PARISH OF ST CUTHBERT & FIRST MARTYRS OF ROME

Diocese of Leeds Registered Charity No. 249404

SUNDAY 24th December 2017 Fourth Sunday of Advent (Year B)

Parish Priest: Fr Gregory Knowles

First Martyrs Church & Presbytery - Tel: 01274 543789. 65 Heights Lane, Heaton, Bradford BD9 6HZ.

St Cuthbert’s Church, Wilmer Road, Heaton, Bradford BD9 4RX

Parish Website: www.scfm.org.uk Twitter: @SCFMBradfordDoL

Parish Primary School & Nursery

St Cuthbert & the First Martyrs’ Catholic Primary School, Scotchman Road, Bradford BD9 5AT

Tel: 01274 543445; Fax: 01274 408234; E-mail:

Hall bookings

Please ring First Martyr’s Presbytery on (01274) 543789 or email

Day / Date / Time / Church / Service / Feast / Intention
Saturday / 23rd / 5.30pm / SC / Vigil Mass / Fourth Sunday of Advent / People of the Parish
Sunday / 24th / 10.30am
6.00pm / FM
SC / Morning Mass
Family Vigil Mass of the Nativity of the Lord
Monday / 25th / 12.00am
10.30am / FM
FM / Midnight Mass
The Nativity of the Lord (Christmas Day)
Tuesday / 26th / 6.30pm / FM / Evening Mass – St Stephen, the First Martyr
Wednesday / 27th / 10.00am / FM / Morning Mass – St John, Apostle & Evangelist / Michael Gilmartin RIP
Thursday / 28th / 11.30am / FM / Requiem Mass for Mrs Sheila McCreesh RIP
Friday / 29th / 11.40am
12 noon / SC
SC / Rosary
Lunchtime Mass – St Thomas Becket, Bishop & Martyr / Peter McGovern (A)
Hannah Murphy (A)
Saturday / 30th / 5.30pm / SC / Vigil Mass / The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph / Paul Lally RIP
Sunday / 31st / 10.30am
6.00pm / FM
FM / Morning Mass
Evening Mass

Confessions: First Martyrs: After Mass, Mon – Thurs. St Cuthbert’s: After Mass Friday. And by appointment

Sacrament of the Sick: Upon request

Readers at Mass

This week / 5.30pm
T Hanney / 10.30am
J Kennedy & H Gavin
Next week / M Moriarty / M Walker & J Clark

Ministers of Holy Communion

This week / 5.30pm
J Wierzbicki, J Schwarz, M Walsh / 10.30am
J Sullivan, K Brooker, F Cilenti, M O’Connell
Next week / B Rowe, P Hanney, J Geoghegan / P Featherstone, J Kennedy, H Davy, H Gavin
Sacristans at St Cuthbert’s Church
This week: James Wierzbicki Next week: Tony & Patsy Hanney
Please remember in your prayers those who have died recently;
Those whose anniversaries occur at this time Peter McGovern, Miecyslaw Kijewski, Diane Smith, Edward Reardon, Peter Joseph Heptonstall, Shelagh Maria Wilson, Donald Swaine, Dennis Michael Nunn, Simon Mee, Guiseppino Domanski, Leo Duggan, Grace Nugent, John Walton, Winifred Cora Tucker, John Ware, Annie Rushworth, Agnes Shepherd, Elsie Swainston, Kenneth Ayscouth Bill McWeeny, Catherine Hall, Leo Olivieri, Amelia Etienne
And those who are sick: Leo Walsh, Bill Swainston, Julia Smith, Fr Lawrie Lister, Fr John Newman, Fr Canice McGinn, Michael Scott, Mary Scott, Maura Ryan, Clare Finan, Brendan Cope, Aileen Queenan, Jim Mageean, Michael Bairstow, Eileen Ayres, David Eyre, Sylvia Tweedy, Bryan Hugill, Sophia Horobecz, Katarina Podolak, Joseph Symanski, Mary Woodland, Janice Hansen, Richard Shields jnr, Cathy Barraclough, Mike Mander, Danuta Siekluczka, Winnie Kwong, Susan King, Dorothy Kucharek, Peter Petrovic, Brian O’Riordan, Chris Balson, Valerie Cummins, Tina Corrigan, Jacqui Drake, Samantha Kissoon, Florence Worth, Guiseppina de Feo,
A N Other, Georgetta Holloway, Julia Murray, Heather Sykes, Ali Roberts, Christopher Browne, Jessica Dyer, Christine Shaw, Ken Shaw, Winifred Portz, Stefan Ahlstrom, Fr Michael Gallon

Offertory Collection

Envelopes £688.00 Loose £217.83 Standing Orders £185

Total £1090.33

‘Little Green Tip’
A house full of guests at Christmas not only warms the soul; the extra body heat should mean you can afford to turn down the heating a little.

Inn Churches – 18th-25th December

A very big THANK YOU to all the people who have helped in any way with Inn Churches this last week. We have had 12 guests over the week, which fnishes Christmas Day and many Parishioners and others have made them welcome. It has been a great community enterprise.

ASBESTOS – the boiler room at First Martyrs, and also the cellars underneath St Cuthbert’s Church and presbytery are out of bounds to everyone until further notice.

Christmas Eve Family Mass 24th December 6.00pm St Cuthbert’s Church - Children are welcome totake partin the Mass on Christmas Eve. If you would like your child to read or help with the offertory please let me know. The children will also be processing from the Sacristy to the crib at the start of Mass and they are welcome to come dressed in their own nativity outfits - If any parents are willing toorganise the children in the Sacristy or help in any way, this would be appreciated. Please contact Christine Walker 07855 654614.

Our Crib collection this year is for the Friends of the Holy Land, who support over 2000 Christians in the West Bank, Gaza, Israel and Jordan.

The Diocesan Directories for 2018 are now available priced £3, or £4 for a ringbound copy.

The Big Questions, BBC1’s flagship religious, ethical and moral debate programme, hosted by Nicky Campbell, is being filmed in Bradford at the Appleton Academy on Sunday 14th January, and they invite you to be part of the audience. If you’d like a seat for this live broadcast, please get in touch 0141 611 9627.

Catholic Care have sent us copies of their 2016-17 Annual Review. These are available in both porches, please take one.

Yoga – we now have a weekly beginner’s yoga class running in St Cuthbert’s Unity Centre, every Thursday 6.15pm-7.15pm. The class is open to all and is suitable for all ages. Classes recommence on Thursday 11th January. For more information please contact Shabana on 07779 7522288840 or visit the website www.yogabeautyhub.com

Christmas Mass Times

Christmas Eve – Family Vigil Mass 6.00pm at St Cuthbert’s

Midnight Mass at First Martyrs

Christmas Day – 10.30am at First Martyrs