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St Wilfrid’s Celebration Mass

St Wilfrid’s Celebration Mass 15th August 10.30 am:

This Mass is to celebrate us coming back together as a community.  After Mass refreshments will be available and there will be a tombola to help raise funds.  We are asking for items for the tombola; bottles, alcoholic and soft drinks also any unwanted gifts that are in good condition. Please at this time no bric a brac as we do not have the room to store. Please leave items in the church porch.  There will also be a children’s tombola and sales table.  An added attraction will be, Sophie is coming down from London and bringing her boyfriend, Jason.

Deacon John Writes

On Friday August 13th the Psalm is no.136. We only have 4 verses read to us. It is remarkable as it contains the phrase, “for his mercy endures forever” 14 times in those few verses. If you read the whole of the Psalm then the phase occurs 26 times. Psalm 136 is a psalm of thanksgiving for the work of God in creation and his faithful love through Israel’s history. It shows us God’s goodness and the importance of this for us. Yes, we should remember that God always loves us – never forget this. In fact we should all do more than this we should do what the Psalmist says many times in this psalm. He says “give thanks to the Lord, for he is good, for his mercy endures forever,” So I suggest that we adopt this phrase as a reminder for us during August. Try to remember to say it every day and not forget it during the day.  Keep it in mind and surely it will help you in everything you do each and every day. 

A Big Thank You

A BIG THANK YOU to my family, Fr Rory, my sister Angela & brother-in-law Kenny, Sharon and all my dear St. Wilfrid’s Catholic Church Family that attended my beloved Mum’s 1st RIP Anniversary Mass IN LOVING MEMORY of my Beloved Parents on Thursday 29th July at 11:45 in St. Wilfrid’s Church.  A sincere thank you and God bless you all from Gary and his beloved RIP parents, James & Margaret Westcar❤️

St Wilfrid’s First Holy Communion Breakfast

St Wilfrid’s First Holy Communion Breakfast – Sunday 25th July:  First of all a big thank you to Fr Bruno for stepping in at such short notice to say Mass for us on this happy occasion.  It was very interesting to hear about a young boy who has been beatified and waiting to become a young Saint, the simple things in life he witnessed and did something about.  A good lesson for all of us.   Next we can’t thank Annette and Teresa enough for the time and effort they put in, both very busy people, in order that the 10 first communion candidates could enjoy a splendid breakfast.  My what a banquette it was.  Extra care and attention was taken of course, to abide by the rules of COVID restrictions set out by our Bishop Richard.  The children sat at small tables with their brother and sisters, each table came up in turn to the banquette table and were served by Teresa, Annette and Maeve.  The hall was beautifully decorated including many balloons, as these had to be destroyed the children had a wail of a time chasing and popping them.   The mums and dads were able to enjoy some food after the children had their fill, all washed down by a cuppa, provided by Sheila.  Thank you Gary and David for taking photo’s, not forgetting the few people who thoroughly cleaned our hall to the COVID requirements and the few people who cleared and cleaned after the event.  They know who they are and without them the First Holy Communion Breakfast could not have happened.  A lesson we have learnt from all the COVID rules, is that a lot of us are much older with health problems that prevent us from helping as much as we did.  If our community is to be a happy thriving gathering, then we must have more help in all directions now please.  There are forms available at the back of the church to be filled in by you asap and popped through the letterbox of the priests house.  God has given us all a special gift, so please use it and help us to run our special parish community.  Thank you.

1st Holy Communion Mass

On 10th July 2021, 10 children from St Wilfrid’s parish celebrated their first Holy Communion mass. After months of delays due to Covid-19, everyone looked forward to the day with anticipation and we were not disappointed. It was all perfect, the church was beautifully decorated, thank you Jean for arranging the flowers, David spared his free time and was a photographer for the day, all children wore their best outfits and knew exactly what to do. This left us, the parents and families to just sit and enjoy it. None of this would have been achieved without the hours that were put in by our three catechists, Annette, Teresa and Sophie and, last but not least, our beloved Fr Rory. They all put their time and energy into teaching and preparing the children, especially at this difficult time. So, on behalf of all the children, parents and families involved, Thank you!

St Wilfrid’s Celebration Mass

St Wilfrid’s Celebration Mass 15th August 10.30 am:

This Mass is to celebrate us coming back together as a community.  After Mass refreshments will be available and there will be a tombola to help raise funds.  We are asking for items for the tombola; bottles, alcoholic and soft drinks also any unwanted gifts that are in good condition. Please at this time no bric a brac as we do not have the room to store. Please leave items in the church porch.