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Diocesan website:
www.salforddiocese.org.uk

3rd Sunday of Easter (Year C)

SERVICES THIS WEEK
Saturday 9th April: Third Sunday of Easter
7.00 pm: Mass
Sunday 10th April: Third Sunday of Easter
8.45 am: Mass
10.30am: Mass
Monday 11th April: St Stanislaus, Bishop & Martyr
9.15 am: Eucharistic Service
Tuesday 12th April: Easter Weekday
7.00 pm: Mass
Wednesday 13th April: Easter Weekday
9.15 am: Eucharistic Service
11.00 am Funeral Service for Francis Fletcher (at Radcliffe
Crematorium only)
Thursday 14th April: Easter Weekday
9.15 am: Mass
Friday 15th April: Easter Weekday
9.15am: Mass
Saturday 16th April: Fourth Sunday of Easter
7.00 pm: Mass
Sunday 17th April: Fourth Sunday of Easter
8.45 am: Mass
10.30am: Mass
12.15 pm: Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism.
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 9th April: Confessions at 6.00 pm
Saturday 16th April: Confessions at 6.00 pm
The Rosary (for the sick and peace)
Every Monday at 7.00 pm

Flowers on the Sanctuary.

If you would like to have the flowers on the sanctuary
in memory of someone or something special just let Fr
Paul or Sharon know and they will arrange it, or you
can simply put all the details on an envelope, and put
the donation in the envelope and pop it through the Parish Office letterbox.

9th/10th April 2016

PLEASE PRAY FOR..
OUR SICK: David Lindley, Elaine Hardman, Joan Hearle,
Bill McPhee, Ann Corrigan, Fred Allen, Denis Haydock,
Mavis Walsh, Colette Stabler, Michael Dewsnap, Laurence
Hayes, Cecilia & John Hickie, Bill Brewer, Ruby Thompson, John Dalecki, Jane Dalecki, Margaret Reilly, Terri
Hemmert, John Ingle, Mary James, Dr. Stephanie Clarke,
Helen Jeffers, John King, Malcolm Platt, Philomena Robinson, Pat ONeill, Mishelle Currie, Ann Dunstan, Saif Ali,
Gary Rathmill, Shirley Beard, Rebecca Russell, Summer
Hall, John Wolstenholme, Joe Barrett.
LATELY DECEASED:
Margaret Quinn, Margaret Smalley, Michael Carr, Stefan
Kosmirak, Francis Fletcher
ANNIVERSARIES:
Vincent & Margaret Naughton, Denis Ferry, Mila-Jane
Benton (baby)

To include someone on the prayer list please give their

name to Fr. Paul, put it through the letterbox of the Parish
Office, call the Office on: 0161 764 1630 or e-mail to
olgcga@btinternet.com. When adding the name of someone
sick please ensure that you have their permission (or the
permission of their family). The list is updated each week.
and because of space the names of the sick will be removed
from the list after four weeks. You can ask for them to be
added again. Please use the White Mass Intention envelopes for Mass intentions which you will find in the
porches. Thank you.

'CIRCLE OF PRAYER'
St Theresa of Lisieux Deanery
For the week beginning Sunday 10th April 2016 we pray
for the people of St Marys, Littleborough, and their Parish
Priest: Fr Arthur Neary.

Our Lady of Good Counsel and Guardian Angels Parish, 54 Harvey St, Elton, Bury, BL8 2RD
Tel: 0161 764 1630 E-mail: olgcga@btinternet.com Twitter: @olgcga
Parish Website: www.guardianangels-parish.org/

THIS WEEK AT GUARDIAN ANGELS

Saturday 9th April
Grand National Race Night
Monday 11th April
Minibus Trip to Cheshire Oaks (see page 3 for full details)
Tuesday 12th April
Tuesday Club: Music & Dance.
7.45pm: UCM
7.45 pm: Seeking Christ Sessions resume in the Parish House Meeting Room
Thursday 14th April
8.00 pm Parish Management & Resources Group Meeting

