EUCHARISTIC SERVICES & ROSARY

There will be a Eucharistic Service on Thursday

21st and Friday 22nd August this week at 9.15am.

The rosary will follow the Eucharistic Service on

the Thursday. There will be no other services on

for Barbara Melling from Queen Street East. aged 80years. Please

remember her in your prayers. We offer our deepest sympathy to her

family. May she rest in peace.

GOT QUESTIONS ABOUT LIFE?

The Alpha Course could change your life! It's

an opportunity to explore the meaning of life

through the lens of the Christian faith, in a

relaxed environment. Alpha is for anyone who

is curious to find out more about faith, those

family members and friends who you think might be interested in

coming along. For further information or to register your interest

please contact:

Phone: Sr. Dorothy - 07530 238222 or Julie - 07943 874257

Email: dorothyhindle234@gmail.com/ julie-st-bedes@hotmail.com

CHORLEY HOSPITAL

Please contact St. Joseph’s Presbytery if any member of your

family is admitted into Chorley Hospital and would appreciate a visit.

In an emergency the hospital switchboard will contact the on-call

Ball or placing the details in a envelope with a cash offering in

support of the clergy (nominal £10) and posted through the Church

House. The offering is not a payment for Mass but goes towards

supporting priests. Thank you.

Please remember to donate to our Parish. You can also donate safely on line via our Website Link.

Please post your Mass intentions through the Presbytery Letter Box. They will be remembered in Fr. Ball’s Masses.

The preaching of the prophet Jeremiah incurs the wrath of the

Jesus was steadfast against those opposed him even to enduring the

cross. Paul in his letter to the Hebrews exhorts the people to take

courage from Jesus’ example when they face conflict and suffering.

Jesus was driven by the same passion for God and his people as

Jeremiah. He tells his disciples of his desire to cast the fire of the

word on the earth. His message is an uncomfortable one that will

cause division for those who try to follow it.

A swamp may look nice on the surface, but its depths are full of

rotten things. Peace that is based on injustice is like that. It is a

false peace and Jesus came to disrupt it. But then there is true

peace; a peace in which all of God’s children have their basic rights

SUNDAY THEME

The path to heaven is like a race and we must keep our eyes on

win. With so many cheering us on to the finish how can we lose?

We must never give up even when the going is hardest. We are

bound to suffer for our faith just as Jeremiah the prophet did but

the Lord will deliver us.

The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary

This feastday was established by Pope

then the octave of the Assumption. On

this feastday we remember that Mary

reigns is heaven together with her Son.

God but because she is the mother of

Christ the King. All her privileges come

unique role she played in human re-

demption. Her queenship is a share in

communities in East Jerusalem and the West Bank are struggling

silently. These are the oldest Christian communities in the world,

yet their future has never been more uncertain.

Michael O’Brien, a parishioner at Bishop Eton, Liverpool, recently

travelled to the Holy Land to witness the reality firsthand. Deeply

moved by what he saw, he is now inviting others to join him in re-

sponding to a heartfelt plea from the local Church:

with the Christian community. Come back! We’re waiting for you,

and we need you!”