The Parish of www.llayrossettparish.org.uk SVP: Our St Vincent de Paul Conference meets Offertory Envelopes: The new boxes of offertory this Thursday (26th March) at 5.55pm in . envelopes, starting 11/12 April, are now at the St Francis of Assisi, Llay and Christ the King , Would you like to join or learn more? Speak to back of the Church at Llay. Please collect Parish Priest: Canon Bernard Lordan (The Presbytery, Llay, LL12 0NT) one of the members or to Canon. yours now. Please also remember to always use your envelopes on Saturday/Sunday, Holy 01978 852297 Secretary: Tina Bayliss Newman Circle Lecture Meeting: - Days of Obligation and for the three Diocesan Email: [email protected] Office email: [email protected] Due to be held at Llay on Friday, 27th March, is Collections, so that the Gift Aid can be Cheques for the Parish Must be Made Payable to: LLAY CATHOLIC CHURCH now cancelled. reclaimed from HMRC. th nd 4 Sunday of Lent, Year A (Laetare Sunday) This Sunday (22 March) – “Mothering Do Remember – Our Silent Hour of Prayer “The Angels” Magazine: The most recent issue Sunday”: This is Laetare Sunday, celebrated in every week before the Blessed Sacrament: of this interesting publication is now available 21 March Saturday this country as “Mothering Sunday”, when, in Most Wednesdays, 7pm to 8pm. Do come this from the back - @ £2. No Mass former times, Christians used to visit their “Mother Wednesday. Church”, i.e. the church where they had been The “Lenten Alms” Box: This has been placed 22 March Sunday baptised. Servants would be given the day off to Lenten Lunches: On Fridays, at St Martin’s at the back of the church (and is emptied every 9.00am Rossett - No Mass do this, and would quite naturally also visit their Anglican Church Hall, Market Square, Llay, are day!). This year your alms go to “The Medaille 11.00am Llay - No Mass mothers on the same occasion. So then, this cancelled. Trust”, which provides refuge and freedom to Sunday also became a celebration of all mothers – victims of modern slavery and “Welcome as I and we continue to do this today with much love Prayer for the time of infection with COVID- am”, which promotes mental health awareness in and appreciation. Monday – Weekday, 4th Week of Lent 19: faith communities and the wider . Do Cardinal Hollerich SJ and Cardinal Bagnasco, be as generous as you can! 9.30am Llay – (Florence Roberts & Lilian Jones RIP) Coronavirus issues: Most will be aware by now Presidents of COMECE and CCEE that the Bishop’s Conference for England and th respectively, have published a prayer for this Sherlock - Where are you? “Hetty”, our Parish Tuesday – Weekday, 4 Week of Lent has suspended public worship in response time of infection with the COVID-19 virus for Vacuum Cleaner has vanished from her usual 9.30am Llay – (Margaret Deboo RIP) to the prevailing pandemic. This means that we “resting” place, where she has resided cannot celebrate public Mass on Weekends use in our communities across the continent of Europe. undisturbed for many years. If anyone knows Wednesday – No Parish Mass (Saturday Vigils and Sundays) and Holy days for God our Father, Creator of the world, almighty where she might be or knows anything about her the time being. The priest will however, celebrate disappearance, please pass on the word to th and merciful, out of love for us, You sent your Thursday – Weekday, 4 Week of Lent Mass on these days in private. In this parish the Canon or the Office. Son into the world as the doctor of our souls 7.00pm Llay – (Mary & Denis Tunly RIP) priests’ celebration of his weekday private Masses will be at the stated times, unless otherwise stated. and our bodies. Look upon your children who, Lavister Friends of Nightingale House Friday – Weekday 4th Week of Lent The Church in Llay will be open as usual for people in this difficult time of confusion and dismay in Hospice: Spring Coffee morning – Next th 9.30am Rossett – (John Pritchard RIP) to call in to pray quietly as and when they wish. If many regions of Europe and the world, turn to Saturday 28 March 2020, at Village you do so, please maintain social distancing on you seeking strength, salvation and relief; Hall. Please check with Nightingale House to ask both entering and leaving and also whilst inside the deliver us from illness and fear, heal our sick, if this is still going ahead before attending. Church and use protective hand sanitiser gel or Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) – comfort their families, give wisdom to our wipes. Please also use anti-bacterial wipes on any rulers, energy and reward to our doctors, Lenten “Walk with Me” Booklets 2020: These As usual, on Saturday Morning, from 10.00am surfaces you touch (e.g. door handles etc.) before to 10.30am (and onwards if necessary). nurses and volunteers, eternal life to the dead. have a page for each day from Ash Wednesday and after. Do not abandon us in the moment of trial but (26th February) to Easter Sunday. They are deliver us from all evil. We ask this of Thee, available now, from the porch – Free. Do take Weekly offerings (“The Collection”): These can 5th Sunday of Lent, Year A who with the Son and the Holy Spirit, live and one and use it. (Donations welcome). be put through the letter-box of the Presbytery reign for ever and ever. Amen. Mary, mother (The Priest’s House) – attached to the church at 28 March Saturday of health and hope, pray for us! “Prego”: Cancelled until after Easter – date to Llay - in an envelope. No Mass resume to be announced.

. We Remember In, Our Prayers Lenten Stations of the Cross: Cancelled for the 29 March Sunday Those Whose Anniversaries Occur This Week time being. nd 22 John Milan p.p., Lucy Cunnah; Rossett- No Mass Thomas Kennedy Llay – No Mass Our Lenten Parish Penitential Service: This, due th 23rd Moira Jones & Peter Lennon to take place this Thursday (26 ), is now th 24 James Clark & James Lawlor; Thank you for last week’s collection Cancelled. TH 25 Mary Taylor Weekly Offertory £486.55 th 26 Margarita Farrant “Mission Today”: The Spring 2020 edition of this, th Further to Valentina’s Coffee Morning £195.00 27 William Mulvaney & Mary Lund the FREE “Missio” Magazine, can be picked up th 28 Eric Lawton, Robert Williams; from the back. Patricia Knight