Gregory’s Parish.... so, cheques made payable to, for example, various collections or other activities (churchyard etc.) – still less any made payable to M. McKenna!!! – will not be accepted!! Any cheques made payable to CAFOD are sent direct to them and do not go through our account.

Drains

The drains from the church feed into a soak-away and have to be re-directed to the main drainage system. This will require the paving in front of the church to be disturbed, so we will take this opportunity to have the flags there re-laid as they have, in parts, become broken and dangerous. The work should start within the next few weeks.... during it the toilet at the back of the church will not be available for use. I will let you know dates as soon as we know them.

Stoptober – Stop Smoking in October

Emily Robson writes to remind us of this Public Health campaign. There is local support in Chorley – contact the team on 01772 644474, or call into Chorley Health Centre Tuesday evening between 5.00pm – 7.00pm.

Ministering to the Assembly

Counters  (5th October)        David Chadwick, Madge Martin, John Brownley

Rotas        (11th October)      
S.A.S.        Janet Critchley and Pauline Critchley         
Readers        Louise Cogan                Nora Ball                          Linda Corcoran
Ministers       Linda Walmsley            Edward Brierley            Anthony Hooson        
                        Bernard Kiley                David Chadwick    
Dial a Ride    Tommy McGuigan        Paul Thompson