NEXT WEEKEND: A TIME TO CELEBRATE:
You may have noticed a banner in the Lady Chapel reminding us that the Redemptorists came to Liverpool 175 years ago. The other day I felt prompted to check any significant dates in relation to their arrival. As with the Notre Dame Sisters our coming was on the recommendation of the famous Fr James Nugent. Accordingly Bishop George Brown, the first Catholic Bishop of Liverpool, invited the first Redemptorists to take possession of his own home and he moved to Catherine Street. The first three missioners came on June 10th but did not open the chapel to the public until the Feast of Saints Peter and Paul, which happened to fall on a Sunday that year. Next Sunday will be the Feast of Peter and Paul, transferred from the Monday this year. And for good measure next Saturday is the Feast of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour and remember the first copy of the icon to leave Rome after the original was entrusted to the Redemptorists in 1866 came to Bishop Eton in thanksgiving for the cure of Fr Francis Hall, a young member of the community at that time. So, let’s celebrate:
SATURDAY: THE NOON MASS TO CELEBRATE THE FEAST OF OUR LADY.
Once again we will transfer that treasured copy from our private oratory to the church for your veneration.
SUNDAY: AFTER THE 10AM MASS THERE WILL BE A PARTY IN THE FISHER-MORE HALL.
It will not be extravagant, but more than an ordinary Coffee Morning and hopefully many of the children and their families will come and with us thank God for the last 175 years.
MONDAY (THE ACTUAL DATE): NOON MASS OF THANKSGIVING
Led by Fr Andrew Burns, our Rector. I have alerted Bishop Eton and Carleton House Schools that we have this special weekend approaching and hopefully some of the children will be able to provide us with some of their own artwork to commemorate the occasion.
