Parish Newsletter
SUNDAY 20th JANUARY: SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)
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Isaiah 62, 1-5; Psalm 95; I Corinthians 12, 4-11; John 2, 1-11
Saturday 6.00 pm: Rowton Methodists: John and Vera Clyne
Sunday 9.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Albert and Sheila Norman (Birthday Rem and Anniversary)
Sunday 10.45 am: St Werburgh’s: Sister Christophora Fernando (L.D., Sri Lanka)
Sunday 3.00 pm: Tarporley Methodist & Baptist Church: Churches Together in Cheshire Service
Sunday 6.00 pm: St Werburgh’s: Jo and Jerry McCann (Anniversaries)
Monday 21st January: Ferial: Hebrews 5, 1-10; Psalm 109; Mark 2, 18-22
11.00 am: Crabwall Hall Nursing Home: Service for Residents
12.00 noon: Waverton Evangelical, Eggbridge Lane: Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
12.15 pm: St Werburgh’s: Emiliana Manfredi-Lewis
1.05 pm: University Chapel – University Mass. All welcome!
Tuesday 22nd January: Ferial: Hebrews 6, 10-20; Psalm 110; Mark 2, 23-28
10.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Private Intention
12.00 noon: St Peter’s Waverton: Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Wednesday 23rd January: Ferial: Hebrews 7, 1-17; Psalm 109; Mark 3, 1-6
12.00 noon: Rowton Methodists: Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
12.00 noon: St Werburgh’s: William McLaughlin (L.D., Liverpool)
1.30 pm: St Alban’s, Liscard, Wallasey: Requiem Mass for Colin Churchill, late of Wallasey
Thursday 24th January: St Francis de Sales: Hebrews 7,25 – 8,6; Psalm 39; Mark 3, 7-12
12.00 noon: Christleton Methodists: Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
12.15 pm: St Werburgh’s: Alex Barnes
Friday 25th January: The Conversion of St Paul: Acts 22, 3-16; Psalm 116; Mark 16, 15-18
12.00 noon: St James, Christleton: Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
12.15 pm: St Werburgh’s: Patrick McKeown (Birthday Remembrance)
Saturday 26th January: SS Timothy and Titus: II Timothy 1, 1-8; Psalm 95; Luke 10, 1-9
10.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Sacrament of First Forgiveness
12.00 noon: St Werburgh’s: Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity followed by Light Lunch
6.00 pm: Rowton Methodists: Mae Kay (3rd Anniversary)
SUNDAY 27th JANUARY: THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR C)
Nehemiah 62, 1-5; Psalm 18; I Corinthians 12, 12-30; Luke 1, 1-21
Saturday 6.00 pm: Rowton Methodists: Mae Kay (3rd Anniversary)
Sunday 9.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Mary Regan
Sunday 10.45 am: St Werburgh’s: Kathleen Wilbraham (2nd Anniversary)
Sunday 12.30 pm: St Werburgh’s: Baptism of Kealan Aubrey Burke
Sunday 6.00 pm: St Werburgh’s: Rachael Andrews (10th Anniversary)
Sunday 7.00 pm: Christleton Methodists: Service for Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Prayer Intentions
Your prayers are asked for the following who are sick: Heather Lannin, Lorraine McKeown, James Catterson, Ruth O’Kane, Henri Diacono, James Donovan, Garth Stocking and Kevin Maguire; and for all the sick of the Parish; and for those who have died recently, especially Leeanne Stigling, Helen Jones, Jo Matheson, Colin Churchill, Margaret Harris, Mary Ridgway and Peter Chesterman; and for those whose anniversaries occur about this time: James Dean, Lawrence Heaney, Kathleen Wilbraham, Arthur Turner, Georgina Barlow, Mary Daly, Phyllis Campbell, Chris Redmond, Richard Bird, Brian Wilding, Margaret Fairhurst, Agnes Scanlon, John Anson, Mae Kay, Margaret Whelan, Douglas Haswell, Annie Burrows, Evelyn Stretch, Sr Christopher, Maria Scott, Sylvia Shaw, Jeremy Newell, Margaret Bates, Ernie Moore, Muriel Wright, Violet Brown and Mariana Belei. Rest in Peace.
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New Mass Common
We sing seven Mass Commons on a two-weekly basis and are delighted that James and the Choir have been working on a new, eighth one. It Dan Schutte’s ‘Mass of Christ the Saviour’, composed in 2013 for the new translation of the Mass. We’ll introduce it step-by-step, starting next Sunday with the Gloria!
Exposed North Side of Church
The Oil Painting is starting to take shape, partly in London and partly in Chester… Do please keep the photos coming in, so that our Artist has as many as possible to work from.
