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ST PETER’S CHURCH (with St Joseph’s, Hurst Green)
Stonyhurst College – Stonyhurst – Clitheroe – Lancs – BB7 9PZ.

T: (01254) 826268      E: stpeterschurchstonyhurst@btinternet.com        Web: www.stpetersstonyhurst.org.uk

Parish Priest:   Fr Tim Curtis, SJ              Safeguarding Officer:     Niall Macfarlane (07786 432360
                          Salford Roman Catholic Diocese Trustees Registered Charity No 2500374   

  
22nd February 2026                           THE NEWSLETTER                             1st Sunday of Lent (Year A)
Mass Schedule                                                                                                                                                    

(Each Saturday during term time there are confessions and a Holy Hour from 4.30pm with Benediction at 5.15pm)

L = Lately Dead, A = Anniversary of Death, R = Remembrance          M = Martyr, V = Virgin, B = Bishop, Pp = Pope
P = Personal Intention, S = Sick, B = Birthday   F = Founders Mass             D = Doctor, P = Priest, R = Religious

Please pray for the following, the anniversary of whose deaths occur at this time:  James Holden, Ann Wilkinson, Ronald Joseph Myerscough, Bridget Livesey, John Marsland, Elizabeth Seed, Joseph Kitchen, Bertie Albert Isherwood, John Earnshaw, Ann Hardman and Joseph Burns.  May they rest in the peace of the Lord.

Readings at Mass

Diocesan Website:
http://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk
for information on our Diocese and what is happening.

Praying with the Pope in February 2026
For children with incurable diseases.
Let us pray that children suffering from incurable diseases and their families receive the necessary medical care and support never loosing strength and hope.

Look at www.ThePopeVideo.org for more information

Today
Is the first Sunday of Lent.   In the gospel, after fasting for 40 days, Jesus is tempted three times by the devil.

Pastoral Letter from the Bishop about Lent
Please take home a copy.

Reception
One person will be received into the Catholic Church this Saturday at the 5.30pm vigil Mass.

Boarders on Half Term
This weekend the boarders will still be on half term, so there will be no Benediction on Saturday evening and the 11am Sunday Mass will be a quiet Mass.  SMH pupils return on Monday, with the College and St Joseph’s returning on Tuesday.

Resources for Lent
Please take from the back of the church
* A Lent calendar
* The Lent issue of Walk With Me.

Thinking about Lent
Lent has begun.   Hopefully we have all reflected on and chosen something to do to help us deepen our relationship with God.   It’s not too late to begin today!

Coffee Stop
Takes place on Thursday in the Bowling Green Pavilion from 1.30pm.   Come along for a cuppa and a natter.

Mass in St Joseph’s
The pupils of St Joseph’s primary are having Mass in their chapel at 9.15am on Friday.   Parishioners are welcome to join them.

Stations of the Cross
During Lent the parish gathers to celebrate the Stations of the Cross.   We alternate between St Peter’s and St Joseph’s.   This week it will be at 7pm in St Peter’s.

ParkPlay
Takes place every Saturday from 10am to 12 noon on the field behind the Village Hall.   All children welcome.  

To keep a true Lent by Robert Herrick
Is this a fast, to keep   The larder lean?
And clean    From fat of veals and sheep ?

Is it to quit the dish   Of flesh, yet still
To fill   The platter high with fish ?
Is it to fast an hour,   Or ragg’d to go,
Or show   A downcast look and sour ?

No ;  ‘tis a fast to dole   Thy sheaf of wheat,
And meat,   Unto the hungry soul.

It is to fast from strife,   From old debate
And hate ;   To circumcise thy life.

To show a heart grief-rent ;    To starve thy sin,
Not bin ;   And that’s to keep thy Lent

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