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.
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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 80th 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 19th 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