 Woolton Road, Liverpool L16 8NQ  722 1180 ♿
Parish Priest: Fr T Buckley C.Ss.R. |
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SUNDAY 5TH JULY 2026
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A)
| DAY | DATE | TIME |
MASS & SERVICE TIMES |
| Sun | 5th | 8.30am
10.00am 6.00pm |
FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A) |
| Mon | 6th |
12 NOON |
WEEK 14 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| Tue | 7th |
12 NOON 7.30PM |
WEEK 14 IN ORDINARY TIME ROSARY |
| Wed | 8th |
12 NOON 7.30pm |
WEEK 14 IN ORDINARY TIME NOVENA TO OMPS |
| Thur | 9th |
12 NOON |
WEEK 14 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| Fri | 10th |
12 NOON |
WEEK 14 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| Sat | 11th |
12 NOON |
FEAST OF ST BENEDICT |
| CONFESSIONS: Saturday 3.45pm-4.30pm | |||
LIVESTREAM NOTICE
Please note all scheduled Masses are livestreamed (unless eg for a funeral we are requested not to). Those sitting in the first two pews and those using the centre aisle for Communion are visible on screen.
If you would like to avoid the camera, please use the side aisles.
(You can find out more about livestreaming including the default view from the camera by clicking here)
PRAYER AND MASS INTENTIONS:
PLEASE NOTE: All Masses will be said privately by the confrères.
The intentions requested are published below.
INTENTIONS FOR THIS WEEK:
All parishioners, Intentions of donors, Jane Jones RIP (anniversary), Billy Callaghan RIP, Margaret Barrow RIP (anniversary), Thomas A, Linda Gallagher RIP, Gloria Houghton RIP, Charlie Sullivan RIP, Christine L, Tom H (success of op), Jean & Barry D, Rosemary Poole RIP, Pauline Rose RIP, Stella O'Donnell RIP, Kitty Kinsella RIP (anniversary), Ruth Soulsby RIP (anniversary), Patrick Hastings RIP, Elizabeth H (birthday wishes & good health), Eduardo Mosquera RIP (birthday remembrance), John Soulsby RIP (anniversary), Mary Dennison RIP, Vera Bownan RIP
MASS INTENTIONS SAID LAST WEEK NOT PREVIOUSLY LISTED:
Intentions of donors
PLEASE NOTE:
IF YOU REQUIRE A PARTICULAR DATE EG: FOR ANNIVERSARIES, PLEASE GIVE AT LEAST 4 WEEKS NOTICE TO AVOID DISAPPOINTMENT. This is due to increased demand and fewer priests available to say Masses.
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY DIED:
Vera Bownan RIP, William Topham RIP
ALSO, THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR AROUND THIS TIME INCLUDING:
Margaret Barrow, Luke McGuinness, Veronica Beggs,Ruth Soulsby, John Soulsby, Jane Jones, Gloria Houghton, Kitty Kinsella,
Fr Ralph McNulty C.Ss.R., Fr Cyril Provett C.Ss.R., Fr Francis Morley C.Ss.R., Fr Charles McNeiry C.Ss.R, Br Paul Faber C.Ss.R.
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We pray for all those who are housebound and sick including: Evelyn A, Anne M, Deborah P, Br Benjamin, Josie S, Margaret M, Kay W, Bertha F, Molly McT, Irene McL, Eileen G, Marion O’C, Bridie A, Pat McC, Geraldine C, Jackie G |
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SICK LIST NOTICE If you would like your name or the name of a friend or relative on the parish list of prayers for those who are sick, please contact the parish office, forms are available in the porch, at reception or by clicking here. This is necessary to make sure the church takes proper care of your information and complies with current data protection law. Names will only be included for those for whom we have consent. COMMUNION AT HOME Communion at home is offered to anyone who cannot physically get to church. A lay minister will be happy to come to you. |
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FROM FR TIM
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BISHOP RALPH HESKETT’S GOLDEN JUBILEE:
Next Friday 10 July, marks the 50th anniversary of Bishop Ralph’s Ordination to the Priesthood at our former parish, St Benet’s in Sunderland. I remember it well because as the young priest in the community at the time I had helped to prepare the ceremony and had produced the booklet for the occasion. On the same date in 2010 he was ordained Bishop in Gibraltar and in 2014, remarkably on the same date, he was installed as the third Bishop of Hallam. Bishop Eton was well represented in Gibraltar and at Sheffield Cathedral as it will be again this coming Friday. Ralph and I have shared a genuine friendship over the years and our lives have been interwoven, including that short period from 2008 to 2010 when we formed a mission team working from here in the Bishop Eton community. However, as you know, that venture was interrupted by Pope Benedict XVI and a year later, while he was ministering in Gibraltar, I was asked to look after the parishes of Bishop Eton and St Mary’s Woolton. In the Book of Revelation, as John reflects on the challenges for the early Christians communities, we hear him say repeatedly: “If anyone has ears to hear, let him listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches.” As we seek to discern what the Spirit is saying to the churches of today, we note the need to continue to pool our resources. With Bishop Ralph’s retirement on health grounds, the Diocese of Hallam has been incorporated into the neighbouring Dioceses of Leeds and Middlesbrough and we have had to return the care of St Mary’s Woolton to the Archdiocese of Liverpool. St Benet’s in Sunderland was returned to the Diocese of Hexham and Newcastle in 2011. None of us can predict how things will reflect on our own histories and the history of the world, the more expansive our vision becomes and the more we recognise that wonderful insight of Père Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, namely the interconnectedness of everything and the fact that the whole of creation is moving towards its ultimate fulfilment in Christ. So, for now, let’s just thank God for all the blessings that Bishop Ralph has brought to so many of us and to the wider Church and pray that he may now be able to relax and regain his health and strength.
