St. Gregory's RC Church
  • HOME
  • ABOUT
    • FR JOHN ST JOHN
    • FR. CLEMENT ORANGO >
      • SPONSORED WALK
      • PARISH EVENTS
      • JAMBO
      • BARROW VOICE
      • FROM FATHER'S DESK
    • FATHER ANTHONY PATEMAN >
      • BIOGRAPHY
      • FATHER PATEMAN'S LAST MASS IN BARROW
    • BISHOP PATRICK
    • FR. VINCENT'S UGANDAN MISSION >
      • CATHOLIC NEWS Nov 2018
      • NEWSLETTER 2019
      • NEWSLETTER 2018
      • NEWSLETTER 2016
      • NEWSLETTER 2015
    • HISTORY >
      • ST. ALBAN'S BARROW UPON SOAR
      • ST. GREGORY'S SILEBY
      • ST. GREGORY'S STATIONS OF THE CROSS
      • PRIESTS OF THE MISSION
      • DIOCESE OF NOTTINGHAM ARCHIVES
      • LOUGHBOROUGH LIBRARY
      • THE BELL
      • REV. ALOYSIUS EMERY
      • PHOTO GALLERY
    • NEWS >
      • CATHOLIC NEWS - Ecumenism in Barrow upon Soar
      • TERRY & SHEILA BREED
      • FR DAVID JONES
      • DAISY'S NAMIBIA TRIP
      • CATHOLIC NEWS - ADVENT
      • CATHOLIC NEWS - Bishop's visit
      • CATHOLIC NEWS - Sacred Heart Statue
      • CATHOLIC NEWS - Sponsored Walk
      • SHEILA BREED AWARD
      • AMERICAN VISITORS
      • CHURCH REFURBISHMENT
      • LOCAL PRESS CUTTINGS
    • POPE FRANCIS
    • SERVICES
    • SMARTIES
    • WEEKLY NEWSLETTER >
      • NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE (from 12th July 2020)
      • NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE (from 5th January 2020)
      • NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE (from July 2019)
      • NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE (from 5th January 2019)
      • NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE (from 5th August 2018)
      • NEWSLETTER ARCHIVE (from 16th July 2017 )
  • GROUPS
    • A.P.F.
    • ALTAR SERVERS >
      • WILF DOYLE
      • WILF DOYLE THE EVACUEE
      • WILF DOYLE GALLERY
    • CAFOD
    • CHILDREN'S LITURGY
    • CHURCHES TOGETHER IN BARROW
    • FINANCE COMMITTEE
    • FRIENDS OF ST. GREGORY'S
    • JUSTICE AND PEACE
    • LITURGY GROUP
    • PARISH PASTORAL COUNCIL >
      • ROLE OF THE PPC
      • PPC MINUTES 2019
      • PPC MINUTES 2018
      • PPC MINUTES 2017
      • PPC MINUTES 2016
    • R.C.I.A.
    • SPECIAL MINISTERS
    • YOUTH GROUP
  • ROTAS
    • CHURCH CLEANERS
    • MINISTERS OF THE WORD
    • OFFERTORY
    • TEA & COFFEE
  • SACRAMENTS
    • ANOINTING OF THE SICK
    • BAPTISM
    • CONFIRMATION
    • RECONCILIATION & FIRST COMMUNION
    • MARRIAGE
    • PRIESTHOOD
  • GALLERY
    • PARISHIONERS ON THEIR TRAVELS >
      • ISAAC BANKS IN ROME
    • 2020 >
      • BONDHON BANGLADESH PROJECT
      • YOUTH GROUP QUIZ
      • NEW PARISHIONERS
    • 2019 >
      • CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
      • "MATURE" PARISHIONERS' CHRISTMAS LUNCH
      • COINCIDENCE!
      • CHRISTMAS FAYRE 2019
      • YOUTH SUNDAY - CHRIST THE KING
      • CHRISTMAS SHOEBOX APPEAL
      • NEW ALTAR SERVER
