 Woolton Road, Liverpool L16 8NQ  722 1180 ♿
Parish Priest: Fr T Buckley C.Ss.R. |
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SUNDAY 15 NOVEMBER 2026
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY YEAR A
| DAY | DATE | TIME |
MASS & SERVICE TIMES |
| SUN | 15TH | 8.30AM
10.00AM 6.00PM |
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (A) |
| MON | 16TH |
12 NOON |
WEEK 33 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| TUE | 17TH |
12 NOON 7.30PM |
WEEK 33 IN ORDINARY TIME ROSARY |
| WED | 18TH |
12 NOON 7.30PM |
WEEK 33 IN ORDINARY TIME NOVENA TO OMPS |
| THUR | 19TH |
12 NOON |
WEEK 33 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| FRI | 20TH |
12 NOON |
WEEK 33 IN ORDINARY TIME |
| SAT | 21ST |
12 NOON |
MEMORIAL OF THE PRESENTATION OF THE BVM |
| 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, Doron Shritter, Thomas Dobbin & family RIP, Augustin Albalat RIP, Special intention, Mr Trevor Davies RIP, Margaret Walsh RIP, Bernard Roberts RIP (anniversary), Paul Brown RIP, Mrs Irene Hart RIP, Irish sinners & intentions, Joan Blamey RIP, Sara Eccleston RIP (1st anniversary), Michael Mangan RIP (1st anniversary), Dr Amir Esmaily RIP, Special intention (for good health outcome)
MASS INTENTIONS SAID LAST WEEK NOT PREVIOUSLY LISTED:
Intentions of donors
WE PRAY FOR THOSE WHO HAVE RECENTLY DIED:
Augustin Albalat RIP, Anthony Teare RIP
ALSO, THOSE WHOSE ANNIVERSARIES OCCUR AROUND THIS TIME INCLUDING:
Bernard Roberts, Sara Eccleston, Michael Mangan, Christopher Allmand, Marie Barlow, Robert Leckie, Monica Lovelady,
Fr Bernard Griffin C.Ss.R., Fr Terence Creech C.Ss.R., Fr George Trollope C.Ss.R., Br Adrian Bird C.Ss.R., Br Ninian McCann 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, David K |
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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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LET’S TALK ABOUT THE EUCHARIST:
On my weekly recorded message this weekend I focused on the Eucharist. The catalyst for my decision to do so was a conversation in the community about how to respond to an editorial in The Tablet four weeks ago on the renewal of devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, occasioned by Adoremus. This year both London and Liverpool were major focuses for the event and of course Liverpool hosted the great national event in 2018. It would seem that a good number of young people are finding devotion to the Blessed Sacrament is helping them to deepen their prayer life. Indeed, I know St Alphonsus’s devotion was a factor in attracting the two young men who have started their training with us this year. While there is no way I would wish to question the validity of this devotion, I do believe it provides us with an opportunity to have a conversation about the importance of getting a balanced perspective about how it relates to our celebration of the Mass.
Since the Second Vatican Council and the renewal of the liturgy, the emphasis moved from individual devotion to the importance of the community gathering to be united with the Lord and sent forth as his disciples. Fr Michael Henesy pointed out a powerful quotation in Pope Leo’s recent encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. In a paragraph headed ‘One body in Christ’ (para 234), the Pope quotes a remarkable passage from a sermon of St Augustine to new converts: “If you want to understand the body of Christ, listen to the Apostle Paul speaking to the faithful: together you are the body of Christ (I Cor 12.27) If you are the body and members of Christ, then it is your sacrament that is placed on the table of the Lord; it is your sacrament that you receive. You respond ‘Amen’ and by responding in this way you assent to it… Be then a member of the Body of Christ that your ‘Amen’ may be true.”
In ten days or so you are invited to come to a meeting to look at how we continue to build our community of faith here in Bishop Eton and I would love this vision of the Mass to be one of the key discussions that evening.
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ALTAR SERVING:
One way in which I would like to encourage more participation in the Eucharist is altar serving and we are launching a recruitment campaign to build up and train our altar serving team, hopefully to cover all three Sunday Masses. Young Dr Nayan T, who served here faithfully until she went to University, has volunteered to help train those who are interested in joining our present teams and we have met the children in Years 5 and 6 in Bishop Eton School on Friday to promote the idea. Any children or young people at other schools who are interested, please leave your details with the parish office by next Friday 20 November, and we will be in touch.
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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.
