TWENTY FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
22 September 2024
| Sat 21 Sep | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 5.00pm | Parishioners’ Intentions | |
| St. Columba’s | 6.30pm | Bukowski Family | |
| Sun 22 Sep | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 9.30am | Kay George | |
| 2.00pm | Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament | ||
| St. Columba’s | 11.00am | Michael Benton RIP | |
| Mon 23 Sep | St Pius of Pietrelcina – Padre Pio P. Mem. | ||
| St. Theresa’s | Philomena | ||
| St. Columba’s | 10.30am | Michal Drzazga | |
| Tue 24 Sep | Our Lady of Welsingham Mem. | ||
| St. Theresa’s | Priests’ Intentions | ||
| St. Columba’s | The Parish | ||
| Wed 25 Sep | |||
| St. Theresa’s | Patrick | ||
| St. Columba’s | 9.30am | Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament | |
| 10.15am | Novena Prayers | ||
| 10.30am | Bernard Lendor RIP | ||
| Thu 26 Sep | |||
| St. Theresa’s | Private Intentions | ||
| St. Columba’s | Priests’ Intentions | ||
| Fri 27 Sep | St Vincent De Paul, P. Mem. | ||
| St. Theresa’s | 10.00am | Jack & Kath Lawlor RIP | |
| St. Columba’s | SVP Members | ||
| Sat 28 Sep | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 5.00pm | Parishioners’ Intentions | |
| St. Columba’s | 6.30pm | Sheila Ring RIP | |
| Sun 29 Sep | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 9.30am | Jessica Baker RIP | |
| St. Columba’s | 11.00am | Mollie Mannix RIP |
Please note if there is no time next to Mass it means there is no Mass for parishioners to attend that day, but the Priests will say Mass privately.
LIVE STREAMING OF MASS:
Mass will be streamed from St Columba’s at 11am this Sunday 22nd September 2024.
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POPE’S PRAYER INTENTIONS: For September
For the cry of the Earth. We pray that each one of us will hear and take to heart the cry of the Earth and of victims of natural disasters and climactic change, and that all will undertake to personally care for the world in which we live.
RECENTLY DECEASED
Please remember in your prayers Sheila Ring and Maria Haydock (Edge) who died recently, and also their family and friends. Sheila’s Requiem Mass is at St Theresa’s on 3rd October at 11am.
WEDDINGS, BAPTISMS AND FUNERALS:
Please contact one of the Parish Offices to make your arrangements.
CONFESSIONS:
There will be Confessions after each weekday Mass until 11.30a.m.
St Columba’s: From 6p.m. before the 6.30p.m. Sat. evening Mass.
St Theresa’s: From 4.30p.m. before 5p.m. Saturday evening Mass.
RESPONSES FOR 11.00AM HARVEST MASS
Gospel Acclamation
Alleluia. Alleluia. Those who are sowing in tears will sing when they reap. Alleluia
Communion Antiphon
Lord, the earth is filled with your gifts from heaven
Man grows bread from the earth and wine to cheer his heart.
PARISH OFFERTORY:
Loose Plate: £222.74; Planned Giving £501.97; Average weekly SO £455.00; Candles £22.55. Many thanks for your generous support.
PRAYING TOGETHER:
Pray for the residents of Lawn Drive, Earls Oak, Windmill Rise, Hatton Road, Pulford Road, Leaside Road, Fernhill Road and For Dorin Park School.
For all who are physically or mentally disabled, their teachers and families.
ST COLUMBA’S COFFEE ROTA:
The coffee rota is on the noticeboard in St Columba’s Hall. Please enter your name and good cause against your preferred dates. You could make £30-£50 for your chosen cause.
22nd Sept – Marg Curtis & Barbara Capstick, Fish & Chip babies
29th Sept – volunteers please
6th Oct – Macmillan Coffee Morning
FISH & CHIP BABY GARMENT DISPLAY AND WOOL SALE
After 11:00 Mass today, Barbara and Margaret will have a table showing examples of some of the garment and will be selling wool, patterns and projects. Please do support this wonderful cause. For more information about this project, please see the website. There is a NEW September update poster on the noticeboards in your church.
ADOREMUS:
There will be Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament today Sunday 22nd September at 2pm at St Theresa’s as asked by the Bishops of England and Wales, who are inviting all Parishes to have a period of Exposition to unite the faithful of the country in focusing on the Eucharist in anticipation of the Jubilee Year with renewed and deepened devotion.
