ST PETER APOSTLE CHURCH, RUSHDEN
Parish Priest: Rev Dariusz Bialowas
Tel: 01933 353649
Deacon: Rev Peter Remmington
Parish Secretary: Charmaine: Tue to Thu: 10am – 2pm Parish Safeguarding Representative: Stuart Pearce
Email: parish.stpeterrushden@northamptondiocese.org
Website: https://rushdencatholicchurch.co.uk/
Twitter: www.twitter.com/rushdencatholic
Facebook: www.facebook.com/StPeterApostle
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6th OCTOBER 2024 – YEAR B
TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY OF THE YEAR
MASS BOOK: Page 140
PREFACE: Page 69 Number 5
EUCHARISTIC PRAYER: Page 24 Number 2
MYSTERY OF FAITH: When we eat this bread …
Sat: 6:30pm – People of St Peter’s living and deceased
Sun: 10:00am – Philip O’Reilly RIP
Tue: 10:00am – Deceased members of the Smith & Coyle families
Wed: 7:00pm – Deceased members of the Walsh & Lynch families
Thu: 10:00am – For all the petitions requested in the Prayer Request book
Fri: 12 noon – Special Intention
Sat: 6:30pm – People of St Peter’s living and deceased
Sun: 10:00am – Marg Ellis RIP
Rosary: Wednesday 6:30pm
Holy Hour, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and
Confession: Friday 11am
Please pray for those whose anniversaries occur at this time: Eileen Fitzgerald, Thomas Sharman, Winifred Meledy, Franciszek Frankiewicz, Eileen Cox, Michele Gallucci, Sadie Robinson, Peter Fett, Wilfred Finch, Enzo Ferritto, Anthony Bell,Patricia Stringer, Daniel O’Toole, May Bradshaw, Patrick O’Reilly, Zbigniew (Jerry) Celtner, Muriel Knight, Bruno Helsdown, James Conway, Marion Lesar, Peter Colbert, Vincenzo Di’Lorio, Michele Iacobucci, Kataryna Nyczka.
Please remember in Prayer
Tony Bird, Mia, Victor, Cynthia Connor, Jane, Andrew, Alejandre, Nerita, Peter, Mia, Patsy, Gregory, Shaun, Louise, Lily, Frances, June, Matthew, Barbara, Susan Allen, Elizabeth, Win, Sunbarashe, Alessandra, Catherine, the Cudone family, Maria, Bud, Jan, Mary, Alan, Nick, the Collett family, Gary, Isla, Anna, John, Win & family and Michael, Eileen Bishop, the Igerl family, Emma, Eva, Ann, Margaret Murray & family, Joan, Emilia, Sam, Yvonne, Kele, Luna, Kirk, Sophie, Lewis, Gary, Pat, Nathan, Ida,.
OFFERTORY: Last week’s collection amounted to £545.67. Thank you very much.
SECOND COLLECTION: Last weekend raised £326.85 for Sick and Retired Clergy.
SECOND COLLECTION: This weekend is for CAFOD Family Fast Day.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY: Is available to all children age 5-9 years old at the 10am Mass. We invite the children to come out to the hall/lounge after the entrance hymn and we return them at the Offertory.
TIME TOGETHER GROUP: Meets next Saturday, October 12th, at 2:30pm in the Parish Hall, when David Beesley will tell us more about his life in the film industry.
CHILDREN’S ROSARY PRAYER GROUP: Will meet next Saturday, October 12th, at 10:30am in church.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2025: If your child is in year 3 or above and you wish for them to make their First Holy Communion next year then could parents please complete the enrolment form at the back of church and return it to the office. We will be beginning the lessons in November.
CAFOD HARVEST FAST DAY: Daniel, a young man in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, is carving a better future for his family with carpentry skills he learned in a CAFOD-funded training centre. Give to CAFOD today and you’ll fund training, tools, equipment and safe spaces so more people like Daniel can learn new skills and fulfil their God-given potential. Use the envelope in church or give online at cafod.org.uk/envelope.
TOGETHER IN PRAYER & PRAISE: Today, Sunday October 6th at 6pm at the Salvation Army, Rushden. All are welcome.
FOODBANK DONATIONS: There is a comprehensive list of requested items at the back of Church (including tinned foods & household goods). Please keep the donations coming, as stocks are running low and demand is increasing more and more. Thanks to everyone for all the donations, both of goods and money!
LIVING FAITH: Daily scripture reflection magazine for October to December 2024 now in Church, priced £3.00.
CHRISTMAS CARDS: Now available in the repository.
FEAST OF OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY: A Rosary gathering to celebrate the feast will be held at 6pm on Monday October 7th at Christ the Cornerstone Church, Milton Keynes MK9 2ES. See poster at the back of Church.
Seeing your Life through the Lens of the Gospel
- Marriages can break down, but in this story Jesus appears as the wise person urging people to seek first the original harmony where possible, rather than seek escape routes when difficulties arise. When have you found that, in marriage or in other relationships, the bonds have been strengthened when you have been prepared to work through difficulties?
- There are other things that we needlessly and wrongly put in opposition: young and old, male and female, people from different cultures, body and soul. Perhaps at times you have discovered the advantages of exploring the richness in combining such apparently exclusive opposites.
- The children in the second story can be taken as representing any group of ‘little ones’ whose opinion we may be inclined to dismiss. When have you found that you have been taught an important lesson about life, about love, or about faith by people whose views you had been inclined to dismiss?
- Childrens’ curiosity and questioning can also give us a lesson. Their desire to know and understand the world around them can serve as an inspiration for us and we seek an ever deeper understanding and appreciation of how our faith can enrich our lives.