STILL TO COME AT
GUARDIAN ANGELS.......
Tuesday 19th April
Tuesday Club: Lunch/bingo
Saturday 23rd April
10.00 am12.00 noon: Sacramental Programme Meeting for parents
and children.
Tuesday 26th April
7.45 pm Bereavement Support Group Meeting
Wednesday 27th April
7.00 pm Reconciliation Service for Sacramental Programme
Thursday 28th April
7.00 pm Reconciliation Service for Sacramental Programme
Wednesday 4th May
Mens Group: Quiz Night at the Railway Inn, Ramsbottom (see page
4 for full details)
Sunday 15th May Pentecost Sunday
3.00 pm: Meeting with the Holy Land Pilgrims
Saturday 28th MaySaturday 4th June
Parish Pilgrimage to the Holy Land (Parish Office closed)
Tuesday 7th June
8.00 pm Our Lady of Lourdes Full Governing Body Meeting
Thursday 9th June
7.30 pm Guardian Angels Full Governing Body Meeting

FINANCE MATTERS
Weekly Offerings
The Offertory Collection for the weekend
2nd/3rd April was:
Envelopes: 929.55 Loose collection: 275.36
Easter Offerings: 65.00
Total: 1269.91
Thank you for your generosity. If you wish to join the Gift aid scheme
please see Fr Paul at the back of Church after Mass or contact the
Parish Office.
This week we received a letter from CAFOD thanking us for the
Lenten Fast Day collection you contributed to, which realised a total
of 1,431.48
Thank you so much for your generosity.
Keeping the Church and Parish Centre Clean an
Tidy

Every Thursday morning a dedicated army of

helpers come along and make the church and the
Parish Centre buildings spick and span for you,
our Parishioners. Over the years many of our Parishioners have joined this happy band. Needless to say also
over the years people come and go and we are now looking for
people to join this group. If you have an hour to two on
Thursday morning just come along and you will be welcomed
with open arms. Fr Paul.

DID YOU KNOW?

GENERAL INFORMATION
To receive our Parish Newsletter by e-mail each weekend,
simply e-mail the Parish Office on: olgcga@btinternet.com
with the tag line newsletter and we will add you to the list.
Follow us on Twitter also @olgcga for reminders and updates
on parish events, & a link to the newsletter each weekend.
Baby changing facilitieswe have baby changing facilities
in the toilet for the disabled in the foyer of the Parish Centre.
We have Tea and Coffee in the Parish Centre after
the 10.30 am Mass each Sundaycome and join us!
We have the Liturgy of the Word with Children at all three
weekend Masses. The childr en go out after the Opening
Prayer of the Mass. On Saturday evening they go to the Welcome and Information Centre, and on Sundays they go to the
in the Parish Centre.
We have a library (opposite the Welcome and Information
Centre) with hundreds of books on the Church, saints, prayer,
spirituality, the scriptures, childrens religious books, and
many more categories. All parishioners are welcome to borrow books from the library.

Having your child baptised at

Guardian Angels.
If you are planning on having your child
baptised, please pick up a leaflet from
the Welcome and Information Centre, which outlines our
baptism preparation programme.
Please note that the first thing that parents have to do is
contact the Parish Office (telephone on 0161 764 1630 or
call in) to book onto the First Meeting, held on the first
Sunday of each month. Please do not just turn up for the
meeting without first booking in through the Parish Office. This means that our Baptism Preparation Team have a
workable number of people each month.

Planning on getting married in 2017

at Guardian Angels?
Please remember that all couples are required to
give at least 6 months notice (by Diocesan Law) in order to marry in the Church. So, if you are planning on getting married in
2017 and have not yet made contact with us and booked in your
wedding, please do so as soon as possible.
Please telephone the office (0161 764 1630) to make an
appointment for an initial meeting with Fr Paul, so that the availability of the Church can be checked and details can be put in the
Parish Diary.

AWAKENING FAITH AND SEEKING CHRIST

Next meeting on TUESDAY 12th APRIL at 7.45 pm.
READERS, EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS AND
WELCOMERS ROTAScopies of all the new rotas can be
found in the Welcome and Information Room. They all begin
this weekends.
We have a Parent and Toddlers Group which meets each
Monday afternoon (during term time) in the Parish Centre.
For further details please call the Parish Office.
Hopefully the weather should start to improve soon! so
dont forget we have a bike rack situated on the outside wall
of the Library and Welcome Centre (in between the church
and house) - dont forget to chain up your bike though!

