Welcome to St Mary's Warrington. St Mary's is served by the Benedictine Monks of Ampleforth. It is the town's most central Roman Catholic Church, situated on Buttermaket Street just off the main A49 right in the heart of Warrington. Directions are available here.
CONFESSIONS
| Saturday: | 10.00 am - 12.00 noon |
For helpful guidance on confessions click here.
MASS TIMES
sunday masses:
| Saturday: | 6.00 | pm | (quiet) |
| Sunday: | 9.00 | am | (quiet) |
| Sunday: | 11.00 | am | (Sung High Mass) |
| Sunday: | 5.00 | pm | (quiet) |
weekday masses:
| Mon - Sat: | 12.10 | pm |
For details check weekly bulletin.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMMES
Baptisms, Confirmation, Children’s Liturgy, First Holy Communion, Weddings – for information on these, visit our Sacramental Programme.
NEWS
- This week's bulletin is available for download here.
- Fr William is away next Sunday. Fr Laurence Ndomaina from the Xaverian Missionaries will be here to celebrate the Mass. The 2nd collection next Sunday will be for their missionary work. Fr Ndomaina will also be celebrant this week's Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday 1210 masses.
- Calling all readers: There’ll be a meeting on Mon 27th of September at 7.30pm in the priory.
- Everybody is always welcome for refreshments in the cloister after the 11 am Mass.
QUESTION OF THE WEEK
Is Christ’s presence in the Eucharist physical or spiritual?
Neither of these words is adequate to describe the presence of Christ in the consecrated bread and wine. The presence is defined as real. What does this mean?
Some Protestant traditions believe in a “merely” spiritual presence. Calvinists believe in an immaterial, spiritual presence of Christ. Lutherans believe that the body and blood of Jesus are present “in, with and under” the forms of bread and wine, but they stop short of saying that the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus. Zwinglians believe that Christ “is present in the Supper by his Spirit, grace, and strength”. All of these fall short of the Catholic teaching.
As Catholics we believe that Christ’s presence in the Eucharist is more than just physical and more than just spiritual. We call it the real presence. We believe that the bread and wine actually become the Body and Blood of Christ at the consecration in the Eucharistic Prayer. Moreover, it is the whole of Christ that is present in this real presence – the Risen and Glorified Christ, body, soul and divinity.
Anglicans adhere to a range of views, some coinciding with the full Catholic belief.
Some Protestant traditions believe in a “merely” spiritual presence. Calvinists believe in an immaterial, spiritual presence of Christ. Lutherans believe that the body and blood of Jesus are present “in, with and under” the forms of bread and wine, but they stop short of saying that the bread and wine become the body and blood of Jesus. Zwinglians believe that Christ “is present in the Supper by his Spirit, grace, and strength”. All of these fall short of the Catholic teaching.
As Catholics we believe that Christ’s presence in the Eucharist is more than just physical and more than just spiritual. We call it the real presence. We believe that the bread and wine actually become the Body and Blood of Christ at the consecration in the Eucharistic Prayer. Moreover, it is the whole of Christ that is present in this real presence – the Risen and Glorified Christ, body, soul and divinity.
Anglicans adhere to a range of views, some coinciding with the full Catholic belief.
Question sent in are welcome, eg by e-mail to: william@ampleforth.org.uk
PRAYER OF THE WEEK
O glorious St. Benedict, sublime model of all virtues, pure vessel of God's grace! Behold me, humbly kneeling at thy feet. I implore thy loving heart to pray for me before the throne of God. To thee I have recourse in all the dangers which daily surround me. Shield me against my enemies, inspire me to imitate thee in all things. May thy blessing be with me always, so that I may shun whatever God forbids and avoid the occasions of sin.
Graciously obtain for me from God those favors and graces of which I stand so much in need, in the trials, miseries and afflictions of life. Thy heart was always so full of love, compassion, and mercy toward those who were afflicted or troubled in any way. Thou didst never dismiss without consolation and assistance anyone who had recourse to thee. I therefore invoke thy powerful intercession, in the confident hope that thou wilt hear my prayers and obtain for me the special grace and favor I so earnestly implore (mention it), if it be for the greater glory of God and the welfare of my soul.
Help me, O great St. Benedict, to live and die as a faithful child of God, to be ever submissive to His holy will, and to attain the eternal happiness of heaven. Amen.
