The month of August is dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary

NINETEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

10 August 2025

Sat 9 Aug
St. Theresa’s	5.00pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Enid Mason
Sun 10 Aug
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Nicola Lewis’s Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Carol & Mark Traynor
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite
Mon 11 Aug			St Clare, V. Mem.
St. Theresa’s			Priests’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	10.30am		Anne Patey RIP
Tue 12 Aug
St. Theresa’s			Special Intentions
St. Columba’s			Parishioners’ Intentions
Wed 13 Aug
St. Theresa’s			All those receiving exam results
St. Columba’s	9.30am		Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
	10.15am		Novena Prayers
	10.30am		Enid Mason
Thu 14 Aug			St Maximilian Mary Kolbe, P, M. Mem.
St. Theresa’s			Margaret Murray RIP
St. Columba’s	7.00pm Vigil Mass		Ian Bullough RIP The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Fri 15 Aug			The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary. Solemn. Holyday of Obligation
St. Theresa’s	10.00am		Roy Gent RIP
St. Columba’s			The Parish
Sat 16 Aug
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Community Mass
	5.00pm		Joe Blundell RIP
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Avondale Williams
Sun 17 Aug
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		David Mark McLoughin RIP (AM)
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite

LIVE STREAMING OF MASS
Mass will be streamed at St Theresa’s on Sunday 10 August at 9a.m.
Cover is needed at St Columba’s for occasions when Tim is unavailable. (St Theresa’s have a volunteer) The only requirement is you need to have an iPhone. If you would be willing to help with this, please contact one of the church offices. Thank you.
www.facebook.com/thecatholicparishofstcolumbaandsttheresa

RECENTLY DECEASED
Please remember in your prayers: Mary Ibel and Anthony Walsh. Anthony (Tony) Walsh’s Requiem Mass is on Tuesday 19 August at 12pm at St Columba’s.
May the Lord console their families and friends. 

ANNIVERSARIES
Michael Paziuk, Margaret Mary Murray, Roy Gent.

MASS INTENTIONS (ST THERESA’S)
If you would like a Mass saying, please put the name of the person the Mass is for and the date you would like it in an envelope along with the donation.  Please also put your name and a telephone number so that we can contact you if the date you requested is unavailable.  Thank You.

POPE’S AUGUST PRAYER INTENTIONS
For mutual coexistence. Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons. 

CONFESSIONS
There will be Confessions after each weekday Mass until 11.30a.m.
St Columba’s: From 6p.m. before the 6.30p.m. Saturday evening Mass.
St Theresa’s: From 4.30p.m. before 5p.m. Saturday evening Mass.

WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS AND FUNERALS
Please contact one of the Parish Offices to make your arrangements. 

FR WILLIAM
Fr William will be away until the end of August. We hope he has a well-earned rest.

PARISH OFFERTORY
Loose Plate: £558.30; Planned Giving: £211.35; Average weekly SO £718.15. Candles: £27.43.  
Apostleship of the Sea collection: St Theresa’s: £146.40, St Columba’s: £225
Thank you for your generosity.

PRAYING TOGETHER

• Pray for the residents of Caughall Road, Acorn Court, The Acorns, Rosedene Close, Endsleigh Gardens, Endsleigh Close, Venable’s Road, St Chad’s Road, Church Hall Close and Cedar Mews.
• For the PCC Members, Elders and all who hold Office in the Church.
• For strong leadership by those elected and appointed.

ST COLUMBA’S OFFICE
There will be a change of the office hours at St Columba’s from 8.00am to 2.15pm, Monday to Thursday. Office will be closed: 13-14 and 21 August and 1 September. When the office is closed, urgent matters will be dealt with through the kind services of Carol Galvin, Monday to Friday 9.00a.m to 12.00pm.

ST COLUMBA’S COFFEE ROTA
The coffee rota is on the noticeboard in St Columba’s Hall. Just write your name, charity and phone number on the calendar. If you can’t access the hall, leave a message on Margaret Curtis’s answerphone on 01244 318424 with your name and date(s) and she will add you to the rota.
10 August      Lyn Coyle, Friendship Group
17 August      volunteers please
24 August      volunteers please

FAITH EXPLORATION AND SHARING
For any parishioner not yet in full communion with the Church but interested in exploring a way to that, beginning in September the parish will be running the Sycamore course explaining the Catholic faith. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact deacon Lawrence for more details. If you know someone you think might be interested why not offer some words of encouragement.

READER WANTED
The next Upton Churches Fifth Sunday Service is at the United Reformed Church in Heath Road at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday 31 August.  We have been asked to deliver one of the Readings.  If you would like to do this, then please contact David Savage 01244 380626.

ST COLUMBA’S RED MISSION BOX HOLDERS
There are three Red Mission boxes collections during the year: March, July and November. To have your box emptied, please leave it in the sacristy before the end of July, then pick up your empty, relabelled box from the rear porch. 

ST THERESA’S RED BOXES
Please leave your boxes in the sacristy to be counted.  Thank you.

FISH AND CHIP BABIES KNITTING PROJECT
If you have any double-knitting wool to spare, we now need more for the babies in NE Africa. Please arrange to hand it to Margaret Curtis, thank you.

ST WERBURGH AND ST COLUMBA’S PRIMARY SCHOOL
St Werburgh’s and St Columba’s Catholic Primary School. Our much-loved Headteacher is due to retire in December 2025, and we are looking to appoint a new Headteacher for our happy, vibrant, and successful Primary school. The Governors are looking to appoint a committed and practicing Catholic, an ambitious, dynamic, and inspirational leader who has the vision to continue to drive the school forward. If you are interested in this position, please click here for more information and the application pack.  

ST. WERBURGH’S 150^th ANNIVERSARY
This will be celebrated in December this year. Details of events in the coming week are on the notice board in both churches.

PARISH YOUTUBE CHANNEL
The Pastoral Council would like to offer Mass live streamed on our YouTube channel.  To do this, at no cost to us, we need a minimum of 50 subscribers, we have 26 so far. We would be very grateful if parishioners could subscribe to the channel which can be found on YouTube as:  St Columba and Theresa RC Church Chester. Even if you are unlikely to use the service, please do subscribe to benefit others.

