Newsletter - Holy Family Ince Blundell

Capriol Singers Concert
The Crosby Capriol Singers with the Lacuna Choir, conducted by Richard
Pomfret will be performing “Anything Goes! Music for a summer’s
evening. The event take place at St. Michael’s Church Hall, Dowhills
Road on Saturday 11th July at 7.30pm. Ticekts are £9 (concessions £8
and accompanied under 19’s free.) Tickets from members, Pritchards
Books, Harmonies or www.wegottickets.com/crosbycapriolsingers
Also the Capriol Singers are looking for new members. If you want to join likeminded people and enjoy a wide range of music, contact them on
[email protected]
Day of Prayer and Refelection
Come and See
This year’s Come and See will be held 2-3 October at Christ the King
School Southport. The guest speaker will be Sr. Helen Prejean, the lady
behind Dead Man Walking. For more information please contact Jenny at
Irenaeus on 0151 949 1199.
Celebrate the Child
This years Mass for Children will be celebrated by the Archbishop at St. Mary's Lowe
House, St. Helen’s today Sunday 5th July at 3.00pm. All are welcome to attend. Bring
a picnic with you for after Mass.
Hightown Flower Show
The Hightown Flower Show takes place this year on Saturday 18th
July in Saint Stephen’s Hall. The show will be opened at 2.30pm
and the Prize giving is at 4.30pm. The Mayor and Mayoress of
Sefton will be present. There are a number of sections for entries, Vegetables, Flowers,
Fruit, General Produce, and Art Handicraft and Photography, as well as a children’s
section and all classes are open to residents of Hightown, Ince Blundell and Little
Crosby. Why not have a go and put an entry in.
Our Lady of Victories Bonus Ball
Winning Number 22
Newsletter
Our Lady of Victories, Sandy lane, Hightown, Liverpool L38 3RP
Tel 0151 929 2149
Parish Priest: Father David Gamble (Deacon Emeritus Revd. A. John Crooks)
Email: [email protected]
Websites: www.ourladyofvictorieshightown.co.uk
www.hfib.co.uk
14th Sunday of the Year (B)
A day of Prayer and reflection will be held at the Saint Joseph's Prayer
Centre, Formby on Saturday 11 July beginning with Mass 10.00am. The
theme of the day is
TAKE TIME! .... RESPONDING IN LOVE TO THE GOD WHO ALWAYS BECKONS US
The cost of the day with a light lunch will be £15 ( £12 with own lunch ). For more
details please contact the Saint Joseph's Prayer Centre 01704 875850 or 07712
178670.
Date 27th June
The Parishes of
Holy Family & Our Lady of Victories
Winner: Mary Lochhead
4th July 2015
From Father David…..
Those of us of a certain vintage my well
remember Mission Praise. Back in the 1980’s Billy
Graham, the American Evangelist, came over to
England and for 3 weeks took over Anfield Stadium
(it was the only time I have ever been on the Kop!!).
Every night lively music would be sung, presentations of faith made and
Christian celebrities, such as Sir Cliff Richard, and the wrestler Big Daddy, would
give personal testimonies of faith. Eventually Billy Graham would come on to the
stage and give us a rousing talk, and ask us to give our lives to Jesus and be his
faithful disciples. For 3 weeks Billy Graham did this and hundreds and thousands
of Christians were “reborn.” It was a fantastic time to be a Christian and taking
to heart Psalm 116 “Go out to the whole world and proclaim the Good News.”
The world is a dark place at the moment and it is a difficult time to be a
Christian. But this is not new and the Christian is resilient. Remember the
disciples (I write this on the Feast of Saint Thomas) post the Crucifixion. They
were in the Upper Room, hiding away for fear of the Jews. Jesus came in and gave
them the support and encouragement they needed. When they recognised who
he was they went out and proclaimed the Gospel. Even doubting Thomas, went
out and proclaimed the Good News; he is reported to have taken the Gospel to
Persia and India.
We may not see Jesus physically, but he is present with us. We meet him
in the Scriptures and in the Eucharist whenever we read the Bible or receive Holy
Communion, and he is calling us to be disciples just like he called Thomas and
the other 11. So let us recognise his presence in our lives, in the Scriptures and in
the breaking of Bread. And when we do, let us be filled with the joy we had in
the Mission Praise days of the 80’s and Go out into the world, and proclaim the
Good News.
