DEMENTIA FRIENDS NEWSLETTER JULY 2025

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• In this months bulletin
• Information on this years memory walk
• Helping to avoid dehydration in those living with dementia
• A Dementia friends skydive
• An update on Trek 26

PASTORAL DEVELOPMENT BULLETIN

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ARCHBISHOP JOHN RECEIVES HIS PALLIUM

Archbishop John travelled to Rome to receive his pallium on the day of the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul at St Peter's basilica.

Here are some photos of our Archbishop receiving his pallium from Pope Leo XIV: 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/catholicism/albums/72177720327240540/

JULY 2025 CATHOLIC PICTORIAL

The July 2025 Catholic Pictorial is now available click here to read it.

CONGRATULATIONS TO ST FRANCIS XAVIER’S CATHOLIC ACADEMY.

Congratulations to St Francis Xavier’s Catholic Academy. Throughout the 2024/25 academic year, students have helped raise over £70,000 for charities. As SFX continues to grow and thrive, the school community remains enthusiastic about the support it can provide to others, and it is currently selecting charities to support for next year.

SOCIAL MEDIA WARNINGS

The Vatican has issued a warning about Fake Facebook profiles of Pope Leo XIV  

Please be aware 

There is NO official Facebook page for Pope Leo

Also  the Facebook page for Worlfd Youth Day 2027, warns "Recently, a fraudulent website imitating the official homepage of the 2027 Seoul World Youth Day (WYD) has been created, spreading false information and raising concerns about possible financial damage." 

The OFFICIAL website is https://wydseoul.org/en 

PHISHING EMAILS

Please be aware that we have received reports of phishing emails that purport to be from Fr Tim.   Please forward any such emails to , and let the office know.

CAFOD CANCEL UNFAIR DEBTS CAMPAIGN

CAFOD is asking parishes across the country to sign a petition asking world leaders to look at the global financial system, that results in poor countries borrowing money at extortionate interest rates. We need to create a better system and cancel unfair debts.

Countries like Kenya are unable to clear the debt, meaning far less money available for hospitals and doctors, and schools.

• Please take the time to read the message from Father Charlie from the Archdiocese of Nairobi on the notice board. 
• Please also sign the petition that will be at the back of the church after each Mass 22nd June 2025 or via the link below.
• To learn more, see Cafod.org.uk/cancelthedebt.

WE’LL CARE COMMUNITY TEA DANCE

In partnership with Halewood Town Council, We’ll Care will be hosting a Tea Dance for all Halewood residents, in particular, residents who are isolated or lonely and would like to socially engage with others.

The Tea Dance will be held on the last Thursday of every month, 12noon-3pm. Entrance is free and tea, coffee and soft drinks will be provided. Venue: Hollies Hall, Hollies Road, Halewood, L26 0TH. Limited parking is available. For further info or to confirm your attendance please contact Ria on 07707 620 544 (9am-4pm).

ST MARY’S NEARLY NEW FASHION SHOW. 

Thank you to everybody involved. We’ve raised over £1200 so far in aid of CAFOD and the south Liverpool food bank. We have also donated some items including clothes from our uniform swap to St Vincent De Paul parish in town to support local communities including asylum seekers and others in need.

JO JINGLES MUSIC AND MOVEMENT CLASS

Jo Jingles Music and Movement Class for children 3 months to five years. Fisher-More Hall, NOW ON a FRIDAY AT 9.00AM. For more details contact Kate on 07542 914 748 or email , or visit www.jojingles.com/liverpool.   

PRAYER TO ST JOSEPH OF CUPERTINO FOR SUCCESS IN EXAMINATIONS

Pray the following before the examination.

O Great St Joseph of Cupertino who while on earth did obtain from God the grace to be asked at your examination, only the questions you knew, obtain for me a like favour in the examinations for which I am now preparing. In return, I promise to make you known and cause you to be invoked. Through Christ our Lord. St Joseph of Cupertino, pray for us. Amen.

CATHOLIC PICTORIAL JUNE 2025

The June edition of the Catholic Pictorial is now available, for an electronic copy click here.

LOVE TO MOVE-AGE JUNE TO DEC 2025

The next session will be on  Tuesday 5th August at 1.00pm. 

For details of the dates for the rest of the year see below. 

STATEMENT FROM ARCHBISHOP JOHN SHERRINGTON ON THE EVENTS ON WATER STREET

The Archbishop has issued a statement following the incident at the Liverpool FC parade on Monday 26th May. Click here to read it.

INSTALLATION OF ARCHBISHOP SHERRINGTON

On Tuesday 27th May the Installation Mass of Archbishop John Sherrington took place at the Metropolitan Cathedral of Christ the King.   If you were unable to attend, you may wish to watch the recording below.

 
Photos of the Installation Mass on the Archdiocesan Flikr stream are available by clicking here  and those from the Bishops' Conference Flikr stream are available by clicking here

You can read Archbishop Sherrington's homily by clicking here.

 CHANGING TIMES IN OUR INLAND FAMILY OF PARISHES 

As we give thanks for God’s gift to the Church of a new Pope in Leo XIV and prepare to welcome our new Archbishop, John Sherrington, we also prepare for some changes within our own Deanery in the autumn. 

For the last fourteen years, St Mary’s, Woolton, has been blessed by the dedicated ministry of the Redemptorist community based at Bishop Eton. Beginning in the autumn, pastoral responsibility for St Mary’s will return to the Archdiocese. We are in debt to the Redemptorists for their generosity over these years, but we must recognise it is no longer realistic to expect them to extend their commitment beyond Bishop Eaton.

At the same time, Fr Matthew Nunes, who has served as Parish Priest at St John Vianney, Halewood, for the past eight years, will be moving on to take up new responsibilities within the Archdiocese. 

Fr Peter McGrail, who teaches theology at Liverpool Hope University, will be appointed Parish Priest for both St Mary’s and St John Vianney. He looks forward to working with both parish communities as they begin to reflect and discern together how best to move forward—faithfully, collaboratively, and fruitfully—in this new, very different chapter.

Please keep everyone involved in your prayers as we navigate this period of change with hope and trust in the Holy Spirit.

Fr Ron Johnson

Liverpool South Dean

NEWS FROM NUGENT

Nugent’s have published a new strategic plan, "Imagine Our World"

To view the strategic plan and hear a short message from me, please visit: Imagine Our World - Nugent's Strategic Plan 2025 and Beyond.

In the coming weeks,  they will be announcing a series of Nugent Parish Information Evenings, where theywill share more about the strategic plan and explore opportunities to work together in service of our shared values.

ARCHDIOCESAN STATEMENT ON THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF POPE LEO XIV 

ARCHBISHOP MALCOLM MCMAHON OP, APOSTOLIC ADMINISTRATOR OF LIVERPOOL SAID:

Dear brothers and sisters, 

It is with a profound sense of joy and thanksgiving to God that we welcome the news of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as the Holy Father Pope Leo XIV, the 267th successor of St Peter. 

The Cardinal Electors, inspired by the Holy Spirit, have chosen a gifted and prayerful pastor to walk in the shoes of the fisherman to be a focus of unity for the Church today.

After the call and legacy of the late Pope Francis calling the Church to be missionary disciples and proclaim the joy of the Gospel, we as the Catholic community of the Archdiocese of Liverpool pledge our closeness in prayer and our support to Our Holy Father the Pope. 

Read more: Archdiocesan statement on the announcement of Pope Leo XIV

CATHOLIC PICTORIAL MAY 2025

The May edition of the Catholic Pictorial, is now available.  To access the electronic version click here.