Dates for your Diary

Cake Sale - many thanks to those who have brought cakes for the sale
and to those who will buy them. It is a very helpful source of income
towards parish expenses.
Childrens Rehersal for Christmas Eve Nativity Mass after Mass on
Sun 7th and 14th @ 10.30-12.00.
Tuesday 16th Dec Extra cleaning of the Church (and Hall) in
preparation for Christmas. Please come from 9.30am onwards. Any time
you can spare will be very welcome. Many hands ..!!
Wednesday 17th Dec Key Stage 2 children from School are having
their Carol Concert in Church @ 7pm.

ST. BENEDICTS R. C. CHURCH

OWEN STREET, ATHERSTONE,
WARWICKSHIRE, CV9 1DG
Tel: 01827 713177,
Website: st-benedicts-atherstone.org
Parish Priest: Mgr. Paul Watson

Family Offering 30/11/2014 308.35

Second Collection 128.85
The Second Collection this week is for the Restoration Fund.
Finance Secretary: Jo Howe 01827 750214
Newsletter: Jenni Taylor 01827 718213
Items for inclusion in the Newsletter by Thursday Noon

Sunday 21st Dec - Crib and decorations to be put up in Church after

Mass. Could we have helpers, please?
Tuesday 23rd Dec Final rehersal for Christmas Eve Nativity Mass
10.30am till noon.

Second Sunday of Advent (B) 2014

Sat 6th Dec

4:00pm

The Wright Family

St. Nicholas

Sun 7th Dec

9:30am

For the Parish

Second Sunday of Advent

Mon 8th Dec

No Mass

Immaculate Conception

Tue 9th Dec

7:00pm

Wed 10th Dec

7:30am

Derek Simpson
(LR & H Kitely)

Thu 11th Dec

7:00pm

Lola & Barry Beeson

Fri 12th Dec

10:00am

Jane Power
(Maggie Tarbuck Family)

Our Lady of Guadalupe

Sat 13th Dec

4:00pm

The Gomes Family

St. Lucy

Sun 14th Dec

9:30am

For the Parish

Third Sunday of Advent

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The Perfect Family doesnt exist, nor is there a perfect

husband or a perfect wife, and lets not talk about the perfect
mother-in-law! Its just us sinners. A healthy family life
requires frequent use of three phrases: May I? Thank
you, and Im Sorry and never, never, never end the day
without making peace.
Pope Francis

We extend a warm welcome to everyone worshipping here this

weekend, refreshments are served in the Church Hall after 9.30am
Mass, please come and join us, ALL ARE WELCOME.

Church Business
Church Cleaning 14th Dec: Mrs. M Reed & Mrs A Cullen
Altar Society: No flowers during Advent thank you.
Readers this week: B Ingram Children from School
Readers Next week S. Machin O. Fortune
Offertory Procession this week: Children from School

The Sick and those who care

for them
Please pray for Father Andrew, Father Paul, Pat & Maureen Burke,
Noel OBrien, Bridie Symmons, Ada Russell, Winifred Jones and
Charlotte Smith, Kath Ford.
Please remember our housebound
parishioners in your prayers: Mary Thacker, Marion Burrows and
Marie Aherne and Christina Chetwynd.

Anniversaries
We pray for all our deceased relatives and friends, especially the
members of this Parish whose anniversaries occur about this time
Dr. Egan, Louise Moore, Frederick Cooper, Nora Wilson. May they
rest in peace.

News
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Jean Carroll, who died
peacefully on Tuesday 2nd Dec. Jean entered full communion with the
Church in 1952 and practised here at St Benedict's until severe
arthritis prevented this. Her funeral will take place at St Mary's - the
church of her childhood and of most of her family. Let us pray for Jean
in our Masses this weekend and commend her to God.
Raffle - A few tickets still remain. Please take some if you can sell a
few before the draw on the 21st Dec. Ticket stubs and unsold tickets
can be placed in the porch of the Church. Monies can be brought to

"That in all things God may be glorified St. Benedict

News Continued
the Sacristy or the Presbytery. We are grateful to those who have offered to
donate prizes for the Raffle, please bring those during the next two weeks.
The Atherstone Chorale "Carols around the World" Concert takes place
tonight (Sat 6th). We welcome the choir to the parish and also other visitors.
Tickets are still available after the Saturday Mass - 6, children free. There
will be some refreshments and a raffle in the Parish Hall after the Concert.

Parish Council Mtg - there will be an extraordinary Council meeting on

Tuesday 16th Dec after the evening Mass in the Parish Hall. The purpose of
the meeting is to discuss any outstanding Christmas arrangements, but
particularly the arrangements for Fr Paul's absence in the New Year for
surgery and convalescence.
St Benedict's School is anxious to find two new Foundation Governors

Building Missionary Parishes

Proclaim 15: BUILDING MISSIONARY PARISHES is the name of a new
national Bishops initiative being launched in 2015 to support the
development of parish evangelisation. It is inspired by Pope Francis writings
and has five parts which include: the provision of free parish small group
materials; the organisation of a National Catholic Evangelisation
Conference in Birmingham on 11 July 2015 for 850 evangelisation
representatives from across England and Wales; an invitation to parishes to
host a parish Prayer Vigil on the night of 11 July 2015 with free prayer
materials provided; the invitation to dioceses, deaneries and parishes to
have their own Proclaim 15 event in autumn 2015; the publication of new
evangelisation resources as a fruit of the National Conference to equip local
evangelisers. Please do get involved in what is a significant new step in
service of the proclamation of the Gospel in our area. More information will
be available over the coming months.