FOOD BANK DONATIONS – MORE NEEDED
Donated food is taken to the West Cheshire Foodbank at Ellesmere Port every fortnight. The warehouse is usually fairly full but recently the crates have been half empty. The volunteers confirmed that they have had to buy in supplies out of their limited resources. The donation receipt book shows our parish donation weighing 20.6 kgs but another entry showed that 403kgs of food had to be purchased at Costco. If you can, please give as generously as possible, especially UHT milk, Longlife juice, curry sauce, tinned spaghetti and chocolate A look at the Foodbank website (westcheshirefoodbank.org.uk) indicates where there is a need for particular items. Thank you so much. Your generosity makes all the difference.

VJ DAY SERVICE
Organised by Holy Trinity Church, on VJ Day, Friday 15 August at 9.30am there will be a short service of commemoration and prayers with wreath laying at the war memorial in Blacon Cemetery.  The Lord Mayor will be attending.  All are welcome.

ST COLUMBA’S CHURCH & HALL BOOKINGS
To arrange meetings etc. in either the Church, Newman Room, or the Iona Chapel, please book through Magdalena Bukowska, St. Columba’s Church Office, phone: 01244 624019, email: stcolumbaschurch2016@outlook.com. Office hours Monday to Thursday 8a.m. to 2.15p.m.
Hall availability can be checked by looking at St Columba’s Church website – section for Church Hall gives a calendar of events in the Hall. Then contact Magdalena Bukowska on 01244 624019 for enquires within the office hours stated above or email columbashallbookings@gmail.com to arrange booking.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“We have a saying in Tibet: If a problem can be solved, there is no use worrying about it. If it can’t be solved, worrying will do no good.” – Heinrich Harrer

PARISH WEBSITE
If anyone has an item that they would like to have on the website, please contact Lyn Coyle, who is the parish liaison with the website manager. These items must be about parish-based events or information. marilyn.coyle44@gmail.com

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH
If you are NEW TO THE PARISH, please complete a Parish Registration Form and send (or bring) it to either parish office to let us know that you are here and enable us to welcome you. Forms can be found in the front porches of both churches and on the website: www.sscolumbaandtheresa.co.uk under the “I’m New” tab. Thank you.

MARRIAGE HELP
Retrouvaille helps couples find hope and healing for their marriage. Next date: 17-19 Oct. www.retrouvaille.org.uk Tel: 0788 7296983

SUNSET CAFÉ PROJECT
Chester Townhouse, the Hospitality Hero and Soul Kitchen Chester have launched the Sunset Cafe inside the Chester Townhouse Hotel, Lower Bridge Street from 11a.m. to 3p.m. every Friday until the end of September. This is a live training cafe aiming to educate, train and support individuals stepping back into employment. We would be delighted if any parishioners or visitors in town on a Friday were able to visit the cafe to support this project.

SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Cheshire libraries are worth looking at, with the summer reading challenge, family games, story club and plenty of other  activities https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/libraries/events.
Also check out the Cheshire West and Chester Council web site for further activities and availability as well as Edsential for holiday activities and food programme https://edsential.com/haf/

WIN A TRIP TO MEDJUGORJE
Medjugorje Irish Centre Free Prize draw. Prize for one person includes 7 nights B&B, return airport transfer and flights up to €300. To enter go to prize draw page on
Website: www.med-irishcentre.com
Tel. 07860 465386
Email reservations@med-irishcentre.com
WhatsApp No: 00387 63 630 604

NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER
Sunday 17 August edition will be compiled by Eileen Irwin Phone: 01244 371660 or email: st.theresas@btinternet.com. Please include a phone number in case of queries, and please ensure that notices are also emailed to st.theresas@btinternet.com or phoned to the compiler by 9.00 a.m. on WEDNESDAY 13 AUGUST 2025

The month of August is dedicated to The Immaculate Heart of Mary

EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

3 AUGUST 2025

Sat 2 Aug
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Community Mass
	5.00pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
Sun 3 Aug
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Alan Parry’s Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Parishioners’ Intentions
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite
Mon 4 Aug
St. Theresa’s			Margaret Vernon RIP
St. Columba’s	10.30am		Parishioners’ Intentions
Tue 5 Aug
St. Theresa’s			Priests’ Intentions
St. Columba’s			Parishioners’ Intentions
Wed 6 Aug
St. Theresa’s			Special Intentions
St. Columba’s	9.30am		Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
	10.15am		Novena Prayers
	10.30am		Graham Leech RIP
Thu 7 Aug
St. Theresa’s			Eileen Map’s Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Romica Mihalache
Fri 8 Aug
St. Theresa’s	10.00am		Margaret Rogers RIP
St. Columba’s			Parishioners’ Intentions
Sat 9 Aug
St. Theresa’s	5.00pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Enid Mason RIP
Sun 10 Aug
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Nicola Lewis’s Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Carol & Mark Traynor
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite

RECENTLY DECEASED
Please remember in your prayers: Enid Mason, Michael Pulham, Kay Daly, Karen Reid, Romica Mihalache, Anne Patey and Anthony Walsh. May the Lord console their family and friends. 

ANNIVERSARIES
George Kelly, Josephine Shanley, John Dunne.

MASS INTENTIONS (ST THERESA’S)
If you would like a Mass saying, please put the name of the person the Mass is for and the date you would like it in an envelope along with the donation.  Please also put your name and a telephone number so that we can contact you if the date you requested is unavailable.  Thank You.

POPE’S AUGUST PRAYER INTENTIONS
For mutual coexistence. Let us pray that societies where coexistence seems more difficult might not succumb to the temptation of confrontation for ethnic, political, religious or ideological reasons. 

CONFESSIONS
There will be Confessions after each weekday Mass until 11.30a.m.
St Columba’s: From 6p.m. before the 6.30p.m. Saturday evening Mass.
St Theresa’s: From 4.30p.m. before 5p.m. Saturday evening Mass.

WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS AND FUNERALS
Please contact one of the Parish Offices to make your arrangements. 

