Dates for your Diary

Wednesday 21st Jan - Funeral Mass 11.30am Terry Furlong. Followed

by Nuneaton Crematorium 12.45pm. Terry served the parish for over 60
years. He will be greatly missed.

Thought for the Week

If there is such a thing as human perfection, it seems to emerge precisely
from how we handle the imperfection that is everywhere, especially our
own. What a clever place for God to hide holiness, so that only the humble
and earnest will find it! A perfect person ends up being one who can
consciously forgive and include imperfection rather than one who thinks he
or she is totally above and beyond imperfection. It becomes sort of obvious
once you say it out loud. In fact, I would say that the demand for the
perfect is the greatest enemy of the good. Perfection is a mathematical or
divine concept, goodness is a beautiful human concept that includes us all.
(Falling Upward by Fr. Richard Rohr)

Thought for the Week (2)

ST. BENEDICTS R C CHURCH

OWEN STREET, ATHERSTONE,
WARWICKSHIRE, CV9 1DG
Tel: 01827 713177,
Website: st-benedicts-atherstone.org
Parish Priest: Mgr. Paul Watson

Finance Secretary: Jo Howe 01827 750214

Newsletter: Jenni Taylor 01827 718213
email: taylor.jenni@btinternet.com
Items for inclusion in the Newsletter by Thursday Noon

2ND WEEK ORDINARY TIME (B)

Saturday 17th January

4:00pm

Vigil Mass

Sunday 18th January

9:30am

Mass (the People of the Parish)

Monday 19th January

No Mass

Tuesday 20th January

No Mass

Wednesday 21st January

The ego gets what it wants with words. The soul finds what it needs in
silence.

We extend a warm welcome to everyone worshipping here this

weekend, refreshments are served in the Church Hall after 9.30am
Mass, please come and join us, ALL ARE WELCOME.

Thursday 22nd January

11.30am
-

Funeral Mass - Terry Furlong

No Mass

Friday 23rd January

10:00am

Eucharistic Service

Saturday 24th January

4:00pm

Vigil Mass

Sunday 25th January

9:30am

Mass (the People of the Parish)

The Liturgy & the Care of the Church

Readers this week:

T. Wright

Clare Forbes

Readers Next week:

TBA

TBA

Offertory Procession this week:

Eucharistic Ministers

A. Centre & Co

Tina Willmott TBA

The Sick and their Carers

Please pray for Father Andrew, Pat & Maureen Burke, Noel O'Brien,
Bridie Symmons, Ada Russell, Winifred Jones, Charlotte Smith, Kath
Ford, Christina Chetwynd and Father Paul. Please remember our
housebound parishioners in your prayers: Mary Thacker, Marion
Burrows and Marie Aherne .

Anniversaries
We pray for all our deceased relatives and friends, and also the
members of this Parish whose anniversaries occur about this time
Matthew Mallon, Harry Jones, Dennis West, Rachel Thompson, Cliff
Wood, Vic Prowse, Mark Hill, Mary Reardon, John Thompson, Gladys
Beeson, Lillian Hardcastle and Lola Beeson. May they rest in peace.

Money Matters
Last week Collection - 307.50
Thank you!

"That in all things God may be glorified St. Benedict

News
Music
Looking to the future, is there anyone who has
keyboard (piano/organ) skills would be
interested in helping with music in the liturgy
especially on Sundays? Perhaps also we could
think about establishing a choir so that we
could begin singing other parts of the Mass,
such as the Responsorial Psalm, Gloria, and
plan some extra music for Holy Week

More News
Message from Father Paul: Dear Sisters and Brothers, I'm writing to you
from my room in St Joseph's Residential Home in Harborne. I came here
from the Queen Elizabeth Hospital yesterday (Wednesday) after a whirlwind
time in the Hospital. As you know, I went to hospital on Tuesday 6th Jan and
was due for surgery on the next day. In fact, the surgery was postponed
until Friday morning, when it took place successfully. I was in the Intensive
Care Unit for 24 hours and was returned to the ward on Saturday evening.
Because I was being kept on the epidural I was relatively pain free and very
mobile. On Monday, I was taken off the epidural - after that the pain has
kicked in quite strongly and although I came out of hospital on Wednesday
15th, we are still trying to get the pain under control.
I send you all my prayers and greetings. I think that I shall be staying here
at St Joseph's for four weeks or so.
Thank you so much for all of your prayers.
God bless,
Fr Paul.
Unused Rosaries: Do you have unused rosaries tucked away in the
cupboard or drawer, we are collecting rosaries to send out to various
missions around the world, this appeal is being made by The Catenians
who have so far sent out 135,000 rosaries. It would be good if we could
give this initiative our support, spare rosaries can be given to Fr. Paul or
Brian Ingram.