HARVEST THANKSGIVING MASS
This is at 11am today 22nd September. There will be a sale in the hall after Mass of any gifts of fruit, vegetables or preserves, with proceeds going to CAFOD. Any tinned or non-perishable food donated will be passed to a local foodbank. Thank you very much.
As we give thanks for our own harvest, we will also be thinking of people in developing countries whose harvests may have failed. CAFOD Harvest Fast Day is on Friday 4th Oct. The appeal focuses on the Democratic Republic of Congo. Daniel, a young man in the DRC is carving a better future for his family with carpentry skills he learned in a CAFOD- funded training centre. Give to CAFOD today and you’ll fund training, tools, equipment and safe spaces so more people like Daniel can learn new skills and fulfill their God-given potential. Envelopes are available in the church porches or give online at cafod.org.uk/envelope.
ST THERESA’S FEAST DAY:
This will be celebrated on Sunday 29th September, with cake in the Parish Centre after the 9.30am Mass. All welcome. If anyone would like to give towards flowers for the feast day please put your donation in an envelope marked St Theresa’s flowers and place it in the offertory basket. Thank you.
SVP MINI RETREAT AND RETIRING COLLECTION
There will be a mini retreat 10.30-12.30 on Saturday 28th September to which all parishioners are warmly invited regardless of whether you are a member of the St Vincent de Society or not. The retreat will begin with morning prayer followed by thoughts on Synod and mission, “Lectio Divina” and some reflective hymns. If you would be interested to join us please contact Mark Traynor marktraynor96@gmail.com.
Also, the feast of St Vincent de Paul falls on the 27th September and so in recognition of this there will be a retiring collection at both churches the weekend of the 28th/29th September to support the work our SVP does on behalf of the parish.
“THE TRIUMPH OF THE CROSS”:
This is the theme for the next Churches Together in Upton Fifth Sunday Service to be held at St. Columba’s at 4.30p.m. next Sunday 29th September. Further details to follow. Put the date in your diary.
SEASON OF CREATION -The season of creation – This is a global ecumenical celebration of prayer and action to protect our common home. It started on 1 September and finishes on the feast of St Francis, 4 October. During this season we are encouraged to pray and engage in community events in order to deepen our relationship with our God, our neighbour and the earth we share. When we work together with Creation, the first fruits of hope can emerge.
CONFIRMATION GROUP:
Please pray for all who are preparing to be confirmed in November, and for those who are preparing them.
FIRST COMMUNION PREPARATION CLASSES:
Children not attending one of our primary schools who wish to prepare for the Sacraments are invited to attend classes in St Columba’s Hall at 5 to 6pm on Wednesday evenings, starting this week, 25th September. For further details please contact Pauline Payne on 01244 350323 or email pauline.payne4@btinternet.com
ST. COLUMBA CHIDREN CHOIR RECUITMENT:
The Little Choir of St Columba plays at 11am Mass on the first Sunday of the month in term time, and young people who would like to sing, play the guitar or percussion are invited to join. Practice Tuesdays 18.45 in the church. For further information, please contact Giovanna 07728 948946 or Mark 07752 317772.
THE COMMUNICATIONS GROUP UPDATE:
This newly formed group has evolved from the Welcome to our Parish group. Our remit is to review, improve and extend where necessary all aspects of communication within the parish community. We report to the Pastoral Council. Our members are named below.
So far, we have devised a method for following up the arrival of new parishioners. We have also replaced the notice boards and display of information in the porch..
Currently we are working on improving the website to make it easier to find information and celebrate parish events and our outreach to the wider community. It may not be completed for a few weeks so please bear with any inconsistencies at the moment..
In the spirit of good communications, please send any thoughts you may have for the group’s consideration, in an envelope, to the Parish offices for the attention of the Communications Group or to the parish offices email on the website. Thank you
Lyn Coyle, (Chair), Nuala Keegan, Anne McCarthy, Sue McCarthy, Stephen Parry, Pauline Rourke.
Honorary member, managing the website: Michael Forber
NEW TO THE PARISH?:
Welcome! We have a New Parish Registration Form to be completed and sent to either parish office to let us know that you are here and enable us to welcome you to the parish. The form can be completed and submitted online or downloaded and printed out. Instructions are on the form, which can also be found in the front porches of both churches. You will find it on the I’m New tab of the website
NEEDLES & PINS – Wed 25th SEPTEMBER
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.
