SUNDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2011.
10/11/2011
SUNDAY 13TH NOVEMBER 2011.
MASS TIMES:INTENTIONS:
Saturday Vigil Mass: 7.15 p.m.November List.
Sunday: 9.15 a.m.November List.
11.00 a.m.The Parish
Monday: 9.15 a.m.November List.
Tuesday: 9.15 a.m.November List
Wednesday: 9.15 a.m.November List
Thursday: 9.15 a.m.November List
Friday: 9.15 a.m.November List
Saturday: 9.15 a.m.November List.
Pagbilao Association UK
Fiesta of St Catherine of Alexandria.
Saturday Vigil Mass: 7.15 p.m.Niamh Intention.
Sunday: 9.15 a.m.November List
11.00 a.m.First Sacrements Enrolment.
November is the month of the Holy Souls and Mass will be offered throughout the month for the November List Intentions. We remember all the Faithful Departed and give comfort and consolation in our remembrance of them.
BAPTISMS:
By appointment with Fr. Cooke. After speaking to Fr Cooke, it is important that parents contact Ann Siddall (01244 371787) who will arrange for members of our Baptism Team to discuss Baptism and the practical details.
CONFESSIONS:Confessions are heard every Saturday after morning Mass, and in the evening from 6.45 p.m. – 7.10 p.m.
ANNIVERSARIES:
Please remember in your prayers: Charles Huxley, Denis Tobin, Theresa Hanratty, Kathleen Stanley, Mabel Bennett O’Kelly, Bertie Bond, Mavis Skinner, Catherine McPhillips, Percy Edwards, Elosie Magot Hunt, James Regan, Sheila Rigby, Kenneth Mahoney, Rose Ebo, John Carroll, George Pickering, Patricia Treacy, Teresa Devane, John Francis Rigby, Phillip McMullan, Joseph Ferri, Gertrude Buddery, Mary (May) O’Neill, Fred Rowlands, William Pollock, John North, Joseph Smith, Margaret Theresa Dennan, Margaret Mary O’Grady, Joseph Desmond McCartney.
COFFEE AFTER MASS:
Tea and coffee are served in the Hall after the Sunday morning Masses. All are welcome.
REMEMBRANCE SUNDAY:
The Upton Churches joint service will be at 3 p.m. on Sunday 13th November at the United Reformed Church. The preacher will be Fr. Peter Philips from St. Mary of the Angels, Hooton.
OFFERTORY:
Loose Plate:£440.00
Planned Giving:£505.90
Average Weekly SOs£506.00
Donations:Coffee Moring.£64.17
Thank you for your support.
UPTON CHURCHES PRAYER DIARY:
This week we pray for:
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Pray for the residents of Bache Drive, Dulas Court, Birch Rise, Long Lane and Mallard Court.•
For the ACF, Friendship Group, FM Group and Catholic Womens League.•
For all catering staff and those who make refreshments after the services.
CHESTER & ELLESMERE PORT SVP WALSINGHAM PILGRIMAGE 2012:
The pilgrimage will take place from Mon 16th to Thur 19th April. The cost (if 50 including driver travel) will be approx. £165 per person including coach travel, accommodation, meals in Walsingham and gratuities. For more details please contact Brian & Val Forrest (01244 318863)
FIRST SACRAMENTS ENROLMENT MASS:
On Sunday 20th November, Feast of Christ the King, the children in our Parish who are preparing to receive First Sacraments this school year will be enrolled at the 11.00 a.m. Mass. Please pray for the children and their families.
DIOCESAN YEAR OF PRAYER:
The Diocesan Year of Prayer with Mary comes to a close on Monday 21stNovember, the Feast of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. On that day Bishop Mark will be celebrating a special Mass at 12 noon in Shrewsbury Cathedral. Everyone is very welcome to attend the Mass.
FEASTS OF THE WEEK:
Tuesday is the feast day of St. Albert the Great, one of the great Doctors of the Church. Today he would be called a “polymath” – his interests covering physics, astronomy, chemistry and biology, human and animal physiology, geography, geology and botany. Born in Germany in 1206, he studied in Italy at the University of Padua and became a leading figure in the early days of the Dominicans. Thomas Aquinas was one of his pupils. He was canonised in 1931 and named patron saint of students of the natural sciences.
