22 February: St George’s Community Hub
Come and support the ‘Sparrow Store & Community Café’. This local resource is based in the old St. George’s Church, Waresley Crescent, Sparrowhall, L9 6BW. All profits go back into running services and activities for the local community.
The store is open Tuesday to Friday 10.00 am to 3.00 pm
Butcher and fruit & veg van come every week.
Butcher: Wednesday 10.00 am to noon
Fruit & veg: Thursday 11.00 am to noon
For more details about the Community Hub go to: https://facebook.com/stgeorgescommunityhub/
22 February: CAFOD: Walk for water
Ann Woodward has started the challenge of walking 10,000 steps every day for 40 days. If you would like to sponsor Ann please go to https://walk.cafod.org.uk/fundraising/anns-walk-for-water-for-cafod
22 February: Lenten Retreat
Father Denis McBride is leading a free online retreat this Lent, based on his two books Reflecting with Paintings Volume 1 and Volume 2. The retreat launches on the Redemptorist website on 24th February. A video is uploaded each Wednesday, and once released is available to watch at any time. Details of each video:
First week in Lent – Wednesday 24th February ‘Praying the Rosary’ – Old Woman Praying the Rosary by Paul Cézanne
Second week in Lent – 3rd March ‘Growing up hyphenated’ – Jojo by J W Miller
Third week in Lent – 10th March ‘Food for thought’ – The Promenade by Fernando Botero
Fourth week in Lent – 17th March ‘Facing the truth’ – Logo for Frankfurt Book Fair, 1998
Fifth week in Lent – 24th March ‘Bearing up’ – Peasant Woman with Buckets and a Child by Kasimir Malevich
Palm Sunday – Sunday 28th March ‘Hat trick’ – Pilate’s Wife by Sebastien Champion
Good Friday – 31st March ‘Letting go’ – Pieta by Vincent Van Gogh
Easter – Sunday 4th April ‘When words are not enough’ – The Reconciliation of Peter by Iain McKillop
Link for retreat: https://rpbooks.co.uk/reflecting-with-paintings-retreat
19 February: Parish newsletter
The parish newsletter for the First Sunday of Lent, 21st February, has been added to the parish website. Please click here to read.
Please note, next week’s newsletter will be uploaded to the parish website on Monday 1st March.
18 February: Catholic Universe and Catholic Times
The Catholic Universe and Catholic Times can be delivered direct to your home each week. Subscriptions can be taken out via phone 0161 820 5777 or website http://www.thecatholicuniverse.com/
3 month subscription £25
12 month subscription £99
Digit copy (12 months) £55
A free ‘digital’ copy of this week’s Catholic Universe and Catholic Times is available from https://thecatholicuniverse.com/DE/UNI210219wi.pdf
17 February: Caring for Creation
Hope for the Future is a charity that seeks to enable and equip constructive engagement with MPs on climate issues. In collaboration with the Liverpool Archdiocese, they are holding a training workshop over Zoom on Saturday 6th March from 10.00 am to noon. For more information go to https://hftf.org.uk/, or to sign-up go to https://tinyurl.com/1q2yo9rv
17 February: CAFOD Lent Appeal
CAFOD Family Fast Day is Friday 26th February this lent. A second collection will be taken at Masses on the weekend of 27th & 28th February. You can also donate online or via text, details below.
Abdella lives in an extremely remote and mountainous part of Ethiopia. It takes him ten hours a day to collect water. He says his life is being wasted as he has no time for anything else. To watch a video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cjtDxhOvKXs
Give today to reach vulnerable communities around the world with water and to provide other vital support. Donate online at https://cafod.org.uk/Give/Donate-to-CAFOD/Lent-Appeal You can also give via text. Text LENT to 70460 to donate £10*.
*Texts cost £10 plus one standard rate message you’ll be opting in to hear more about CAFOD’s work and fundraising via telephone and SMS. If you’d like to give £10 but do not wish to receive marketing communications, text LENTNOINFO to 70460. For more information, please see CAFOD’s Privacy Policy: https://cafod.org.uk/Legal-information/Privacy-notice
17 February: CAFOD Lenten Prayer video
Let us pray together with this beautiful Lenten prayer video from @CAFOD. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xP-w0kGjAMI
17 February: The Global Catholic Movement invites you to “Global Healing.”
In 2015, Pope Francis published his ground-breaking letter on the environment Laudato Si’. Since then, millions of people worldwide have joined the global movement to address the environmental crisis our world is facing. This Lent, you are invited to join a series of reflective evenings with inspiring speakers, prayer and discussion, using the film-based resource “Global Healing”. These engaging documentaries will inform and challenge people to respond to Pope Francis’ call to Care for Our Common Home. Suitable for all who are concerned about what is happening to our world and who want to take action.
