NEWSLETTER: 3rd/
PARISH PRIEST: Gerald Moorcraft, The
Presbytery
DEACONS: Richard Carr (347623), Sean Duffy (343705)
Brian Stoker (290553)
Parish Secretaries: Barbara Nicholson, Polly Sklenar
SUNDAY SOLEMNITY OF THE ASCENSION Year A
6.30
pm For Jaimie
& Louise and Family
8.00
am Jaimie
Power
10.00
am For the
People of the Parish
MONDAY 10.00
am June Galvin Feria
TUESDAY 10.00 am The Byrne Family Feria
WEDNESDAY 10.00 am Joe Daly Feria
THURSDAY 10.00 am Dorothy
Reynolds Feria
FRIDAY 4.00 pm Mary
Horan (Ker Maria.) Feria
SATURDAY
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HOLY DAY MASSES at 9.00 am and 8.00 pm: Baptisms/Marriages by Arrangement; Confessions
on Saturday during Exposition at 5.30 pm and at any time at call; Parent &
Toddlers Group – Tuesdays 10 a.m., Catechism Club – Tuesdays 4.00 pm.; Bible
Study – Thursdays 7.30 pm (Sept – July) The Retreat, Rosary each Saturday after
Service of the Word & Communion.
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ANNIVERSARIES. Please pray for Marie Adamson, Valenty Przyblak, Daniel Bradley,
Hugh O’Hanlon, Dorothy Reynolds, Maeve Power, James Gahan,
Shaun Ferguson, Margaret Mary Harnett and Madeline
Bramble Green.
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ROTAS FOR NEXT WEEK – 10th/11th
May, 2008
Mass Sidesmen Eucharistic
Ministers Readers
6.30 pm Mark & Susan Rob
Duigan & Ingrid
Gardner &
8.00 am Victoria & James Iain
& Jennifer Jane Blane &
Blane Wright
Bridget Grant
10.00 am Val Stoker & Paula Cunningham Anna Crookes
Rhona
Carr & Eileen Hare & Samantha Pearce
Offertory – The
Guerzoni family, Flowers
– Mary Buckham & Theresa Aldis,
Coffee – Shelagh
McCaffery and Eileen Hare, Church Cleaning – St Teresa’s School (week commencing 11th May)
THE MONTH OF MAY is dedicated, by Catholics, to
Mary, the Blessed Virgin Mother of God.
Our statue of Mary will be crowned this Sunday and you will notice that
the statue has been robed – thanks to Teresa Aldis
and Sandra Heffron.
Mary is precious to us because she was chosen to be the Mother of
God. If, as I hope, you have a statue or
a picture at home honouring Mary why not use the month of May to give them some
prominence as many of us did in our childhood.
You could perhaps say the Rosary at home – either together or on your
own. Our relationship with Mary is like
our human relationships – they thrive on taking the trouble to express them
with prayers and little gifts, e.g. flowers.
It does not really matter what we do to honour Mary so long as what we
do comes from our hearts. I love the
hymn ‘Holy light on earth’s horizon’ and say it or sing it to myself every
day. I shall make a special point of
this during the month of May. The rosary
is said after the
PRO LIFE WITNESS. You are invited to join those who will be gathering
on Wednesday 7th May
between
A.P.F. RED BOX HOLDERS. If you have
not had yours delivered you will find a large
brown envelope with your name on in the letter rack in the Narthex. Please return it to the Church at your
convenience, or if you would like it to be collected please telephone Gladys on
01844 342231, thank you.
CAFOD PROJECT GROUP. A big thank you to everyone who
supported the CAFOD lunch on Sunday
by both your attendance and donations. A total of
£615.00 was raised and will be going towards this year’s Rehabilitation of
Child Soldiers project. Also a heartfelt thank you to the many hands that
helped clean the hall on Saturday to make it useable for the lunch on Sunday,
and to those who helped with the food and preparation and clearing away afterwards. Your help, as ever, is very much appreciated.
MONEY MONEY
Offertory
£738.42, Retiring £16.25 and CAFOD £3.80. The retiring
collection next weekend will be in aid of Mass Media. God bless
your support for your Parish.
Love and prayers,