Our Lady of Good Counsel

& Guardian Angels Parish

54 Harvey Street,
Elton, Bury BL8 2RD
Tel: 0161 764 1630

Email: olgcga@b nternet.com

Parish website:
www.guardianangels-parish.org
Parish Twier: @olgcga
Diocesan website:
www.salforddiocese.org.uk

Newsleer for the weekend - 17th/18th January 2015

The Second Sunday of the Year (Year of St. MarkYear B)
PLEASE REMEMBER
IN PRAYER
OUR SICK:
Bro. Nicholas Hutchinson,
David Lindley, Dominic Gamble,
Eileen Cock, Baby Eliza May
Lyne, Margaret Reilly, Elaine
Hardman, Ray Fitzwalter, James
Scanlon, Jody Turon, a very sick
nephew, Sheila Greenwood
Anthony McGrail
LATELY DECEASED
Fr Francis Fitzpatrick
Gerard Gibson
Derek Gosling
Mary Kershaw
Pierrie Healy
Magdalen Rothwell
ANNIVERSARIES
Patrick & Maria Brady
Eva Parkinson
Paula Murray
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
Please use the
White Mass Intention
envelopes for Mass intentions which
you will find in the porches. Thank
you.
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 are now able to access the

weekly parish newsletter from
our twitter feed (@olgcga)

THIS WEEKENDS
SCRIPTURES
TODAYS READINGS
First Reading: 1 Samuel 3:310.19 Samuel hears the lord calling him
Psalm 40: Here am I, Lord; I
come to do your will.
Second Reading: 1 Corinthians
6:12c-15a,17-20 We ar e members of the Body of Christ
Gospel: John 1:35-42 W e have
found the Messiah.

NEXT WEEKENDS
SCRIPTURES (Year B)
First Reading: J onah 3:1-5, 10
Psalm 25
Second Reading: 1 Cor 7:29-31
Gospel: Mar k 1:14-20

'CIRCLE OF PRAYER'
St Theresa of Lisieux
Deanery
For the week beginning Sunday
18th January 2015 we pray for
the parishioners of the Parish of
the , and their Parish Priest Fr
...

SERVICES THIS WEEK

Saturday 17th January: The Second Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
7.00 pm: Mass
Sunday 18th January: The Second Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
8.45 am: Mass
10.30 am: Mass
12.15pm: Celebration of the Sacrament of Baptism
Monday 19th January:
9.15am: Eucharistic Service
Tuesday 20th January:
7.00 pm: Mass
Wednesday 21st January: St Agnes
11.00 am: Funeral Service for Sheila Greenwood (at
East Lancashire Crematorium, Radcliff, only)
7.00 pm: Mass: Memorial Mass for Fr Francis
FitzpatrickAll are invited.
Thursday 22nd January: St Vincent
9.15am : Eucharistic Service
Friday 23rd January:
9.15 am: Mass
Saturday 24th January: The Third Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
7.00 pm: Mass
Sunday 25th January: The Third Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
8.45 am: Mass
10.30 am: Mass
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 17th JanuaryConfessions 6.00pm
Saturday 24th JanuaryConfessions 6.00pm
The Rosary (for the sick and peace)
N.B. No Rosary on Mondays until 16th Feb. 2015

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. This
weekend the flowers on the Sanctuary are in memory
of Paddy and Bridie OBrien

The Second Sunday of Ordinary Time

18th January 2015
If you wish to contribute to the View from the Pew,
please contact the Parish Office.

These are anonymous comments from

parishioners.
The first reading describes when the Lord spoke to
Samuel for the first time. It was very rare for the Lord to speak directly
to his people! Eli taught Samuel the correct way to respond to the Lord:
Speak Lord, your servant is listening.
How often do we say YES to Gods call on our lives? Most
likely we respond more positively to the false calls on our time, giving
top priority to our needs & wants, rather that those of our neighbours.
Teach us Lord to imitate the actions of Samuel by responding to
your calls with love and generosity.
MINIBUS DRIVERS
If you cannot fulfil your rota duty, please arrange a swap with another
team. Thanks.
This weeks team: Marcia & Lawrence Cook
Next weeks team: Joe & Sarah Farry

Awakening Faith and Seeking Christ

NEXT MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY 22ND JANUARY AT 7.30PM

THE TUESDAY CLUB

The Tuesday Club is looking for new members!
If you are at a loose end on Tuesdays why not join. We
have bingo, music and dancing, Artistes, quizzes etc. There
are two outings a year, one of which is absolutely free!
The Annual joining fee is 1.00. Each visit costs
1.00 and includes tea and biscuits and a free raffle. We
also have lunches every other week (but of course these are
optional)
So please come and join usits an afternoon out!

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.

WEEKLY OFFERINGS
The Offertory Collection for:
For the weekend of 10th/11th January was:
Envelopes: 854.16 Loose: 289.91
TOTAL: 1144.07
The final figure for the Crib Collection is: 1545.00
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. It only takes a couple of seconds!