SHREWSBURY LOURDES HOSPITALITY AGM will be held at St Columba’s Church (Newman Room), Plas Newton Lane, Chester, CH2 1SA on Saturday 28 September at 2pm. All members of the Hospitality Group are invited to attend. Please forward any items to be discussed under AOB to secretary@teamshrewsbury.co.uk by Saturday 14th September.
MISSING KEY!:
The key from the key safe at the back entrance to Church is missing. If you have borrowed it during the past couple of weeks, please can you return it to the Office. Many thanks.
200 CLUB:
We will have a monthly draw for £25 as well as the Grand Draw. This month’s winner is C. Ingram (no 17)
BUILDING WORKS – ST THERESA’S:
Work started on Monday 16th September- a week later than scheduled due to the weather. It is intended to last about 8 weeks. Church services will not be affected, but there will be vans on the car park and a fenced off area for a skip which means unfortunately that the bins are at the front of church.
QUIZ NIGHT:
Churches Together in Upton are holding their Annual Quiz Night at the United Reformed Church on Heath Road on Saturday 12th October at 7.30 p.m. You are invited to join in. There is a poster on the Notice Board giving more details.
Thank you– to everyone who attended and or gave donations to the Fair Trade and Chifundo UK talk and fashion show event last Saturday. Chifundo UK raised £366, which will now go towards empowering girls and women in Malawi through funding their education and enabling them to generate an income.
https://chanasachifundomalawi.org/aboutchifundouk
ASDA are running Cashpot for Schools from now until November. For those who use the ASDA Rewards App, you can opt in on the cashpots tab and select St Werburgh’s and St Columba’s or St Theresa’s Primary School. ASDA will then donate to the schools!
ZUMBATHON:
Zumbathon in aid of Hopeful Ugandan Hearts: Saturday 28th September from 10:30am to 12:30pm at St Columba’s Church Hall. Once more and for the last time this year we are aiming to keep the children at Home of Peace and Christ’s Heart Home Orphanage in education. Come and have fun while we raise funds for the children. Dance to Zumba GOLD and Zumba Fitness 80’s Theme Party!! Feel free to dress up to the occasion. £10 Adults, £5 Children 6+. And Raffle with great prices. For tickets contact Lina Greig 07837512544 or email linamahigduran@hotmail.com
CHESTER LADIES CHOIR will be having a general knowledge quiz evening at St Columba’s hall on Saturday evening 5th October @ 7pm. Tables of up to 6 welcome. Cost per entrance £3. Please bring your own drinks and nibbles. All welcome.
EXAMS OFFICER VACANCY AT THE CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL:
Permanent Role over 41.2 weeks a year (Term Time) paid over 12 months. 37 hours a week 8am to 4pm (3.30 pm Friday). To include INSET days and exam results days. For more information please email kilcoynea@christofidelis.org.uk
Thought for the week : “Open up!’. This is the most important thing: to open ourselves to God, open ourselves to our brothers and sisters, open ourselves to the Gospel and make it a compass for our lives.” Pope Francis , from a service in Papua New Guinea
NATIONAL DAY OF PRAYER AND FASTING FOR LIFE:
On Saturday 28th September, the Vigil of the Feast of St Michael, please pray and fast for the end of abortion and euthanasia. Your prayer and fasting is urgently needed. “And the people of Nineveh believed in God; they proclaimed a fast and put on sackcloth, from the greatest to the least…God saw their efforts to renounce their evil ways. And God relented about the disaster which He had threatened to bring on them, and He did not bring it.” (Jonah 3:5,10) Please Invite others to join the day on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/events/1584168772229831/
THE RELIC OF BLESSED CARLO ACUTIS is visiting St Anthony’s, Wythenshawe, between 20th and 23rd September 2024. For further details and registration please see: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/relic-of-blessed-carlo-acutis-tickets-1010291297467?aff=ebdssbdestsearch
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 Friday 9a.m. to 2p.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 Sue Carr on 07553 114531 or email columbashallbookings@gmail.com to arrange booking.
| NEXT WEEK’S NEWSLETTER: 15th September edition will be compiled by Rebecca VaughanPhone: 01244 318632 or email: rebecca_vghn@yahoo.co.ukPlease include a phone number in case of queries, andplease ensure that items are also emailed to Fr William or phoned to the compiler by 9.00a.m. on WEDNESDAY25TH September 2024Website: www.sscolumbaandtheresa.co.uknote that the electronic version of the newsletter on the website may contain additional items which it has not been possible to include in the printed copy this week. |