Our Lady of Good Counsel

& Guardian Angels Parish

54 Harvey Street,
Elton, Bury BL8 2RD
Tel: 0161 764 1630

Email: olgcga@b nternet.com

Parish website:
www.guardianangels-parish.org
Parish Twier: @olgcga
Diocesan website:
www.salforddiocese.org.uk

Newsleer for the weekend - 31st January/1st February 2015

The Fourth Sunday of the Year (Year of St. MarkYear B)
PLEASE REMEMBER
IN PRAYER

THIS WEEKENDS
SCRIPTURES

OUR SICK:
Bro. Nicholas Hutchinson,
David Lindley, Dominic Gamble,
Eileen Cock, Margaret Reilly,
Elaine Hardman, Ray Fitzwalter,
James Scanlon, Jody Turon, a very
sick nephew, Austin Sweeney,
Stefan Sikorski, Michael
Dewsnap, Kathleen Warburton.

TODAYS READINGS
First Reading: Deut 18: 15-20
The Lord raises up a prophet
Psalm 95:
O that today you would listen
to his voice. Harden not your
hearts.
Second Reading: 1 Cor : 7: 3235 Be free of anxieties.
Gospel: Mar k 1: 21-28 Even
the unclean spirits obey him.

LATELY DECEASED
Fr John Cribben
Anthony McGrail
Jessica Inghard
ANNIVERSARIES
Colin Caffrey
Josef Niewiadomski
Thomas & Kathleen McDowall
Richard & Mary Welsh
Joe Gradwell
Annie Loughnane
Anne King
Thomas White
To include someone on the
prayer list please give
their name to Fr. Paul, put
it through the letterbox of
the Parish Office, call the
Office on: 0161 764 1630 or e-mail to
olgcga@btinternet.com
Please use the White Mass
Intention envelopes for Mass
intentions which you will find in the
porches. Thank you.
When adding the name of
someone sick please ensure that you
have their permission (or the
permission of their family). The list is
updated each week. and because of
space the names of the sick will be
removed from the list after four weeks.
You can ask for them to be added
again.

You are now able to access the

weekly parish newsletter from
our twitter feed (@olgcga)

NEXT WEEKENDS
SCRIPTURES (Year B)
First Reading: J ob 7: 1-4, 6-7
Psalm 147
Second Reading: 1 Cor 9: 1619, 22-23
Gospel: Mar k 1: 29-39

'CIRCLE OF PRAYER'
St Theresa of Lisieux
Deanery
For the week beginning Sunday
1st February 2015 we pray we
pray for our own parish of
Guardian Angels, for the
parishioners and Fr Paul

SERVICES THIS WEEK

Saturday 31st January: The Fourth Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
7.00 pm: Mass
Sunday 1st February: The Fourth Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
8.45 am: Mass
10.30 am: Mass
Monday 2nd February: The Presentation of the Lord
9.15am: Eucharistic Service
Tuesday 3rd February: St Blaise
7.00 pm: Eucharistic Service
Wednesday 4th February: Ordinary Time
9.15 am: Eucharistic Service
Thursday 5th February: St Agatha
9.15am : Eucharistic Service
Friday 6th February: St Paul Miki & companions
9.15 am: Eucharistic Service
Saturday 7th February: The Fifth Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
7.00 pm: Mass
Sunday 8th February: The Fifth Sunday of
Ordinary Time.
8.45 am: Mass
10.30 am: Mass
12.15 pm: Celebration of the sacrament of Baptism
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 31st JanuaryConfessions at 6.00 pm
Saturday 7th FebruaryConfessions at 6.00pm
The Rosary (for the sick and peace)
N.B. No Rosary on Mondays until 16th Feb. 2015
Flowers on the Sanctuary.
If you would like to have the flowers on the
sanctuary in memory of someone or something special
just let Fr Paul or Sharon know and they
will arrange it. This weekend the flowers
on the Sanctuary are in memory of
Josef Niewiadomski and Anne King,
whose anniversaries occur around this
time.
PLEASE NOTE
The Parish Office will be closed this week, due to
attendance at a National Inter-faith Conference and
other meetings.
Please leave telephone messages as we can pick them up
while away.

