ST. AUSTIN’S NEWSLETTER
Address: 82 Wolverhampton Road, Stafford, ST17 4AW
Telephone: 01785 223553
Email: [email protected]
Website: www.saintaustins.org.uk
Parish Clergy
Priests: Canon Michael Neylon (Parish Priest) & Fr. Brian Whatmore
Deacons: Rev. Louis Livesey & Rev. David McCarroll
Rev. 2015
David McCarrol
18th October
Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass Book: Page 146
Sunday Cycle: Year B
Psalter: Week 1
Weekday Cycle: Year 1
Mass Times & Intentions
Sunday Masses
4.30 p.m. (Vigil Mass)
William O’ Hara
10.30 a.m.
Fr. Brian Whatmore
6.00 p.m.
People of the Parish
Monday 9.15 a.m.
Mark Carter
Feria
Tuesday 9.15 a.m. (SAS)
Winnie Brook
Feria
Wednesday 7.00 p.m.
John Monaghan
Feria
Thursday 9.15 a.m. (BMT)
Rose Grech
St. John Paul II
Friday 12.00 Noon
Weekly Events in the Parish
Sacrament of Reconciliation:
Saturday 10.30 a.m. until 11.30 a.m. and
3.45 pm until 4.15 p.m. Also on request.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament:
Saturday 10:30am - 11:30am
Holy Hour and Benediction in the Staffordshire
County Hospital:
Fridays 11.00 a.m. - 12.00 Noon.
Convent Prayer Group:
Meets every Monday in Convent Chapel at 1.30
p.m.
Choir Practice:
Every Thursday evening at 7.30 p.m.
Rosary:
A Decade of the Rosary is said after each weekday
Mass in Church. All are welcome.
Bridie McMorrow
Feria
Saturday 10.00 a.m.
M. Rogers & I. Dale
Weekly Offerings
Feria
Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Next Sunday Masses
4.30 p.m. (Vigil Mass)
William O’Donovan
10.30 a.m.
Teresa Cooney
6.00 p.m.
People of the Parish
Weekday Masses in School: (SAS) = St. Austin’s
(BMT) = Blessed Mother Teresa’s
Our Parish Schools
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Blessed Mother Teresa of Kolkata Primary School
Address: Somerset Road, Stafford, ST 17 9UZ
Telephone: 01785 356405
Website: www.bmtschool.co.uk
St. Austin’s Primary School
Address: Garden Street, Stafford, ST17 4BT
Telephone: 01785 356765
Website: www.st-austins.org.uk
Blessed William Howard High School
Rowley Avenue, Stafford, ST17 9AB
Telephone: 01785 244236
Website: www.bwh.staffs.sch.uk
Gift Aid Envelopes: £470.44
Loose: £383.00
Thank you for your offerings last week.
Other Catholic Churches in Stafford
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St Patrick’s
Address: 48 Sandon Road, Stafford, ST16 3HF
Parish Priest: Fr. Edgar Dizon. Tel: 01785 661012
Email: [email protected]
Sunday Mass: Sun: 9.30 a.m.
Confessions: Sunday: 9.00 a.m.
St Anne’s
Address: Lynton Avenue, Stafford, ST17 0EA
Parish Priest: Fr. Edgar Dizon. Tel: 01785 661012
Email: [email protected]
Sunday Mass: Sat: 6.00 p.m., Sun: 11.15 a.m.
Confessions: Sat: 5.30 p.m.
Anniversaries
Francis Gonin, Ernest Barea, William Payne, Anthony Worsfold, Elizabeth Ryan, William Jones, William Arnold, Rose Beard, Agnes
O’Neill, Patricia Beatty, Rita McManus, Grace Harper, Edward Durkin, Emily Scarlett, Mary Barber, Matthew Brady, Zofia Kotara, James
Newman, Eugene King, Rebecca Fullerton Williams, Rita McGuiggan, Edwin Brookes, Charles Mannion, Maria Shorthouse, Dotis Nixon,
George Peake, Sarah O’Neill, William Page, Brendan Cullen, Fr. John Francis Hughes, Fr. Aidan White-Spunner, Mgr. Bernard O’Connor,
Fr. Brendan Byrne, Fr. John Murray, Fr. John Galcius.
