St Peter’s Newsletter 16, Green Lane, Hazel Grove, SK7 4EA Phone 0161 483 3476 Fax 0161 419 9592

www.stpetershazelgrove.org.uk www.churchservices.tv/stockport email admin@stpetershazelgrove.org.uk

Fr Peter Sharrocks petersharrocks@stpetershazelgrove.org.uk Part of the Mother

of God Local Pastoral Area In

Stockport

You are all welcome to our Church We warmly welcome you all to St Peter’s. To help those who might not be familiar with the words of

the Mass, some booklets and leaflets are available at the back of the Church. Please ask a Welcomer for

one. New parishioners are invited to fill in one of the forms at the back of Church and hand to Fr Peter

or put in the collection basket.

Talk to God before Mass, listen to God during Mass, talk with others after Mass

The Word of God

Sacrament of Reconciliation

will be celebrated on Saturday from 11.00-

11.45am

LIVE ON THE INTERNET To access our Masses go

to www.c hurchser-vices.tv/stockport

The Diocese of Shrewsbury is a Registered Charity No 234025

Ordinary Time Week 31 - Year C Weekday Readings - Cycle 2 Divine Office Psalter - Week 3 Sunday 30th October 2016 - Thirty first Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 30am Frances Nicholls (RIP) 10 00am Frank Burke (RIP) 6.00pm People of the Parish Readings Wisdom 11:22-12:2; Ps 144; 2 Thess 1:11-2:2; Luke 19:1-10

Monday 31st October 12.00noon SERVICE OF THE WORD AND COMMUNION 7.00pm Vigil Mass at St Philip’s Readings Philippians 2:1-4; Ps 130; Luke 14:12-14

Tuesday 1st November 2016 - All Saints (Holiday of Obligation) 10.00am People of the Parish (attended by St Simon’s and St Peter’s Schools) 12.00noon Janine and Werner Sagmeister (RIP) 7 30 pm Private Intention Readings Apocalypse 7:2-4.9-14; Ps 23; 1 John 3:1-3; Mk 5:1-12

Wednesday 2nd November - Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed 9.15am Mass at St Philip’s 12.00noon Kathleen Helena Jones (RIP) 7.00pm Annual Mass for the deceased of the parish Readings Isaiah 25:6-9; Ps 26; Romans 5:5-11; Mark 15:33-39.16:1-6

Thursday 3rd November - St Winefride, Secondary Patron of the Diocese 12.00noon SERVICE OF THE WORD AND COMMUNION Readings Philippians 3:3-8; Ps 104; Luke 15:1-10

Friday 4th November - St Charles Borromeo, B 12.00noon Margaret Reeve (RIP) Readings Philippians 3:17-4.1; Ps 121; Luke 16:1-8

Saturday 5th November 11.00-11.45am Exposition of The Blessed Sacrament 12.00 noon Mary and George Normansell (RIP) 6.00pm Vigil Mass in Polish 6.00pm Vigil Mass at St Philip’s Readings Philippians 4:10-19; Ps 111; Luke 16:9-15

Sunday 6th November 2016 - Thirty second Sunday in Ordinary Time 8 30am Bill and Peter Reid (RIP) 10 00am Peggy and Jack Kenny (RIP) 3 00 pm Annual Service at Stockport Crematorium for all buried or cremated At Stockport cemeteries and Crematorium 6.00pm People of the Parish 7.30pm Mass in Syro Malabar rite

First Reading Wisdom 11:22-12:2 Psalm 144 Response I will bless your name for ever, O God my King. Second Reading 2 Thess 1:11-2:2 Gospel Acclamation Alleluia, alleluia! Blessings on the King who comes in the name of the Lord! Peace in heaven and glory in the highest heavens! Alleluia! Gospel Luke 19:1-10

Monday, 31st October - St Elizabeth’s Guild Monday, 7th November - St Winefride’s Guild Offertory Gifts Thank you for your offerings last week which amounted to £1,158.38 plus £590 by Standing Orders. If you attend Mass in one of the other parishes and use envelopes from St Peter’s do please put them into the collection wher-ever you attend Mass and they will find their way back to us. This is specially important if you are on GIFT AID. Equally if you are visiting from another parish you may leave your Offertory envelope here and we will return it to the right parish - honest! Cafod - Thank you for your donations last week which amounted to £70.17 Cleaning - Team 5 are on duty this week. Callers - Could we ask that callers to the Presbytery please use the front door and also if you are putting an envelope through the letter box there is no need to ring the bell. References - We remind anybody who is putting Fr Peter down as referee to contact him in person, not by phone or email. ROTAS FOR READERS, EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS AND COFFEE AFTER SUNDAY 10 00 a.m. MASS ARE ALL ON THE WEBSITE