The Fourth Sunday of Ordinary Time

1st February 2015
If you wish to contribute to the View from the Pew,
please contact the Parish Office.

These are anonymous comments from

parishioners.
How faithful is our God to saving promises made from of
old. Today, we hear Moses promise the people of Israel a future
prophet who will speak in Gods name.
In Marks Gospel, we see that promise fulfilled beyond all
expectations in Jesus, who both teaches with authority and heals
the deepest wounds of the human spirit. In the proclamation of
the Gods living word in our community today, Jesus again
stands in our midst, teaching, healing and saving his people.

Having your child baptised at

Guardian Angels.
If you are planning on having your
child baptised, please pick up a leaflet from the Welcome
and Information Centre, which outlines our baptism preparation programme.
Please note that the first thing that parents have to do is
contact the Parish Office (telephone on 0161 764 1630
or call in) to book onto the First Meeting, held on the
first Sunday of each month. Please do not just turn up
for the meeting without first booking in through the
Parish Office. This means that our Baptism Preparation
Team have a workable number of people each month.

The Clusterers
MINIBUS DRIVERS
If you cannot fulfil your rota duty, please arrange a swap with another
team. Thanks.
This weeks team: Mike Harrington & Simon Carlon
Next weeks team: Pat & Sue Moriarty

Awakening Faith and Seeking Christ

NEXT MEETING WILL BE THURSDAY 5TH FERUARY AT 7.30PM
WEEKLY OFFERINGS
The Offertory Collection for:
For the weekend of 24th/25th January was:
Envelopes: 982.55 Loose: 322.60
TOTAL: 1305.15
The final figure for the Crib Collection was: 1545.00
Thank you for your generosity.
If you wish to join the Gift Aid scheme please see Fr Paul at the back of
Church after Mass. It only takes a couple of seconds!
GETTING MARRIED
AT GUARDIAN ANGEL
Now that we are into 2015, we start planning and
preparing for the 2015 Wedding Season!
All those who have already booked their wedding for 2015 with
Fr Paul should have received a letter from Fr Paul well before Christmas. If you havent received one, please contact Fr Paul.
If you are planning on getting married here in 2015, and haven't
booked the wedding in, please contact the Parish Office (0161 764
1630) immediately. It is a diocesan regulation that 6 months notice
must be given to enable all couples to take part in preparation for celebrating the sacrament.
We will publish the list of Banns for all couples marrying this
yea after they have completed the marriage preparation day.
The Marriage Preparation Day for the three Parishes of Guardian Angels, St Hildas, Tottington and St Josephs, Ramsbottom, is
next Saturday 7th February in the Parish Centre (10.00 am4.00 pm).
Question for the week:
Marks Jesus teaches not by words primarily but by deeds, not to
build up himself but to help others, and thus with an authority founded
not on power but in service. What will I do this week to help another
and be of service?

Thursday 5th FebruaryReelers Trail from Abbey

Village easy with a couple of steep ascents
Leader: David Willis764 0127
Meeting in Guardian Angels Car Park at 10.00am
THE SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME 2015

This weekend at all the Masses, we have the

Presentation of the children who are on this years Sacramental Programme. This ties in with being close to the
Feast of the Presentation of the Lord. We welcome the
children and their families.
Please remember the children and their families
in your prayers as they embark on the journey of the
sacramental programme.
Parish Prayer Partners: a ver y pr actical way
in which you can journey with the children and their
families is by becoming a prayer partner to one of them.
If you would like to be a prayer partner, please put your
name and address on the list at the back of church and
we will be in touch with you very soon giving you the
name of the child who you will have as a prayer partner.
2015 GIFT AID BOXES OF ENVELOPES
If you havent collected your new Offertory envelopes for
2015 they are available for collection at the back of
Church. Please ensure that you take the correct box, checking if there is an initial on it, because there are several
with the same surname. If in doubt please ask.
If you would like to join the Gift Aid scheme, please see Fr
Paul at the back of church after Mass or call into the Office

To receive our Parish Newsletter by e-mail each

weekend, simply e-mail the Parish Office on: olgcga@btinternet.com with the tag line newsletter
and we will add you to the list. Follow us on Twitter
also @olgcga for reminders and updates on parish
events.
Follow the Department for Evangelisation:
@SalfordDFE
ITEMS FOR THE NEWSLETTER
Please submit all items for inclusion in the newsletter to
the Parish Office no later than Wednesday evening.
Either pop them through the Office letter-box or e-mail
them in. Anything received after Wednesday evening cant
be guaranteed to make it into the next weekends newsletter.