When? Six Thursdays from 18th February – 25th March, 7.30 pm – 8.30 pm
How to join? To register please click HERE
or email jane@catholicclimatemovement.global
Hosted by GCCM Laudato Si’ Animators in the UK.
“Living our vocation to be protectors of God’s handiwork is essential to a life of virtue; it is not an optional or secondary aspect of our Christian experience…Truly, much can be done!” (Laudato Si’, 217, 180)
17 February: The National Novena to St Joseph
The National Novena to St Joseph will take place from 10th – 18th March at St Joseph’s Church in Maidenhead. In this Year dedicated to St. Joseph, the Mill Hill Missionaries are preparing for the Feast of St Joseph, their patron, with a special Novena of Masses and prayers to ask for God’s blessing on their Society’s missionary outreach, and for the intentions of all those who support their work.
Masses are on Wednesday to Friday (10 – 12 March), at 7.30 pm, Saturday, 13 March at 10 am, Sunday, 14 March at 11.00 am, Monday to Thursday (15 – 18 March) at 7.30 pm. If you would like to join in from home, for the first time this year, Masses from St. Joseph’s Church will be available to follow on Zoom and YouTube via the parish website: stjosephsparish.co.uk and the Mill Hill website: www.millhillmissionaries.com/novena, where you will also find the Novena prayer leaflet.
You can also join in by praying the daily Novena prayer, which will be in your Novena prayer leaflet. You are welcome to send in your petitions and/or to request a printed Novena prayer leaflet. Please write to the Novena Director, 41 Victoria Road, Liverpool, L37 1LW, or email novenamhm@gmail.com.
17 February: Praying for the vulnerable
Right to Life UK is asking Catholics to pray for the unborn and women facing crisis pregnancies. The prayer for this week is:
‘As we begin this season of Lent, we offer up the merits of our daily sacrifices to the needs of the most vulnerable in society. We offer them especially for the poor, the lonely and the unborn. That the Lord would see their needs and pour out his love and blessing upon them. Lord hear us’.
17 February: Prayer resources
Prayer resources available from the Archdiocese of Liverpool; new additions this week include:
Reflection for the 1st Sunday of Lent (also available as an audio download)
Sunday readings
Week 24 in the series of ‘Armchair Retreats’ with Fr Denis Blackledge SJ
All can be accessed/downloaded at https://www.liverpoolcatholicresources.com/ or through http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ by clicking on ‘Prayer and Other Resources’.
17 February: E-Missalettes
E-Missalettes for the First Sunday of Lent (21 February). Click here for the A4 version. Click here for the A3 version
12 February: Parish newsletter
The parish newsletter for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time, 14th February, has been added to the parish website. Please click here to read
12 February: CAFOD – Walk for water lent challenge
Could you ‘Walk for Water” as a personal Lenten challenge by walking 10,000 steps a day, every day, for 40 days? For more information and to sign-up https://cafod.org.uk/walk
12 February: Big walk for water
On Saturday 20th February, join CAFOD and communities across England and Wales to walk 5 miles, 10,000 steps or whatever distance you can manage. For more information: https://cafod.org.uk
12 February: Mary’s Meals – Emergency appeal
Mary’s Meals is a charity that has the vision that every child deserves an education and enough to eat. Mary’s Meals has launched an emergency appeal for aid for Tigray in Ethiopia, where millions have been forced to flee their homes as a result of conflict there which has been ongoing since November. For further information and to donate: https://giving.marysmeals.org/en_gb/donate-to-ethiopia
12 February: Right to Life
Lord Alton is championing an amendment to the Trade Bill which would give British courts a role in determining whether a country is committing genocide. Right to Life UK is asking Catholics to ask their MP to support this amendment. A simple tool has been set up on the Genocide Response campaign website to help you contact your MP at https://genocideresponse.org/
11 February : What would Pope Francis do?
To mark the eighth anniversary of Pope Francis’ election, the Edinburgh Jesuit Centre is hosting a number of prominent Catholic voices exploring the teachings of Pope Francis each Tuesday in Lent at 7.30pm.
