St.

Mary's Church
40 Park Lane
Rothwell
Leeds
LS26 0ES Telephone 0113 2824453
Clergy Father Éamon McGeough
Web site https://october18th.wixsite.com/stmarysrothwell

Registered Charity no. 249404 Mass Times

Monday 4th Feb 10.00 a.m Mass

Tuesday 5th Feb 9.30 a.m Mass

11.00 p.m Funeral Service (Daniel Hart)

Hunslet Cemetery Chapel

Wednesday6th Feb 10.00 a.m Mass (Mary Hirst)

Thursday 7th Jan 10.00 a.m Eucharistic Service

Friday 8th Feb 10.00 a.m Mass (D’d Members Yorkshire Brethen
Society)

Saturday 9th Feb 6.00 p.m Vigil Mass (Souls in Purgatory)

Sunday 10th Feb 9.30 a.m Mass (Gladys Fordham)

11.00 a.m Mass (Jim Callaly)

Collection £997. Many thanks.
HALL HIRE Our hall is available for parishioners to use for their social events should you wish. Please
contact the hall manager (Steph Power) for details on 07729761340.

FOOD BANK We are still receiving much needed supplies which are delivered to the food bank in
Rothwell every Thursday. If you haven’t yet been able to donate, could you perhaps add an extra item to
your weekly shopping for those who are experiencing the great poverty of hunger in our community.

SVP COFFEE MORNING After both masses This weekend.

Pews - Please try to leave the pews tidy after Mass. Thank you.
CEILI The final social event in our winter programme will be a Ceili to be held on Saturday 23rd
February @ 7.15 p.m onwards. Tickets available now. As floor space will be at a premium to allow
dance numbers will have to be limited to 60-70. Therefore, if you are interested and would like to
come, please let me know ASAP. At time of writing there are only 15 tickets left!

RED MISSION BOX If anyone has a Red Mission Box which needs emptying, please bring it into
church at your convenience.

LOURDES 2019 Calling all Doctors, Nurses and Carers who are interested in being part of our
amazing hospitality team on the Leeds Diocesan Pilgrimage 5- 11th July 2019. There is an
information evening taking place at Mount St Mary’s school, LS9 8LA Tuesday 19th March 7 p.m.

PROJECT COORDINATORS The vicariate for education is looking for 2 Project Coordinators.
One to support work on Catholic Character education and the other to support schools converting to
academy status. For further information call 0113 2618040.

JOB VACANCY Financial Accountant Based at Hinsley hall A good all-rounder to work in a
small financial team providing financial and administrative support across our diocese. Contact
john.moran@dioceseofleeds.org.uk

A RETREAT WITH A DIFFERENCE A Foyer de Chanté retreat will be held at Hinsley Hall,
the Diocese of Leeds Pastoral Centre, from Sunday 21st July (6 p.m) – Saturday 27th July (2 p.m).
The theme is ‘God’s plan for the Fullness of Time’ and the preacher will be Mgr Keith Barltrop.
Foyer retreats are held mainly in silence, with 3 talks/day – and offer an holistic way of deepening
our faith. keithbarltrop@redow.org.uk or 07879 953 953.

CATECHISTS MEETING Saturday 9th March. Hinsley Hall 10.00 a.m – 1 p.m. The Diocese
invites all catechists and those included in faith formation to a meeting at Hinsley Hall. – there will
be the chance to meet the new catechesis coordinators Gregory Stacey and Kieran Hughes.

DAY OF REFLECTION Caring for the Earth – Our common home. The Justice and Peace
Commission have organized a day of reflection on 30th March @ St John Fisher & Thomas More
Burley in Wharfedale LS29 7PX. It will start with community mass @ 10.00 a.m and finish around
4 p.m.

RETREAT DAY We have provisionally booked a retreat day at Ampleforth monastery on

Saturday 18th May. The cost per head is £31.00, which includes refreshments in the
morning/afternoon and a light lunch. I will need to confirm this within the next 3-4 weeks. So if you
are interested, please see me by the 17th February.

There is a creative tension between the now and the not yet. Sticking with the now can mean
feeling settled once and for all, feeling that searching is a nuisance, feeling certain, and
afraid of uncertainty. Following the not yet, on the other hand, may mean we go aimlessly
searching all our lives, afraid of commitment.
Faith precedes hope. It takes faith to join the daring of the wanderer to the fear of the one
who is satisfied in order to create hope.
Whatever you can do,
Or dream, you can
Begin it
Boldness has genius, power
And magic in it
Begin it now. JOHANN WOLFGANG VON GOETHE