1. religion and spirituality
2. christianity
3. catholicism

Please pray for those who are sick: Patricia Buckley, Lance Goodwin, Ursula Grocott,
Kathleen Smith, Aubrey Atkinson, Hollie Tomkinson, Caroline Lovatt, Cekeera Grocott, June Poulter,
Olivia Killeen, Frederick & Kathleen Blaize, Kate Parton, Gillian Bould, Holly Owen, Joanne Jones,
Roger Lakin, Shane Brouard, John Gibbons, Tiffany Porter, Alan Hambleton Sarah Stevenson, Barrie
Harrington, Dorothy Swift, Josie Coates, Arthur Rushton, Neville Mountford, Mrs. Burton, Edigio
Coronato, Jean Dawson, Michele Yon, Claire Coker, Dorothy Vasey, Ashley Morris, Julie Hunt, Gerrard
Pepper, Molly Blurton, Margaret Smith, Betty Walton, Jeremy Burslem, Margaret Stones, Mavis Mayfield,
David Molloy, Angela Barry, Vincent Coleman, Dorothy Tantrum, Josie Burgess, Fr Vincent Royles, Molly
Crowther, Arthur Price,
Rest in Peace, Andrew Milward,
Please pray for our parish seminarian Simon Baker,
St Augustine’s are replacing the windows with double glazing starting on January 5th.
With the decorating and other interior works we need to raise £25,000 altogether, which would
be £20K if it is all Gift Aided! Thank you to St Thomas More design & tech department for a
magnificent Totaliser! So far we have reached £5268.00 banked, and with another £1000 very
generously given over Christmas.
The container for the windows materials is now delivered and the truck will arrive between
8.30am and 9am on Monday 5th Jan, first day of term.
Decorating of the Sanctuary is complete so that it is bright and clean for Christmas. Many
thanks for all who have cleaned church after it.
This new year is our 80th anniversary of the foundation of the parish beginning with the
anniversary of the first mass back in Christmas 1934.
Old photographs and recollections of St Augustine’s? Please contact Yvonne Beeston
Planning Meeting for St Augustine’s was helpful, programme of events coming soon
Interested in Becoming a Catholic or Exploring the Faith? Journey in Faith , at
St Gregory’s Thursdays 7.30pm , resuming January 8th
Baptism Preparation
Please try to book baptisms at least two months in
advance, by talking to one of the clergy and filling in a form. We have just had two
preparation sessions, next ones in February.
Christmas Crib.
Many thanks for new volunteers at St Filumena’s and those
setting up our cribs at St Augustine’s and St Mary’s. Crib collections at each
church for Fr Hudsons’ Society
Red Boxes, APF Mission Appeals
Later in the year we will have the priest giving the Red Box mission appeal,
but many thanks to those who collect regularly. We have sent off £1539.00
from Meir and Cresswell together, of which £470.40 was from St Mary’s.
Congratulations on the birth of William Albert Cann to Sarah and Tom, and
to all the Halliday family
The Catholic Parishes of St Augustine’s Meir
St Filumena’s Caverswall
& St Mary’s Cresswell
St Augustine’s, (for Parish Office) 146 Sandon Road, Meir, Stoke-on-Trent, ST3 7DF
St Filumena’s, Blythe Bridge Road, Caverswall, ST11 9EA
St Mary’s, Cresswell Old Lane, Cresswell, ST11 9RF
Website: www.augustineandmary.org.uk or www.stfilumena.org.uk
Parish Priest: Fr David Hartley
Deacon: Rev Trevor Borthwick
Tel: 01782 313734 Parish Office
Mob: 07765 931126
email: augustineandmary@hotmail.com
Tel: 01782 388416
Mob: 07961 347180
email: trevorborthwick@hotmail.com
or
dm.hartley@tesco.net
Deacon: Rev Peter Bowyer
Tel: 01782 393892
email: apbowyer@talktalk.net
Administration and Social Events: Gabrielle Halliday 07764 245344
Safeguarding representatives: Barbara Kitson 07796 337075 (St Augustine’s & St Mary’s)
Fiona Richardson 07580 551894 (St Filumena’s)
St. Augustine’s School:
St. Filumena’s School:
01782 319504
01782 392367
St Thomas’s School, Tean (for Cresswell parish) 01538 722378
28th December 2014
Feast of the Holy Family
Parish Offertory for last weekend:
Meir:
£313.12 of which £110.00 was Gift Aided
Caverswall:
£367.51 of which £243.00 was Gift Aided
Cresswell:
£164.62 of which £122.50 was Gift Aided
You are always welcome to stay for Tea or Coffee after
Sunday masses at our churches
Thank you to all who are decorating and cleaning our Churches for Christmas this week
Thank you for all the generous Christmas Offerings and gifts. Fr David
St Stephen’s Day mass was a chance for us to show our appreciation for our Altar Servers.
