Weekly newsletter – click here -> Palm Sunday 4th & 5th Apr 2020 (cyc A)

This week’s Wednesday Word – click here -> Wednesday Word – Palm Sunday

Easter pictures: As there will be no Easter parish card this year, the parish thanks the children from St Paul’s Primary School for their Easter pictures which are shown here – > Easter card pictures

Celebrate the Easter Triduum: As we know we cannot gather in our church at this time. St Alban’s in Macclesfield and St Peter’s in Hazel Grove are broadcasting their Easter Triduum and Easter Masses live online. Further afield you can watch the broadcasts from the Vatican, see the schedule at The Vatican’s Worldwide Telecasts and the summary at Holy Week Transmission from The Vatican 2020. And you may enjoy the reflective prayers and hymns provided by Dan Schutte and OCP as their contribution to our understanding and celebration of the Easter Triduum -> Dan Schutte and OCP – a virtual celebration of the Easter Triduum.

Parish news and information

Key information pages on the parish website:

• the home page -> St Paul’s home page which will have posts of any latest news and newsletters
• the update page that lists the changes due to coronavirus measures -> St Paul’s Coronavirus updates
• the advice and guidelines from various organisations regarding coronavirus measures -> St Paul’s Coronavirus information

If you have any urgent queries, please contact the parish office by email, leave a telephone message, or use the contact form at St Paul’s Contact form. 

Over this time, parish newsletters are being sent out by email to those registered on the parish database. You can add and refresh your details on the parish database by using the online form at St Paul’s parish database – online consent form

Non-medical support or assistance from Poynton volunteers:

Poynton Town Council is co-ordinating volunteers from community organisations. If you need non-medical support or assistance during self-isolation you can contact Poynton Town Council on 01625 872238 / email: haf.barlow@poyntontowncouncil.gov.uk

‘Street Champions’: Most of the Poynton area is covered but more Street Champions are needed. The Council ring ‘Street Champions’ who collect prescriptions and shop for their neighbour(s). Please read this flyer -> Street Champ’s Flyer ver3 flyer, more information at Poynton News – Street Champions.

We regret that our newsletters may have some personal contact details removed. Implementing the GDPR advice received from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, our parish has been led to understand we can list names, but cannot list other additional identifying information such as email addresses and telephone numbers. So sometimes we are making available a redacted version of our newsletter available on our website.

[4 April 20]

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 5th Sun of Lent 28th & 29th Mar 2020 (cyc A) version

Information: Key pages on the parish website so that you can keep up to date with parish matters are:

• the home page at St Paul’s home page which will have posts of any latest news and newsletters
• the update page that lists the changes due to coronavisrus measure at St Paul’s Coronavirus updates
• the advice and guidelines from various organisations regarding coronavirus measures at St Paul’s Coronavirus information

Stay in contact

If you have any urgent queries, please contact the parish office by email, leave a telephone message, or use the contact form at St Paul’s Contact form. 

Over this time, parish newsletters are being sent out by email to those registered on the parish database. You can add and refresh your details on the parish database by using the online form at St Paul’s parish database – online consent form

We regret that our newsletters may have some personal contact details removed. Implementing the GDPR advice received from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, our parish has been led to understand we can list names, but cannot list other additional identifying information such as email addresses and telephone numbers. So sometimes we are making available a redacted version of our newsletter available on our website.

Following the UK Government announcement -> Full guidance on staying at home and away from others, it is expected that St Paul’s Church will not be open 24th March onwards. More information is available at coronavirus information and coronavirus parish update.

[26 March 20]

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 4th Sun of Lent 21st & 22nd Mar 2020 (cyc A) version

As you will see from the attached letter from the Bishop’s Conference CBCEW Public Letter 18th March 2020, a number of exceptional measures are being adopted as coronavirus precautions.

Please note that from this evening, Friday 20th March 2020, all public acts of worship St Paul’s will cease until further notice. You may wish to use these Personal prayers.

Other interim arrangements are listed in this week’s newsletter.

You can help us by telling this news to other St Paul’s parishioners you may be in contact with.

Information: Key pages on the parish website so that you can keep up to date with parish matters are:

• the home page at St Paul’s home page which will have posts of any latest news and newsletters
• the update page that lists the changes due to coronavisrus measure at St Paul’s Coronavirus updates
• the advice and guidelines from various organisations regarding coronavirus measures at St Paul’s Coronavirus information

Also if you want to see the news from the wider Catholic community, many UK Catholic Diocesan newspapers are available on website www.ChurchPaper.co.uk

Keeping in contact: If you have any urgent queries, please contact the parish office by email or telephone, or the contact form at St Paul’s Contact form. Also, the parish office team will be in the parish office for 2 hours each weekday morning to focus on dealing with phone calls, emails and post; personal visits to the parish office are not definitely not wanted! 

We may send out occasional urgent updates by email to those on the parish database. If parishioners have not registered their details on the parish database they can do this using the online form at St Paul’s parish database – online consent form

If you are on the parish database but have not received an email on Friday 20th March 2020, it is likely your details do not contain a valid email address (possibly incorrectly transcribed, or out of date). In this case please re-register using the online form above.