LENT
AND THE YEAR OF MERCY
Walking to Jerusalem
WELL DONE EVERYONE!!!!
This year during Lent the children in our primary schools have been walking to Jerusalem! They
havent physically walked it there of course, but through acts of
kindness etc they have been adding up the miles and through all
their efforts and the help of parishioners and some of the students at
Holy Cross Sixth Form College, they have reached Jerusalem and
made it back home as well!) - so many acts of kindness done by
everyone! A very big thank you to everyone who have help the children.
As we all now know, the distance from Bury to Jerusalem
is 2303 miles.

MILES WALK ED BY PARISHIONERS

AND PUPILS
WAS A TOTAL OF: 5278 MILES
(weve been there and are back home again
now!
MINIBUS DRIVERS
If you cannot fulfil your rota duty, please arrange a swap with another team. Thanks.
This weeks team: Marcia and Lawrence Cooke
Next weeks team: Al & Tom Butterworth

We currently have spaces on the minibus for the 10.30 am Mass

minibus run. If you or someone you know would benefit from this
fantastic service please call the Office on 0161 764 1630. This service is not just for our more senior parishioners, anyone who struggles to get here (and remember theres no buses coming within a
good quarter of a mile on Sundays can use the minibus)
Please contact the Parish Office for more information.

MINIBUS OUTING TO CHESHIRE OAKS

Pat & Sue are taking an outing to Cheshire Oaks this Monday (11th
April).
Departs: 10.00 am from Parish Centre Car Park
Returns: 5.00 pm
If you would like to reserve a place on the minibus please sign up
on the sheet at the back of church as soon as possible.
As we go to print there are 3 places available for Mondays outing.

TODAYS SCRIPTURE READINGS

First Reading: Acts 5:2732, 40b41
The apostles openly give witness to the
power of Jesus name.
Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 30 I will praise you, Lord,
you have rescued me.
Second Reading: Revelation 5:1114: John declares the
glory of Jesus, the Lamb of God.
Gospel Reading: John 21:119: The risen Christ welcomes
his own at the seashore.

Question for the week:

Whom should I seek out this week and invite to a real breakfast
with me? Can I then invite them to a spiritual breakfast with Jesus
in a community that welcomes everyone to Jesus feast of mercy?

DIARY OF SOCIAL EVENTS AND

FUNDRAISING 2016
The Social Events group met recently to put together the Calendar of Events for the forthcoming year. These events help
fundraise for the Parish but are not just about raising money! They are more about bringing the Parish community
together and helping continue building community.

Day trip to Guys Hamlet, Garstang. Great

Family Day out (could be a change of date
more details to follow)
Friday 17th JuneTottington Band, Beer &
Brass
Sunday 3rd JulyFamily Olympics Sport Day and
Hog Roast & Final 10 Week Draw.
Monday 29th August Cartmel Races.
Saturday 17th SeptemberWine Tasting Quiz
October- Date TBAQuiz Night
Sunday 4th DecemberChristmas
Extravaganza
2017Date to be confirmedParish Celebration
of 60 years since the opening of our Church.

We hope as many people as possible will be able to support

them and of course if anyone is available to help organize
some of the events please let Fr. Paul or Sharon know.

THE TEN WEEK DRAW

Yes, we are at that point in the year again when we
will soon begin the next series of our Ten Week Draw. The
agents books are ready for collection from the back of
Church this weekend. If anyone would like to become an
agent who isnt already one, please let either Fr Paul or Sharon know and we will prepare a book for you.
The first draw will take place on SUNDAY 1st MAY
and the final draw will take place on SUNDAY 3rd JULY
(same day as our family Olympics Fun day).
If you dont know how it all workshere it is briefly.
We have agents who have an Agents book with 20 tickets on
it. Anyone who is part of the 10 week draw is on an agents
book.
We have a draw every Sunday (during Tea & Coffee
in the Parish Centre after the 10.30 am Mass). There are two
prizes each week, 50.00 & 25.00. There is an agents prize
of 5.00 for the two winning agents each week (so worth
being an agent!).
On the tenth week we have THE BIG DRAW. Provided we have enough people in the draw, we have always managed to have 1000 as the first prize (this is governed by the
number of people in the draw, because of Charity Law.)
Please do support the 10 week drawit brings in
extra income which allows us to do extra things in the parish!
If you dont know an agent, we do, so if you would like to
join and would like us to find an agent for you, please fill in
the form below and hand the form and 10 to Fr Paul at the
back of church (or put it in an envelope and pop it thorough
the letter box of the Parish Office. Thank you. Fr Paul.

