Redecorating St Walburga’s:
work begins on 9th January and will last for about nine weeks, during which time St Walburga’s Church will be closed. While the church is closed the 5:45 Vigil Mass will be said at St Aidan’s and the 9:15 Sunday Mass will be said at St Walburga’s School. We hope to be able to have weekday Masses said in the Parish Centre at St Walburga’s. Check the bulletin, website or Facebook page for up-to-date information.
Supporting the Winter Shelter November 22 to March 2023:
Two local Churches need volunteers please Shipley Baptist Church who will be hosting the Winter Shelter from Monday 9th January - Monday 16th January. Please get in touch by email catherinefroud@hotmail.com, or text / give her a call on 07756 675029. Our Lady and St Joseph, Bingley, are hosting at St Mary and St Monica, Cottingley, 6th - 13th March. Please contact Paddy Spiller :wintershelter@ourladyandstjoseph.org.uk Telephone : 01274566332 If you would like further information contact me Teresa Jackson : teresa.xfenham@btinternet.com PLEASE READ THE NOTICES IN THE PORCH OF BOTH CHURCHES WHICH GIVES MORE DETAILS Thank you.
Hail, holy Queen, Mother of Mercy!
Hail, our life, our sweetness, and our hope! To thee do we cry, poor banished children of Eve; to thee do we send up our sighs, mourning and weeping in this vale of tears. Turn, then, O most gracious Advocate, thine eyes of mercy toward us; and after this our exile show unto us the blessed fruit of thy womb, Jesus; O clement, O loving, O sweet Virgin Mary.
THE SYNODAL PROCESS: 2021 - 2023
† Prayer †
The official prayer to prepare for the Synod
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We stand before You, Holy Spirit,
as we gather together in Your name.
With You alone to guide us,
make Yourself at home in our hearts;
teach us the way we must go
and how we are to pursue it.
We are weak and sinful;
do not let us promote disorder.
Do not let ignorance lead us down the wrong path
nor partiality influence our actions.
Let us find in You our unity
so that we may journey together to eternal life
and not stray from the way of truth
and what is right.
All this we ask of You,
who are at work in every place and time,
in the communion of the Father and the Son,
forever and ever.
Amen.
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I. The journeying companions
As we journey together let us look around. Who are you on the journey with and what persons or groups are marginalised and why?
II. Listening
How might our local Church better listen to lay people (and especially young people and women) and minorities and those who are not respected?
III. Speaking out
How can everybody be encouraged to communicate appropriately what is important to them?
IV. Celebrating
How might I be better able to participate in Mass and other liturgies?
V. Co-responsible in the mission
How can each Baptised person become a “missionary disciple”, revealing Christ to others through their words and deeds?
VI. Dialogue in Church and society
How might we improve our conversations within our diocesan family and also outside of it, (for example with people of different faiths, those who have no faith and those who have particular roles and duties in society)?
VII. With the other Christian denominations
Are our relations with our Christian brothers and sisters good? How might they be improved?
VIII. Authority and participation
How might we develop teamwork and a sense of co-responsibility in our local Church?
IX. Discerning and deciding
How might we improve the process of decision-making in our local Church, so that we truly listen and recognise that the Holy Spirit can speak through each one of us?
X. Forming ourselves in synodality
What formation is necessary within the local Church if we are to become better at listening to one another and sharing our insights with one another?
