The Parish of "Our Lady Of Furness"

If you missed the live stream of the service on Thursday afternoon, you can watch it by clicking HERE

For those of you who need some help to set up the page for viewing the funeral service, the notes that follow will hopefully help you to do this.

1. Clicking on the link above will take you to the Vimeo website and you will see this ‘waiting room’ message.

This lasts for just under 11 minutes, after which the recording proper begins.

2. To move to the start of the mass, drag your cursor to the bottom of the screen and the ‘timeline’ appears.

At the left hand end, there is a white rectangle which displays the ‘elapsed time’ of the recording.
Click on the white box and drag it to the right until it displays about 10:40. Release the mouse button and the recording will run.

You will see the elapsed time counter increase. The service starts soon after 10 minutes 45 seconds.
Release the cursor and soon you will see the following picture on the screen.

3. To switch to a full screen picture:

Click on the last symbol on the right hand end of the time line (the X-shaped four arrows) and this will switch the picture to ‘Full Screen’ mode and you will see only the picture itself.

The information for the live stream link posted the other day is incorrect.  The Saint’s Peter and Paul’s parish website You Tube channel is not being used to live stream Sr Pierre’s requiem mass. Another service, “Merseyside Steaming LIVE”, is being used

The correct link to use is: https://vimeo.com/515153067/aba2cde757

Please note you do not need to download any software or apps to use the link. No password is required either. All you need to do is just click on the link shortly before 2pm.

My apologies for any inconvenience.

Sr Pierre’s Requiem Mass will take place at Saints Peter and Paul’s Church at Crosby in Liverpool at 2pm on Thursday next, 25th February.

The service will be live streamed. This link will take you to the home page at: http://stpeterandpaulscrosby.co.uk

On the home page, scroll down until you find a blue button “click here to watch live streaming”. It is just below the table of Mass Times. Click on this button and it will take you to their live stream page on You Tube.

It’s a good idea to try out the link before Thursday, to make sure that you can connect

Please remember Sr Pierre in your prayers and all the Sisters in the communities where she lived and worked here and overseas. Remember too, the many friends she made in parish communities and in the Extended Family

Sunday LENT 1 2021.pdf

To

Our Lady of Furness Church

1st February 2021

Dear Friends

A heartfelt thank you for your precious donation to the sum of £4500.00.

Your generous support will help to transform the lives of more than 43,000 children living in Bong County, Liberia.

As part of our Double The Love appeal, your kindness will have twice the impact. Until 31 January 2021, public donations made to our appeal will be matched by the UK government, up to £2 million.

Mary’s Meals serves nutritious meals to children at school, giving them the energy to learn and the opportunity to gain an education that can one day be their ladder out of poverty.

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, we are determined that our work won’t stop. We are continuing to safely distribute meals to children at school where possible, or at home for those who are not yet able to return to the classroom.

Your gift will be used to help change more young lives, like eight-year-old Massa from Liberia. The promise of a daily meal at Vorkor Public School gives her a chance to enjoy her childhood and hope for a better future.

She said: “The food I eat at school makes me feel good and happy and helps me to concentrate in class. It also helps my mother as she finds it hard to find food for us all to eat.”

Together, we are bringing the hope of a brighter future to so many children. I thank you, with all my heart, on behalf of the children who eat Mary’s Meals.

Yours sincerely,

Daniel Adams

UK Executive Director, Mary’s Meals

Living Laudato Si’:
Your Parish and Your Planet
Zoom Retreats in 2021
12th-16th March & 16th-19th April
(led from Boarbank Hall, Cumbria)

WHY? Faith is the place to start.

WHAT? Understanding is the place to start.

HOW? Sharing experience is the place to start.

WHEN? Now is the place to start.

WHERE? Your parish is the place to start.

WHO? Are YOU the place to start?

What will happen? A long weekend of talks and discussions on zoom, and practical activities, on living the message of Laudato Si’ in and through your parish.

Who is it for? Any interested parishioner is most welcome to join us. The weekend is aimed especially at people with parish responsibilities or who are part of or want to start a relevant parish group.

Timings Sessions will be on Friday night, Saturday morning and night, Sunday afternoon and night and Monday night (leaving people free during the day on Monday).

Speakers include:

Trish Sandbach, who worked in Oxfam Education for many years and led St Benedict’s, Garforth, in the Leeds diocese, to winning a Livesimply award. She is also an assessor for the LiveSimply award http://www.cafod.org.uk/Campaign/Livesimply-award.

John Paul de Quay and Ellie Margetts, founder members of the Ecological Conversion Group and Journey to 2030 http://www.journeyto2030.org.

Sr Margaret Atkins, an Augustinian Canoness at Boarbank Hall in Cumbria, a teacher of philosophy and theology, with a lifelong interest in the natural world, and author of Catholics and Our Common Home: Caring for the Planet in a Time of Crisis (CTS).
http://www.ctsbooks.org/product/catholics-and-our-common-home

Archbishop John Wilson and Bishop Peter Brignall (March) and Archbishop Bernard Longley and Bishop Marcus Stock (April) will begin and end the weekends with prayer and reflection.

Panel discussions with a range of experts for sharing advice on practical projects.

Cost – voluntary donations gratefully accepted, but there will be no fee for the weekend.

To apply, simply email Sr Margaret Atkins on margaret@boarbankhall.org.uk.

LLSMarchApril21AdPics.pdf

Dear all

Please can you advertise via your parish bulletins and social media platforms

Living the Paschal Mystery today – Zoom retreat day

The dates: Saturday 20th February and Wednesday 24th February 2021

The timetable for the day: (both days)

10.15 a.m. Welcome and short prayer – Sr. Elizabeth Mary

10.30 a.m. – 11a.m. “Job and the Mystery of Suffering” … talk by Sr. Michaela followed by 10 minutes for comments or questions.

11.10 a.m. approx. Break

11.30 a.m. – 12 p.m. “Temptation and Redemption” … talk by Sr. Josephine Mary

12.15 p.m. Midday Office, livestreamed from the chapel

The sisters doing the presentations in the morning will also leave you some questions to think about. These questions will be taken up in an informal and optional discussion from 2.15 p.m. – 3 p.m.

3.15 p.m. – 4 p.m. “Arise” … talk by Sr. Mary Stella and she will leave you with some thoughts to take away with you at the end of the day.

At 4.30 p.m. each day, the sisters pray silently in chapel for all those affected by the Covid crisis. Those who wish are invited to join us for that time, which will be followed by Vespers, both live streamed from Chapel, closing our day together.

We would ask you to book in for the day you would like to follow.

Please contact Sr. M Bernard on hyningbookings or 01524 732684 before Thursday 18th February if possible.

There will be a voluntary contribution of £10 or £15* for the day, but we would not want anyone who wishes to join us to be left out because of finances.

*If you choose the £15 option, we are also offering 2 follow up discussion sessions on 10th March and 24th March on Zoom at 6 – 7 p.m. each evening. This will be an opportunity to share on Lent and other ideas from the retreat, especially if you need support on your Lenten journey. These need to be booked when you contact Sr. Mary Bernard.

Sunday Week 6 OT 2021.pdf

Sunday Week 5 OT 2021.pdf