      • A NEW PARISHIONER
      • DAISY'S NAMIBIA TRIP
      • MARY'S MEALS
      • MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
      • CONFIRMATION 2019
      • SHEILA & WILF - WWII EVACUEES
      • PARISH GARDEN PARTY 2019
      • EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS
      • FIRST HOLY COMMUNION
      • A NEW PARISHIONER
      • OUR NEWEST ALTAR SERVER
      • SHEILA & TERRY'S 65th ANNIVERSARY
      • VISITORS FROM SOUTH AFRICA
      • FR JOHN'S BIRTHDAY
    • 2018 >
      • NATIVITY MASS
      • SENIORS' CHRISTMAS PARTY
      • BARROW CHRISTMAS TREE 2018
      • YOUTH SUNDAY 2018
      • CHRISTMAS FAYRE 2018
      • HARVEST FESTIVAL
      • PARISH SUMMER PICNIC
      • RETREAT 2018
      • WALSINGHAM 2018
      • PENTECOST SUNDAY
      • FOUR GENERATIONS
      • BRAIN TUMOUR CAKE SALE
      • A FAMILIAR FACE
      • DENNIS HARGREAVES
    • 2017 >
      • MARY'S MEALS
      • NEWEST ALTAR SERVER
      • BARROW CHRISTMAS TREE 2017
      • 2017 CHRISTMAS FAYRE
      • MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
      • CONFIRMATION
      • A NEW PARISHIONER
      • WALSINGHAM 2017
      • SACRED HEART STATUE
      • SPONSORED WALK
      • CONFIRMATION GROUP
      • FR PATEMAN'S HOUSEWARMING
      • PEACE SUNDAY
    • 2016 >
      • OVER 60s CHRISTMAS PARTY
      • BARROW CHRISTMAS TREE FESTIVAL
      • CHRISTMAS FAYRE 2016
      • YOUTH GROUP ON THE WATER
      • TERRY CANTLE'S 90th BIRTHDAY
      • YOUTH GROUP VISITS FATHER ANTHONY
      • WALSINGHAM 2016
      • PENTECOST SUNDAY 15th MAY
      • FIRST COMMUNION 27th MARCH
      • DOOR OF MERCY
      • WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER
    • 2015 >
      • CHRISTMAS EVE MASS 2015
      • YOUTH GROUP CLIMBING 2015
      • FRIENDS' CHRISTMAS LUNCH 2015
      • OVER 60s CHRISTMAS PARTY 2015
      • BARROW CHRISTMAS TREE 2015
      • FR CLEMENT'S INDUCTION 2015
      • CHRISTMAS FAYRE 2015
      • FR CLEMENT AT DE LISLE COLLEGE 2015
      • FR ANTHONY'S LAST BARROW MASS
      • NEW ALTAR SERVERS 2015
      • YOUNG PARISHIONERS' FAREWELL PARTY 2015
      • FIRST COMMUNION 2015
      • YOUTH GROUP ON THE WATER 2015
      • WALSINGHAM 2015
      • FATHER PATEMAN'S GOLDEN CELEBRATION 2015
      • FATHER ANTHONY'S 75th BIRTHDAY 2015
    • 2014 >
      • "MATURE" PARISHIONERS' CHRISTMAS LUNCH
      • ROME TRIP 2014
      • CHRISTMAS FAYRE 2014
  • DEVOTION
    • PRAYER & DEVOTION TOGETHER
    • SPIRITUAL COMMUNION
    • AFRICAN SAINTS
    • BEATITUDES FOR A MARRIED COUPLE
    • JUBILEE OF MERCY
    • LENTEN JOURNEY 2017
    • ROSARY
    • MEDITATION
    • PADRE PIO
    • PARISHIONER'S FAITH STORY
    • PRAYERS
    • ROSMINI CENTRE
    • STATIONS OF THE CROSS
    • MARY'S WAY OF THE CROSS
    • SAINT ALBAN
    • SAINT ANTHONY
    • SAINT GREGORY
    • ST. JOSEPH
    • ST. PATRICK
    • SAINT JOHN XXIII
    • ST. THOMAS AQUINAS
  • CONTACT
    • HOW TO FIND US
    • LINKS
    • SOCIAL CENTRE