Thursday is the feast day of St. Hilda (614 – 680), born in Northumbria at a time of great missionary movements that followed in the wake of Augustine’s arrival in England (597). Hilda was related to the Anglo Saxon royal families that ruled over both Northumbria and East Anglia. She became a nun at the age of 33 and was Abbess of Hartlepool before moving on to her main life’s work, founding and developing Whitby Abbey as a very important seat of learning. Hilda hosted the famous Synod of Whitby, which met in 663/4 to consider and resolve a number of differences between the Roman and Celtic monastic traditions in the Church.
RACE NIGHT 18th NOVEMBER:
Friday, 18th November at 7.30 p.m. Chester CAFOD Support Group Race Night will be held at St. Werburgh’s Parish Centre, Brooke Street. Please come along and join in the fun. In the meantime, we are selling horses for £2.00. The owners of winning horses will win a bottle of fair trade wine. To buy your horse please contact Bernard Payne on 01244 350323 or Sue Bownas 01244 679270; when buying a horse we ask you to name it too, so do have a name ready!
PAGBILAO FIESTA IN THE UK:
On Saturday 19th November the Philippino Pagbilao Association UK will be holding their 6th UK Fiesta, at St Columba’s. This is an annual gathering attended by the Association to honour the Patron Saint of their home town (Pagbilao, Quezon), St Catherine of Alexandria. Members and guests will gather to celebrate and commemorate their town fiesta being held in the Philippines. They will join St Columba’s 9.15 morning mass which will be for the intention of their fiesta. Their celebrations will continue in the Church Hall throughout the day.
ST CATHERINE OF ALEXANDRIA:
From the tenth century onwards veneration for St. Catherine of Alexandria has been widespread in the Church of the East, and from the time of the Crusades this saint has been popular in the West, where many churches have been dedicated to her and her feast day kept with great solemnity, sometimes as a holy-day of obligation. She is listed as one of the Fourteen Holy Helpers of mankind among the saints in Heaven; she is the patroness of young women, philosophers, preachers, theologians, wheelwrights, millers, and other workingmen. She was said to have appeared with Our Lady to St. Dominic and to Blessed Reginald of Orleans; the Dominicans adopted her as their special protectress. Hers was one of the heavenly voices heard by St. Joan of Arc.
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS & READERS ROTA: Please collect from front porch. E-mails will be sent if addresses known.
CAFOD:
Saturday, 19th November 11a.m. – CAFOD Shrewsbury Memorial Mass will be offered at St Werburgh’s Birkenhead, CH41 2XZ for all those who have gone before us and whose values, generosity and commitment have influenced our lives. We will especially be remembering all those who have worked to promote and support CAFOD during the last 50 years. Do join us in prayer and reflection if you can; light refreshments will be served after Mass.If you wish to have someone included in our Remembrance Book, slips are available for you to provide details, or contact Sue and Liz on shrewsbury
AUTUMN FAYRE – SUNDAY 20THNOV:
St Columba’s annual Autumn Fayre will be held on Sunday the 20th November. Please come along and enjoy Hot Dogs, Home Made Soups, Cake Stall and of course the world famous Bottle Tombola. Please leave any bottle donations for the Tombola in the Church Office thank you. Any donations of cakes can also be made on the morning.
SVP CHRISTMAS OUTING:
This will be on 7th December 2011, and we will go to the Yacht Inn on Parkgate Road for lunch and then on to Gordale Garden Centre for a couple of hours for you to look around and maybe buy Christmas Presents. If you know of anyone who is housebound or unable to get out please let any member of SVP know or phone Margaret Allmark 01244 399264.
PASTORAL COUNCIL:
The next meeting of St. Columba’s Pastoral Council will be at 7.30 p.m. on Monday, 14th November in the Parish Office.
RED MISSION BOXES:
Please leave you Red Mission Box in the Sacristy for Margaret Curtis (318424) to collect. If you wish to Gift Aid, sellotape a message to your box. You can collect your box from the rear porch.
NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER:
This will be compiled by Alison Wrigglesworth
Email: alison.wrigglesworth
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.
Please take your Newsletter home and use it for reference and prayer during the week.
Current and past issues of the Newsletter can be seen on the Parish website:www.stcolumbachester.org.uk
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL THEME AND PRAYER FOR THE WEEK:
AntiBullying Week
Father, help me to treat everybody I meet today with dignity and respect,especially the people
I find difficult to get on with.
Help me to see the face of Christ in others and avoid any temptation to say or do anything which may hurt them. Amen.
HANDEL’S MESSIAH:
Chester Music Society Choir and the Liverpool Sinfonia Orchestra will be performing this enduringly popular work on Saturday 19th November in Chester Cathedral, at 7.30 p.m. Tickets are £6 to £17, available by phoning07805 475816.
