NEWSLETTER FOR SUNDAY 14 JUNE 2026 

MASS TIMES AND INTENTIONS

Saturday Vigil Mass
4.15pm Confessions
4.45pm. St. Begh’s
John McCoy & Bill Smith
Harry & Derry Hanlon
Michelle Cartmell
Fr. Cenydd Marrison (MH)
Arthur Hillon (MH)

Sunday, 14th June: 11th SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
8.10am. Quay Street The Rosary
8.30am. Quay Street
Kathleen Edgar
10.00am. St. Begh’s
Roy & John Robson
John Leslie
Gerard, Isabell & John McCracken
Alf Nixon
June Dickinson

Monday, 16th June: Feria 
No Mass

Tuesday, 17th June: St. Richard of Chichester
10.00am. Quay Street
Special Intention PB

Wednesday, 18th June: Feria
6.10pm St. Begh’s Adoration, with Rosary at 6.35pm
7.00pm.St. Begh’s
World Peace (MH)

Thursday, 18th June: Feria
10.30am. Quay Street
Alice Vaughan

Friday, 19th June: Feria
9.15am. St. Begh’s
Angela Bailey  
Years 3 & 4 children from school will be joining us for Mass

Saturday, 20th June: St. Alban
No morning Mass, Confessions or Adoration at as Fr. Philip is in Penrith for a Lourdes Meeting

Seven Day Lamps will be lit this week for the following intentions: 
Sacred Heart: (1) Brian Woodend (2) Margaret King
Our Lady: (1) Fr. Bede & Danny Moore (2) Margaret McCarten & Lesley Sanczuk (3) Harry, Mary, Catherine & Martin Fisher 
St. Therese: Dorothy Wilder 
St. Joseph: John Connery 
Our Lady of Sorrows: (1) Harry & Derry Hanlon (2) Ann Jane Kane 
Our Lady Quay Street: (1) Kathleen Edgar (2) Tim & Elizabeth Kelly 

Please Remember in Your Prayers all those whose anniversary occurs around this time, including Carol McLaughlin, Dorothy Wilder, Maureen Messenger, Mona Sparks, William Benson and Karen Allison. May they all rest in the peace of the Lord.

Weekly Collection: We received £1,271.90 last week in the baskets, through the letter box and standing orders. Thank you.

Confessions are usually available every week on Saturday mornings at Quay Street after the morning Mass (10.45-11.30am), and on Saturday afternoons at St Begh's before the Vigil Mass (4.15-4.40pm), and at any other time by appointment. Silent Prayer of Adoration before the Blessed Sacrament will also take place on Saturday mornings at Quay Street and on Wednesday evenings from 6.10pm in St Begh's. St Begh’s church is open all day every day for quiet prayer.

Congratulations to Fr Philip who has been appointed by the Bishop to the Chapter of Canons. He will be installed at the Cathedral in September, and will play a part in the Bishop's College of Consultors, a governance role in the life of the Diocese. Besides parish duties, Fr Philip is also the Episcopal Vicar for Clergy, with special responsibility for the younger clergy, overseas clergy, ongoing formation of clergy and the sick and retired clergy. For these reasons, there are times when the weekday routine of Masses may be interrupted, but any changes will be published in the newsletter each week.

Looking forward: The Diocese and Belmont Abbey are working together to transfer the parish into the hands of the Diocese. This is a process which will take a few months. Once all the reports are written up, they will be presented to the Council of Priests and to the Trustees of the Diocese of Lancaster, who will make a final decision with the Bishop. In the meantime, Fr Philip is settling in, visiting the schools and beginning to get to know people, and visiting some of the housebound. If there are any parishioners who are housebound or sick and who are not receiving Holy Communion, please get in touch with the parish office so that arrangements can be made for visits. Fr Philip will be meeting with the parish's Property Management & Finance Group soon who will play a role in facilitating the transition of the parish to the Diocese. Fr Philip is also hoping to organise an open parish meeting before the Summer to celebrate all the good things going on at St Begh's and to begin to dream together how things might develop in the future.

Please pray for Chris Sumner who will be ordained to the Diaconate in the Basilica of St Paul's outside the Walls in Rome this coming Wednesday. Chris is from Lytham and used to be a teacher at Newman School Carlisle.

Join the John Bradburne Pilgrimage Walk – Saturday, 13th June 2026: 10.00am. Mass at St. John the Evangelist Church, Skirwith. Walk starts from Dufton at approximately 11.20am. Refreshments afterwards in Skirwith Village Hall. For more information , or to book your place and donate in support of Mutemwa Leprosy Care centre, visit www.johnbradburne.com or email infor@johnbradburne.com