 Woolton Road, Liverpool L16 8NQ  722 1180 ♿
Parish Priest: Fr T Buckley C.Ss.R. |
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DONATIONS AND PAYMENTS You can now donate to the parish, Redemptorist Order, pay for Mass Intentions, Piety Shop and Votives using the QR code or the machines in church and reception. |
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SUNDAY 1 NOVEMBER 2026
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS (A)
| DAY | DATE | TIME |
MASS & SERVICE TIMES |
| SUN | 1ST | 8.30AM
10.00AM 6.00PM |
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS (A) |
| MON | 2ND |
12 NOON |
COMMEMORATION OF ALL THE FAITHFUL DEPARTED |
| TUE | 3RD |
12 NOON 7.30PM |
MEMORIAL OF ST CHARLES BORROMEO ROSARY |
| WED | 4TH |
12 NOON 7.30PM |
WEEK 31 IN ORDINARY TIME NOVENA TO OMPS |
| THUR | 5TH |
12 NOON |
WEEK 31 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| FRI | 6TH |
12 NOON |
WEEK 31 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| SAT | 7TH |
12 NOON |
WEEK 30 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| 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)
MASS INTENTIONS - 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.
If you are gift aiding your DONATION, please indicate this on the Mass Intention envelope.
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, Holy Souls, Edward Jones RIP (birthday remembrance), Redemptorist community, For the Holy Land, Thomas D & family RIP, John, Trish & Lauren H (intentions), Suzie Bentley RIP, David Bernstein RIP, Don H, Alan Harvey RIP, Maria McGrath RIP (birthday remembrance), Bertha Farrelly RIP, Mavis Gauthier RIP, Clare Johnson RIP (anniversary), Thomas Mullin RIP (birthday), Dr Stephen Rosenthal RIP, Province 2 deceased members of Knights of St Columba
MASS INTENTIONS SAID LAST WEEK NOT PREVIOUSLY LISTED:
Intentions of donors, Jerome Purcell RIP (anniversary), Sean P (quick recovery), David Bernstein RIP
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY DIED:
David Bernstein RIP, Alan Harvey RIP, Amanda Longworth RIP, Charlie Phayer RIP
ALSO, THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR AROUND THIS TIME INCLUDING:
Jerome Purcell RIP, Clare Johnson RIP,
Fr Denis McCartan C.Ss.R., Fr Bernard Howell C.Ss.R., Fr Denis Gibson C.Ss.R., Br Peter Lyth C.Ss.R., Novice Mark Minehan C.Ss.R.
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We pray for all those who are housebound and sick including: Evelyn A, Anne M, Deborah P, Josie S, Margaret M, Kay W, Molly McT, Irene McL, Eileen G, Marion O’C, Bridie A, Pat McC, Geraldine C, Jackie G, Jim McC, Theo F-W |
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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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SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS:
It is always good when one of the great Feasts falls on a Sunday and we are able to reflect on its significance together. November is the month when we pray for those who have gone before us and on Monday we also have All Souls’ Day. Our prayer is always that our loved ones are with the Lord and have inherited the promise that he has gone to prepare a place for us in his heavenly kingdom. In the past there was a great emphasis on the need to pray for the Holy Souls in Purgatory and we were encouraged to offer special prayers and gain indulgences for them especially throughout this month. There is no doubt that emphases have changed and it is not always easy to be sure that we have the balance right. However, while I assure you I will be praying with you for the Holy Souls during this month, I will not return to the neurotic concern that I had when I was younger as to whether I had done enough to gain an extra soul its freedom at this time! There is so much that we do not know and will never fully understand until we too have the opportunity to meet the Lord face to face. In the meantime, while not being presumptuous, I think it is important that we approach the Lord with the trust and confidence that nothing is beyond his redeeming love. We are strongly advised that we should not canonize people at their funerals, but, as I sometimes point out at requiem Masses, at the funerals of some recent Popes, the homilies have gone close to doing just that when using images that suggest they are now looking down on us from windows higher in the sky than the one used for Papal Blessings on most Sundays. If it is any help, I will always remember my mother asking me if we can look down on our own funerals. My reply was simply: “I have no idea!”
I suggest we leave our loved ones with the Lord this November, thanking God for all the blessings they brought us, but also asking that any hurt they caused us or others will be redeemed. This, in turn, should lead us to allow the Lord to heal those areas in our own lives which prevent us from being fully committed to a life of love and service in his name.
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BUILDING OUR FUTURE TOGETHER:
I would like to encourage you to read the note below from John Elcock about the proposed meeting for the evening of Tuesday 24th November, when we will launch a new way of sharing as a parish. The timing and the proposed length of the meeting plus the fact that we all may have something to contribute suggest to me an imaginative approach which I look forward to exploring with you.
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PARISH COFFEE MORNING
📅 Date: TODAY Sunday 1st November
📍Location: Fisher-More Hall following 10.00am Mass.
Please come and join us.
SVP MONTHLY COLLECTION
The SVP Monthly collection will take place following each Mass on Sunday TODAY. Thank you for your generosity.
PROJECT ZIMBABWE CHEESE AND WINE EVENING:
📅 Date: Friday - 13th November at 7.30pm
📍Location: Fisher-More Hall
Tickets are £10 each and will be on sale after Sunday Masses. Please come along, relax and enjoy, whilst raising funds for Project Zimbabwe. We would be grateful of donations for the raffle, which can be dropped at the monastery, weekdays between 9.00am – 4.00pm. Thank you for your support.
