Author: Jacky

Resources for Lent and the Jubilee Year

To help with your Lenten preparations we have obtained copies of the booklet,  Walk With Me, A Journey of Prayer for Lent 2025. These are available in the porch, and we ask that you take one per family. There are also booklets and a Lent Calendar for every child. There isn’t a charge for these resources, but we suggest a donation of £1 for the adult copies of the Walk With Me booklets.

A free copy of The Jubilee Companion Booklet is also now available to assist you on your journey through this Holy Year. Please take one copy per family. To find out more about Jubilee Year,  please join us at our Reflection Gatherings and     discover more about what it means to be a true  ‘Pilgrim of Hope’.  We’ll be meeting at St Wilfrid’s Church on March 26th after the 10.00am mass for the first of four gatherings. This will be followed by a soup lunch to raise funds for CAFOD. Sign-up sheets are available at the back of the church. 

2nd March 2025

From having heard the greetings from the Kelly’s; our communities response:-

Good to hear from the Kelly’s and the greetings.

Community is going to be more important as we move forward and we all need to support one another in this time of change.   The activities in the life of our parish are very important to us and what is best for our future.  In a time of change and so much that is not known what the future will being, activities keep us together as a parish and make us stronger in our faith. 

Nourishment is always important, and a special opportunity comes with Lent and the Jubilee Companion Booklet is a good start.

A most memorable lady

Sheila Bree died last week and she is a sad loss.  Each time I visited her I was really inspired by her positive spirit.  Thankful for the many blessings of her life and how God has blessed her so much.  She had visited so many places and achieved a lot of good things done, an example of that was her visits as a minister of the eucharist, and being able to offer company and support.  Yes it was a treat to take her Holy Communion, and her willingness to go.  She did not want to live to be 100, her time and patience   being tested; she was ready to go to meet the Lord.  I pray that some of her grace may rub off on me.
 

Pilgrims of Hope for CAFOD

To mark this Jubilee Years theme of ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ we invite you to join us for a day of prayer and walking on Saturday, March 29th.

The day will begin with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and opportunities for Confession at 10.00 am at St Wilfrid’s Church.   Following this we are taking on the Big Lent Walk for CAFOD!

As a group we will be walking to achieve 200km together. Starting at St Wilfrid’s our route will take us along the Cuckoo Trail to St George’s in time for a simple soup lunch. Following lunch we will be led by our youth in a Family Stations of the Cross service.

The route between our two churches is only 5km, so in order to achieve our collective goal of 200km we need 40 people to walk with us on the day. Please join us! For more information about sponsorship and how to join our walking team please follow this link:

https://parishes.walk.cafod.org.uk/fundraising/st-wilfrid-and-st-george-big-lent-walk

Alternatively, you can collect a sponsor form from the back of church.

If you’re unable to join us, please keep us in your prayers, and if you are in a position to sponsor us, we will be very grateful. Follow the link to make your donation or add your name to the Team  Sponsor form at the back of church.

2025 Jubilee Year Reflection Gatherings with CAFOD

Are you wondering what the 2025 Jubilee Year is all about? Join us as we reflect on the meaning of the Jubilee Year and what it means to be a ‘Pilgrim of Hope’.  We’ll be meeting at St Wilfrid’s Church on March 26th after the 10.00am mass for the first of four gatherings. This will be followed by a simple soup lunch to raise funds for CAFOD. Sign up sheets to register interest are available at the back of church. 
 

23rd February 2025

Fr Rory Writes:        

To the parishioners of St Wilfrid’s and St George’s

Nice to hear from family, sometimes especially nice.  They ask to extend their thanks to the parish.

We the Kelly family would like to acknowledge with thanks the love, time and energy you all give Fr Rory in his ministry.  Thank you for the hours you spend assisting him and for being his friend.  It is such a blessing to know he can rely on you for help in assisting him in his ministry.

On Rory’s 50th Anniversary you all excelled in delivering a most memorable day for friends and family.  Words cannot express how much it means to us, Fr Rory’s family in Tipperary.  We will be eternally grateful.          The Kelly Family.

2025 Jubilee Year Reflection Gatherings with CAFOD

Are you wondering what the 2025 Jubilee Year is all about? Join us as we reflect on the meaning of the Jubilee Year and what it means to be a ‘Pilgrim of Hope’.  We’ll be meeting at St Wilfrid’s Church on March 26th after the 10.00am mass for the first of four gatherings. This will be followed by a simple soup lunch to raise funds for CAFOD. Sign up sheets to register interest will be available at the back of church next week.

You can also join CAFOD’s ‘Make a Jubilee pledge’, to make a monthly donation to share hope with communities around the world in this Year of Jubilee and you’ll receive their weekly gospel reflections by email. These reflections include ways in which you and the wider CAFOD family can give, act and pray during this Holy Year.  Visit them on: www.cafod.org.uk/pray/jubilee-2025

16th February 2025

Deacon John Writes:

National Marriage Week began last Friday and ran until St Valentine’s Day on 14th February. Marriage Week is an annual celebration, and offers an important opportunity for us to support and promote the vocation of marriage and family life. We have all been encouraged to say daily a simple prayer of thanksgiving for the vocation to marriage: I realise that this week of prayer will be over by the time you read this but I encourage us all in the coming week to support the work done in National Marriage Week by saying daily this week the following prayer in thanksgiving for the vocation to marriage: 

“Lord, we pray in thanksgiving for the vocation to marriage and for each couple that you join together to make a family. We ask that every marriage brings each couple closer to you and to holiness. We pray for those who are struggling in their marriage, that they can make it through this tough time and find hope and consolation in You. We pray that this Jubilee year can be a year of hope for marriages, with your gentle guiding hand through each action, decision, discussion and event. We make this prayer through Christ, your Son, our Lord. Amen.

With my love and prayers for you all. Deacon John.