SUNDAY 20th SEPTEMBER 2009:
25th WEEK IN ORDINARY TIME – YEAR B
MASS TIMES: INTENTIONS:
Saturday Vigil: 7.15 p.m. Claudio Bruno
Sunday: 9.15 a.m. Eileen Mary Pealing
11:00 a.m. The Parish
Monday: 9:15 a.m. Brenda Jeffrey
Tuesday: 9.15 a.m. Mary Walsh
Wednesday: 9.15 a.m. Mary Steadman
Thursday: 9.15 a.m. John Baker
Friday: 9.15 a.m. Joan Cotter
Saturday: 9.15 a.m. Marian & Bill Baker
Golden Wedding & Birthday
Vigil Mass 7.15 p.m. Hugette Mernandez
Sunday: 9.15 a.m. The Parish
11.00 a.m. Bernard Wilkinson
MORNING PRAYER:
9.00 a.m. in the Sacristy Office, each Monday to Saturday except Wednesday.
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 with Fr. Cooke, it is important that parents contact Denise Lusk on 01244 379742 to discuss detailed arrangements.
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.
ANNIVERSARIES:
We remember Christopher Dutton, Ann Kettlewell, Frank Smith, Thomas McLoughlin, Charles McDonnell, Carrie Wells, Kathleen Green, Jane Anne Sherwood, Kathleen Lockhart, James Gregory Murphy, Sinead Osborne, Anne Veronica Kirby, Terence James Whatmough, Cyril Diego De Souza, Elizabeth Conlon, James Watts, Mark Anthony Colegate, Canon Francis Murphy, Michael Paul Smith, Fr. John Lennon, Francis Joseph Dean, Peter Wood, Elizabeth Hughes, Veronica Ronna Boyle, Murial Williams, Kevin McNicholas and Joseph Bullen.
SISTER EDITH – MISSIONARY SISTERS OF ST. PETER CLAVER:
Sr. Edith has sent a warm appreciative letter of gratitude for your generosity to her mission appeal.
OFFERTORY (w/e 13th Sept 2009):
Loose Plate: £471. 94
Planned Giving: £499. 15
Donations: Hall Hire £60.00
Coffee Morning £14.67
Thank-you for your continued generosity.
UPTON CHURCHES PRAYER DIARY:
This week we pray for:
• The residents of Daleside, Meadowsway and Queensway
• Our Junior and Infant schools: Acresfield, Upton Heath, Mill View, Westlea, & Dorin Park. Also schools in Newton, Guilden Sutton, Mickle Trafford and St Werburgh’s & St Columba’s. For the teachers and pupils, that they will be open to the Christian teaching they receive. For our local clergy as they lead assemblies.
THE POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS:
This month the Pope asks us to pray:
• That the Word of God be better known, accepted and lived as the one true source of freedom and joy.
• That Christians in Laos, Cambodia and Myanmar may place their trust in the Holy Spirit and so maintain the courage to proclaim the Gospel in spite of their difficulties.
COFFEE AFTER MASS:
Tea and coffee are served in the Hall after the Sunday morning Masses. All are welcome.
NEW VESTMENTS:
Fr. Cooke has been having a sacristy clear-out and would like to buy some new vestments. If people would like to make a donation towards the costs, please put your gift into an envelope and mark it “Vestments”.
ST THERESE – THE LITTLE FLOWER:
The relics of St Therese have come to this country and will be going to a number of places. At Carmel, in Birkenhead, on 26th & 27th Sept. there will be celebrations. Although the relics will NOT be going to Birkenhead, it is an opportunity to unite in prayer with the various celebrations.
ONE DOWN . . .
At the AGM of Churches Together in Upton held recently, two members of St Columba’s were re-elected, Margaret Allmark as Chairman and David Savage as Honorary Treasurer. The next social event is a Quiz Night in aid of the Hospice of the Good Shepherd to be held at the URC on Friday, 30th October. Why not put together a team and come along for an enjoyable evening?