LIVE STREAMING OF MASS
Mass will be streamed at St Theresa’s on Sunday 3^rd August at 11.00a.m.
Cover is needed at St Columba’s for occasions when Tim is unavailable. (St Theresa’s have a volunteer) The only requirement is you need to have an iPhone. If you would be willing to help with this, please contact one of the church offices. Thank you.
www.facebook.com/thecatholicparishofstcolumbaandsttheresa

FR WILLIAM
Fr William will be away until the end of August. We hope he has a well-earned rest.

PARISH OFFERTORY
Loose Plate: £516.85; Planned Giving: £289.70; Average weekly SO £718.15. Candles: £38.07.
Peter’s Pence Collection (St Theresa’s): The Parish amount was £213.21.
Thank you for your generosity.

PRAYING TOGETHER
Pray for
* the residents of Acres Lane, Alwyn Gardens, Brooke Avenue, Rhuddlan Road, Carmel Close and Rose Close.
* the clergy of the Churches in Upton and for their congregations.

ST COLUMBA’S OFFICE
Office hours at St Columba’s:  8.00am to 2.15pm, Monday to Thursday. Office will be closed: 6-7, 13-14, 21 August and 1 September. When the office is closed, urgent matters will be dealt with through the kind services of Carol Galvin, Monday to Friday 9.00a.m to 12.00a.m.

ST COLUMBA’S COFFEE ROTA
The coffee rota is on the noticeboard in St Columba’s Hall. Just write your name, charity and phone number on the calendar. If you can’t access the hall, leave a message on Margaret Curtis’s answerphone on 01244 318424 with your name and date(s) and she will add you to the rota.
03 August      volunteers please
10 August      Lyn Coyle, Friendship Group
17 August      volunteers please

FAITH EXPLORATION AND SHARING
For any parishioner not yet in full communion with the Church but interested in exploring a way to that, beginning in September the parish will be running the Sycamore course explaining the Catholic faith. If you are interested in joining the group, please contact deacon Lawrence for more details. If you know someone you think might be interested, why not offer some words of encouragement.

READER WANTED
The next Upton Churches Fifth Sunday Service is at the United Reformed Church in Heath Road at 4.30 p.m. on Sunday 31 August.  We have been asked to deliver one of the Readings.  If you would like to do this, then please contact David Savage 01244 380626.

SUNSET CAFÉ PROJECT
Chester Townhouse, the Hospitality Hero and Soul Kitchen Chester have launched the Sunset Cafe inside the Chester Townhouse Hotel, Lower Bridge Street from 11a.m. to 3p.m. every Friday until the end of September. This is a live training cafe aiming to educate, train and support individuals stepping back into employment. We would be delighted if any parishioners or visitors in town on a Friday were able to visit the cafe to support this project.

ST COLUMBA’S RED MISSION BOX HOLDERS
There are three Red Mission boxes collections during the year: March, July and November. To have your box emptied, please leave it in the sacristy before the end of July, then pick up your empty, relabelled box from the rear porch. 

ST THERESA’S RED BOXES
Please leave your boxes in the sacristy to be counted.  Thank you.

FISH AND CHIP BABIES KNITTING PROJECT
If you have any double-knitting wool to spare, we now need more for the babies in NE Africa. Please arrange to hand it to Margaret Curtis, thank you.

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH
If you are NEW TO THE PARISH, please complete a Parish Registration Form and send (or bring) it to either parish office to let us know that you are here and enable us to welcome you. Forms can be found in the front porches of both churches and on the website https://sscolumbaandtheresa.co.uk/i-am-new/. Thank you.

ST. WERBURGH’S 150th ANNIVERSARY
This will be celebrated in December this year. Details of events in the coming week are on the notice board in both churches.

PARISH WEBSITE
If anyone has an item that they would like to have on the website, please contact Lyn Coyle, who is the parish liaison with the website manager. These items must be about parish-based events or information. marilyn.coyle44@gmail.com

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“You may not always have a comfortable life and you will not always be able to solve all of the world’s problems at once but don’t ever underestimate the importance you can have, because history has shown us that courage can be contagious, and hope can take on a life of its own.” — Michelle Obama

MARRIAGE HELP
Retrouvaille helps couples find hope and healing for their marriage. Next date: 17-19 Oct. www.retrouvaille.org.uk Tel: 0788 7296983

SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Cheshire libraries are worth looking at, with the summer reading challenge, family games, story club and plenty of other  activities https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/libraries/events

Also check out the Cheshire West and Chester Council web site for further activities and availability as well as Edsential for holiday activities and food programme https://edsential.com/haf/

LOURDES BY JUMBULANCE
Chester Across Group is going to Lourdes on 14-23 August. There are vacancies for sick and disabled pilgrims and for nurses and helpers. If you could help with a ‘wish list’ to support our assisted pilgrims, please follow this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/42FRNUVO3GUX?ref_=wl_share

For more information, please contact Tony Murphy on 07881-656-974 or tonymurphyefc2002@yahoo.co.uk

WIN A TRIP TO MEDJUGORJE
Medjugorje Irish Centre Free Prize draw. Prize for one person includes 7 nights B&B, return airport transfer and flights up to €300. To enter go to prize draw page on website www.med-irishcentre.com
Tel. 07860 465386
Email reservations@med-irishcentre.com
WhatsApp No: 00387 63 630 604
Website: www.med-irishcentre.com

CHILDREN’S ART COMPETITION: PILGRIMS OF HOPE
Thanks to Kevin Keegan for the photos of the amazing entries. You can see them on the parish website. Just click on the link on the Events slide of the banner headline. Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry. They were all great.
The winners were announced at the recent AGM and have now been presented with their prizes. Congratulations to:
Reception – Jayla
Year 1 – Mabel
Year 2 – Gertrude
Year 3 – Elsie and Ambrose
Year 4 – Abby and Alfie
Year 5 – Juliet
Year 7 – Isaac
The pictures will also be displayed on the school board at the front of St Columba’s and on the side walls in St Theresa’s.