January’s Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Sunday 20th is the county-wide Churches Together in Cheshire service at Tarporley Baptist & Methodist Church, almost opposite the Catholic Church in the High Street, 3.00 pm. Then Monday-Saturday, Christleton and Waverton Churches Together visit the six churches of the area at 12.00 noon each day, for a time of prayer and light refreshments: see flyer for details.
Sunday evening, 27th 7.00 pm, there is a special Service for Church Unity at Christleton Methodists where our Music Group will be leading the worship. Everyone warmly invited to everything!
Parish Council Meeting last Tuesday
We welcomed our two new members, Judith Done and Anne Proctor: Minutes will soon be on the Notice Board and on our website.
Crib Down, End of Christmastide
Many thanks to all those who turned up on Thursday for dismantling the Christmas Decorations: and to everybody who contributed to the Crib Collection, for the Diocesan Children’s Society, now Caritas.
We raised £319: last year, it was £238!
West Side Story at Manchester Royal Exchange
Something’s coming… Tonight, tonight?
Gluten-Free Hosts on Sundays
As more Parishioners are requiring the square Gluten Free Hosts, two requests: they let myself or the Altar Servers know before Mass begins, and they come to my queue (I know who they are!) which will always be on the Sacristy Side.
SVP Elderly/ Housebound Christmas Lunch
Thanks, everybody, for a super afternoon last Saturday: for the cooks, producing a great Christmas Lunch, for our Musicians and Mini-Vinnies, for all the Taxi Drivers, and to you, the Parish, whose generosity in the SVP Christmas Collection made it all possible. Thanks, SVP!
Caritas Re-Launch
The old “Diocesan Children’s Society” is now “Caritas”, part of the Church’s world-wide Social Work agency. It continues to work with children, but increasingly with families as well. We only have about 20 Box-Holders at present so on 27th January, someone will be coming from the Diocese to tell us about their work, and bringing with them lots and lots of new Boxes…
Next meeting of the Readers’ Group
Monday 21st January at 7.00 pm in the Presbytery.
We Need More Book Cases for Parish Library
Candle Safety in Church
Please: ‘Penny Candles’ (the long thin ones) MUST be placed in the prongs on the stand, and the ‘tea lights’ in the cups on the stands. Thanks, folks!
FHC Parish Group Meeting
Tuesday 22nd January at 6.30 pm in the Parish House for both parents and children, the final one before the Sacrament of First Forgiveness – which is Saturday 26th January at 10.00 am! Please will you ensure that your children have completed as far as page 12 in their First Forgiveness Books and have learnt the Act of Contrition on page 18.
CHS Parents’ Association Family Bingo Night
Friday, 25th January 7.00 pm at the Catholic High School. Bar open. Adults & children welcome.
Parish Day out to Oscott: Wednesday 27th March
We are delighted to announce that we have been given permission to visit the Seminary at Oscott where many students for our Diocese are now receiving their training for the priesthood. After travelling by coach from Chester we shall have the privilege of Holy Mass being celebrated in the College Chapel. A light lunch will follow, and we will then be given a tour of the College by some of our own Diocesan Seminarians. Not to be missed! Watch this space for cost/booking details.
Mission Secretary reporting to Episcopal Vicar
Curial Offices, Birkenhead. £18,000–£20,000 (term time only). 35 hours per week with occasional evening and weekend duties. Administrative support and central contact for the Department of Mission and New Evangelisation. http://www.dioceseofshrewsbury.org/about-us/curia/vacancies Closing Date: 1st February.
CD of the Great War Plaque Evening
Syd took some excellent Photos of 6th November: 40 of them available on a CD for £5.
Please sign up if you’d like one.
Music Group Playing 10.45 Mass Today
St Werburgh’s Parish Social Friday 8th February
Our very enjoyable annual Parish Social, down in the Club, 7.30 pm, free buffet, first drink free (the other ten you have to pay for), usual irritating FP Quiz, children especially welcome.
What’s not to like? Free Tickets available today!!
SVP Music Night Friday 8th Feb 7.30 pm
An evening of swing music in St Columba's Church Hall in aid of the SVP Holiday Home. Tickets £10 each will be on sale at the back of church on the weekend of 19/20 January or from Stephen Perry, 07775781204 or email svpchester@gmail.com
Photo of the Week: St Martin of Tours
Don’t some of you get to exotic places! This lovely statue is outside the Catholic Church in St Maarten in the Lesser Antilles. (The Caribbean to you and me, Choir!) Thanks, Tony, Pat and Joe B!