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME 2015

We had our introductory meeting for the parents on this years sacramental Programme last Wednesday evening. We gave every one a copy of the

full programme for 2015. We now look forward to our first parents and
childrens session next weekend.
GETTING MARRIED
AT GUARDIAN ANGEL
Now that we are into 2015, we start planning and
preparing for the 2015 Wedding Season!
All those who have already booked their wedding for 2015 with
Fr Paul should have received a letter from Fr Paul well before Christmas. If you havent received one, please contact Fr Paul.
If you are planning on getting married here in 2015, and haven't
booked the wedding in, please contact the Parish Office (0161 764
1630) immediately. It is a diocesan regulation that 6 months notice
must be given to enable all couples to take part in preparation for celebrating the sacrament.
We will publish the list of Banns for all couples marrying this
yea after they have completed the marriage preparation day.
The Marriage Preparation Day for the three Parishes of Guardian angels, St Hildas, Tottington and St Josephs, Ramsbottom, is Saturday 7th February in the Parish Centre.

The Clusterers
Thursday 15th January 2015Hollingworth Lake
Easy.
Leader Jeff Smith: 0161 764 7269
Sunday 25th JanuaryBurrs to Nuttall Park &
BackModerate. Leader Chris Carr: 0161 797 1297
Meeting in Guardian Angels Car Park at 10.00am.
2015 GIFT AID BOXES OF ENVELOPES
If you havent collected your new Offertory envelopes for
2015 they are available for collection at the back of
Church. Please ensure that you take the correct box, checking if there is an initial on it, because there are several
with the same surname. If in doubt please ask.
If you would like to join the Gift Aid scheme, please see Fr
Paul at the back of church after Mass or call into the Office
2015 Salford Diocesan Almanacs ar e available to pur chase in the Welcome & Information Room. Price 3.00 a
copy, please leave the money in the box next to the books.

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.
Follow the Department for Evangelisation:
@SalfordDFE
ITEMS FOR THE NEWSLETTER
Please submit all items for inclusion in the newsletter to
the Parish Office no later than Wednesday evening.
Either pop them through the Office letter-box or e-mail
them in. Anything received after Wednesday evening cant
be guaranteed to make it into the next weekends newsletter.

Fr Frank Fitzpatrick

R.I. P

Last weekend we
announce that Fr Frank passed away
peacefully at North Manchester
Hospital on Sunday 4th January,
2015, he was 85 years old.
Fr Frank was born on 5th
April 1929 in Clayton. He attended St. Willibrords Primary
School and it was whilst studying
at St Bedes College that he began his training for the
Priesthood. He was ordained on the 30th May 1953 by
Bishop Henry Marshall. During his 62 years of Priesthood he served as Assistant Priest at St. Josephs Halliwell, St. Josephs Blackburn and The English Martyrs,
Whalley Range. He moved to Bury in 1970 as Parish
Priest of St. Bedes and then move to St. Hildas, Tottington in 1979 where he was Parish Priest until his retirement in 1999.
Fr. Frank retired into Guardian Angels Parish
and soon became a very active member of our Parish
Community. Enjoying two major milestones in his life
here with us, his Golden Jubilee in 2003 and his 80th
Birthday in 2009. Being a creature of habit he still took
Tuesdays as his day-off and said Mass every day either with Fr Paul or on his own on other days in the
week and on Sunday morning.
Every morning he walked the short distance from
home down Ainsworth Rd, and soon became a familiar
face and walking companion for the Mums and children
who were on their way to Guardian Angels School and
others in the area. He loved to walk and would often be
seen walking down Bolton Road to go shopping at the
fish market.
The children in both our Primary Schools gave
him the name Fr Frank and after years of being Fr Fitzpatrick, he confided to us one day that he rather liked
it. Our Altar Servers especially would joked that they
had to get to the Crme Eggs on Easter Sunday before
Fr Frank, or there wouldnt be any left. A big man
whose presence amongst us has been, and will continue
to be, greatly missed.
His body was received into the Chapel at Nazareth
House last Wednesday evening at which Fr Paul
preached. His Funeral Mass was at Nazareth House
Chapel last Thursday at which Bishop John presided
and preached.
In light of the fact that Nazareth House Chapel is
very small, and we feel that a lot of people from Bury
and especially the Parishes he was involved with would
like to pay their respects to him. So we are celebrating a
Memorial Mass here at Guardian Angels this
Wednesday evening 21st January at 7.00pm. Everyone is welcome!
After Mass we would like to invite everyone to come
into the Parish Centre for Tea and Coffee and Cake!
Fr Frank loved his cake! If you would like to make
some Cakesplease do, and bring them to the Office
on Wednesday morning or bring them with you to
Mass and take them into the Centre before Mass begins. Thank you.

HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY TALK 2015

The Office for Other Faiths
(Department for Evangelisation)
invites you to an evening to mark Holocaust Memorial
Day.
A Holocaust child survivors journey
Joanna Millan
Joanna began life in Berlin and
was later deported to Theresienstadt
where her mother died.
She came with other Jewish children to England on 15th August 1945 under the British Government scheme and was later adopted
by a Jewish couple living in London.
Joanna speaks all over the
UK to various audiences and visits
China every year to lecture to
university students.

On Tuesday 27th January 2015:

St Gabriels R.C. High School,
Bridge Road, Bury, BL9 0TZ
7.30 pm9.30 pm.
5.00 per person to meet expenses
(Prior Registration is not essential,
but helpful for organisational purposes)
Please send completed Registration Forms
and cheque
(made payable to
The Department for Evangelisation)
to:
The Department for Evangelisation,
Guardian Angels Parish Office,
54 Harvey Street,
Elton, Bury, BL8 2RD
You can register by e-mail and pay
on the night by e-mailing:
sharon.beech@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Tel: 0161 761 0536
Registration Forms are
available in the Porches.

Vacancies at St Gabriels HS, Bury:

Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment
Officer
37 hours per week, term time only, plus 8 additional days
Salary: Grade 7 (15627 - 17400)

Head of Modern Languages

French and Spanish, Main Scale plus TLR1a

Teacher of History
Maternity cover, March 2015 to February 2016, Scale M1 M6
or U1 U3 This post is part time: 0.8, four full days per week.
For more information, please visit the job vacancies
section of the schools website
www.st-gabriels.org.uk

Last year Fr Paul and Sharon were

commissioned by Redemptorist
Publications to write a new book,
entitled:

Welcome to Witness:
Becoming an Evangelising
Parish.

We are delighted to report that the Book was published just

before Christmas. Below you can read part of the summary from
the back of the Book.

WELCOME TO WITNESS
Becoming an evangelising parish
Whenever we take a step towards Jesus,
we come to realise that he is already there,
waiting for us with open arms.
These words of Pope Francis, from Evangelii Gaudium, are a
wonderful summary of the process of evangelisation. Pope
Francis describes the parish as a community of communities, a
sanctuary where the thirsty come to drink in the midst of their
journey, and a centre of constant missionary outreach.
This book grew out of the work which the authors do in the
Department for Evangelisation in Salford Diocese, nationally
and the practical experience of working in a parish in the
Salford Diocese. It is designed as a hands-on support to priests,
catechists and parishioners. It is intended to help a parish truly
become, in the words of St John Paul II, the Church living in
the midst of the homes of her sons and daughters.
Copies of the book are now available for purchasing (on the table at the back of church, or during the week from the Parish
Office). Price 7.95 a copy

PARISH DIARY
Tuesday 20th January
Tuesday Club: Bingo
UCM: Quiz (after Mass in the Parish Centre)
Wednesday 21st January
7.00 pm: Memorial Mass for Fr Francis Fitzpatrick at
Guardian Angels.
Saturday 24th January
10.00 am 12.00 noon: Sacramental Programme meeting
for Parents and children (Parish Centre)
Tuesday 27th January
Tuesday Club: Artiste
7.30 pm: A Holocaust Child Survivors Journey Joanna
Millan speaks at St Gabriels HS, Bury. (organised by the
Salford Diocese Dept for Evangelisation)
UCM: No meeting
Thursday 28th January
7.30 pm: Bookclub
Saturday 31st January/Sunday 1st February
At all the Masses, Presentation of the children for the 2015
Sacramental Programme
Thursday 5th February
7.30 pm: Bereavement Support Group Meeting
Saturday 7th February
10.004.00 pm: Marriage Preparation Course (Parish
Centre)
Wednesday 11th February
9.15 am: Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes School for the Patronal Feast Day
Tuesday 17th FebruaryShrove Tuesday
7.00 pm: Mass followed by preparation of the Ashes &
Pancakes
Wednesday 18th FebruaryAsh Wednesday
9.15 am: Mass and distribution of ashes
7.30 pm: Mass and distribution of Ashes
Wednesday 25th February
7.30 pm; Guardian Angels School Full Governing Body
meeting
Thursday 26th February
7.30 pm: Our Lady of Lourdes Full Governing Body Meeting
Wednesday 4th March
7.30 pm: Fr Denis McBride speaking about The Passion
Narratives in the Gospels. St Gabriels HS (organised by
the Salford Diocese Dept for Evangelisation)
HOLY WEEK
Sunday 29th MarchPalm Sunday
Thursday 2nd AprilHoly Thursday
Friday 3rd AprilGood Friday
Saturday 4th ApilHoly Saturday
Sunday 5th AprilEASTER SUNDAY

UCM: Will member s please note that Affiliation

fees are now due (10) by the end of January.

THE CHRISTMAS CRIB OFFERINGS

2015
A Very big thank you to everyone who gave to the
Christmas Crib Offerings which are going to the special project of providing the 3 wheelchairs at the
Good Life Orphanage, in Kenya.
The grand total given in the Crib Offerings was:
1545.00
Thank you so much.