ST COLUMBA’S CHURCH & HALL BOOKINGS
To arrange meetings etc. in either the Church, Newman Room, or the Iona Chapel, please book through Magdalena Bukowska, St. Columba’s Church Office, phone: 01244 624019, email: stcolumbaschurch2016@outlook.com. Office hours Monday to Thursday 8a.m. to 2.15p.m.
Hall availability can be checked by looking at St Columba’s Church website – section for Church Hall gives a calendar of events in the Hall. Then contact Magdalena Bukowska on 01244 624019 for enquires within the office hours stated above or email columbashallbookings@gmail.com to arrange booking.

NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER
Sunday 10 August edition will be compiled by Amy O’Donnell. Phone: 07854 290897, or email: amyod@hotmail.co.uk. Please include a phone number in case of queries, and please ensure that notices are also emailed to st.theresas@btinternet.com or phoned to the compiler by 9.00 a.m. on WEDNESDAY 6 AUGUST 2025

The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus

SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

27 JULY 2025

Sat 26 Jul
St. Theresa’s	5.00pm		Thomas Byrne
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
Sun 27 Jul
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Deacon Tom Coyle RIP
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Deacon Tom Coyle RIP
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite
Mon 28 Jul
St. Theresa’s			Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	10.30am		Michael Pulham RIP
Tue 29 Jul			Ss Mary, Martha and Lazarus. Mem.
St. Theresa’s			Joan Dale RIP
St. Columba’s			Parishioners’ Intentions
Wed 30 Jul
St. Theresa’s			Special Intention
St. Columba’s	9.30am		Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
	10.15am		Novena Prayers
	10.30am		Private Intention (CEC)
Thu 31 Jul			St Ignatius of Loyola, P. Mem.
St. Theresa’s			Priests’ Intentions
St. Columba’s			Priests’ Intentions
Fri 1 Aug			St Alphonsus Mary Liguori, B. D. Mem.
St. Theresa’s	10.00am		Karen Reid RIP
St. Columba’s			The Parish
Sat 2 Aug			Feast
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Community Mass
	5.00pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
Sun 3 Aug
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Alan Parry’s Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Parishioners’ Intentions
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite

LIVE STREAMING OF MASS
Mass will be streamed at St Theresa’s  on Sunday 27 July at 11.00am.
Cover is needed at St Columba’s for occasions when Tim is unavailable. (St Theresa’s have a volunteer) The only requirement is you need to have an iPhone. If you would be willing to help with this, please contact one of the church offices. Thank you.
www.facebook.com/thecatholicparishofstcolumbaandsttheresa

ANNIVERSARIES
Rev Tom Coyle, Margaret Watson, George Kelly

RECENTLY DECEASED
Please remember in your prayers: Enid Mason, Michael Pulham, Kay Daly,  Karen Reid and Anne Patey.  May the Lord console their family and friends. 

MASS INTENTIONS (St Theresa’s)
If you would like a Mass saying please put the name of the person the Mass is for and the date you would like it in an envelope along with the donation.  Please also put your name and a telephone number so that we can contact you if the date you requested is unavailable.  Thank You.

POPE’S JULY PRAYER INTENTIONS
For formation in discernment. Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.

FR WILLIAM
Fr William will be away until the end of August. We hope he has a well-earned rest.

CONFESSIONS
There will be Confessions after each weekday Mass until 11.30a.m.
St Columba’s: From 6p.m. before the 6.30p.m. Saturday evening Mass.
St Theresa’s: From 4.30p.m. before 5p.m. Saturday evening Mass.

WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS AND FUNERALS
Please contact one of the Parish Offices to make your arrangements. 

PARISH OFFERTORY
Loose Plate: £791.34; Planned Giving: £323; Average weekly SO £718.15. Candles: £64.52.
Peter’s Pence Collection: St Columba’s £148.40; St Theresa’s £64.81
Thank you for your generosity.

PRAYING TOGETHER

• Pray for the residents of Marina Drive, Cross Green, Chatsworth Drive, Cyman Close, Willan Road, Wemyss Road and Phillips Road.
• For Upton Amblers, Walkers Group, Trekkers and all who meet together for outdoor pursuits.

ST COLUMBA’S OFFICE
There will be a change of the office hours at St Columba’s from 14 July:  8.00am to 2.15pm, Monday to Thursday.
Office will be closed: 28-31 July, 6-7, 13-14 and 21 August and 1 September.  When the office is closed, urgent matters will be dealt with through the kind services of Carol Galvin, Monday to Friday 9.00 to 12.00.

ST COLUMBA’S COFFEE ROTA
The coffee rota is on the noticeboard in St Columba’s Hall. Just write your name, charity and phone number on the calendar. If you can’t access the hall, leave a message on Margaret Curtis’s answerphone on 01244 318424 with your name and date(s) and she will add you to the rota.
27 July          volunteers please 
03 August     volunteers please
10 August     volunteers please

ST COLUMBA’S RED MISSION BOX HOLDERS
There are three Red Mission boxes collections during the year: March, July and November. To have your box emptied, please leave it in the sacristy before the end of July, then pick up your empty, relabelled box from the rear porch. 

ST THERESA’S RED BOXES
Please leave your boxes in the sacristy to be counted.  Thank you.

OAKS
THANK YOU  to all helped with and supported last Sunday’s coffee morning.  We raised £200 for O.A.K.S. (Overseas Aid to the Kids from Sierra Leone).   OAKS recent newsletter can be seen on the Notice Board in the front porch.

FISH AND CHIP BABIES KNITTING PROJECT
If you have any four-ply wool to spare, we now need more for the babies in NE Africa. Please arrange to hand it to Margaret Curtis, thank you.

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH
If you are NEW TO THE PARISH, please complete a Parish Registration Form and send (or bring) it to either parish office to let us know that you are here and enable us to welcome you. Forms can be found in the front porches of both churches and on the website: www.sscolumbaandtheresa.co.uk under the “I’m New” tab. Thank you.

ST. WERBURGH’S 150th ANNIVERSARY
This will be celebrated in December this year. Details of events in the coming week are on the notice board in both churches.

