Co-ordinator: Sheila Morrison
Mission includes the following ministries:
CAFOD:
Contact – Anne Litherland
Our parish continues to support the work of CAFOD as it seeks to raise funds to Make Poverty History in our world. There are Family Fast Day collections twice a year and occasional collections in response to emergency aid requests.
Cards for Prisoners of Conscience:
Contact – Mick Brown
On the nearest Sunday to Human Rights Day (10th December), we join others in sending cards to a number of Prisoners of Conscience all over the world. These are people who are imprisoned for their peacefully held political or religious beliefs or prisoners who have suffered torture or inhumane treatment
Ecumenism:
Contact – Jill McNamee / Frank Nance
We are part of Wallasey Village Churches Together (WVCT) and work closely with our neighbouring Churches. We join together throughout the year for various services, courses, socials and productions. As a parish,we join in the WVCT Covenant, committing to working together with the other local Christian Churches. Fr Phil is also part of the local ministers fraternal, which meets regularly, usually for breakfast!
Fair-trade stall:
Contact – Anne Litherland
We run the Fair-trade stall at all the weekend Masses. The stock is ordered from several suppliers, priced and brought to church. We aim to offer goods as close to the purchase price as possible to ensure the best value for money. Any profit goes to CAFOD. We also order religious cards and Fair-trade Christmas cards and gifts, Easter eggs and any Fair-trade items requested. In addition, we provide goods for sale in our church schools and assist in the Lenten liturgy.
We mark Fair-trade Fortnight and are delighted to be a Fair-trade parish as tea and coffee provided at church meetings is Fair-trade. We aim to increase the use of Fair-trade products in the parish so any suggestions would be welcome.
Friends of the Holy Land:
Friends of the Holy Land (FHL) was launched in 2009 by the Bishops of England & Wales to help relieve the desperate plight of Christians in the Holy Land. Our objectives are:
- to raise awareness of the urgent needs of the Christians in the region and to encourage prayers for them;
- to help generate and provide financial support; and
- promote pilgrimages to the Holy Land
MISSIO (former APF and Mill Hill Missions)
Members of the parish agree to donate money for overseas missions. Historically this was done through the famous “Red Box” scheme, where collection boxes were distributed to homes and families, enabling them to build up their cash donations throughout the year.
For more information – please click the following link.
St. Mary’s Catholic College
Contact – Mick Brown
St. Mary’s Catholic College is our parish High School. and continues to build upon the work undertaken by our Catholic primary schools to develop the faith of our young people. St Mary’s works in partnership with our Parish.
All students study Religious Education up to GCSE level and follow a programme of study in the sixth form. Collective worship occurs daily in the morning and each year group has a weekly assembly. Students participate in Retreat Days and are given opportunities for Residential Retreat Experiences.
Students are given opportunities for active discipleship. A group of sixth form students and staff accompany the annual Diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School
Contact – Bernie Brown
Ss. Peter and Paul Catholic Primary School is our parish primary school. Our mission statement, ‘To grow in knowledge and love and walk in the footsteps of Jesus‘ gives us direction each day and helps us to celebrate life to the full.
Each class takes responsibility to prepare and present a class assembly throughout the year, linked to one of the units. As a whole school, we celebrate specific times of the Liturgical Year, such as Advent and Lent. Our year three pupils prepare for and receive the Sacraments of First Forgiveness and First Holy Communion during the year. This is a special time for families, the parish and the whole school community. In spiritual matters and throughout the Liturgical year, the whole school community is supported by Fr Phil. Our faith is at the heart of everything we do at Ss. Peter and Paul.
We encourage our pupils to take responsibility for those who are less fortunate than ourselves. We have been involved in supporting CAFOD, Fairtrade, SVP, Claire House, Mission Together and World Gifts.