Life stream only - 10:30am Sunday Mass from St Pius Xth
PRAY SAFE, STAY SAFE
Under the current circumstances of another national lockdown, we encourage parishioners to Stay Home for the well-being of all. We do hope you can join us via the live-stream and that it is only for a short period.
We will keep the situation under constant review and of course let you know when we can re-open with a congregation. When that time comes we will need more offers of people to help steward and clean. Please consider if you could help and contact Debbie if you are prepared to do this.
As always let us know how best we can support you through this latest phase of the pandemic.
Let us pray together for one another and all our Diocesan family:
Loving God, Holy One,
Your desire is for our wholeness and well-being.
We hold in tenderness and prayer the collective suffering of our world at this time.
We grieve precious lives lost and vulnerable lives
threatened.
We ache for ourselves, our families and our neighbours, standing before an uncertain future.
We pray: May love, not fear, go viral.
Inspire our leaders to discern and choose wisely, aligned with the common good.
Help us to practice social distancing and reveal to us new and creative ways to come together in spirit and in solidarity.
Call us to profound trust in your faithful presence,
You, the God who does not abandon, You, the Holy One,
breathing within us,
breathing among us,
breathing around us
in our beautiful yet wounded world.
- Sisters of IHM, Scranton, Pennsylvania
Stay safe, keep in touch and pray with assured hope
that we shall all be able to come together face to face one day soon.
You are all in our prayers and thoughts.
God Bless
Fr Michael, Deacon Mark and Debbie
Each and every one of us is invited to serve in helping our parishes to fulfil their joint mission of being “a loving, embracing and thriving community with Christ at the heart of our lives, finding God through reflection, prayer and worship, and witnessing to the Good News of Jesus Christ through our words, actions and service to others”.
Called to be a People of Hope
Clifton Diocesan Pastoral Guidelines
Dare To Dream - A Pastoral Letter from Bishop Declan for
14th February 2021
Sunday 9am & 10:30am
See note above re live-stream only at the moment.
Communion will be distributed under one kind and in the hand only.
Stewards will invite you to move along your pew to the outside aisle to come forward. Please return by the central aisle.
Protect your priest by keeping your face covering on, stretch out your arms as far as possible. Move away before pulling your mask down to consume the bread.
With regret the decision has been taken to keep the Sacred Heart, Chew Magna closed to the public until futher notice.
The numbers allowed to gather to celebrate Mass under the stringent conditions would be too small.
To give as many people the opportunity to come as possible the 9am Sunday Mass has been moved to St Pius Xth
There are many in our congregation who for one reason or another feel it is too soon to take the risk of attending Mass. Yours and your families' health and safety is paramount to us. For this reason, the obligation for us to attend Mass on a Sunday is currently suspended by our Bishops. We hope you are enjoying one of the many Masses being live-streamed across the Diocese and indeed the world.
In the meantime, please be assured that we miss you and will continue to hold you in our prayers.
Allocated seating is in operation. We are getting close to our limit. Please sign up each week by 10pm Thursday which Mass you want to come to via
There is a maximum number of households we can seat. Please do not put Fr Michael or our volunteer stewards in a position where they have to turn you away at the door. This would be heart-breaking for all concerned.
It is now law that all should wear face coverings in places of worship.
The only exemptions are for those who are too small to wear one or who have certain medical condition. We shall endeavour to seat you at 2m. Please let us know when booking.
Please take a face mask if you require one. We have some adult spares in case you forget to bring your own.
Be assured we are on the fringes of 2m as the pews are set 1m apart and we are using alternate pews. However we have to allow for people not moving in sync with each other eg the front sat back and those behind kneeling!
When coming to Mass, please come in via the front door where Stewards will be waiting to greet you with warm welcome. This door will be opened 15 minutes before Mass is due to start to allow for preparations to be made before people start to arrive and to avoid any bottle-neck within the church.
After Mass you are asked to leave via the main fire exit door and along the path at the front of the church building.
There is hand sanitser available on entering and leaving the Church.
In line with the current Diocesan Policy, the toilets and kitchen are restricted to the use of clergy and stewards only.
Please be patient and considerate of others by observing a 2 metre distance between household groups when moving around the Church or indeed in the car park outside so that everyone can feel at ease.
We don't want anyone to stop coming because someone else made them feel unsafe.
To speak to Fr Michael or Deacon Mark
Please contact them by phone if at all possible. Otherwise, please alert one of the stewards and Fr Michael or Deacon Mark will come and see you in the church.
Please note that for the safety of your clergy, the Sacristy is restricted for their use only.
If you are still able to give to the parish at this time, this would be much appreciated.
Standing Orders are the easiest way to pay a regular amount. Download the form here. Just fill in and return to the parish office.
Otherwise using the paypal buttons below may be the easiest way to continue to donate at this time.
Thank you for your generosity
St Pius Xth
Sacred Heart
If you havent done so already, please do sign up to our parish database.
This is a great way for us all to stay connected as a community of faith caring for each other.
Once you accept the invitation and set up your account, you can also use the App to book which Mass you want to attend.
We are also sending out regular emails with the latest news and events