Some useful phone numbers Stepping Hill Hospital Chaplaincy 419 5889 for requests for Holy Communion

To page the Catholic Chaplain in an emergency 483 1010 and ask for Catholic Chaplain St Peter’s Primary School 0161 483 2431 St Simon’s Primary School 0161 483 9696

St James High School 0161 482 6900 Harrytown High School 0161 430 5277 Aquinas College 0161 483 3237

St Peter’s Parish Centre The Centre is available for parties (birthday, wedding, anniversary, christenings etc) Bookings are to be made as follows: Friday to Sunday bookings requiring the bar and children’s parties on Saturday should be referred to 07483 114783, or the booking line 480 0741. (If you use this number you must clearly state that you want St Peters). For all other bookings Monday to Thursday or anyone wishing to use the Meeting Room phone Helen on 07854 928 072. CLEANER REQUIRED for Saturday and Sunday mornings for the Parish Centre. Phone Linda on 07483 114 783.

Theatre Trips NEW SHOW St Ann’s Hospice Festival Choir present A Christmas Extravaganza on Friday 9th December at 7.30pm in the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester. Seasonal music and carols for all the family, Corus Brass Ensemble, plus other performers.. Cost £26 approx. Please put your name on the list on the Notice Board There are two places available for the Bridgewater Hall. Please put your name down quickly. All ticket prices, unless stated otherwise, include coach fare. Cheques should be made payable to ‘St Peters.’

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Sunday Tea and coffee in the Parish Centre after the 10.00am Mass LAMBS in the Parish Centre at 4.00pm Monday Dancing in the Parish Centre 2.00-4.00pm Brownies in the Scout Hut - 6.30-7.45pm Tuesday Centring Prayer Parish Centre at 11.15am Slimming World in the Meeting Room at 7.00pm Cubs in the Scout Hut - 7.00-8.30pm

Guides at School St Guide H.Q. 7.45-9.30pm Sequence Dancing in the Parish Centre at 8.00pm (tuition at 7.30pm)

Wednesday Luncheon Club in the Parish Centre at noon (Contact Margaret Hulme on 07775 162 694)

Beavers in the Scout Hut - 6.00-7.30pm

Scouts in the Scout Hut - 7.30-9.30pm

Thursday Little Fishes in the Parish Centre at 9.30am

Rainbows in the Scout Hut - 6.16pm-7.15pm Adult Choir Practice 8.00-9.30pm Friday Local History in the Meeting Room at 10.00am Junior Choir Practice at 5.30pm Praise and Worship in the Meeting Room at 7.30pm Saturday Irish Dancing in the Parish Centre from 10.30am-1.30pm

The next meeting of the Parish

Pastoral Team will be on

Thursday, 3rd November

Advance Notice - Friday 25th November in the Parish Centre at 7.00pm - THE JIMMY CRICKET LAUGHTER SHOW. Sponsored by The Catenian Association. Price £15 to include buffet supper. All proceeds to the SVP Summer Camp for needy children. Advance booking essential. Tickets from Peter Carraher on 0161 285 1037, email petercarrahar@carrahar.com or by post from 18 Sandown Road, Hazel Grove, Stockport, SK7 4SH

40 Days for Life Manchester From 28th September to 6th November, our community will take part in 40 Days for Life. We pray that, with God’s help, this

will mark the beginning of the end of abortion in our city - and beyond. Sign up online at

www.40daysforlife.com/local-campaigns/manchester-2/ or call Michael 07810 791032.

FOOD BANK COLLECTION NEXT SUNDAY - 6th NOVEMBER

Eucharistic Ministers -

Home Visits

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the sick - we pray for all those who are sick, remembering, all those in the parish, in our hospitals and nursing homes. We also remember those who are housebound and are unable to come to Mass.

lately dead - Brian Burgess

those whose Anniversaries occur at this time - Walter Wilcock, Joseph Douglas, Barry Argument, Rose Aurora Revie, Angela Rhodes, Anne Davidson, Margaret Wills, Gerard Morrell, Thomas Simmon, Bernard Gibbs, George Normansell,

PRAYER INTENTIONS We have left a file in the Lady Chapel and invite you to write there any particular intentions for prayer that you may have and we would ask that if you go to light a candle you include in your prayers all the intentions mentioned in the prayer file.

