ST. COLUMBA’S
1 Newhall Road, Plas Newton, Chester CH2 1SA
Part of Local Pastoral Area 11, Chester & District,
Diocese of Shrewsbury, Registered Charity 234025
Parish Priest: Fr. Russell Cooke:
Tel: 01244 400873 Fax: 01244 409407
E-mail: st.columba Website: www.stcolumbachester.org.uk
Deacon: Rev. Lawrence Hordley: Tel: 01244 342048
Chester Hospitals’ Chaplaincy Tel: 01244 364543, answer phone available
Please see pamphlets in Church Porches for more details
PENTECOST SUNDAY
SUNDAY 27thMAY 2012
MASS TIMES:INTENTIONS:
Saturday Vigil Mass: 7.15 p.m.Edmund O’Gorman A.
Sunday: 9.15 a.m.Therese Hinde
11.00 a.m. Jose Fina Barbon
Monday: 9.15 p.m. Special Intention PPJ.
Tuesday: 9.15 a.m.Bernard Wilkinson A.
Wednesday: 9.15 a.m.Norma O’Leary
REQUIEM 2.00 p.m.David Alan Beatty
Thursday: 9.15 a.m.Gerard McCarthy A.
Friday: 9.15 a.m.Betty Gratrick (ill)
Saturday: 9.15 a.m.Kitty Maloney RIP
Saturday Vigil Mass: 7.15 p.m.Jos Poels (ill)
Sunday: 9.15 a.m.Special Intention
11.00 a.m.The Parish
MORNING PRAYER:
9.00 a.m. in the Sacristy Office, except on Wednesday, when Novena prayers are held at 9.15 a.m. before Mass commences.
BAPTISMS:
By appointment with Fr. Cooke. After speaking to Fr. Cooke, it is important that parents contact our Baptism Co-ordinator, 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.
LATELY DEAD:
Please remember in your prayers David Alan Beatty. His requiem is onWednesday 30th May, 2.00 p.m. at St Columba’s. Please pray also for his wife Cynthia, and his daughters Sarah, Kirsten and Paula and their families.
Please also remember in your prayers Fr. Gerald Courell who was parish priest at St. Winefride’s Neston, and Kitty Maloney.
ANNIVERSARIES:
Please remember in your prayers:
Agnes Harvey, Catherine Carney, Florence Beryl Fairhead, Bernard Patrick McGuiness, Llewellyn Trevor Pickmere, Ned O’Gorman, Thomas Boyle,Geoffrey Alan Wilding, William Butler-Langford, Kathleen Amelia Swinton,Ann Cooper, Mary Teresa Hinde, William Ward McGlown, Arthur May, Angela Lennon, Linda Lumley, Veronica Carr, James Edward Casman, Alba Martin,Bernard Joseph Wilkinson, Ernest Gordon George Kirk, Dorothy Davies,Catherine Ryan, William Nash, Kathleen Nancy Wood, Winifride McDonald,Margaret Lewis, Thomas James Croghan, Andrew McRoberts, Felix Wilkinson,Donal Murphy, Margaret Banks, Bill Sweeney, Nancy Joan Woods
OFFERTORY:
Loose Plate:£568.30
Planned Giving:£415.20
Average Weekly Standing Orders:£556.00
Thank you for your generous support.
SVP MONTHLY COLLECTION:
The SVP collection this month amounted to £251.48. Thank you for your continued support.
UPTON CHURCHES PRAYER DIARY:
This week we pray for:
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The residents of Newry Park, Grange Road and Eversley Park.•
For vocations to the Ministry, Foundations for Ministry, and those in current raining.•
For all lay people in their varied ministries in our churches.
FEAST OF THE WEEK: VISITATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY:
The feast on Thursday 31st May celebrates Mary’s visit to her cousin Elizabeth, as told in Luke’s Gospel, and her example of faith in God’s word and sensitivity to the Spirit.
EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS AND READERS ROTA:
Please collect a copy of the new Rota from the front porch. Carol wishes toremind everyone that should they not be available on the day specified, that theyfind a replacement.
MISSION TODAY:
The Summer issue of the magazine Mission Today can be collected from the front or rear porches of the church.
COFFEE AFTER MASS:
Tea and coffee is served in the Hall after both the Sunday morning Masses. All are very welcome.
BISHOP MARK:
Bishop Mark has re-arranged his Visitation to St. Columba’s and we welcome him to the parish today, Pentecost Sunday, at the two morning Masses. We pray that the Holy Spirit will guide him in his work in our Diocese.
FIRST HOLY COMMUNIONS:
This Sunday our last group of children are making their First Holy Communions with their families at the 11.00 a.m. Mass. We congratulate Katie Connolly, Ethan Kearney and Alexander Mosquera. All the chidren will come together for the Parish Thanksgiving Mass on Sunday 1st July at 11.00 a.m. Please continue to pray for them at this special time.
CONFIRMATION:
If you wish to be Confirmed later this year, please sign up for the preparation programme. The list is in the front porch. If you wish to be Confirmed it is important that you take part fully in the preparation programme. If you’re not sure about being Confirmed, why not come to the first few sessions and then decide? For more information phone Denise Lusk on 379742 or Paul Wrigglesworth on 382457.
SCHOOL FOUNDATION GOVERNORS NEEDED:
Our Catholic Schools need Foundation Governors. Every four years the Diocese needs to find new governors for our Catholic Schools to replace foundation governors who are coming to the end of their term of office. Foundation governors are practising Catholics who are willing to give up some their own time to be school governors. In addition to the recent Diocesan events we have organised our own information evening here in Chester for anyone who would be interested in finding out more. Speakers will include John McCann from the Diocese, and governors from our primary schools and the High School will be there to talk about their experience.
St. Theresa’s Primary School; 7.15 for 7.30pm on Wednesday 23rd May
DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES:
July 24th /25th – July 31st 2012
All air and train places are now fully booked so we regret we are unable to accept any further bookings. If you wish to apply, your booking form will be acknowledged and retained on a first come, first served waiting list, pending cancellations.Details can be found at www.shrewsburypilgrimage.co.uk or phone 07773 324264.
PARISH BUILDINGS COMMITTEE:
As many of you are aware, the sound system in church was not working last week-end. The problem was not with the sound system itself but was the result of work done by electrical contractors whom the Diocese had sent in to attend to various matters identified in their survey last year. The contractors inadvertently put the system out of action. They are still working in the church this week and assure us that the problem will be rectified for the week-end.
pauline.rourke; leech2000
SOCIAL ACTIVITIES COMMITTEE:
Dates for your diary:
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Sunday 10th June BBQ to celebrate the feast of St Columba after 11.00 o’clock Mass, outside the Church Hall.•
Friday 27th July Trip to York and a visit to the Bar Convent.
Details of the Bar Convent Museum, York, can be found in the front and back porches of the church or at: www.bar-convent.org.uk
CHURCH HALL BOOKINGS:
St. Columba’s Church Hall is available to be booked for gatherings and parties, in the daytime or evenings. For hall enquiries and bookings please contact Kate and Simon Muddiman on columbashallbookings
HEALTH EVENING:
Friday June 22nd, 7.30p.m., 50 Free tickets!!!
Health Evening at St. Columba’s Church Hall in aid of the Academy of Culinary Arts Adopt a School Charity.
Cookery demonstrations, talks on health products. Many stalls: local health produce, health and beauty products, local sports stands, Yog Art (fat-free frozen yogurt), and much more!
Limited free tickets available, so book yours now! Tickets are £3 when all free ones have gone; available from Kate Muddiman on columbashallbookings
NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER:
This will be compiled by Muriel Green
Tel: 01244 383836
Email: muriel.green
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.
THE CATHOLIC PARISH OF ST COLUMBA AND ST THERESA, CHESTER 