Pope Francis on:
Social Justice, Austen Ivereigh, 23rd February
Refugees & Migration, Sr Imelda Poole, 2nd March
LGBTQ+ Ministry, Fr James Martin, 9th March
Church Hierarchy, Christopher Lamb, 16th March
The Environment, Dr Lorna Gold, 23rd March
Women in the Church, Sr Gemma Simmonds, 30th March
https://edinburghjesuitcentre.org.uk/
11 February: In conversation through hurting, healing and hope
‘Listening with Love’ is a seven-session resource inviting people to reflect on the impact of abuse on individuals and the Church. The material is designed for use in small groups, with a leader and participants. The survivors who generously offered their time to produce this resource, identified the themes and decided that, in conversations, the voice of the survivor could be heard. Therefore, using scripture and recorded conversations each session reflects upon the impact of abuse and the journey through hurting, healing and hope. https://www.cbcew.org.uk/home/events/listening-with-love/
11 February: Prayer resources
Prayer resources available from the Archdiocese of Liverpool; new additions this week include:
Reflection for the 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time (also available as an audio download)
Sunday readings
Week 23 in the series of ‘Armchair Retreats’ with Fr Denis Blackledge SJ
Rite of Acceptance during lockdown… Should we or shouldn’t we?
All can be accessed/downloaded at https://www.liverpoolcatholicresources.com/ or through http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ by clicking on ‘Prayer and Other Resources’.
11 February: E-Missalettes
E-Missalettes for the Sixth Sunday of Ordinary Time (14 February). Click here to read the A4 version. Click here to read the A3 version
5 February: St Philomena church – Celebrating 50 years
This year marks the 50th anniversary of the opening of St Philomena church.
We are starting to plan how to mark and celebrate this event. If you have any suggestions please email the parish office.
5 February: Parish newsletter
The parish newsletter for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time, 7th February, has been added to the parish website. Please click here to read
5 February: Nugent ‘Together’ magazine
The latest edition of Nugent’s ‘Togther’ magazine is available to view online at https://tinyurl.com/2rxmbguf or download.
The magazine provides news on Nugents’s fundraising and volunteer departments, and details on up-coming events. It includes articles on Nugent’s commitment to diversity and inclusion, collaboration with Liverpool Hope University and updates to the community food market.
3 February: Care for the Family – ‘The Mum show’
Care for the Family, a charity who provide excellent support for families has prepared a new online event ‘The Mum Show’. This is a twelve-part series on being a mum in today’s world … whatever that may look like.
Each 30 minute episode will feature honest conversations, moments of soul-searching, expert advice and even the occasional light-hearted digression.
The first episode, ‘Parenting in a Pandemic’, is released on 8th February, after which you’ll have access to the rest of the series.
To book: https://www.careforthefamily.org.uk/events/events-online-2
3 February: Right to Life – Fetal pain motion
Right to Life UK is asking Catholics to ask their MP to sign a parliamentary motion calling on the Government to introduce new guidance on fetal pain. Right to Life UK have created a simple tool to help contact your MP: http://www.righttolife.org.uk/FetalPainMotion
3 February: Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes
This year, the Archdiocese of Liverpool Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes Mass will be celebrated online only. Please do not attend in person. It will be held remotely and broadcast on Thursday 11 February at 7pm from Our Lady’s, Lydiate. The Celebrant will be Fr Des Seddon.
To watch, use the link (no Facebook account is needed) https://www.facebook.com/Archdiocese-of-Liverpool-Feast-of-Our-Lady-of-Lourdes-Mass-106532301406114
or watch using the CSTV link for Our Lady’s Church https://www.churchservices.tv/liverpool
3 February: Catholic Pictorial
The February edition of the Catholic Pictorial is now available, bringing you news from across the Archdiocese. The latest edition is available to download at: https://bit.ly/3cmeZRE
3 February: Prayer resources
Prayer resources available from the Archdiocese of Liverpool; new additions this week include:
Reflection for the 5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (also available as an audio download)
Sunday readings
Week 22 in the series of ‘Armchair Retreats’ with Fr Denis Blackledge SJ
All can be accessed/downloaded at https://www.liverpoolcatholicresources.com/ or through http://www.liverpoolcatholic.org.uk/ by clicking on ‘Prayer and Other Resources’.
3 February: E-Missalettes
E-Missalettes for the Fifth Sunday of Ordinary Time (7 February). Click here to read the A4 version. Click here to read the A3 version
The Parishes of Holy Name & Our Lady and St Philomena 
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