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8th February - 15th February 2026 |
Fifth Week in Ordinary Time |
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Fifth Sunday 8th February Is 58:6-10 1Co 2:1-5 Mt 5:13-16 9.00 People of the Parish 11.00 Catherine & James Murphy RIP 6.00pm Mass Kathryn Gilkes Exit Collection Parish Hall Roof |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, St.Scholastica (Tuesday) was twin sister of St.Benedict, who founded the Benedictine nuns as a counterpart to the Benedictine monks. Some Friary parishioners recall when there once 2 Benedictine convents in this Diocese: Oulton near Rugely, & Stanbrook, Worcester. Oulton closed several years ago, while Stanbrook migrated to North Yorkshire Our Lady of Lourdes (Wednesday) is the great feast this week, and we the day we honour the sick and the ailing. Many of us have been spiritually nourished by pilgrimage there. Saints Cyril & Methodius (Saturday) are saints of the Eastern church who spread the gospel among Slavonic peoples, and were declared patrons of Europe by Pope John Paul II. Like many missionaries before and since, Cyril devised a script for tribes who had no written culture. Russians attribute their Kyrillic script to him, and Slavonic peoples certainly need his intercession today. Saint Valentine (also Saturday) is both optional & possibly mythological too! He was martyred for Christ’s sake in the mid third century along with many others, but his cult as patron of people in love has taken on a life of its own. Our Mass of anointing comes Saturday, the nearest Saturday to the feast of Our Lady of Loudes. So we invite anyone in the parish who has any vulnerability (visible or invisible) to receive this holy sacrament & know God’s healing touch. Lent begins in ten days so now is the time to think of what we might do to develop a closer relationship with our God during this holy season. It more or less coincides with Ramadan this year. So could this be an opportunity to fast alongside a Muslim neighbour?
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Monday - 9th February 1Kg 8:1-7,9-13 Mk 6:53-56 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Requiem Phillip Joseph Cannell RIP |
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Tuesday –10th February St.Scholastica 1Kg 8:22-23,27-30 Mk 7:1-13 7.00 Mass Sergey & people of Russia 10.15 Requiem Brenda Anderson RIP 10.45 Rosary of the Unborn (day chapel) 7.00pm Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday - 11th February Our Lady of Lourdes 1Kg 10:1-10 Mk 7:14-15 17-23 7.00 Mass Greg Cooke RIP 10.15 Mass Rita Welsh RIP 11.00-12.00 Prayer Group (day chapel) |
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Thursday - 12th February 1Kg 11:4-13 Mk 7:24-30 7.00 Mass Tom Henry RIP 10.15 Mass C & J Kelleher intention also T. J. Sweeney RIP 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Friday - 13th February 1Kg 11:29-32,12:19 Mk 7:31-37 7.00 Mass Ewane Patience MBOTE RIP 10.15 Mass Eve Finnegan RIP also Ryszard Holowenko RIP |
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Saturday 14th February Saints Cyril & Methodius St.Valentine Act 13:46-49 Lk 10:1-9 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass of Anointing of the sick Maureen & Eddy |
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Sixth Sunday 15th February Sir 15:15-20 1Co 2:6-10 Mt 5:17-37 9.00 People of the Parish also June & James Eccles RIP 11.00 Janet & Subhi Zora 12.30 Baptism 6.00pm Mass Cunningham Family Exit Collection Pro-life White Flower Appeal |