NOVEMBER LISTS FOR THE DEAD
NOVEMBER LISTS FOR THE DEAD are available in the porch. Please complete your list and place it in the box on the sanctuary. In this way our deceased loved ones will be remembered during all Masses in November.
PIETY SHOP:
CHRISTMAS stock now on sale! Open in church after each Sunday Mass. Card machine now available.
Images below show samples of the items on sale.
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WOMEN’S GROUP MEETING
📅 Date: Wednesday 4 November at 12.30pm
📍Location: Fisher-More Hall
Margaret C will be talking about interesting people buried in the Cemetery on Smithdown Road. Please bring your own packed lunch. Tea and coffee provided.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION.
Next session will take place at 10.00am, Sunday 8 November.
BEPART: OUR PARISH TEAM.
📅 Date: Tuesday 24 November, 6.00-6.45pm
📍Location: Fisher-More Hall
Thank you to everyone who has read and given feedback on our report from this year’s parish survey which we shared with you last month. The first meeting of our new informal parish team ‘BePart’ is planned for Tuesday 24 November, 6.00-6.45pm in the Fisher-More Hall. This is an open meeting and all are welcome. In synodal fashion we wish to hear your ideas and prayerfully discern these first steps in parish participation. We look forward to welcoming you.
FATIMA PILGRIMAGE SEPTEMBER 2027. INFORMATION EVENING
📅 Date:Monday 9 November.
To celebrate 110 years since Our Lady appeared to Lucia, Francisco and Jacinta, we will be making a pilgrimage to Fatima as an archdiocese on 11-14 September 2027. This is open to everybody, regardless of age or parish. The package includes return flights, airport and local transfers, a guided visit, and the services of a McCabe tour manager. The cost is £1,090 per person based on two people sharing a twin room, with a single room supplement of £200. For further information and booking details, visit tinyurl.com/bdhc833n.
For more information, sign up here: https://archdioceseofliverpool.org/fatimainfoevening
YOUTH SUNDAY CELEBRATION
📅 Date: Sunday 22 November.
📍Location: LACE
Join us at LACE for our Youth Sunday Celebration, hosted by the fabulous One Hope Project, with guest speakers exploring the theme “Take Courage, I Have Overcome the World.” Workshops will focus on the Courage to Listen, Pray and Act. The day runs from 10.00am, concluding with Mass with Archbishop John Sherrington at 5.00pm. There will also be a marketplace showcasing groups and opportunities to get involved with.
The event is free and open to all secondary school young people.
Please bring a packed lunch. Young people must book a ticket and attend with a chaplain, teacher, youth leader, catechist or we can provide a chaperone. Appropriate adult-to-young-person ratios apply, and parental consent is required. We look forward to seeing you there!
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN BECOMING A DEACON?
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📅 Date: Tuesday 24 November, 7.00pm, 📍Location: St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith Canon’s Hall, Ashton-in-Makerfield. Come along to an Information Evening on Tuesday 24 November at 7.00pm, St Oswald and St Edmund Arrowsmith Canon’s Hall, Liverpool Road, Ashton-in-Makerfield, to learn more about the role of deacons, their ministry in parish life, and to support your prayerful discernment. |
LIVESIMPLY TOGETHER
We aim to live more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with others
The feast of All Saints is an excellent opportunity to be thankful for our worldwide church. Among the saints we remember this month are: St Martin de Porres (Peru), St Charles Borromeo (Italy), St Winifred (Wales), St Faustina Kowlaska (Poland), St Josaphat (Ukraine). St Margaret (Scotland). St Andrew Dung Lac (Vietnam), St Catherine of Alexandria (Egypt). Can we also and be thankful for the present day saints, from all over the world and from every ethnic group, who use their variety of gifts and experience to bring healing, peace and justice.
“True progress always stems from a heart open to others… and a will that seeks what unites rather than what separates.” — Magnifica Humanitas, 15
ADDITIONAL NEWS ITEMS
CTMH
For the latest CTMH bulletin (30.10.2026) click here
The items below may be updated over the weekend
PARISH INFORMATION
Changes since last update - Items deleted.
ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
For the latest information from the Archdiocese (including NUGENT) click here - last updated 30.10.2026
Changes since last update - Youth Day Novena, Ordination of Fr Dan Howarth
NATIONAL NEWS UPDATES
For news on Catholic Events and initiatives nationwide Click here - last updated 16.10.2026
Changes since last update - Items deleted
COMMUNITY NEWS
For information on events and initiatives in the community Click here - last updated 30.10.2026
Changes since last update - RADS event at URC added,Christmas at Strawberry Field plus updates to article dates
PRAYER & SPIRITUALITY EVENTS AND INFORMATION
For the latest from Irenaeus, Archdiocesan prayer events, nationwide spiritual events, and the Papal prayer video of the month Click here - last updated 30.10.26
Changes since last update - Items deleted others re-ordered.
GENERAL INFORMATION
For items that do not fall into the other categories above Click here - last updated 27.10.2026
Changes since last update - Information on Safeguarding Sunday, an Ecumenism webinar and COP31 added.