Masses & Intentions for the following Week
Our Lady of Victories
Sun 5
Holy Family
9.00am
Winifred Formby
11.15a.m
Parishioners & May Tutty
Mon 6
9.00am
Service of the Word
and Holy Communion
10.00am
Mass in the Convent
Tues 7
9.00am
Fr. Ian McParland
10.00am
Mass in the Convent
Wed 8
9.00am
Joan Hallihan
10.00am
Mass in the Convent
Thur 9
9.00am
Jean McGuiness
10.00am
Mass in the Convent
Fri 10
9.00am
May & Eric Wilson
10.00am
Mass in the Convent
Sat 11
12.00pm
Allan Larkin
10.00am
Mass in the Convent
9.00am
Margaret Getchell
& Parishioners
Sun 12
11.15a.m
Sick Relatives and
Parishioners
Please remember in your Prayers
SICK & ELDERLY: Mark Cheminais, Margaret Smith, James Scales, Peter Kelly,
Nicholas Metcalfe, Paul Kennedy, Irene Desmet, Peter Ward, John Hogan,
James Pendleton, Abby Green, Sandra Lenagan, & Steve McCambridge, Dcn
John Crooks, Ann Crooks, Paul McElheron, Marrick Jones, Tom & Emily
Morley, Nessa Cartwright, Pauline Irvine, Michael Cusack, Brian Parle, Rose
Middleman, Elizabeth Pritchard, Elizabeth Francis, Julie Davis, Ina Tyson, Nellie
Hemmingway, Fr. Michael Lee, Tom Yates, Joseph & Joan Callaghan, Michelle
Boulton, Fr. Gerry Britt, Carol Geill, Fr. Jim Clarkson, Ann Bisbrown-Lee, Joshua
Hayes, Kathy, Martin, Blair Fowler, Gerry Jones, Margaret Burke, Fr. Pat
Harnett SCJ, Pat Bentley, Pat Sugden, Mgr Jack Kennedy, Jacky Williams,
Margaret Kennedy, Irene O’Neil, Clive & Kath Knight, Kristoffer Travis, Adam
Woods, Graham Swift, Tina Kennedy, Mark & Marie Boner, Mary Irish, Kathy
Trapnell, Martin Denson, Alexander Spellman, Jean McGuiness
RECENTLY DIED: Joan Hallihan
IN MEMORIUM OF: James Shaw, Ellen Turner, Joseph Birtill, Carrie Jarvis,
William Lochhead, George Jennings, Gerrard Barrett, George Barrett, Elizabeth
Barlow, Jane Ann Morrissey, John Smith, Monsignor Thomas Barry, Father
Cyril Brownbill, Deacon Gerry Fitzpatrick
Weekly Events
Sun
Mon
Tue
Wed
Thurs
Fri
Sat
Little Church 9.00am Holy Family 11.15am Our Lady of Victories
Padre Pio Prayer Group and Rosary OLOV 9.30am
Play Group OLOV Hall 10.00am
Divine Mercy Prayers 6.15pm OLOV
Morning Prayer 8.40am OLOV;
Art Club OLOV Hall 10.00am
Morning Prayer 8.40am OLOV
Morning Prayer 8.40am OLOV
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament 11.30am-11.55am
Confessions 11.30am-11.55am
Anointing of the Sick
After the success of the Anointing Mass last year, the
Pastoral Area are holding another service of Anointing on
Sunday 26th July at 3.00pm at Holy Family Ince Blundell. If
anyone would like to be anointed on that day can you
please let Father David know, and also if you would like to volunteer to help on the
day. This year it will coincide with the annual pilgrimage to Lourdes.
Proclaim 2015
On Saturday 11th July our parish will host a special morning of
prayer themed Proclaim ’15 from 11.00am at Our Lady’s. Cardinal
Vincent Nichols, along with the bishops of England and Wales,
invites every parish to join a national network of prayer on this
evening to intercede for the work of evangelisation. The gathering will coincide with
the National Catholic Evangelisation Conference, which is happening on the same day,
in Birmingham, bringing together over 800 people from across our countries. Please
do support this significant moment in service of the proclamation of the Gospel.
www.catholicnews.org.uk/proclaim15
Sea Sunday
The Sea Sunday collection will be taken on Sunday July 12th. The collection
supports the work of the Apostleship of the Sea, which through the
ecumenical partnership of the Liverpool Seafarers’ Centre, offers pastoral
care, practical help and hospitality to seafarers whilst they are in the
Mersey Ports. Around 95% of all our goods, (fuel, white goods, food etc),
arrives by ship. We are highly dependent upon seafarers but they are largely invisible
to us: they come from the developing countries and spend up to nine months at sea
away from their families and friends. For more information about Apostleship of the
Sea and Sea Sunday please go to http://www.apostleshipofthesea.org.uk/sea-sunday
Pause for thought
A great challenge: stop ruining the garden
which God has entrusted to us so that all may enjoy it
Pope Francis