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SPRING-SUMMER 2016 TEN WEEK DRAW
I WOULD LIKE TO BE IN THE 10 WEEK DRAW.
PLEASE FIND ME AN AGENT!
NAME:
TELEPHONE No: .

Guardian Angels
Parish

Our Next Event:

Pub Quiz Night
On Wednesday 4th May
At the Railway Inn, Ramsbottom.
Minibus leaves the Parish Centre Car Park at 7.15 pm
(will drop people off back at home after the Quiz night)

Cost per person: 7.00

(includes: Minibus, Free drink on arrival, Quiz & Pie &
Peas supper)
If you would like to book a place on our Mens Group
night out, please sign up on the sheet at the back of
church.
Diocese of Salford
Year of Mercy
Day Pilgrimage to Walsingham
led by Bishop John Arnold
Saturday 7th May 2016
A coach has been organised from Bury.
Coach Pick up points:

St Maries Church, Bury

Our Lady of Grace, Prestwich.

Cost 20.00 per person
F or Further information please contact:
Fiona Robinson on 07939262204
(Please note that the Parish Office has no further information so
please contact Fiona who is organising the coach)
Our old parish minibus.
We have been meaning to put something on the newsletter about our old faithful minibus. A few people noticed that for
a few days we had both the old and new minibus in the car park
then the old one disappeared! It hasnt been scrapped. It still
had 9 months valid MOT on it, and so it has a new home! We
have given it to St Marys Parish in Burnley (so if you are in
Burnley you might see it running around up there!). They were
delighted to have the chance to do what we didto establish if
there is a need for a minibus without spending a lot of money.
We hope it serves them as well as it served us for the past eight
years.

As our newsletter is being prepared, the Pope Francis latest

Apostolic Exhortation on The
Joy of Love is being released
(Friday at 12.00 noonRome
Time).
This Apostolic Exhortation is
the Popes response to the two
Synods on Family Life, held in
2014 & 2015.
We have already ordered some
copies of the document which will be delivered to us as
soon as possible. So, if you would like to pre-order a copy
of this very important document, please put you name and
telephone number on the sheet at the back of Church.
The cost for the document is 4.95 (only pay for it
when it has arrived)

Tweet of the week:

The family is the place where parents become their childrens first teachers in the faith. Pope Francis 8/4/16
EXTRA CAR PARKING ON SUNDAY MORNINGS
A few weeks ago Mr Harrison and myself had a conversation about how busy the car park and the streets around
Church are on a Sunday morning. This is as a result of the
good news that we have more and more people attending
Mass here at Guardian Angels each weekend. So, reflecting
the school/parish partnership, Mr Harrison has very kindly
offered us the use of the School Playground every Sunday
morning for overflow parking at the 8.45 am and 10.30 am
Masses.
So, heres how it will work, beginning from next Sunday
The gates into the school playground (accessible only
from Melrose Avenue) will be opened at approximately 8.15
am in time for people arriving for the 8.45 am Mass.
The gates to the playground will be locked by the
minibus team when they arrive back after taking people
home on the minibus after the 10.30 am Mass.
Once you have parked your car (please dont just
abandon them all over the place in there!) you can get to
Church by either walking to the main playground gates and
coming back up Melrose Avenue, and coming into the
Church grounds by means of the double gates by the Parish
Centre where we parked the old minibus, or by going
through the pedestrian entrance from the playground onto
Leigh Lane.
I am very keen that we use this opportunity to also do
our bit for the neighbourhoodit will mean a significant
reduction in the number of cars parked on the streets around
our church, and make it easier for our neighbour.
We already have a volunteer who will open up the
playground and we have asked our minibus teams to lock it
up again. Is there anyone who, at least for the first few
weeks of our new procedures, would like to help us out by
being in the playground to help people park up in an orderly
way. We would need some one at both masses in order to get
as many cars in there as possible (well even provide a highviz jacket!!!!) if interested just call the Office! Thanks.