PARISH WEBSITE
If anyone has an item that they would like to have on the website, please contact Lyn Coyle, who is the parish liaison with the website manager. These items must be about parish-based events or information. marilyn.coyle44@gmail.com

CHILDREN’S ART COMPETITION: PILGRIMS OF HOPE
Thanks to Kevin Keegan for the photos of the amazing entries. You can see them on the parish website. Just click on the link on the Events slide of the banner headline. Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry. They were all great.

The winners were announced at the AGM last Saturday and have now been presented with their prizes. Congratulations to:

Reception – Jayla, Year 1 – Mabel, Year 2 – Gertrude, Year 3 – Elsie and Ambrose, Year 4 – Abby and Alfie, Year 5 – Juliet and Year 7 – Isaac

The pictures will also be displayed on the school board at the front of St Columba’s and on the side walls in St Theresa’s.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
“The beginning is always today.” Mary Shelley 

SUMMER ACTIVITIES
Cheshire libraries are worth looking at, with the summer reading challenge, family games, story club and plenty of other  activities https://www.cheshirewestandchester.gov.uk/residents/libraries/events. Also check out the Cheshire West and Chester Council web site for further activities and availability as well as Edsential for holiday activities and food programme https://edsential.com/haf/

ST FRANCIS, CHESTER PARISH MISSION: JULY 2025
Fri 25 at 7.00 pm: Meet the Missionaries
Sat 26 at 10.30 am: Healing Talk and Ministry
Sat 26 at 7.30 pm: Worship Talk and Ministry
Mon 28 at 7.00 pm: Exploring Faith Live
Tue 29 at 6.30 pm: Taizé Prayer Service
Thu 31 at 10.00 am: Children’s Mission
Thu 31 at 6.30 pm: International Food
Everyone warmly welcome at all events!

DIOCESAN JUBILEE PILGRIMAGE
This week 430 pilgrims will be on our Diocesan Jubilee Pilgrimage to Lourdes with the theme ‘With Mary, Pilgrims of Hope’.   Services available to watch on Lourdes TV via www.lourdes-france.com include the International Mass at 8.30am UK Time on Sunday 27 July, and the Mass at the Grotto at 9am UK time on Monday 28 July.  Our group will participate in both.  We will be praying for you, please pray for us.

LOURDES BY JUMBULANCE
Chester Across Group is going to Lourdes on 14th to 23rd August. There are vacancies for sick and disabled pilgrims and for nurses and helpers. If you could help with a ‘wish list’ to support our assisted pilgrims please follow this link. For more information, please contact Tony Murphy on 07881-656-974 or tonymurphyefc2002@yahoo.co.uk

WIN A TRIP TO MEDJUGORJE
Medjugorje Irish Centre Free Prize draw. Prize for one person includes 7 nights B&B, return airport transfer and flights up to €300.To enter go to prize draw page on website www.med-irishcentre.com
Tel. 07860 465386
Email reservations@med-irishcentre.com
WhatsApp No: 00387 63 630 604
Website: www.med-irishcentre.com

ST COLUMBA’S CHURCH & HALL BOOKINGS
To arrange meetings etc. in either the Church, Newman Room, or the Iona Chapel, please book through Magdalena Bukowska, St. Columba’s Church Office, phone: 01244 624019, email: stcolumbaschurch2016@outlook.com. Office hours Monday to Thursday 8a.m. to 2.15p.m.
Hall availability can be checked by looking at St Columba’s Church website – section for Church Hall gives a calendar of events in the Hall. Then contact Magdalena Bukowska on 01244 624019 for enquires within the office hours stated above or email columbashallbookings@gmail.com to arrange booking.

NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER
Sunday 3 August edition will be compiled by Rebecca Vaughan, phone: 01244 318632 or email: rebecca_vghn@yahoo.co.uk. Please include a phone number in case of queries, and please ensure that notices are also emailed to st.theresas@btinternet.com or phoned to the compiler by 9.00 a.m. on WEDNESDAY 30 JULY 2025.

The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus

SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

20 JULY 2025

Sat 5 Jul
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Community Mass
	5.00pm		Angela McDevitt
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Fr Sebastian Kluwak
Sun 6 Jul
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Dorothy Jeffs RIP
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Dorothy Jeffs RIP
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite
Mon 7 Jul
St. Theresa’s			Alan Parry’s Intentions
St. Columba’s	10.30am		Parishioners’ Intentions
Tue 8 Jul			St Mary Magdalene
St. Theresa’s			Anne McCarthy RIP 100th birthday anniversary
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Requiem Mass for Dorothy Gladys Jeffs
Wed 9 Jul			St Bridget, R.Patron of Europe Day of Special Prayer for Europe
St. Theresa’s			Kath Smith RIP
St. Columba’s	9.30am		Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
	10.15am		Novena Prayers
	10.30am		Stuart Marnoch RIP
Thu 10 Jul
St. Theresa’s			Priests’ Intentions
St. Columba’s			Priests’ Intentions
Fri 11 Jul
St. Theresa’s	10.00am		Mary Walsh RIP
St. Columba’s			The Parish
Sat 12 Jul			St Joachim & Ann, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
St. Theresa’s	5.00pm		Thomas Byrne RIP
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Parishioners’ Intentions
Sun 13 Jul
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Deacon Tom Coyle RIP
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Deacon Tom Coyle RIP
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite

LIVE STREAMING OF MASS
Mass will be streamed at St Theresa’s  on Sunday 20 July at 11.00am.
Cover is needed at St Columba’s for occasions when Tim is unavailable. (St Theresa’s have a volunteer) The only requirement is you need to have an iPhone. If you would be willing to help with this, please contact one of the church offices. Thank you.
www.facebook.com/thecatholicparishofstcolumbaandsttheresa

RECENTLY DECEASED
Please remember in your prayers, Michael Pulham, Dorothy Gladys Jeffs, Kay Daly & Karen Reid. May the Lord console their family and friends.  Dorothy Jeffs Requiem Mass will be held at St Columba’s on Tuesday 22 July at 11am.

ANNIVERSARIES
Adrienne Rosina Davis, Winifred Meakin, Mary Walsh, Thomas Byrne and Rev Tom Coyle.

POPE’S JULY PRAYER INTENTIONS
For formation in discernment. Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel.

