Author: Jacky

Parish Quiz Night

Friday October 13th 7pm St Wilfrid’s Hall

This will be the first of two annual parish quiz nights, St George’s will host the second in their Hall next Spring.  So find yourselves a team of maximum six and put the date in your diary, £5 per person there will be a coveted trophy and a cash prize for the winning team – family and friends most welcome.

Quiz masters are in the process of preparing the rounds at present ……bring your own nibbles and wine/beer, tea, coffee and juice will be on sale.

Fr Rory Writes

Help ……… and with the help of God that help is on its way.

We always have that assurance from God.

The harvest is ready but the labourers are few.  For the past couple of years some of our parishioners have worked very hard to prepare a foundation for the future life of our parish.

Now is the time to begin, because the reality is urgent.  Again, a body is made up of many parts working together.  As we begin a new year in our life of faith.  The beginning is called the time of enquiry.

We see in the newsletter who needs to be prepared for the Sacraments, First Holy Communion, Confession, Reconciliation and Confirmation.  This needs to be extended to the ministries and to all the needs that are essential and vital to the future of our parish.  Please God, in the weeks to come we will really address those needs.

First Communion Preparation

Parents are invited to enrol their children for our First Holy Communion Programme 2023 – 24 (those entering Year 3 or above).  Application forms to join the programme are available at the back of the church and on the parish website. The  course will begin with an introductory meeting for parents and children on September 28th at 6.00pm in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall. Deadline for enrolment is September 22nd .

For more information please contact Teresa Palmer. 07951082592,  tpalmer2205@gmail.com

Fr Rory Writes:

“Hail Mary full of grace, the Lord is with thee,

blessed art thou among women and blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus”.

There is a kingdom of darkness that flails its way through our world, and Putin is one small example.  Above all, there is a kingdom of light that has come into our world: Christ the Lord.  Let us make sure that prayer has an essential place in our lives.  If God is for us who can be against; the trials and tribulations of life reveals that quite a lot of things can be against us.

Putting our best foot forward, these are the trials through which we triumph by the power of Him who loves us.  First and foremost, God holds all things together, so that an acknowledgement of our needs is important and the sure hope that this brings into our life is simply helpful.

Then as we move forward together in the life of our church, the parish council, our young peoples liturgy, the various ministries, the care for our churches, and especially a real life of faith shared together.  The question of Sunday     masses will not go away.  They need not put too much of a shadow if Christ is our life.  Our light will shine.

Because I am human, the fact that my church at home in Ireland does not have Sunday morning mass, makes the    challenge very real for me and I hope for all of us.

First Communion Preparation

Parents are invited to enrol their children for our First Holy Communion Programme 2023 – 24 (those entering Year 3 or above). Application forms to join the programme are available at the back of the church. The  course will begin with an introductory meeting for parents and children on September 28th at 6.00pm in St Wilfrid’s Church Hall. Deadline for enrolment is September 22nd .

For more information please contact Teresa Palmer. 07951082592,  tpalmer2205@gmail.com

Thank You

Thank you for the Music at St George’s – an overdue thank you is needed to Shirley for all she does to keep our music liturgy so beautifully prepared every Sunday.  A particular highlight had to be last week when Shirley sang Ave Maria during communion, most moving and perfectly placed within our service.  

Fr Rory Writes

Remaining with grace and peace

Father, Son and Holy Spirit

As we continue with the holiday season, our hopes and prayers are that we may all benefit from this time.  There are real signs that the worst of the pandemic has passed, but there will continue to be different variants and outbreaks.

So to remain cautious and careful is important, but to be positive and to be looking forward to a more normal and beneficial lifestyle is important.

Returning from a long stay in Ireland, lots of rain and some opportunities to catch up with, and benefit from meeting with family and friends with the future more hopeful and at ease.  I attended a second funeral of priests who were truly inspirational when they were teaching us in the seminary.  I always look back to a time of great hope, so their funeral brought great sadness.  So many seminaries closed and hopes not realised.   This time the priest Fr  Denis    Talbot got a good send off, acknowledging his life of service.