EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
4 AUGUST 2024
| Sat 3 Aug | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 5.00pm | Parishioners’ Intentions | |
| St. Columba’s | 6.30pm | The Parish | |
| Sun 4 Aug | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 9.30am | Beryl Williams RIP | |
| St. Columba’s | 11.00am | Mrs Elwell’s Family | |
| Mon 5 Aug | |||
| St. Theresa’s | Priests’ Intentions | ||
| St. Columba’s | 10.30am | Eucharistic Service | |
| Tue 6 Aug | The Transiguration of the Lord | ||
| St. Theresa’s | Private Intentions | ||
| St. Columba’s | Priests’ Intentions | ||
| Wed 7 Aug | |||
| St. Theresa’s | Special Intentions | ||
| St. Columba’s | 9.30am | Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament | |
| 10.15am | Novena Prayers | ||
| 10.30am | Eucharistic Service | ||
| Thu 8 Aug | Feast | ||
| St. Theresa’s | Private Intentions | ||
| St. Columba’s | 10.30am | Requiem Mass Frank Brady RIP | |
| Fri 9 Aug | St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross | ||
| St. Theresa’s | 10.00am | Eucharistic Service | |
| St. Columba’s | Parishioners’ Intentions | ||
| Sat 10 Aug | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 5.00pm | Intentions of Mr & Mrs Buggy | |
| St. Columba’s | 6.30pm | Carol & Mark Traynor | |
| Sun 11 Aug | |||
| St. Theresa’s | 9.30am | Parishioners’ Intentions | |
| St. Columba’s | 11.00am | Beryl Williams 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 Theresa’s at 9:30a.m. this Sunday 4th August 2024.
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FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION -15th AUGUST:
This is a Holyday of Obligation and the Vigil Mass is at St Theresa’s on Wednesday 14th August at 7pm. There will be Mass at St Columba’s on Thursday 15th August at 10.30am.
RECENTLY DECEASED:
Please remember in your prayers Frank Brady. May the Lord console his family and friends.
Frank Brady’s Funeral will take place at St. Columba’s on Thursday 8th August at 10.00 a.m.
ANNIVERSARIES:
John Dunne, Josephine Shanley and Graham William Leech.
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: £486 Planned Giving £202.33; Average weekly SO £735.00; Candles £27.00; Wednesday Badminton Group £123.00. Many thanks for your generous support.
PRAYING TOGETHER:
We pray for:
- Pray for the residents of Caughall Road, Acorn Court, The Acorns, Rosedene Close, Endsleigh Gardens, Endsleigh Close, Rhuddlan Road, Carmel Close and Rose Close.
- For the PCC Members, Elders and all who hold Office in the Church.
- For strong leadership by those elected and appointed.
ANNUAL SPIRITAN CONFERENCE
This will take place from the 5th -9th August. During this time there will be Eucharistic Services instead of weekday Masses.
RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS (RCIA):
It is proposed to reconvene the parish RCIA group in September. If you are thinking about seeking to become a Roman Catholic, or to be received into in full communion with the Roman Catholic Church, and would like to join the group to look into this, please contact Fr William or Deacon Lawrence for further details.
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.
4th August – Jane Nash & Friend for parish
11th August – volunteers please
18th August – volunteers please
FR DESMOND:
There will be a chance to say goodbye to Fr Desmond in St Columba’s hall after the 11am Mass on Sunday 25th August. All welcome.
PARISH WEBSITE:
www.sscolumbaandtheresa.co.uk
Our parish website is being developed to include more photos and news from both churches. There will be a complete renewal of information about the parish and information which it is hoped will be helpful. Please do check it out. There is an email address on the site for any comments you may have.
If you are NEW TO THE PARISH, you will find 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 Our Parish tab, under Welcome (side option Welcome).
Lyn Coyle, Communication Group
FISH N CHIP BABIES:
The latest progress report on this activity is displayed on the Notice Board at St. Columba’s
RED MISSION BOXES, ST COLUMBA’S
If you are a red Missio box holder, please leave your box in the sacristy for counting and pick up your emptied box, with your name on, from the table in the rear porch of St Columba’s.
SVP:
We are looking for an office chair for an elderly person. Needs to have arms but no wheels. If you can help please contact Sue McCarthy or Mark Traynor 07515491251
CHESHIRE SWING CATS:
Dance in St. Columba’s Church Hall. Tuesday 27th August 7.30pm. Music provided by “Out of the Blue Jazz Orchestra” Tickets £10 contact www.cheshireswingcats.com
Last year’s event was a great success, please come along and enjoy the evening.
Cheshire Swing Cats teaches authentic swing dancing to adults at Hoole Community Centre in Chester. We focus on the 30s style of Lindy Hop and Charleston swing dancing in our main classes and deliver workshops on solo jazz, balboa, collegiate shag and blues. Our dance classes are fun and friendly.
FOODBANK NEEDS – you can download a free app for your mobile phone or computer which shows you what your local foodbank needs urgently, the app is ‘bankthefood’. Food currently needed in West Cheshire is coffee, cup a soup, long life juice, rice, tinned meat meals, tinned puddings, tinned tomatoes.
Thought for the week– with the Olympic and Paralympics in mind -If you dream and allow yourself to dream, you can do anything. – Clara Hughes, Canadian cyclist and 2006 gold-medal winning speed skater.
WALKING SHREWSBURY DIOCESE:
Walking Shrewsbury Diocese – Fundraising for SVP Holiday Homes and Youth Camps. Kate Birkenhead (SVP Officer for the Shrewsbury Diocese) and her partner Colin will be walking the whole of the Shrewsbury Diocese: 200 plus miles from New Brighton on The Wirral to Ludlow in South Shropshire, via South Manchester, raising money for our local St Vincent De Paul Society Children’s Camps and Holiday homes. They will take 2 weeks in July/August to complete the walk. All money raised will go towards funding these vital initiatives. https://giving.give-star.com/online/saint-vincent-de-paul-society-england-and-wales/kate-and-colin-are-walking-the-length-and-breadth-of-shrewsbury-diocese
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:
11 August 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 items are emailed or phoned to the compiler by 9.00am. on WEDNESDAY 7 August 2024