ANIMATE YOUTH
There will be a retiring collection on SUNDAY 22 NOVEMBER following each Mass for Animate Youth. Thank you in advance.
PIETY SHOP:
CHRISTMAS stock and 2027 diaries by Fr Denis Mcbride C.Ss.R. 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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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.
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. 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.
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NUGENT CHRISTMAS TOY APPEAL:
Nugent’s Christmas Toy Appeal is back! Nigent are welcoming donations of new, unopened toys and gifts for primary ages (4-11) and secondary aged (11-16) children, suitable for both girls and boys.
If you would like to donate, you can drop toys off at the St Margaret Clitherow Centre, Croxteth Drive, Liverpool L17 1AA during November or bring to Masses on Sunday 29 November.
SUPPLIES FOR UKRAINE - SELECTION BOXES:
Mike S is preparing for his 10th humanitarian aid trip to Ukraine, departing from the St Margaret Clitherow Centre on 2 December. Along with vital medical supplies, food, clothing, and tools, Mike is hoping to take selection boxes for children to make Christmas a little brighter for them.
If you would like to donate, a collection box will be available in St Margaret Clitherow Centre until 1st December. Thank you.
CELEBRATION OF OUR DEANERY PATRON
📅 Date: Saturday 5th December at noon
📍Location: St Mary's Woolton
St John Almond Mass, Saturday 5 December at 12 O’CLOCK, ST Mary's church, Woolton. This Mass is for every parishioner in our Deanery. The Mass will be followed by refreshments in St Mary's Parish Hall and all are welcome.
We would like to invite any altar server from our parish to serve at this Mass, please let the parish office know if you can attend.
LIVESIMPLY TOGETHER
We aim to live more simply, sustainably and in solidarity with others
This Sunday marks the tenth World Day of the Poor. Pope Leo invites the Church to ask whether people experiencing poverty have a privileged place in our parishes, schools and organisations. Do we listen to people on the margins, recognise poverty in its many forms, and respond with compassion and justice? Often we concentrate just on material poverty but mental anguish, homelessness, isolation, violence, imprisonment, insecure immigration status and unemployment are all forms of being poor.
How can we listen to and work alongside people experiencing poverty, honouring their dignity, as together we try to build communities of justice, love and peace?
If you have any ideas to share please contact the LiveSimply group by emailing .
“On the wounded faces of the poor, we see the suffering of the innocent… and of Christ himself.” — Apostolic exhortation “Dilexi Te,” Oct. 9, 2025
To read Pope Leo's message for World Day of the Poor click here
ADDITIONAL NEWS ITEMS
CTMH
For the latest CTMH bulletin (10.11.2026) click here
The items below may be updated over the weekend
PARISH INFORMATION
Changes since last update - Link to the 2025 parish accounts added. A Remembrance poem from our parish poet added.
ARCHDIOCESAN NEWS
For the latest information from the Archdiocese (including NUGENT) click here - last updated 13.11.2026
Changes since last update - Details on how to donate Selection boxes for Ukraine, Vacancy for Assistant Parish Centre Managers, South Liverpool Deanery Mass to mark the Feast of St John Almond, Archdiocesan Good news. Video of Archbishop John thanking Trustees and volunteers, details of a Celebration of Christmas at the Met Cathedral, Link to the Irenaeus November Newsletter added. Whats on at Irenaeus Updated, Christmas Crib & Tree Festival at Irenaeus, Songs we remember at Christmas, Irenaeus Carol Service, Light of the world - a day of prayer and reflection, Anointing Mass at Our Lady's Gateacre
NATIONAL NEWS UPDATES
For news on Catholic Events and initiatives nationwide Click here - last updated 16.10.2026
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COMMUNITY NEWS
For information on events and initiatives in the community Click here - last updated 13.11.2026
Changes since last update - Memory stroll at the Walker Gallery, Mossley Hill Makers Market, Allerton URC Christmas market, Roy Barker & friends Christmas sing-a- long, Much Woolton Christmas Fayre plus date of the next Love to Move added.
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 12.11.26
Changes since last update - Details of Redemptorist Publications Advent Retrea, John Elcock shortlisted for Faith in art award, Handel's Messiah at Manchester Cathedral, Deanery Mass to mark the Feast of St John Almond, Whats on at Irenaeus updated, Irenaeus Carol Service, Light of the world - a day of prayer and reflection, Mass of Anointing at Our Lady's Gateacre.
GENERAL INFORMATION
For items that do not fall into the other categories above Click here - last updated 11.11.2026
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