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FR TIM’S DIARY:
Firstly, thank you for the wonderful celebrations last weekend. Now it seems extraordinary that the end of the school year is already in sight with the Leavers’ Masses for Bishop Eton and Carleton House this coming week. I also have the funeral of my friend, Gavin, in London on Wednesday and on Thursday afternoon the funeral of Sebastian Hall. Please pray for all these intentions too.
SEBASTIAN HALL RIP
The funeral of Sebastian Hall RIP will take place on Thursday 9 July at 2.30pm.
SVP MONTHLY COLLECTION
SVP Monthly Collection will take place after all Masses on Sunday 5th July. Thank you for your generosity.
COFFEE MORNING
PLEASE NOTE: NO Parish Coffee Morning TODAY.
WEDNESDAY LUNCH
Wednesday Lunch will take place on 8 July at 12.30pm in the Fisher-More Hall. All welcome.
CAFOD CAMPAIGN:
Last year many parishioners here and in parishes across England and Wales, signed a petition calling for world leaders to help low income countries suffering greatly because of interest paid on debt. This year we are asking the UK government, as part of their presidency of the G20 in 2027, to find and promote ways of reducing the cost for poorer countries. On average 18% of their national income is going to service the large unfair interest rates charged by lenders, meaning less money for health care, schools, clean water etc. We need a reformed system for borrowing and lending that protects poorer countries from amassing huge debts.
Please read the letter from Cardinal Stephen Ameyu Martin Mulla from South Sudan on the notice board.
A petition will be available at the back of the church before and after masses on 12 July.
Please consider signing the petition with name address and postcode.
HOW CAN WE HELP THE PEOPLE OF VENEZUELA?
The UN estimates that millions of people have been affected by the disaster. Thousands of people have been killed, and the death toll continues to rise. Many more people are still missing. Hospitals are under extreme pressure as they treat large numbers of injured people. People in Venezuela were already struggling with basic needs and services, especially healthcare, before the earthquakes. Since the earthquakes struck last week, Caritas Venezuela has been supporting people who have lost their homes and accompanying those affected by this tragedy with practical help and compassion.
To donate visit cafod.org.uk/give/donate-to-emergencies/venezuela-earthquake-appeal.
VOLUNTEER YOUR TEACHING TALENT:
Are you a retired or part time qualified teacher? You could be part of the Cathedral’s Education Service team! Come and help hundreds of school children and young people learn about this wonderful Cathedral. For more information Contact .
A MOTHER’S WARMTH:
📅 Date: 30 June - 30 August
📍Meet: Metropolitan Cathedral
Icon Exhibition at the Metropolitan Cathedral 30 June – 30 August. An exhibition by Bulgarian artist and iconographer Dian Kostov. Through contemporary artwork inspired by the image of the Virgin Mary as Mother, the exhibition considers how compassion and care for one another can bring hope and healing in a divided world. Admission free.
ARABIC MASS:
📅 Date: Saturday 11th July at 1pm
📍Location: Christ the King Church Queen's Drive
On Saturday 11 July, at 1.00pm, Mass will be celebrated in Arabic for the Arabic-speaking Christian community in Liverpool at the Church of Christ the King in Childwall.
All are welcome to attend. Celebrant: Fr James Finnegan. Christ the King Church, 78 Queens Drive Liverpool, L15 6YQ.
For more information contact: .
ANNUAL ARCHDIOCESAN LOURDES MASS
📅 Date: Sunday 19th July at 3.00pm
📍Meet: Metropolitan Cathedral
The annual Archdiocesan Lourdes Mass will take place on Sunday 19 July at 3.00pm at the Metropolitan Cathedral.
All are welcome. Archbishop John Sherrington will be the celebrant.
A petition box has been placed on Our Lady’s altar for parishioners to leave a written intention which will then be taken to Lourdes and will be remembered at each Mass and finally placed in the Grotto.
LOURDES AT HOME AFTERNOON:
📅 Date: Tuesday 28th July
📍Meet: St Mary's Woolton
Fr Peter McGrail will start the afternoon by celebrating Mass at 12 noon. Please bring your own packed lunch. Tea and coffee will be available in St Mary's Parish Hall.
DON’T FORGET!
You can always make payment for weekly donations/votives/piety shop, etc., on our card machine in the porch.
LIVESIMPLY TOGETHER
We aim to live more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with others
This is Plastic Free July when we are encouraged to reflect on our use of plastic, particularly single-use plastics. When two plastic particles we found in pristine Antarctic waters, the scale of world-wide plastic pollution was sadly evident. We don’t have to travel far to witness pollution ourselves: plastic waste in soil, on grass verges, roads, in rivers and seas. Plastic degrades very slowly and often takes hundreds of years.
For more details visit https://www.plasticfreejuly.org/
This month can we try to free ourselves from plastics? Perhaps start using a reusable water bottle or coffee cup. Re-use, or avoid using, cling film and plastic bags.
ADDITIONAL NEWS ITEMS
For the latest CTMH bulletin (1.7.2026) click here
Parish (last updated 26.6.2026)
"Escape" a poem from our Resident poet added
Archdiocese (including Nugent) (last updated 3.7.2026)
Link to July's Catholic Pictorial and details of the Lourdes departure Mass added
National (last updated 3.7.2026)
Details of the National Justice and Peace Conference and Flame 2027 added
Community (last updated 26.6.2026)
Details of Asylum Link Love to Give and a Family fun day at OLA Gateacre added
Prayer and Spirituality(last updated 3.7.26)
Papal prayer intention for July added, Details of retreat opportunities at Castlerigg Manor added
General Interest (last updated 26.6.2026)
Details of the CAFOD G20 Campaign and the opportuntit to attend Songs of Praise Special in Manchester added