Congratulations to those who received medals,
and Adam Williamson receiving his Silver Medal
Many thanks for all the cards & greetings and your generous gifts and
the Christmas Collections. Fr David
St Augustine’s 50/50 November draw 1st P Burgess, 2nd S Kitson, 3rd S Oakley
So please see Elaine Borthwick if you would like to join the draw
St Filumena’s Tote,
Many thanks to all who support St.Filumena's Tote. Please see Fiona Richardson
or Anthony Williamson if you are wanting to join
Fr Hudson’s Society,
3 Parishes Afternoon Club, ‘Young
at Heart’
th
Next meeting a Memory Afternoon on 18 January. Please bring along an
old photo to share. We will also welcome Yvonne Beeston who is bringing her
collection of photos and recollections about the life of St Augustine’s.
Rome Pilgrimage, February
2015 you can still join our pilgrimage to Rome,
15th-20th February in half term week, 5 nights/6 days, including Assisi for a day. Mass in St Peter’s,
Papal Audience on Wednesday, etc. Please give your names to Fr David or talk to him if you are just
interested
£749.00 (£200 deposit soon to secure booking)
Bible Study, Thursday evenings in New Year (3 weeks off over Christmas)
Rosary, usually first Fridays 2pm 7, Combe Drive, Meir Heath,
Prayer group meets alternate Tuesdays, 2pm in Forsbrook
See Sylvia Wright or Deacon Peter for details
Mass Intentions One diary for mass intentions is kept in the office at St Augustine’s , so please hand
in offerings in envelopes with offering and clear information about which church, names and
intentions, your name and contact number, and preferred dates, so that they can get to the diary
Mass stipend usually £10 For Sundays we are usually booking about 6 weeks in advance!
Youth Group for our Parishes, at St Augustine’s, in new term, Mondays at 6.30pm
Cleaners for St Augustine’s. More help still needed
Friday mornings at about 9 a.m.
Call Mary Owen on 07791 590987 if you need more information
Marthe Robin and Foyer de Charite retreats.
See article in latest Catholic
Today.
A short day of Recollection “Encounter Marthe Robin”, St Mary’s Cresswell, Saturday
31st Jan beginning with 10am mass
Next retreat 12th-18th April at Pantasaph
Please book with Fr David, and for other retreats see www.foyers.org.uk
Calendar for the week of
28th December
2014,
Octave of Christmas
Feast of the Holy Family
St Augustine’s, Sandon Rd, Meir
Saturday 27th
Monday 29th
Vigil Mass
6.00pm for John & Jean Jewell RIP
9.00am Funeral Mass for Andrew Milward Snr
Tuesday 30th
9.30am for John Hoban RIP
Thursday 1st Jan. 2015 Mary Mother of God 9.30am Mass of the Day
Friday 2
nd
for the People of our Parishes
St Basil & St Gregory Nazianzen 6.00pm Exposition
7.00pm for Mary, Aubrey & Peter Chetwin RIP
6.00pm for Sean Maloney RIP on his birthday
Saturday 3rd
Confessions:
before Saturday evening mass,
5.15 - 5.40pm
St Filumena’s, Caverswall
Sunday 28th Holy Family
9.00am
for Sheila Sheehan RIP
Monday 29th
9.15am Word & Holy Communion
th
Tuesday 30
9.15am Word & Holy Communion
st
Wednesday 31
9.15am Word & Holy Communion
st
Thursday 1 January Mary Mother of God
Friday 2nd St Basil & St Gregory Nazianzen
9.15am Word & Holy Communion
rd
Saturday 3 Holy Name of Jesus
9.00am Adoration, 9.30am Word & Holy Communion
Sunday 4th Epiphany of the Lord 9.00am
for the People of St Filumena’s
Confessions Sunday mornings, 8.20am-8.40am
St. Mary’s, Cresswell
Sunday 28th Holy Family
11.00am for the People of the Parishes
Wednesday 31st
8.00am for Tom Campbell RIP
st
Thursday 1 January Mary Mother of God 11.00am
Saturday 3rd
10.00am private intention
1.00pm Wedding, Pete and Catherine
th
Sunday 4 Epiphany of the Lord 11.00am for the People of the Parishes
Confessions at St Mary’s, usually after Saturday morning mass
Fr David’s usual Day Off is Wednesday