General Notices
Counters: Group 4 this week. Group 1 next week
Refreshments: Refreshments are served in the
Parish Hall after the 10.30 a.m. Mass every
Sunday. Thanks to all the volunteers who
prepare and provide them.
Piety Room: Thanks for your continuous support
of the Piety Room. As well as the weekly catholic
papers a variety of cards, rosaries and statues
are available.
World Mission Sunday: Today, World Mission
Sunday, we celebrate our unity in faith as
brothers and sisters of a worldwide church. We
celebrate the work of Missio, formerly the
Association for the Propagation of the Faith
(APF). Thanks to all who donate through the
“Red Mission Boxes” that raised £2196.74 in
2014 and a big thank you to Tony Brisbourne,
our parish organiser.
Baptisms: Congratulations to the Brewer family
whose twins Ella Grace & Frank James will be
baptised and welcomed into the Church this
Sunday.
Fr. Brian Whatmore: We were shocked and
saddened to hear the news of Fr. Brian’s sudden
death in Teneriffe on Monday last. We thank
God for his ministry among us and in the
Parishes of the Deanery as well as other Parishes
throughout the Archdiocese since his ordination
to the Priesthood on the 22nd February 2000. We
await the completion of formalities for his body
to be repatriated and then we will have details
of his Funeral arrangement here at St. Austin’s.
May God grant him eternal peace and rest.
Knit & Natter Group: The Group will meet in the
Parish Room on Tuesday at 2.00 p.m. All are
welcome. They would be very grateful for
donations of wool especially double knit.
Church Cleaning: All help will be appreciated
with the Church cleaning after the morning Mass
on Monday.
Study Evenings: All are welcome to the first of
the four Study and Reflection evenings arranged
by our Justice & Peace Group on Pope Francis’
Encyclical “Laudato Si” in the Parish Room at
7.30 p.m. on Wednesday next 21st October. The
other meetings will be on the 4th November, 18th
November and 2nd December.
Padre Pio Prayer Group: The Group’s monthly
meeting will be in the Parish Room at 10.30 a.m. on
Friday next. All are most welcome.
Christian Food Help: Thanks for your continuous
and generous support of our Food Bank. The
monthly report on the board in the porch that 470
food parcels were distributed in September.
John Young Foundation: There are details on the
board in the porch of the following events organised
by the John Young Foundation and all are welcome.
The Annual Lecture on Thursday 15th October at
Berkswich Methodist Church, The Rise, Walton.
Stafford ST17 0LH. Ray McCloughry will speak on:
“Christianity in a Disabling World”
Annual Thanksgiving & Healing Service at St. John
the Baptist Church, Bedford Avenue, Littleworth,
Stafford ST16 3RP at 11.00 a.m.
Pre-Advent Retreat Day with the theme “Footprints
in the Stable” led by the Revd. Dr. Jason Philips on
Friday 6th November from 9.15 a.m. to 4.15 p.m. at
St. Mary’s Abbey, Colwich. ST18 0UF.
Prayer Vigil on Global Climate Change: All are
welcome to Vigil of Prayer at St. Mary’s Church in
Stafford from 12.00 Noon to 3.00 p.m. on Saturday
31st October.
Brushstrokes: All at Brushstrokes are very thankful
for our continuous support. A special thank you to
the Prayer Group for their recent donations and to
Blessed Mother Teresa & St. Austin’s schools for their
wonderful food collections for the Harvest Mass.
Brushstrokes is helping many refugees and asylum
seekers and the amount of people requiring food,
clothes and household essentials is increasing
steadily all the time. From September 2014 ton2015
practical help has been provided for almost 1,100
people.
As the weather gets colder there is urgent need of
clothes especially smaller sizes for men and women
as well as blankets, kitchen utensils and bedding.
Brushstrokes also gives “Bumper Start” baby packs to
destitute mothers containing essential goods for new
born babies. At the moment the following items
would be welcome. Baby clothes 0-3 months, baby
bottles, baby wipes, nappies, little blankets, suitable
soft toys, baby powder, shampoo, bath oil and
powder, baby blankets, towels, pacifiers, and large
sturdy bags.
The Parish is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham: Registered Charity No. 234216