WELCOME
TO WITNESS
Becoming an
evangelising parish
Copies of the book are
available for purchase from
the Parish Office.
Price 7.95 a copy
UCM: Will member s please note that Affiliation fees
are now due (10) by the end of January.
Next weekend we will have a supply of books for
Lent and Easter available to buy at the back of Church.
Shrove Tuesday is on 17th Febr uar y, please r emember to bring back to Church the weekend of 14/15th Feb
the Palms that you received last Palm Sunday, because
after the 7.00 pm Mass on Shrove Tuesday we prepare
the ashes and have pancakes!

Our Lady of Lourdes RC Primary School,

Bury.

Diocesan Pilgrimage to
Auschwitz-Birkenau, Krakow,
Czestochowa & Zakopane
Sunday 24th MaySunday 31st
May 2015
2015 is the year in which we commemorate the 70th
Anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz Concentration
Camp (27th January 2015) and also the liberation of many
other camps. To commemorate this we have been asked to
organise this Pilgrimage once again this year. This year we
have been able to organise the Pilgrimage to take place entirely during the May school half-term.
After the time spent in visiting and in reflection at Auschwitz our focus then changes to spending time walking in the
footsteps of St John Paul II.

COST PER PERSON:

820 per person
(deposit payable 150 per person)

Required for 1st September 2015 or earlier if possible:

HEADTEACHER
Number on Roll: 172
Group 2 Grade 12 - 18
Following the appointment of the head teacher to the post
of Assistant Director of Education with the Diocese of
Salford, the Governors invite applications for the headship
of this popular and successful school.
The successful candidate will:
- Be a practising Roman Catholic with a strong commitment to Catholic education
- Have an excellent background in teaching, learning and
curriculum management
- Have proven leadership qualities
- Put children at the very heart of everything they do
We can offer you:
- Delightful and happy children
- Hard-working and dedicated staff
- Committed and supportive governors
- A school with an excellent reputation and an outstanding
Catholic culture
Closing date for applications: Midnight on Monday 16th
February 2015.
Shortlisting: Thursday 19th February 2015
Interviews: Tuesday 24th February 2015
Visits to the school are welcomed by contacting Guardian
Angels Parish Office 0161 764 1630.
Visit the Diocesan Website: http://www.salforddiocese.net/
#!vacancies/c1khs for full details. Application packs available from the Parish Office.

COST INCLUDES:

Return flights Liverpool - Krakow (EasyJet)

Airport duty & passenger taxes

1 suitcase per person for the aircraft hold (20kgs)

Coach transfers in Poland & to and from LiverpoolBury

4 nights in 4* Arena Hotel & Spa in Tychy (on half

board basis)

3 nights dinner, bed & breakfast 4* Qubus Hotel in

Krakow

English speaking tour guide whilst in Auschwitz,

Krakow, Wadowice, Czestochowa, & Zakopane

Local guide at the Salt Mines (English speaking)

Tips for Guide & Driver and Entrance fee for

Auschwitz & the Salt Mines
WHAT IS EXTRA:
Single room supplement 175.00
TRAVEL INSURANCE: (with Pilgrimage Options)
35 per person aged 18 65
47 per person aged 66 - 75
60 per person aged 76 - 79
70 per person aged 80+

For a full itinerary and booking form please contact

Sharon Beech on 0161 761 0536 or 0161 764 1630
or e-mail to: sharon.beech@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Places are limited, so early booking is recommended

Mission Week at St Gabriels - 7-13 February 2015

PARISH DIARY

During Mission week at St Gabriels, a dynamic team of

young people from the Sion Community will be presenting the
Gospel and creating space for people to reflect and respond,
whether it be for the first time or the hundredth time! It offer a
wonderful chance to be refreshed in faith and also to invite others to share in the Good News.
The Mission Team will be presenting a special evening
event on Thursday 12th February at 6.00 pm (to 7.00 pm) in the
school hall. It is evangelistic in its content and parishioners are
invited to come and be refreshed in their own faith and to invite
friends who they would like to share the gospel with to come
with them.
Mr Smith, the Head Teacher, has asked that we as many
people as possible pray the Mission Prayer which you will find
below:

Saturday 31st January/Sunday 1st February

At all the Masses, Presentation of the children for the 2015
Sacramental Programme
Tuesday 3rd February
Tuesday Club: Bingo
UCM: AGM
Thursday 5th February
7.30 pm: Bereavement Support Group Meeting
Saturday 7th February
10.004.00 pm: Marriage Preparation Course (Parish
Centre)
Tuesday 10th February
Tuesday Club: lunch and bingo
UCM: Natter night and arrangements for pancakes on
Shrove Tuesday
Wednesday 11th February
9.15 am: Mass at Our Lady of Lourdes School for the
Patronal Feast Day
Tuesday 17th FebruaryShrove Tuesday
7.00 pm: Mass followed by preparation of the Ashes &
Pancakes
Wednesday 18th FebruaryAsh Wednesday
9.15 am: Mass and distribution of Ashes
7.30 pm: Mass and distribution of Ashes
Wednesday 25th February
7.30 pm; Guardian Angels School Full Governing Body
meeting
Thursday 26th February
7.30 pm: Our Lady of Lourdes Full Governing Body Meeting
Tuesday 3rd March
7.00 pm: Parish Memorial Mass for Fr John Cribben
Wednesday 4th March
7.30 pm: Fr Denis McBride speaking about The Passion
Narratives in the Gospels. St Gabriels HS (organised by
the Salford Diocese Dept for Evangelisation)
Saturday 7th March
10.00 am 12.00 noon Sacramental Programme Meeting
for Parents and children in the Parish Centre.

A Prayer for the Sion Mission for

St Gabriels School 2015

Father God,
Help St Gabriel's to respect all members of our community
through love, faith and belief.
Allow our mission to help us recognise the value of others
and our own potential.
We thank you that we can celebrate our faith freely and
aspire to make a positive Christian Contribution to society.
Amen
St Gabriel, Pray for Us.

FR JOHN CRIBBEN
Sadly we have to report the news that Fr John Cribben
died suddenly on Tuesday morning.
Fr Cribben (J.T.) was my predecessor as Parish Priest
here at Guardian Angels. He served here from 19861995,
working hard in our parish, ensuring that we have a wonderful
parish centre, and transforming so many aspects of Parish life
during his time of ministry in the Parish. He made me so welcome when I was appointed here, and we were fortunate to have
both of us here for his final and my first weekendthat kind of
transition hardly ever happens!
He was generous with his time and talents, and helped so
many people to take an active part in the life of the Parish.
He will be sorely missed in our Diocese. Please remember to pray for him, his family, and his parishioners at Our Lady
& St Patricks, Walton-Le-Dale, and also at St Mary & St John
Southworth Parish, Salmesbury, which he was also responsible
for during these past few years.
As with all sudden deaths, it takes quite some time for
funeral arrangements to be made. At this point there are no details of his funeral available. With the Office being closed this
week, I would suggest visiting the Diocesan website, where
details will be posted as soon as they are announced by the Diocese.
As a Parish we will remember J.T. and celebrate his life
and ministry at a special Memorial Mass (a months mind) on
Tuesday 3rd March at 7.30 pm (we have avoided the half-term
break). More details to follow.
May He Rest in Peace.

CONGRATULATIONS
To Guardian Angels Primary School.

OUTSTANDING
Guardian Angels School had a visit from the
Ofsted inspectors on the 15th & 16th January (of course
they only found out the day before!) The following are
the key findings:
Overall effectiveness:
Outstanding
Leadership and management:
Outstanding
Behaviour and safety of pupils:
Outstanding
Quality of teaching:
Outstanding
Achievement of pupils:
Outstanding
Early years provision:
Outstanding
Therefore, the overall grading of the school is
outstanding. So, on behalf of everyone in the Parish,
congratulations to Mr Harrison and all the staff, the pupils and the Governors and the parents also for their support of the school.
We can all be justly proud of this latest Ofsted
inspection judgement of one of our parish Primary
Schools.