Newsletter 23rd December 2018

21/12/2018

 
Sat 22nd December       Syston      6.30pm       Mass (Fr Clement)                                       Vigil of 4th Sunday of Advent
Sun 23rd December       Sileby       9.00am       Mass (Serge Jesson RIP)                              4th SUNDAY OF ADVENT
                                        Syston    11.00am        Mass (Michelle Bock RIP)
Mon 24th December      Sileby       6.00pm       CHILDREN’S NATIVITY MASS                      Christmas Eve
Tue 25th December        Sileby       9.00am        Mass (Jim O’Dwyer RIP, John St John RIP) CHRISTMAS DAY  
                                        Syston     11.00am        Mass (All those who help in the Parish)
Wed 26th December      Barrow     NO SERVICE                                                                       St Stephen
Thu 27th December        Sileby       NO SERVICE                                                                       St John the Apostle
Fri 28th December         Sileby        9.30am        Service of Word and Sacrament                 The Holy Innocents
Sat 29th December       Syston        6.30pm        Mass (P. Savage)                                         Vigil of The Holy Family
Sun 30th December      Sileby         9.00am        Mass (Juszkiewicz Family deceased)         THE HOLY FAMILY
                                       Syston       11.00am        Mass (Pasternicki & Masters deceased)     

Sick list: Please pray for the following members of our parish: Assunta Furno, Bernard Moyers, Maurice Nixon, Irene Pallot, Mary Powell, Eva Shirreffs, Stefania Stasior, Terry Cantle, Ida De Melo, Angela Doyle, Beryl Ford.
Finances:Collection 16th December: £158.38. Second collection for Poor and Needy Parishes: £106.58. Mass Offerings: £300.00. Books: £14.50. Smarties: £12.80 & £7.00 (9.12.18).  Donation from the Friends of St. Gregory’s to pay for hire of skip: £185.00. Many thanks. (Cheques made payable to St. Gregory’s RC Church). 
Message from Fr John:I would like to thank you all for the warm welcome I have received here at St Gregory’s and also for all the gifts and cards I have received over this festive period. God bless to you all and your families. Fr John.
Can you help?: can you help us to source (cheap/free?) a decent sized TV for a bedridden parishioner to improve their quality of life? Also needed: a tumble drier. Please see Fr John if you can help.
Christmas Flowers: there will be a second collection today to help pay for the altar flowers at Christmas.
Happy Anniversary: congratulations and sincere thanks to Wilf who celebrates his 78thanniversary as an altar server on Christmas Day. One of Yorkshire’s best exports!
A helping hand:If there is an area of parish life where you think you could help, please have a word with Fr John or Peter Fryer. No previous experience required! Perhaps you feel that you could be part of the group that helps with the Children’s Liturgy during Mass each week? Or the Church cleaning rota? Or reading at Mass? Or joining the Tea & Coffee rota? It is an obvious thing to say, but the more volunteers that we have, the less often you will be called upon!
After Mass: please come and join us in the Social Centre for a cup of tea/coffee/soft drink and a chat. If you are a newcomer or a visitor you are particularly welcome.
Used postage stamps: (for the “Helping Dogs Charity”) please put these in the box at the back of church.
Smarties: if you want to join the scheme, please help yourself to a tube of Smarties at the back of church, eat the sweets (!), fill the empty tube with 20p coins and then return the tube to Wilf at any time - there is no time scale. The income from the Smarties Scheme helps to pay for the heating of the church. “Eat Smarties and stay warm.”
St. Gregory's Advent Appeal 2018: for the second year we are supporting the work of Mary's Meals during Advent 2018 and into 2019 and are inviting you to participate by: remembering the work of the charity in your prayers (prayer cards will be available); donating money (it costs just £13.90 to feed a child for a whole year); donating items so that we can send more backpacks. There is a donation box into which contributions can be put in front of the statue of Our Lady. Your donation can be “gift-aided”, thus generating additional income to the charity. Give before 1 March 2019, and the UK government will match donations, so for every £1 donated, Mary’s Meals will receive £2. It is worth noting that, for every £1 donated, the charity spends 93p on its charitable work, a figure unmatched by most charities. If you have a minute, please look at their website www.marysmeals.org.uk. You will not fail to be impressed. If you have any queries, please see Cath Jackson.
Mass Intentions: if you wish to have a Mass said, please use one of the special brown envelopes at the back of church. On it you should indicate the Mass intention, where you would like it to be said (normally here at St. Gregory’s) and the date you would like it to be said. Priority will be given to Masses being said for the sick or recently deceased, or for special anniversaries. In the latter case, it is helpful to request a special date as long in advance as possible. Envelopes can be given to Fr John or to Peter Fryer.
Sun 23rd December
Reader: John Dudley
Offertory: The Giacchino Family
Children’s Liturgy: Lorraine & Rebecca
Tea & Coffee: Lisa & Jo
Cleaners: Sheila & Veronica
Sun 30th December
Reader: Eric De Melo
Offertory: Paul Carroll & Rosemary McKee
Children’s Liturgy: Cath & Marie-Hélène
Tea & Coffee: Sheila & Muriel
Cleaners: Cathy & Marlene

Comments are closed.
Picture
Picture
Picture
Picture