TODAY’S MASSES – Preface 1 of Christmas and Eucharistic Prayer 3

COFFEE – No coffee will be served in Clitherow House after the 9.30am Mass today.

WHARFETALES CHRISTMAS EDITION is on sale this weekend. As ever, full of interest, information and entertainment (including a special pullout Children’s Section) and still only 50p.  Loose copies of the Children’s Section are at the back of church.

CLITHEROW HOUSE –will be open on Monday from 8.00 pm to celebrate the arrival of the New Year.

WEDNESDAY CLUB – No meeting on 2 January.  This meeting will take place on the 9 January at 2.15 pm in Clitherow House.

JOURNEY IN FAITH – The next session will be held on Thursday next, 3 January, at 7.30 pm.

CHURCH CLEANING – The cleaners for the church this week are J Hughes, B Simpson, P Wiley and M Mitchell on Thursday 3 January at 2.00 pm.

EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT – on Friday 4 January from 9.00 am to 6.30 pm, finishing with Holy Communion.  The Chaplet of Divine Mercy will be recited at 3.00 pm.  If you are able to spend some time before the Blessed Sacrament, please put your name on the list at the back of the church.

PRAYER BREAKFAST – The next ecumenical Prayer Breakfast will be held on Saturday next, 5 January, at 8.00 am.

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS HOUSEBOUND TEAM - Holy Communion will be taken out to the sick and housebound of the Parish after the 9.30am Mass next Sunday 6 January by Mary Vickers, Audrey Clissitt, Keith and Sheila Foster, Joe & Margaret McGuinness, Ian Monger, Doreen Nolan, Maggie Power and Peter Thompson.

LOURDES – The 2008 Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes will take place from 27 June to 4 July.  Some parishioners have expressed an interest in going.  If you are interested have a word with Maureen Smith.

THANKS – As we come to the end of another year, I would like to express my deep gratitude to all who have worked in any way for the benefit of the parish during the past year.

NEW YEAR – Father O’Connor wishes you and your loved ones a happy, healthy and peaceful New Year.

CHRISTMAS OFFERINGS – My sincere thanks to you for your very generous Christmas offerings.  I am most grateful also for your cards, good wishes and gifts received during the Christmas season.

YOUTH PROJECT –We are very grateful to those who have made financial pledges for the Youth Project.  There is still time to make a pledge before the deadline.

HOPE 2008 – is the title of a year of united mission for every denomination, stream and ministry across the UK.  It is about making the love of Jesus known in our neighbourhoods and in our town.  Further details in the next few weeks.

CLERGY CALENDAR – the Diocesan Vocations Team has produced a calendar, featuring a different priest each month. Copies are available at the back of the church - £5 each.

COLLECTIONS – Last Sunday’s Offertory: £814.10 excluding Bankers’ Orders.  Diocese of Leeds Registered Charity 249404.

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS

Patty Kelly, Kathleen O’Donoghue, Margaret Harvey, Eric Connolly,
Eleanor Brignell, Patrick Cush, Beatrice Harriman, Gabrielle Walls,
John McDermott, Gerry Brooksbank, Lil Moss, Claire Cavanagh,
Emma Danskin, Katie Dennison, Celia Hennigan, Kelly Bailey,
Carole Ford, Irene Oates, Brian Johnson, Nancy Kilmartin
Monica Teasdale, Martin Jeremy Scott, Michael Roche,
and all the sick of the Parish.

Lately Dead:

Merlyn Beaver

Winifred Connolly, Pat Mangeolles, Dorothy Hoole, Gerald Cliffe,
John Carr, Fred Lane

Children learn what they live

If children live with criticism, they learn to condemn.
If they live with hostility, they learn to fight.
If they live with ridicule, they learn to be shy.
If they live with shame, they learn to feel guilty.
If they live with tolerance, they learn to be patient.
If they live with encouragement, they learn to have confidence.
If they live with praise, they learn to appreciate.
If they live with fairness, they learn what justice is.
If they live with security, they learn to trust.
If they live with approval, they learn to like themselves.
If they live with acceptance and friendship,
they learn to find love and God in the world.