Developments: Over the past two days since the announcement, the parish office team have focused on tackling essential advice you need. Next week the team will seek to get parish arrangements working properly for this period of coronavirus measures.

Living our faith: Perhaps you would like to take a few moments to say the prayer below issued by Bishop Mark recently. We are reliably informed that the prayer is from the European Episcopal Conferences (with a link to the Lourdes Novena).

God our Father, Creator of the world, almighty and merciful,
out of love for us You sent your Son into the world as the doctor of our souls and our bodies, look upon your children who, in this difficult time of confusion and dismay in many regions of Europe and the world, turn to you seeking strength, salvation and relief, deliver us from illness and fear, heal our sick, comfort their families, give wisdom to our rulers, energy and reward to our doctors, nurses and volunteers, eternal life to the dead. Do not abandon us in the moment of trial but deliver us from all evil.
We ask this of Thee, who with the Son and the Holy Spirit, live and reign for ever and ever. Amen.
Mary, mother of health and hope, pray for us!

We regret that our newsletters may have some personal contact details removed. Implementing the GDPR advice received from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, our parish has been led to understand we can list names, but cannot list other additional identifying information such as email addresses and telephone numbers. So sometimes we are making available a redacted version of our newsletter available on our website.

[23 March 20]

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 3rd Sunday of Lent 14th & 15th March 2020 (cyc A) version 2PDF

Mass times: are 6.30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday.

COVID-19: We are adjusting parish arrangements to implement coronavirus precautions, and advertised activities may be cancelled at short notice. Many events and activities have been cancelled or postponed, see the newsletter.

We regret that our newsletters may have some personal contact details removed. Implementing the GDPR advice received from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, our parish has been led to understand we can list names, but cannot list other additional identifying information such as email addresses and telephone numbers. So sometimes we are making available a redacted version of our newsletter available on our website.

[14 March 2020 v2]

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 2nd Sunday of Lent 7th & 8th March 2020 (cyc A)

Mass times: are 6.30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday.

Newsletter extras:

• First sacraments programme -> First sacraments
• Confirmation programme -> Confirmation group

• Lent programme and the Year of the Word study sessions.

See Lent Study Group v1 and Lent 2020 programme. Note that the Lent Study sessions started on 27th February.

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 1st Sunday of Lent 29th Feb & 1st March 2020 (cyc A)

Mass times: are 6.30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday.

Newsletter extras:

• First sacraments programme -> First sacraments
• Confirmation programme -> Confirmation group

• Lent programme and the Year of the Word study sessions.

See Lent Study Group v1 and Lent 2020 programme. Note that the Lent Study sessions start on 27th February.

• World Day of Prayer: at St Paul’s Church, 6th March at 2pm.

See -> WDP service at St Paul’s Church

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 7th Sun Ord Time (Cyc A) 22nd & 23rd Feb 2020

Mass times: are 6.30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday.

Newsletter extras:

• First sacraments programme -> First sacraments
• Confirmation programme -> Confirmation group

• Lent programme and the Year of the Word study sessions.

See Lent Study Group v1 and Lent 2020 programme. Note that the Lent Study sessions start on 27th February.

• World Day of Prayer: at St Paul’s Church, 6th March at 2pm.

See -> WDP service at St Paul’s Church

We regret that our newsletters may have some personal contact details removed. Implementing the GDPR advice received from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, our parish has been led to understand we can list names, but cannot list other additional identifying information such as email addresses and telephone numbers. So sometimes we are making available a redacted version of our newsletter available on our website.

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 6th Sun Ord Time (Cyc A) 15th & 16th Feb 2020 Redacted

Mass times: are 6.30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday.

Newsletter extras:

• First sacraments programme -> First sacraments
• Confirmation programme -> Confirmation group
• World Day of Prayer: at St Paul’s Church, 6th March at 2pm. See -> WDP service at St Paul’s Church
• Lent programme and the Year of the Word study sessions, see -> Lent 2020 programme

We regret that our newsletters may have some personal contact details removed. Implementing the GDPR advice received from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, our parish has been led to understand we can list names, but cannot list other additional identifying information such as email addresses and telephone numbers. So sometimes we are making available a redacted version of our newsletter available on our website.

Weekly newsletter – click here -> 5th Sun Ord Time (Cyc A) 8th & 9th Feb 2020 Redacted

Mass times: are 6.30pm on Saturday and 10:00am on Sunday.

Newsletter extras:

• First sacraments programme -> First sacraments
• Confirmation programme -> Confirmation group
• Racial Justice Sunday, this weekend, more details at -> CBCEW Racial Justice Sunday 2020
• World Day of Prayer: at St Paul’s Church, 6th March at 2pm. See -> WDP service at St Paul’s Church
• Lent programme and the Year of the Word study sessions, see -> Lent 2020 programme

We regret that our newsletters may have some personal contact details removed. Implementing the GDPR advice received from the Diocese of Shrewsbury, our parish has been led to understand we can list names, but cannot list other additional identifying information such as email addresses and telephone numbers. So sometimes we are making available a redacted version of our newsletter available on our website.