SATURDAY/SUNDAY 5TH/6TH SEPTEMBER 2009:
23RD WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B
MASS TIMES: INTENTIONS:
Saturday Vigil: 7.15 p.m. Vic Fry
Sunday: 9.15 a.m. The Parish
11:00 a.m. Jim and Mary Davies
Monday: 9:15 a.m. Joseph Stringer
Tuesday: 9.15 a.m. Bob Marsden
Wednesday: 9.15 a.m. Diamond Jubilee of Sr. Joan
Wilkinson
Thursday: 9.15 a.m. Eileen Naughton
Friday: 9.15 a.m. Norman Peopals
Saturday: 9.15 a.m. James Brennan
Vigil Mass 7.15 p.m. Molly Franks
Sunday: 9.15 a.m. P.I. M.A. Green
11.00 a.m. The Parish
MORNING PRAYER:
9.00 a.m. in the Sacristy Office, each weekday except Wednesday.
SECOND COLLECTION – ST. PETER CLAVER MISSION:
This week-end we welcome a Sister of The Society of St. Peter Claver. She will be speaking and making an appeal on behalf of the Missions. We should try to remember the Missions in our regular prayer life and for vocations to increase.
CONFESSIONS:
Confessions are heard every Saturday after morning Mass and in the evening from 6:45 p.m. to 7:10 p.m.
BAPTISMS:
By appointment with Fr. Cooke. After speaking to Fr. Cooke, is important that parents contact Denise Lusk on 01244 379742 to discuss detailed arrangements.
"We welcome into the family of God, Callum George James Hughes and Matthew James Houston who were baptised last weekend at St. Columba's. Please remember them and their families in your prayers."
THE SICK:
Please keep in your prayers all the sick and housebound of the Parish and those who care for them. If you know of anyone who can no longer come to Mass and would like to receive Holy Communion please let Fr. Cooke or a Eucharistic Minister know.
S.V.P.
The monthly collection for the S.V.P. will now take place on the week-end of 12/13th September.
The S.V.P. has a quantity of energy saving light bulbs if any Parishioner would like some. Please contact Brian Forrest on (01244) 318863.
ANNIVERSARIES:
We remember Margaret Stevens, Kathleen Mary Douglas, Elizabeth Martha Holdcroft, Eileen Mary Pealing, Molly Addison, Simon Sinclair Dolan, George Ogg, Lucy Maria Taylor, Brigid (Sally) Brennan, Sheila Williamson, Dorothy Harrop, Lionel John Sheridan, Dorothy Tierney, Joseph Reginald Dunne, Catherine Frances Hewitt, Norah Veronica Lester, Mary Margaret Pengelly, Donald John Reddy, Christopher Dutton, Robert Marsden, Henry Morgan, Patricia Galvin, Arthur Peacock, Catherine White, Eileen Reynard and Susan Marie Beavan.
COFFEE AFTER MASS:
Tea and coffee are served in the Hall after the Sunday morning Masses. All are welcome.
OFFERTORY:
Loose Plate: £341. 53
Planned Giving: £551. 55
Average Weekly SOs: £446. 90
Coffee: £ 68. 54
Hire of Hall; £
UPTON CHURCHES PRAYER DIARY:
This week we pray for:
The residents of Oakfield Drive,
Flag Lane South and Upton Lane
For the Wardens, Deputy Wardens Sidespersons, Collectors and Welcome Team.
UPTON CHURCHES AGM - THIS WEDNESDAY:
Churches Together in Upton has its AGM on Wednesday of this week 9th September at 7.30 p.m. at the URC in Heath Road. Churches Together in Upton is the group of three Upton churches, Holy Ascension, URC and St Columba’s who have been working together for many years. They bring you the cards giving the Christmas and Easter service times. They organise joint services and lectures for Unity Week and for Lent. They run the weekly drop-in centre at the Scout HQ in Weston Grove. They organise the Prayer Diary which appears both in the local Chronicle and in our newsletter. A more recent innovation has been the annual service for the Upton by Chester Parish Council which next year is to be held here at St. Columba’s. If you would like to find out more about this work and the other things that the Upton Churches do together, you are invited to come along to the AGM
BEREAVEMENT GROUP:
Has bereavement affected you?
Do you feel the need to talk in confidence?
The Parish Bereavement Group provides support and care to the bereaved and their families. All members have been fully trained and would like to invite people to contact the group by ringing Ruth on (01244) 380300
FOUND IN CHURCH!
Two items have been found in Church this week. A mobile phone and a pair of specs in a case. These have been placed in the Safe in the Sacristy.
READERS:
A Day of Recollection with Fr. Geoff O’Grady has been organised for existing Readers on Saturday 31st October 2009 at St. Columba’s. Please make every effort to attend. Further details will be posted on the front and back porches as soon as available.
WINE TASTING EVENING
St Werburghs & St Columbas Primary School are joining with the Chester World Development Forum to hold a Fair Trade Wine Tasting Evening on Friday 25th September 8pm-11pm at St Columbas Church Hall. Come & enjoy a range of wines, bread & cheeses, stalls, quiz and raffle. £8 per person. Over 18's only. Tickets available from school or call the PTA on 07917348345 or 01244 317381
ST. PADRE PIO:
The Prayer Group meeting is at 10 Tollbar Road on Thursday evening 10th September at 7.30 p.m. We look forward to seeing you.
DIOCESAN HISTORY DAY:
The Diocesan History Day will be held here at St Columba’s on Saturday 3rd October. Full details are on the posters in the porches. All welcome.
TRAIDCRAFT STALL:
The Traidcraft Stall makes its monthly appearance in the Hall this Sunday, in the Hall after the 9.15 and 11.00 a.m. Masses. For further information about the work of Traidcraft please contact Helen Connor on 01244 317381.
MUSIC GROUP AT 11.00 A.M. MASS:
The Music Group restarts next Sunday, 13th September. As always, we are appealing for new members, both woodwind players (flute, clarinet, recorder) and singers. Can you help us to lead the singing at the 11.00 a.m. Mass on alternate Sundays? The only commitment is to attend the practice at 10.30 a.m. before Mass. Just come along, or ring Pauline Payne on 01244 350323.
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS/READERS ROTA:
Your new Rota (which includes the Season of Advent) is now ready for collection in the front porch. If you know you are going to be away for/during the Christmas, it will be helpful if you could let me know by the end of November, so that I can incorporate this in the Christmas Rota. Many thanks for all your support.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PREPARATION CLASSES:
These classes are held in the Church Hall on Wednesday evenings in term time from 5.00-6.00 p.m. for the children in our Parish who are unable to attend St. Werburgh’s and St. Columba’s Primary School. The preparation programme takes 2 years, so children who wish to be prepared for First Sacraments should start the classes when they are 6. Classes begin on Wednesday 16th September. If you need more information please ring Pauline Payne on 01244 350323.
PILGRIMAGE TO OBERAMMERGAU 2010:
Our Newsletter has recently carried outline details of a Pilgrimage being arranged by Fr. Nick Kern to coincide with the Oberammergau Passion Play. Please note that the Pilgrimage is not now taking place.
NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER:
This will be compiled by Bernard Payne tel. (01244) 350323
email: Bernard.payne PUTTHESYMBOLHERE tiscali.co.uk
Items for inclusion can also be left in the blue folder in the Sacristy. Please ensure that all items are in place by 9.00 a.m. on Thursday. Please include a phone number in case of queries.
Current and past issues of the Newsletter can also be seen on the parish website, www.stcolumbachester.org.uk.
Please, please, please take your newsletter home and use it for reference and prayer during the week.