CONFESSIONS
There will be Confessions after each weekday Mass until 11.30a.m.
St Columba’s: From 6p.m. before the 6.30p.m. Saturday evening Mass.
St Theresa’s: From 4.30p.m. before 5p.m. Saturday evening Mass.

WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS AND FUNERALS
Please contact one of the Parish Offices to make your arrangements. 

FR WILLIAM
Fr William will be away until the end of August. We hope he has a well-earned rest.

PARISH OFFERTORY
Loose Plate: £580.86; Planned Giving: £669.68; Average weekly SO £718.15. Candles: £TBC.
Thank you for your generosity.

PRAYING TOGETHER
Pray for
* the residents of Keswick Close, Stanton Drive, Caldy Close, Dyserth Road, Cadnant Close, Aberdaron Drive and Cemlyn Close
the Army Chaplain and all at the Dale Camp, the work of the Armed Forces, the soldiers and their families.

ST COLUMBA’S OFFICE
There will be a change of the office hours at St Columba’s from 14 July:  8.00am to 2.15pm, Monday to Thursday. Office will be closed: 28-31 July, 6-7, 13-14 and 21 August and 1 September.

CHURCHES TOGETHER IN UPTON
At a recent committee meeting, members wished to thank the congregation of St. Columba’s Church for their continued support of events organised by Churches Together in Upton.

ST COLUMBA’S COFFEE ROTA
The coffee rota is on the noticeboard in St Columba’s Hall. Just write your name, charity and phone number on the calendar. If you can’t access the hall, leave a message on Margaret Curtis’s answerphone on 01244 318424 with your name and date(s) and she will add you to the rota.
20 July – volunteers please 
27 July – volunteers please 
03 August – volunteers please

ANNUAL SUMMER PARISH COACH TRIP
On Thurs 24 July we have a coach booked to LEEDS, cost £15. Leaving 8:45 from St Columba’s and 9am from St Theresa’s. Read poster in your church porch for details. Sign-up sheets are in the front porches. Please pay Margaret Curtis 01244 318424 as soon as possible. 

ST COLUMBA’S RED MISSION BOX HOLDERS
There are three Red Mission boxes collections during the year: March, July and November. To have your box emptied, please leave it in the sacristy before the end of July, then pick up your empty, relabelled box from the rear porch. 

FISH AND CHIP BABIES KNITTING PROJECT
If you have any four-ply wool to spare, we now need more for the babies in NE Africa. Please arrange to hand it to Margaret Curtis, thank you.

CAFOD – CANCEL THE DEBT
In this Jubilee year, CAFOD is working with our sister Caritas organisations around the world to call for urgent action on the global debt crisis. Please sign the worldwide Church petition located in the church porches. Thank you to those who have already signed. The petition sheets will be left out for the next  week.

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH
If you are NEW TO THE PARISH, please complete a Parish Registration Form and send (or bring) it to either parish office to let us know that you are here and enable us to welcome you. Forms can be found in the front porches of both churches and on the website https://sscolumbaandtheresa.co.uk/i-am-new/. Thank you.

NEEDLES & PINS – Wed 23 July
Everyone is invited to this friendly and welcoming needlecraft group in the Newman  Room, between 2:00-4:00pm every fourth Wednesday of the month. Hope to see you.

PASTORAL COUNCIL MINUTES
Please note that all Minutes of Pastoral Council meetings are published on the website once they have been approved by the meeting. The latest Minutes have just been published.

ST THERESA’S RED BOXES
Please leave your boxes in the sacristy to be counted.  Thank you.

ST. WERBURGH’S 150th ANNIVERSARY
This will be celebrated in December this year. Details of events in the coming week are on the notice board in both churches.

LOURDES BY JUMBULANCE
Chester Across Group is going to Lourdes on 14 to 23 August. There are vacancies for sick and disabled pilgrims and for nurses and helpers. If you could help with a ‘wish list’ to support our assisted pilgrims please follow this link. For more information, please contact Tony Murphy on 07881-656-974 or tonymurphyefc2002@yahoo.co.uk

FEAST OF ST. JAMES
“Please pray and fast for the end of abortion and euthanasia on Thursday 24 July, the Vigil of the Feast of St James. These days seem quite dark, what with Parliament voting to partly decriminalise abortion and voting to legalise euthanasia. Please invite others to join us in praying and fasting for life, you can do so with this link, https://www.facebook.com/events/1419157822872567”

WIN A TRIP TO MEDJUGORJE
Medjugorje Irish Centre Free Prize draw. Prize for one person includes 7 nights B&B, return airport transfer and flights up to €300.To enter go to prize draw page on website www.med-irishcentre.com.
Tel. 07860 465386
Email reservations@med-irishcentre.com
WhatsApp No: 00387 63 630 604
Website: www.med-irishcentre.com

GK CHESTERTON Pilgrimage
“The 15th Annual GK Chesterton Pilgrimage that will take place on Saturday 26 July 2025. As always there are several ways you can join in, either in prayer, or by joining us in walking a short section of the pilgrimage or even in walking the whole 27 miles! To be involved you can; Sponsor Nathanael as he raises funds for Good Counsel’s life-saving work; https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-mothers-and-babies-with-the-gk-chesterton-pilgrimage.  Send prayer intentions for us to pray for along the way, we will not make the intentions public; catholicgkcsociety@yahoo.co.uk and find other details of the walk and the Mass here, https://www.facebook.com/events/1675870979701803”

ST COLUMBA’S CHURCH & HALL BOOKINGS
To arrange meetings etc. in either the Church, Newman Room, or the Iona Chapel, please book through Magdalena Bukowska, St. Columba’s Church Office, phone: 01244 624019, email: stcolumbaschurch2016@outlook.com. Office hours Monday to Thursday 8a.m. to 2.15p.m.
Hall availability can be checked by looking at St Columba’s Church website – section for Church Hall gives a calendar of events in the Hall. Then contact Magdalena Bukowska on 01244 624019 for enquires within the office hours stated above or email columbashallbookings@gmail.com to arrange booking.

NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER
Sunday 27 July edition will be compiled by Muriel Green. Phone: 01244 383836 or email: muriel.green1@btinternet.com.  Please include a phone number in case of queries, and please ensure that notices are also emailed to st.theresas@btinternet.com or phoned to the compiler by 9.00 a.m. on WEDNESDAY 23  JULY 2025

The month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood of Jesus

FIFTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME

13 JULY 2025

Sat 12 Jul
St. Theresa’s	5.00pm		Polly Rowlands
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Doreen Byrne RIP
Sun 13 Jul			Day of Special Prayer for Seafarers
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Eileen Vickers RIP
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite
Mon 14 Jul
St. Theresa’s			Special Intentions
St. Columba’s	10.30am		Magdalena & Tomasz Bukowski
Tue 15 Jul			St Bonaventure, B, D. Mem
St. Theresa’s	.		Priests’ Intentions
St. Columba’s			Parishioners’ Intentions
Wed 16 Jul
St. Theresa’s			Private Intentions
St. Columba’s	9.30am		Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
	10.15am		Novena Prayers
	10.30am		Zamirski Family
Thu 17 Jul
St. Theresa’s	9.30a.m.		St Theresa’s School Leavers’ Mass
St. Columba’s			Priests’ Intentions
Fri 18 Jul
St. Theresa’s	10.00am		Eileen Mapp’s Intentions
St. Columba’s			Paula Graham
Sat 19 Jul
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Malankara Jacobite Syriac Orthodox Community Mass
	5.00pm		Angela McDevitt
St. Columba’s	6.30pm		Fr Sebastian Kluwak
Sun 20 Jul
St. Theresa’s	9.30am		Parishioners’ Intentions
St. Columba’s	11.00am		Parishioners’ Intentions
	2.00pm		Kerala Catholic Community Mass in Syro-Malabar Rite

LIVE STREAMING OF MASS
Mass will be streamed at St Columba’s on Sunday 13 July at 11.00am.
Cover is needed at St Columba’s for occasions when Tim is unavailable. (St Theresa’s have a volunteer) The only requirement is you need to have an iPhone. If you would be willing to help with this, please contact one of the church offices. Thank you.
www.facebook.com/thecatholicparishofstcolumbaandsttheresa

POPE’S JULY PRAYER INTENTIONS
For formation in discernment. Let us pray that we might again learn how to discern, to know how to choose paths of life and reject everything that leads us away from Christ and the Gospel. 

RECENTLY DECEASED
Please remember in your prayers Dorothy Gladys Jeffs. May the Lord console her family and friends. Her Requiem Mass will be held at St Columba’s on 22 July at 11.00am following by the burial at Blacon Cemetery at 12.30pm.

ANNIVERSARIES
Evelyn Jean Catherine Broadbent, Adrienne Rosina Davis, Winifred Meakin.

CONFESSIONS
There will be Confessions after each weekday Mass until 11.30a.m.
St Columba’s: From 6p.m. before the 6.30p.m. Saturday evening Mass.
St Theresa’s: From 4.30p.m. before 5p.m. Saturday evening Mass.

WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS AND FUNERALS
Please contact one of the Parish Offices to make your arrangements. 

SCHOOL LEAVERS MASS-St Theresa’s
On Thursday 17 September, there will be a Mass for those leaving St Theresa’s Primary school and moving on to High School in September.   All welcome.

PARISH OFFERTORY
Loose Plate: £450.15; Planned Giving: £265.25; Average weekly SO £718.15. Candles: £TBC.
Thank you for your generosity.

FR WILLIAM
Fr William will be away until the end of August. We hope he has a well-earned rest.

DAY OF SPECIAL PRAYER FOR SEAFARERS
There will be a retiring collection this weekend for Seafarers. (Apostleship of the Sea)

PRAYING TOGETHER
Pray for

• the residents of The Croft, Kirby Close, Ambleside, Dinas Close, Tregele Close, Caernarfon Grove, Conway Grove and Beaumaris Grove.
• all who are baptised in our Churches and their families and for the support given to them.
• all who help or attend creches.

ST COLUMBA’S OFFICE
There will be a change of the office hours at St Columba’s from 14 July:  8.00am to 2.15pm, Monday to Thursday. Office will be closed: 28-31 July, 6-7, 13-14 and 21 August and 1 September.

ST COLUMBA’S COFFEE ROTA
The coffee rota is on the noticeboard in St Columba’s Hall. Just write your name, charity and phone number on the calendar. If you can’t access the hall, leave a message on Margaret Curtis’s answerphone on 01244 318424 with your name and date(s) and she will add you to the rota.
13 July – Chris and Elizabeth, Parish
20 July – volunteers please 
27 July – volunteers please 

CHURCH NEWS: Pope Leo: Hunger must not be used as a weapon of war
Pope Leo XIV sent a message to participants as the FAO (United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation) marked its 80^th anniversary of its founding to combat food insecurity and malnutrition. He said the Church supports all efforts to end the “scandal of global hunger”, recalling Jesus’ care to feed the crowds who had come to hear Him speak.

“We realise that the true miracle accomplished by Christ was to show that the key to defeating hunger lies more in sharing than in greedily hoarding,” Many people still suffer cruelly and yearn for their needs to be met, as hunger and malnutrition continue despite the excess production in certain parts of the world.

“We are now witnessing, with deep sorrow, the inhumane use of hunger as a weapon of war…Starving civilian populations is a very cheap way to wage war.”

“Political crises, armed conflicts, and economic disruptions play a central role in worsening the food crisis…They hinder humanitarian aid, undermine local agricultural production, and deprive people not only of access to food, but also of the right to live a life of dignity and opportunity. Selfishness and indifference must be set aside on behalf of dialogue and mutual understanding, so that peace and stability allow societies to build resilient agrifood systems.”

ALL PARISHIONERS ARE INVITED TO ATTEND
THE PASTORAL COUNCIL ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING ON SATURDAY 19 JULY 2025, ST COLUMBAS HALL 2.30P.M. – 4.30P.M.

An opportunity to hear about what the Pastoral Council has been doing and to make suggestions for what it could do, for our parish, in the future.

