St. Bartholomew's

  Parish, Rainhill

    2008   

      European Capital of Culture     

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"Unless life is lived for others it is not worthwhile"   Blessed Mother Theresa

 


Site updated: 17/11/2007
Updated buttons above are in yellow

33rd. Sunday of Ordinary Time


Where is Rainhill?


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Our Liverpool..

At a glance...

People:
1.93 million people live within a 30 minute drive time of Liverpool

451,800 people are employed in the area

Over 50,000 students study in Liverpool

20.5% of population are under 16, 60.7% are aged 16-pension age with 18.8% being over pension age

Business:
38,871 companies are operating on Merseyside

There are over 1,500 overseas owned companies operating on Merseyside

Over the last 4 years there has been a 41% improvement in the perception of Merseyside as a location for investment

Merseyside ranks 3rd among the 16 largest marketplaces in the UK

Ranks 6th largest overall in terms of annual expenditure per head

Merseyside is the 7th largest retail centre in the UK with 485,600 shoppers

Health:
There are 24 NHS hospitals in the Merseyside region
There are over 100 NHS GP surgeries and 6 NHS walk in centres
There are over 150 NHS Dental surgeries

Visitors:
960,000 people visited for business

83% of visitors said that nothing had spoilt their visit

50% of visitors said their visit was better than expected

Merseyside is the 3rd safest metropolitan area





 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OUR CHURCH

This is the website of St. Bartholomew's Roman
Catholic Parish. We hope that you find it both interesting
and informative. You are more than welcome to join us
at any of our activities. You will find a warm and
generous welcome!
Our Parish Priest is Fr. Phil Swanson, who is also the
ParishPriest of St. Theresa's, Sutton Manor.
We also have Fr. Luke Dumbill (retired), who lives
in the Presbytery. He was our former Parish Priest.
We have a deacon: Rev. Bernard Smith and a retired
Deacon: Rev. Bert Wright.
We also have an order of Nigerian Nuns housed in the
Parish Convent and we have a Parish primary School
whose Head Teacher is Mr. Michael Edwards.

Check back regularly. The site is updated at least twice
each week.


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A program to Help Couples Heal and Renew their Marriages.
Do you feel lost, alone or bored in your marriage?
Are you frustrated, hurt or angry with your spouse?
Are you constantly fighting? Or, do you simply shut down?
Have you thought about separation or divorce?
Does talking about it only make it worse?

... Retrouvaille provides marriage help!

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08000 327 858

Retrouvaille is a live-in weekend and post weekend programme for married couples. The emphasis is on a new technique of communication between a husband and wife. During the weekend, a series of in-depth presentations are given to you and other couples like yourselves. Each presentation, given by one of three married couples and a priest, focuses on a specific area of a marriage relationship. After each presentation, you will have a chance to reflect on it by yourself, then discuss it with your spouse in complete privacy.

The weekend is not a spiritual retreat, not a sensitivity group, not a seminar, nor is it a social gathering. You will, however, the encouraged to put the past behind you and start ‘rediscovering’ one another again. The weekend is not a ‘miracle cure’ and, therefore, post weekend sessions have been designed to continue the marriage renewal begun on the weekend. These follow-up sessions review earlier concepts in greater depth, present new ones and help you apply these concepts to your own marriage.

www.retrouvaille.org.uk


Weather this week:
Check back each day.

Local weather

From Sunday 2nd. November 2008

Sun
Mostly Sunny
10°C | 7°C
Mon
Cloudy
12°C | 10°C
Tue
Partly Sunny
12°C | 9°C

LOCAL ISSUES
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Planning application for...
BRIARS HEY, MILL LANE - New build 20 bed medium secure unit in the location of the existing medium secure unit, which is to be demolished. New build 40 bed low secure unit attached to existing Grade II listed property.

A large number of local residents and parents/carers of pupils of Tower College School have voiced opposition and held several meeting to discuss the applications. The mental health service providers, Raphael Healthcare, have been contacted and have met concerned representatives at Tower College last week.

A newsletter published by the group has been circulated and a post box has been installed in the Post Office in Warrington Road to allow residents to make their feeling known. A number of representatives have also met with their local M.P. Shaun Woodward. Local councillors have been contacted by many concerned residents. The current position will be relayed on this blog as and when there are developments.
What are your feelings?
 

LIVERPOOL 08
Visit the link below to see what's on this week in Liverpool, the capital of culture

http://www.liverpool08.com/streets/Events/index.asp

 


Highlights this week....

FIREWORKS DISPLAYS

Fireworks Display

At Sefton Park, Newsham Park & Walton Hall Park
All displays start at 7.30pm (finish 7.50pm approximately)

A trio of fireworks display will light up Liverpool skies this November 5. Displays will be fired to music in three of the city’s parks.

 

 


 

 

 

 

Confirmation 
2008

This year's Confirmations took place on Monday 23rd. June, celebrated by Bishop Tom Williams. Over the year our Confirmation Catechists have assembled a brilliant programme to prepare the candidates for this important
event in their lives.
Here is a link to a video presentation of some of the highlights of the programme, including the weekend away at Savio House.
Takes a few minutes to download

Confirmation 2008
click on Confirmation 2008_large.wmv

If your computer will not support this file you can browse the page below to see some photos.

Confirmation photos. 2008


Did you know?
Some facts and figures about the world
today..(Sunday)
World population: 6,680,458,981
Births:
189,878
Deaths:
80,801
Population growth:
109,077
Military Expenditure:
$1,704,509,052
Cars produced:
50,965
Bikes produced:
154,383
Abortions:
65,122


Our Parish Mission has ended........our mission has
just begun.........
Our Mission Prayer:

"Father you have created all people
 to be your children.
Your will is that all people live
 in your peace and love. We
ask your Holy Spirit to fill our parish with love, helping us all
to imitate our brother Jesus.
He taught us that actions can speak louder than words. May we, by our Christian example
 in our day to day lives, lead others
 to you. May we share
our world generously, with people of all nationalities,
beliefs and races, treating all whom we meet with respect
and love."
What can we, as individuals do...we need to ask in what ways does our Parish promote God's message of love and reconciliation and are there obstacles that prevent us doing this?

 

What's new this week?
2 min. sermon
Confirmation
News
Services.

 


 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
     
       

Some links:

 The National Catholic Families Association
Vatican Radio - 105 live.  'The Pope's Voice'
Rainhill locomotive Trials
Rainhill Civic Society
Rainhill High School, City Learning Centre

St. Helens Borough Council
St. Bartholomews Primary School
Liverpool R.C. Archdiocese

You can find out more about Rainhill at:           rainhill.merseyside.org

Please note: We cannot guarantee the content of any linked external sites