ANNOUNCEMENTS th St Winefride’s RC Church Church Cleaners: L Dee, A Williams, D Roberts SVP: Birkenhead District SVP’s Theatre Night on 19 November at the Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight tickets 5 Burton Road, Little Neston, CH64 9RF Day of Prayer for the Family Synod: The Holy Father, Pope Francis, has asked that the Church sets aside this £8.00. Bebington Dramatic Society’s "The Wilmslow Boy". Fr Ravi Bosco A.L. Tel: 0151 336 4189 [email protected] Sunday, 28th September, as a Day of Prayer to pray for this Foodbank: All are invited to a talk being organised by the important international meeting. We are encouraged to th Deacon Mike Topping Tel: 0151 353 0253 [email protected] pray that our families might become true "domestic Foodbank at the request of the SVP on Mon 13 Oct at 7:30 pm in the Parish Hall. The amount of Food donated in www.stwinefridesneston.org.uk churches" in our home countries and "bear witness to God’s love". August was 160kg, and to date the Parish has donated just under two tonnes of food! Thank you for your continued th th th Ordinary Time Week XXVI 28 September 2014 October Special: Between 29 Sep – 25 Oct our support. 27 Sep SATURDAY 6.30 pm Cath & Bill Owen Eucharistic Ministers will lead the Service of Word and th Communion on Friday mornings and Deacon Mike will lead 26 Sunday in Ordinary Time – Day of 8.45 am The Parish Car Parking Notices: We now have two notices directing Prayer for the Family Synod – ‘Harvest the service on Saturday mornings. 28 Sep SUNDAY th people to our car park behind the church. These will be Sunday’ 10.45 am 50 Wed: Sylvia & Ted Ludlow First Communion: The first meeting for the Parents used only on special occasions when we have visitors 29 Sep MONDAY Ss Michael, Gabriel & Raphael 9.00 am Ken Bayley wishing their children to be prepared for First Communion (weddings, funerals etc). The notices will be kept in the th sacristy and are available at all times as needed. They are 30 Sep TUESDAY St Jerome 9.00 am Fr Denis Marmion for their children is on Tues 18 Nov at 7pm at St Winefride's Primary School. The enrolment mass will be on to be displayed on the front gateposts and are simply hung 1 Oct WEDNESDAY St Theresa of the Child Jesus 9.00 am Int: Cubbins Family Sun 30th Nov at 10.45am and the celebration of First on hooks permanently fitted to the posts. Please use this th 2 Oct THURSDAY Guardian Angels 9.00 am Michael Walsh Communion will be on Sat 13 June 2015 at 10am. facility if you have an event involving visitors to the Parish. Rosary: October is the month of the Holy Rosary. Along 3 Oct FRIDAY Special Prayer for the Needy & Hungry 9.00 am Service of Word & Communion Thank You: We thank Deacon Jeffrey Telford of Pensby for with Our Lady of Fatima we pray it every day at 9:30am on giving us a 'Book of the Gospels', which can be used in our 4 Oct SATURDAY St Francis of Assisi 9.00 am Service of Word & Communion weekdays. If you can spare 15 minutes to pray for peace in Liturgies and to Deacon Mike Topping for getting some Next Weekend the world, please join us as and when you can. 4 Oct SATURDAY 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time 6.30 pm The Parish office equipment to be used in the Parish Centre. We also Centenary of World War I: To mark the centenary now have stoles/collars in 4 liturgical colours for Eucharistic 8.45 am TG Karen Kirby celebrations we will have an Inter-Faith Prayer Meeting for Ministers which can be used when needed. 5 Oct th SUNDAY 10.45 am Vic Clyro Peace on Wed 26 Nov at 1.30pm. Representatives from different religions and Christian denominations have been Poor Clares, Hawarden: Due to our parish's generosity we Weekdays: Adoration from 8.00 am; Morning Prayer 8:40 am; Rosary following 9.00 am Mass invited. Together with children from St Winefride's Primary have been able to supply monthly fruit and veg to the Poor Sacrament of Reconciliation: Saturday 11.00-11.30am and 5.45-6.10pm School we shall all be praying together for Peace in the Clares for at least the last 15 years. Please consider world. supporting the Poor Clare Community in our Parish by Please pray for the sick, especially: th th Singing practice for all this Sunday 4 – 5pm in donating to our annual collection on 4 and 5 of October. Alan Jones, Pam Grace, Fr Fred Robinson, Laura Growney-Stone, Kevin Bradford, James Rourke, Molly Hopkins, Claire Music: church. Heverin, Paula Tunstall, Jane