We urgently need quality items for our table sale, new and nearly new. Please leave bags marked “table sale” at back of church.
Author: Jacky
Golden Jubilee Celebration
Father Rory’s Golden Jubilee Celebration – Sunday 14th July: All Parishioners will receive an invite to Father Rory’s Jubilee celebration at mass today. Please ensure you RSVP via the sheets at the back of church to help us with planning and catering arrangements. If you can help with the days events please let us know, we especially need some physical help with set up and clear up as this will be heavier work. Contact Sandra on 07791627368 for more information.
Fr Rory Writes
Then, “The Day of Pentecost came”.
My heart and my soul belong to this event. So I consistently return to the lighting of the first candle of each new year in Christ …… the candle of Hope. This is so well focused in the prayer “Come down, O Love Divine, seek thou this soul of mine, and visit it with thine own ardour glowing”.
As I become more aware of the reality that the church is now facing, so I acknowledge a deep sadness in me. I quickly return to that first candle, the candle that will never go out “the candle of Hope”. With so much focus upon the great lack of priests and the consequences to the decisions that are made i.e. the effects upon the borders of the diocese in Ireland. Its effects upon all the parishes of our diocese are now very real and are in place.
We had the first meeting in the new order of things, and it highlights the challenge of life that is to come. For more courage I go back to the home that I grew up in, and the words that come to my mind from there “isn’t that providence Maura”, so underpinning it with more hope. Among my many weaknesses is cowardice; always aware that I am very bad at dealing with conflict. Now we will have to get on with it, and with the help of God, it will come to fruition. I am truly grateful for all the work that is being done. It is great credit to our parish; hidden irony. So the weeks and months to come are so important that we bear fruit and please God much fruit. So let us send out with as much confidence as we can and a big, big thank you for all the work that is going into “my” I hoped “our” Jubilee Event.
St Wilfrid’s Garden Maintenance
We are looking for some extra volunteers to help maintain our beautiful gardens here at St Wilfrid’s. Various tasks; mowing, pruning back brushes, weeding, tiding up the car park areas. This is especially important this year, so we look spick and span for our jubilee celebrations in July. Speak to Jackie on 841504
Prayers
Please keep all our deanery First Holy Communion candidates and Confirmands in your prayers as they finalise their preparations during May/June to then receive the sacraments in June.
The Young People’s Walk
The young people’s walk on May 25th has been postponed till September/October, due to no one informing the organiser that they are coming.
Fr Rory’s Golden Jubilee Celebrations
A fun packed day with celebration masses at both St Wilfrid’s and St George’s, sponsored walk, delicious afternoon tea. More details to follows.
The Parish Rosary Group
The Parish Rosary Group meets every Monday at 2pm in St George’s Hall (not bank holidays). Everyone is welcome to join as a regular or occasional member to Pray the Rosary a most wonderful devotion together. May is the Month of Our Lady so a good time to start.
Crowning our Lady
Crowning our lady is part of all our parish tradition and children’s liturgy focus in May. Last week at St Wilfrid’s the children had a Godly play session focusing on the wonders of Our Mother Mary and then crowned her during mass. This week at St George’s our children will make the flower crown for our lady’s statue in the remembrance garden and we invite everyone to join them in song while they crown her.
Womble Day
(The Parish big help out) Sat June 1st, 10-4pm. Both St Wilfrid’s and St George’s desperately need your help to garden, clean, tidy etc. There are also several maintenance tasks for those who are good with tools and paint brushes. We are currently creating a list of jobs: some small, some a little
bigger, but enough for us all to have something to volunteer for on the day. More details to follow but please save the date and ask your family to join us if they can- even if only for half an hour. Many hands make light work – don’t assume others will do it. Refreshments will be provided.