ROMAN CATHOLIC PARISH OF SCLERDER WITH LOOE

Fr. David Annear Tel: 01503 272627 Sclerder Abbey, Looe PL13 2JD Fr Michael Lock Tel: 01579 344906 The Presbytery, 2 West Street, Liskeard PL14 6BW Deacon: Rev. Peter Skoyles Tel: 01579 362936

Parish Web Site: www.sclerder.talland.org E-mail: sclerderabbey@tiscali.co.uk

CALENDAR for week beginning Sunday 14th March 2010.

Fourth Sunday of Lent: Laetare (rejoice) Mothering Sunday: Year C:

Sunday 14^th March	Sclerder	9.15am	Int: for our mothers
Monday 15^th	Sclerder	6.00pm	Sr Hilda RIP
Tuesday 16^th	Sclerder	9.00am	Deceased members of the Shortt and Del Val families
Wednesday 17^th	Sclerder	9.00am	St Patrick Sr Mary RIP
Thursday18^th	Sclerder	4.00pm 5.00pm	Holy Hour and Benediction William (Jock) Reilly RIP
Friday 19^th	Sclerder West Looe	9.00am 10.30am	St Joseph The Holy Souls David Wise RIP
Saturday 20^th	Sclerder	9.00am	John Gilbert RIP
Sunday 21^st	Sclerder	9.15am	Fifth Sunday of Lent People of the Parish

Confessions: At Sclerder after 9am Mass every Saturday. At Looe after 10.30 Mass every Friday.

Please pray for the house bound of the parish and all who need our prayers: May Lambe, Bridget Sweet and Lily Lacey.

Please pray for those who are sick: Barbara Birchwood-Harper, Joan Hardington, Maureen Milne, Michael and Ann Roffe and Oliver Small (grandson of the Lynches).

Please pray for Bishop Christopher, who will be spending most of March in hospital.

Please pray for the repose of the soul of Stephen Beswick, husband of Gill, whose first anniversary of death occurs today.

Next Sunday the statues and crucifixes are veiled as we approach Holy Week.

Year for Priests: Quotation of the week: “Nothing on earth gives more glory to God or obtains more benefits for us than a single Mass.”

LENT 2010

· Learn more about your Faith: take free reading material from back of church.

· Pray the Angelus daily: prayer cards available.

· Seriously consider going to a weekday Mass and to Confession.

· Pray for your priests, and for priestly vocations.

· Read St Luke’s account of the Passion of Our Lord, a few verses each week.

· Please support the Lent Lunches: Ed and Val Wilson are hosting this week’s lunch, Friday 19^th March, at their house; Stangate, Meadway`, East Looe. Phone No: 01503 264080.

· Please return Lenten Fast CAFOD envelopes as soon as possible.

· Lenten Ecumenical Candlelit Taizé Services organised by Martin Michell: Thursday 18^th March at 7pm at Connon Chapel, Friday 19^th March at 6.30pm at Liskeard, Friday 26^th March at 7pm at West Looe RC Church. After the West Looe service, tea and biscuits will be served at Riverside church.

Easter Triduum 2010:

Maundy Thursday 1^st April: Mass of the Lord’s Supper: 7pm.

Good Friday 2^nd April: Celebration of the Lord’s Passion: 3pm.

Saturday 3^rd April: Easter Vigil: 8.30pm.

Easter Sunday 4^th April: Easter Day Masses: 9.15am at Sclerder and 11am at West Looe.

Penitential Services in Cornwall: A list of these is posted in the porch. The nearest ones are at St Austell on Thursday 18^th March and Liskeard on Wednesday 24^th March; both at 7pm. Fr David can provide transport to these if needed.

After Mass today please collect a statement from Fr David and a letter from Bp Christopher regarding future arrangements for this parish.

Collection: Sunday 7^th March: £218.47

CAFOD Lent Lunches have raised £459.00 to date.

Winner of the 49 Club 6^th March, Bob Baxter.

The PPC Meeting arranged for 21^st March has had to be re-scheduled and will now be on Wednesday 17^th March at 5pm in the Nuns’ Sitting

Room. Please see Brad, Tessa or Fr David if you have any matters for discussion.

Finance and Administration Committee meeting on Thursday 18^th March at 5.30pm in the Nuns’ Sitting Room.

Help for Heroes Coffee Morning on Wednesday 24^th March from 10.30-12 noon at the Jubilee Inn, Pelynt.

The Social Committee has produced a list of activities for 2010. Please take a copy from the back of the church if you have not already done so.

The Parish Lunch will be on Sunday 18^th of April, at Bucklawren Restaurant. Tell Tessa if you can come, we need to know the numbers.

APF Boxes: Please hand them in as soon as possible to Bill Wilkins.

Michael Palmer is running in the first ever Kilomarathon on 14^th March for the Children’s Hospice South West. If you would like to sponsor him, forms are available in the sacristy. More information in the porch.

Would anyone like to join the Social and Fund Raising Committee? Please ask John Greenhouse or Tessa Denat.

Legion of Mary Meetings are now held weekly on Monday after Mass (about 6.30pm) in the Nun’ Parlour at Sclerder.

Choir practices are held on the second and fourth Fridays of each month at 2pm.

Diocese of Plymouth Annual Pilgrimage to Lourdes 28^th May – 4^th June 2010. See poster for details. Also Society of Our Lady of Lourdes Pilgrimage which is more actively involved in caring for very sick people. Ask Fr David about either of these.

Derriford Hospital: Do you know of anyone who would like a visit from the RC Chaplain? He is Fr. Martin Rossman, Tel: 01752-331288, or please tell Fr. David.

If anyone wants to put something in the Newsletter please contact Fr. David by Wednesday 12 noon. The newsletter is produced on this day. You could also ‘phone Tessa on 01503 262807 or e-mail her on jcrtdenat@hotmail.com.