…AND ONE TO GO:
St. Columba’s Pastoral Council is holding its AGM on Sunday 11th October at 7 p.m. in the Hall. The Pastoral Council has been operating for several years, and develops and coordinates a number of activities within the parish including the Liturgy Group which arranges services and provides Readers and Bidding Prayers, and the Social Awareness Group which provides trained support for the bereaved. In the past year it has provided the impetus for the establishment of a Buildings Committee with close links to the diocesan team with the aim of providing local support for the maintenance and development of the parish buildings. Of current interest in this area is the reinstatement of the ‘garage’ after its damage by a runaway car: should it be merely reinstated as a storage area or is there an opportunity improve and refurbish it as meeting or social room? If you are interested in pastoral matters in the parish please come along to the AGM and have your say.
HARVEST THANKSGIVING MASS:
Next Sunday (27th Sept.) we will be having our Harvest Thanksgiving Mass at 11.00 a.m. As we give thanks for our own harvest, we will be thinking of people especially in the Third World whose harvests may have failed. We would ask you to kindly put your harvest gift in the CAFOD Harvest Fast Day envelopes, available with the Church Newsletters next weekend in readiness for the Harvest Fast Day on Friday 2nd Oct. The envelopes will be collected in the normal collection baskets at Masses on 3rd and 4th Oct.
OFFERTORY ENVELOPES - ‘PEEL & SEAL’:
This year’s envelopes, the green ones, have a ‘peel & seal’ flap. The advantage of this is that the contents of the envelope are more secure and money is prevented from falling out into the collection basket, making it impossible for it to be recorded for possible tax recovery. However, the strip needs to be removed to make the seal effective. A number of envelopes are being received where this has not been done. May I ask for your cooperation in ensuring the flap is properly sealed. Should you be having any problems with your envelopes please contact David Savage on 380626. And, may I thank all of you who contribute through the envelopes for your continuing generosity.
R.C.I.A. GROUP (A Journey in Faith for Enquirers and others):
The parish group, which supports those enquiring about being received into the Church, will begin meeting again on Thursdays, commencing Thursday 1st October, at 7.30 p.m. in the Church Office. If you, or someone you know, would be interested in joining, with a view to either being received or supporting the work of the group, please contact Fr .Cooke or Eileen Hordley (342048) to discuss. You would be most welcome.
“WORLD’S BIGGEST COFFEE MORNING”:
Each year at about this time coffee mornings are put on by a whole range of individuals and organisations in support of Macmillan Cancer Support. Upton United Reformed Church (Heath Road, next to The Wheatsheaf) are holding one on Saturday 26th September from 10.00 a.m. to 12 noon, to include a bring and buy, cakes and raffle. All invited to come along to enjoy the Coffee Morning and to help, raise money for this very worthy cause.
DIOCESAN HISTORY DAY:
Diocesan History Day will be held at St Columba’s on Saturday 3rd Oct. Details on posters in the porches. All welcome.
WINE TASTING EVENING:
St Werburgh’s & St Columba’s Primary School is joining with the Chester World Development Forum to hold a Fair Trade Wine Tasting Evening on Friday 25th Sept., 8:00-11:00p.m. at St Columba’s 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.
Tickets are going very quickly – please get your tickets in advance to avoid possible disappointment at the door!
NEEDLES & PINS:
Will meet again on 23rd Sept. 2:00-4:00p.m. in the Hall. A warm welcome awaits Knitters & Stitchers!!
CHARITY FAYRE:
This will be held on Saturday, 3rd Oct at 10:30a.m. to 1:00p.m. at New Church, Dickson Drive. The Catholic Women’s League will have a Home Produce stall at this event. Please come along and support the charities. Various Stalls and tasty refreshments.
QUIZ NIGHT, CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL, CHESTER
The Parents Association will hold a Quiz Night on Friday 2 Oct. 2009 at 7.30 for 8pm start in the school hall. Always a successful and fun evening; why not come along? Parents, friends, staff and sixth formers are welcome. Tickets from school (tel 01244 981600) £4 in advance or £5 on the door. Bar and refreshments available.
SVP SPONSORED WALK:
This annual event in aid of the upkeep of our Holiday Home at Talacre will take place from St. Winefride’s Church Neston on Sunday 20th September, from 1.00 p.m. along the Wirral Way, towards Parkgate and back.
Sponsor forms are available from Front and Rear Porches, or from any SVP member.
NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER:
Will be compiled by Harry Sweeney
tel. 01244 327462,
email: harrye_sweeney YOU KNOW WHAT GOES HERE hotmail.com
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