To prepare for this prayer, spend a few moments asking the Holy Spirit to open your mind and heart to hear this Word being spoken to you today.

Thirty first Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)-Luke 19:1-10

J esus entered Jericho and was going through the town when a man whose man was Zacchaeus made his appearance; he was one of the senior tax collectors and a wealthy man. He was anxious to see what kind of man Jesus was, but he was too short and could not see him for the crowd; so he ran ahead and climbed a sycamore tree to catch a glimpse of Jesus who was to pass that way. When Jesus reached the spot he looked up and spoke to him: ‘Zacchaeus, come down. Hurry, because I must stay at your house today.’ And he hurried down and welcomed him joyfully. They all complained when they saw what was happening. ‘He has gone to stay at a sinner’s house,’ they said. But Zacchaeus stood his ground and said to the Lord, ‘Look, sir, I am going to give half my property to the poor, and if I have cheated anybody I will pay him back four times the amount.’ And Jesus said to him, ‘Today salvation has come to this house, because this man too is a son of Abraham; for the Son of Man has come to seek out and save what was lost.’

Copyright..1966,1967 & 1968 by Darton, Longman & Co. Inc. and used by permission

1. As you read through the passage, note which words/ phrases draw your heart. 2. A very familiar story! Jesus, Zacchaeus, the Crowd, with whom do you immediately identify? Take time to stand in the shoes of each in turn, noting what you feel, think, see… 3. Hear Jesus saying to you, “____ I must stay at your house today.” What conversations do you have with him? 4. What word does this passage have for the parish community?

For those who find these gospel reflections helpful you may wish to look at www.wednesdayword.org where you can see next Sunday’s reading and reflection by Dom Henry Wansbrough OSB

JUBILEE YEAR OF MERCY Diocesan News

Diocesan Day of Recollection - ‘The Works of Mercy in Contemplation & Action’ to be held on Saturday 19th Novem-ber 9.30am-4.30pm at Ellesmere Port Catholic High School, Capenhurst Lane,Whitby, CH65 7AQ. Please register if you would like to attend: helen.jones@dioceseofshrewsbury.org. or 0151 652 9855. Registration and refreshments from 9.00am. Please bring packed lunch. Details on Notice Board Diocesan Day for Catechists ‘Resources: What do we have? What do we need? Saturday 12th November 10.30am -3.30pm at Ellesmere Port Catholic High School. Registration details as above notice and on the Notice Board

Local Pastoral Area News

RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation Adults) The next meeting is on Thursday 10th November at 7.30pm in the Evron Cen-tre, Adswood. The topic is ‘Prayer’. Cemetery Service The Annual Service of Remembrance for all buried in the Stockport Cemeteries, or cremated at Stockport, will be held on Sunday, 6th November at 3.00pm in the Cypress Chapel at the Crematorium.

Parish Events

Walking Group The next walk will be on 20th November. Details will be announced.

Alpha Searching for more? Then join the adventure .... . Alpha is running at St Peter's School on Tuesday s 2.30-3.15pm (creche available). Please keep Alpha and all those attending in your prayers. For more information on this and other Alphas running in the area speak to Fr Peter, Rachel McKay (487 1659) or Karen Haines (07939 052357).

Healing Mass for all families that are affected by mental illness and those that work with them. Healing Mass will be held at Our Lady and St Christopher, Barrack Hill, Romiley SK6 3BA on Saturday 5th November at 12 noon. There will be an Anoint-ing of the Sick during the Mass and an opportunity for socialising and meeting members of the Diocesan Mental Health Action Group afterwards.

Tuesday is the Feast of All Saints and a Holyday of Obligation. Masses will be: Monday - Vigil Mass at St Philip’s at 7.00pm. Tuesday - Masses here at 10.00am (which will be attended by the children from our primary schools), 12.00noon and 7.30pm. Wednesday is the day we especially pray for all the Faithful Departed and we shall remember particularly all those whose fu-nerals have taken place here at St Peter’s over the past 12 months at the evening Mass on Wednesday at 7 00 p.m. There will also be the usual Mass at 12 noon November List During the month of November we remember all those who have died, and throughout the month there will be a basket by the altar into which you can put the names of deceased family and friends, who will be remembered through-out this month of the Holy Souls. DO NOT PUT MONEY INTO THIS BASKET. St Simon’s Catholic Primary School will hold their annual Open Day over two sessions this year - Thursday, 3rd November from 1.30pm to 3pm and Tuesday, 29th November from 9.30am to 11am. There are currently morning places (9am to 12 noon – Monday to Friday) in the Nursery for children who were 3 years old before 31st August. Children with a 3rd birthday between 1st September and 31st December 2016 will be eligible for a Nursery place from January 2017. For further details about the Open Days, school or nursery places, please telephone the school on 0161 483 9696. Everyone is welcome at our Open Days. St. Peter’s Catholic Primary School are holding a repeat opportunity for you to come to their Open Morning on Wednesday