Thank you to all those who have submitted entries for the parish art competition based on the Jubilee 25 theme. The winners will be announced at AGM and entries will be on display.

The meeting will be followed by Afternoon Tea – cakes, drinks etc.

A Free Raffle Ticket for a prize draw will be given to each parishioner who attends the meeting! Pastoral Council members will not be eligible to enter.

The Pastoral Council would welcome new members. If you would be interested in joining, please give your name and contact details to one of the parish secretaries and a member of the Council will contact you to let you know more about it.

We look forward to meeting you on 19^th July.

Pauline Rourke, Ann Mc McCarthy co – chairs Pastoral Council

ANNUAL SUMMER PARISH COACH TRIP
On Thurs 24 July we have a coach booked to LEEDS, cost £15. Leaving 8:45 from St Columba’s and 9am from St Theresa’s. Read poster in your church porch for details. Sign-up sheets are in the front porches. Please pay Margaret Curtis 01244 318424 as soon as possible. 

ST COLUMBA’S RED MISSION BOX HOLDERS
There are three Red Mission boxes collections during the year: March, July and November. To have your box emptied, please leave it in the sacristy before the end of July, then pick up your empty, relabelled box from the rear porch. 

FISH AND CHIP BABIES KNITTING PROJECT
If you have any four-ply wool to spare, we now need more for the babies in NE Africa. Please arrange to hand it to Margaret Curtis, thank you.

CAFOD – CANCEL THE DEBT
In this Jubilee year, CAFOD is working with our sister Caritas organisations around the world to call for urgent action on the global debt crisis. Please sign the worldwide Church petition located in the church porches. Thank you to those who have already signed. The petition sheets will be left out for the next 2 weeks.

THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK
You must never be fearful about what you are doing when it is right.  Rosa Parks

NEWSLETTER EDITORS WANTED!
Can you help our editors to get a break? We just need 2 more editors so that the work comes round about 6 times a year. Full support, shadowing, help, and advice provided.  Come and try it out, we don’t bite! And we really need some extra help, please.  Speak to Anne in the first instance, 01244 340243. Thank you. 

TWO SAINTS -TWO ISLANDS
Thank you to those of you who attended this recent CTU Service at Holy Ascension.  The two saints turned out to be Columba and Cuthbert.  We now know far more about our titular saint than before!
The next CTU service is here at St Columba’s on Sunday 30 November.

WELCOME TO OUR PARISH
If you are NEW TO THE PARISH, please complete a Parish Registration Form and send (or bring) it to either parish office to let us know that you are here and enable us to welcome you. Forms can be found in the front porches of both churches and on the website: www.sscolumbaandtheresa.co.uk under the “I’m New” tab. Thank you.

PARISH YOUTH CLUB
The final meeting for this academic year will take place at St Columba’s Church Hall on MONDAY 21 JULY from 7 – 8.30pm. Wear trainers – ready to play games! ALL young parishioners from Year 5 upwards are welcome to attend. Any questions please ring Helen Connor – 07890817017

PASTORAL COUNCIL MINUTES
Please note that all Minutes of Pastoral Council meetings are published on the website once they have been approved by the meeting. The latest Minutes have just been published.

ST. WERBURGH’S 150th ANNIVERSARY
This will be celebrated in December this year. Details of events in the coming week are on the notice board in both churches.

LOURDES BY JUMBULANCE
Chester Across Group is going to Lourdes on 14-23 August. There are vacancies for sick and disabled pilgrims and for nurses and helpers. If you could help with a ‘wish list’ to support our assisted pilgrims please follow this link: https://www.amazon.co.uk/hz/wishlist/ls/42FRNUVO3GUX?ref_=wl_share. For more information, please contact Tony Murphy on 07881-656-974 or tonymurphyefc2002@yahoo.co.uk

WIN A TRIP TO MEDJUGORJE
Medjugorje Irish Centre Free Prize draw. Prize for one person includes 7 nights B&B, return airport transfer and flights up to €300.To enter go to prize draw page on website www.med-irishcentre.com
Tel. 07860 465386 or email reservations@med-irishcentre.com
WhatsApp No: 00387 63 630 604Email: reservations@med-irishcentre.com
Website: www.med-irishcentre.com

FEAST OF ST. JAMES
“Please pray and fast for the end of abortion and euthanasia on Thursday 24 July, the Vigil of the Feast of St James. These days seem quite dark, what with Parliament voting to partly decriminalise abortion and voting to legalise euthanasia. Please invite others to join us in praying and fasting for life, you can do so with this link, https://www.facebook.com/events/1419157822872567”

GK CHESTERTON Pilgrimage
“The 15th Annual GK Chesterton Pilgrimage that will take place on Saturday 26 July 2025. As always there are several ways you can join in, either in prayer, or by joining us in walking a short section of the pilgrimage or even in walking the whole 27 miles! To be involved you can; Sponsor Nathanael as he raises funds for Good Counsel’s life-saving work; https://www.gofundme.com/f/helping-mothers-and-babies-with-the-gk-chesterton-pilgrimage Send prayer intentions for us to pray for along the way, we will not make the intentions public; catholicgkcsociety@yahoo.co.uk and find other details of the walk and the Mass here, https://www.facebook.com/events/1675870979701803”

ST COLUMBA’S CHURCH & HALL BOOKINGS
To arrange meetings etc. in either the Church, Newman Room, or the Iona Chapel, please book through Magdalena Bukowska, St. Columba’s Church Office, phone: 01244 624019, email: stcolumbaschurch2016@outlook.com. Office hours Monday to Thursday 8a.m. to 2.15p.m.
Hall availability can be checked by looking at St Columba’s Church website – section for Church Hall gives a calendar of events in the Hall. Then contact Magdalena Bukowska on 01244 624019 for enquires within the office hours stated above or email columbashallbookings@gmail.com to arrange booking.

NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER
Sunday 20 July edition will be compiled by Eileen Irwin. Phone: 01244 379443, or email: st.theresas@btinternet.com.  Please include a phone number in case of queries, and please ensure that notices are also emailed to st.theresas@btinternet.com or phoned to the compiler by 9.00 a.m. on WEDNESDAY 16 JULY 2025