Haimes, Karl Smith, Vincent Marmion, Marie Claire, Margaret Maw, Stacey Leadbetter, th Reminders: Carmel’s Annual Benediction in honour of St Louisa Johnson, James Mulligan Jr, Francesca Grace Peet, Fr Joe Carney, Jeannie Cartledge, Angela Willasey, Karen Parish Christmas Meal: on Thursday 4 December at the Therese: 3pm, Sun 28th Sep Carmelite Monastery, Dawson, Fiona Hardman, Julie Jones, Bernie Phelan, Joan Cleary, Beatrice Barker, Clare Thompson, Pauline Bennett, Inn at Ness. John Carlo has kindly agreed to give us an Birkenhead; Shrewsbury Diocesan History Day: St Mary of Jack Henesy, Win Bayley, Lynne Smith, Louise Quigg, David Bell, Fr Martin Riley, Tony Peet, Columba Haggart, Jean exclusive offer of a starter, main meal and a glass of red or the Angels, Hooton CH66 1QJ. Sat 4th Oct at 10.30am; Benson, Anthony Paul Stone. white wine for £11.00 per head. To be sure of reserving a West Kirby Justice and Peace: Pope Francis' Vision for the place, leave an envelope with your name, contact details th RIP: Terrence Frank Kenneth Lambert Church at St Agnes’ West Kirby, Sat 4 Oct 11am - 2.30pm. (tel, email), number of people and payment in the box at the back of the church. As last year, it’s “first come first The Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies (CCRS): a From Fr Ravi: Cricket Reaches Vatican! served” so please do not delay! Contacts: Tony Wright basic course in theology, designed for people who are 0788 906 3579 or Kieron Grace 07966 764 848/ 336 7492. engaged in the communication of their Catholic Faith, Many of you must have heard already about the Vatican's first cricket team, who notched up two impressive wins in five whether directly or indirectly open to everyone. You can matches on their first foreign tour, but ended their campaign by losing to the formidable Church of England side. The SPUC: Merseyside pro-life Walk of Witness through complete the Certificate or just attend the sessions at Our team, was comprised of seven Indians, two Sri Lankans, one Pakistani and an Englishman (who obviously captained the Liverpool is on Saturday 4th October. If anyone would like th Lady’s, Ellesmere Port, starting on Sat 11 Oct 10 am - side!) Pope Francis, an avid football fan, even signed a cricket bat for them. They began their five-match series in to join us even for a short part of the walk, please contact th 3.30 pm. Contact Rowena Nield - rowena.nield@sky,com England on September 13 by thrashing the Army Chaplains in a 20-over match at Aldershot. The following day they Margaret on 336 2050 for more details. Please will you 0161 440 8619. Please see the posters in porch. were beaten in Brighton by a club team and then they recorded their second win in a 30-over match against the Authors help our pro-life work by sponsoring our walkers. Sponsor XI in Bucks. They were then defeated by the Royal Household in the grounds of Windsor Castle. The concluding forms are in both porches. Demonstration of painting in acrylics: by Joe Tunstall Twenty20 showdown was at the St Lawrence Ground in Canterbury, a city to which, 1,400 years ago, St Augustine was Shoe Boxes: Thanks to all who helped with the wrapping and sale of original acrylics & watercolours at the St John's sent by an earlier pontiff to establish the English church. Maybe St Winefride's could send a few players next time! of the boxes this week. We will be filling the boxes on Hospice shop on Telegraph Road Heswall (near Avanti and 11th and 25th Oct after 9am Mass. “Shoe Box Sunday” will th I am sure you will join me in congratulating all our young people who have had their GCSE and A level results and wish th Costa's) on Saturday 4 October between 11am and 3pm. them and our children who have begun a new academic year, the very best in their studies. be 26 October. All money goes to St John's Hospice. All welcome! Contact Joe on 336 1261. Please do say a pray for me and for my family as I visit them in the next few weeks. I am also grateful to Fr Chris for his Piety Stall: After a break for summer we are now fully loving presence and generous ministry in our Parish. In the best tradition of St Winefride's, I know, he will be well looked operational in the Church Hall again after each Sunday Thank you for your generous after. Please do contact Fr Chris (328 1868) or Deacon Mike for any pastoral need during my absence. Mass. There is a good selection of stock, mostly on view in Last Sunday's Offering: the display cabinet.