30th November from 9:30 am to 10:45 am. Everyone is welcome to come along and have a look around our school. Any ques-

tions please contact the school office on 0161 483 2431.

MASS IN ITALIAN Mass will be celebrated in Italian at Saint Mary’s, Mulberry Street, Manchester - the Hidden Gem (“La Gemma Nascosta”) - on the fourth Sunday of every month at 3.00 p.m. Father Lorenzo Frosio, who is Chaplain to the Italian community in Leeds, will be crossing the Pennines to celebrate each month. Please let any members of the Italian commu-nity know – and as always, all are very welcome. LCAS CONFERENCE This year, the Lancashire and Cheshire Antiquarian Society is devoting its annual conference to the theme of “Catholicism in the Greater Manchester Region.” The conference is quite unique as the LCAS have not before devoted a study day to Catholicism. It takes place at the Salford Diocesan Archives, Saint Augustine’s, Grosvenor Square, Oxford Road, Manchester, M15 6BW, on Saturday 12th November from 9.30 a.m. – 4.30 p.m. including lunch. The cost of the day is £15.00 and booking details from Mr Morris Garratt, 59 Malmesbury Rd, Cheadle Hulme, SK8 7QL, morrisgarratt@sky.com 0161 439 7202 or see the Diocese of Salford website www.salfordiocese.net PASTORAL TEAM PROPOSALS A couple of weeks ago there was an insert in the newsletter with a paper from the PPT about planning for the future. Have you read it yet and let us have your comments!! Praying The two websites referred to recently are SACRED SPACE and PRAY AS YOU GO. Click on either, or both, on Google for some very helpful suggestions on how to pray. Lambs will meet in the Parish Centre today, 30th October from 4.00pm to 6,00pm. They will be grateful for any help with refreshments. Praise and Worship Friday evening 4th November in the Parish Meeting Room at 7.30pm. An evening of song and testimony. 'Freedom from Jail through Jesus' - Hear how Sean Booth, 34, from Manchester, came to having his life totally transformed through a most pow-erful, personal encounter with Jesus Christ in a prison cell back in 2013. "If the Son sets you free, you will be free indeed". All welcome. Contact Rachel 0161 487 1659 or Laura 01625 876752 for further information. The Constant Knitters who supply an ongoing demand from children in eastern European countries for warm hats, scarves and gloves have run out of wool. If you have any spare wool will you please bring it to church where it will be most gratefully received. DIARY NOTE - The Lourdes Group are arranging a ‘Come Dine with Me’ at Christmas. Watch this space for more details. GROUNDS CLEAR UP - PART 2. VOLUNTEERS NEEDED. Saturday 19th November from 9.00am until noon. A few weeks ago we managed to clear the area behind the Parish Centre but still need to do the perimeter hedge, weeding and clearing away the autumn leaves. Please come equipped with gloves, brushes, shovels, rakes, secateurs and leaf blowers! (if possi-ble). Please consider coming if only for an hour . ’Many hands ….’ HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY The Chaplaincy Manager, Rev Brenda Lowe, retired last Friday after twenty years as the lead chaplain at Stepping Hill Hospital. We wish her a happy retirement and thank her for her service over the years.

PREPARATION FOR SACRAMENTS Baptismal Course If you would like to have your children Baptised here at St Peter’s, please contact Karen Haines at justasec55@hotmail.com or 07939 052 357 who will register you on to your preferred course (dates below): 2016 : November 20th, 27th; December 4th. 2017:January 8th, 15th, 22nd; February 26th; March 5th, 12th.

The Confirmation Programme. The next meeting will be on Wednesday, 2nd November from 6.20pm prompt starting in CHURCH .

MARRIAGE Any couples wishing to be married in St Peter’s next year should have made contact with Fr Peter by now. We are already having requests for 2018!!!

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