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Money Matters
Offertory Collection last weekend £912.00 of which £690.30 was Gift Aided.
We remember in our prayers Those whose anniversaries
(21st May) John Blackshaw, William Williams, Samuel Jones, Joseph Ernest McHugh, Mary Gift Aid: If you are a Tax Payer, Lucy Murray (22nd May) Robert Godwin, (24th please consider filling out the Gift Aid May) Joseph Whiston, Thomas Carney, John form which is in the church porch to receive a box of weekly envelopes for your Owen Lathan, Margaret Brannan (25th May) offertory donation or for a one-off Vincenzo Citra, James Canon O’Donoghue (26th donation then please use the May) Cecilia Thompson, Cecily Joan Higgins, Green envelopes. George Stevens, Thomas Atherton, Anne Please remember to write your name, address, sign and date the Therese Roberts, Margaret Teresa Lovelock green envelope. (27th May) Mary Kenny, John Kenny, Margaret Thank you for supporting Ann Duffy, Roderick Vaughan our Parish.
The Immaculate Heart & Message of Our Lady of Fatima Saturday 11 June 2016:
Day of Prayer and talks at the Franciscan Retreat Centre in Pantasaph CH8 8PE, 10.00am to 4.00pm to prepare for the celebrations in 2017 of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. This promises to be a beautiful occasion. Contact Geraldine for more information at: 01978 357367.
Two Pilgrimages – to Aberdaron, Saturday 18th June and to Bardsey Island Monday 20th June:
Bilingual, ecumenical pilgrimages to celebrate 1500 years since St. Cadfan founded the monastery on Bardsey Island. See the notice in the porch for more details and contact Sue Roberts if you would like to take part – at 01758 614977, email:
[email protected].
Annual Pilgrimage to St Winefride’s Well Holywell: Sunday 26th June, procession 2.30pm; Mass 3pm
Let us pray for the Sick
Joan Shephard, Alfredo Fecci,Margaret Evans, Pat and Terry Loftus, Fred Battersby, Gwen Jones,Joe Goggin, Ian Byron, Debra Ann Roberts,Tricia Twizell, Rosa Maria, Joan Lawrence, Gay McCornick, Moira Catherall, Lea Hill, Anne Turner, Mary Rowe, Rose Bryan, Jenny Mansley, Jennifer Rowley, Nancy Wilson, Joe & Luisa Desena, Shelagh Fulham, Margaret Stubbs, Philomena Lamano, and Leo McManus.
Responsorial Psalm: How great is your name, O Lord, our God, through all the earth.
Gospel Acclamation: Alleluia, alleluia! Glory be to the Father, and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, the God who is, who was and who is to come. Alleluia!
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Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold Parish Priest: Fr. Pius Mathew CMI, St.David’s Presbytery, St.David’s Lane, Mold. CH7 1LH Email:
[email protected] 01352 752087 Deacon David Joy:01352 754722 LSUConvent:01352 700121 Website: http://www.stdavidsmold.org.uk/
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22nd May 2016
Trinity Sunday Year C
LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week IV 21st May Saturday Mass 5.30pm Richard White RIP (Gareth Lynch)
22nd May Sunday Mass 11am For People of the Parish
Monday : No Mass 23rd May Tuesday: No Mass 24th May Wednesday: No Mass 25th May Thursday: No Mass 26th May Friday: No Mass 27th May There will be NO Mass here Monday-Friday, as I will be away in Lourdes on our diocesan and Parish-Jubilee Pilgrimage. During the week, the church will remain closed. There will be NO Music Practice this Tuesday 28th May Saturday Mass at 5.30pm
29th May Sunday Mass 11am
Mrs. Catherine Lynch RIP (Gareth Lynch)
For People of the Parish
Eucharistic Adoration with Rosary and Benediction Every Friday following the morning Mass at 9.15am Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confessions) Saturdays 10.30am to 11.30am & Before the Vigil Mass (4.45-5.20pm) Sundays before the Mass (10.30-10.50am)
FAITH IN FOCUS:
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DESCRIBING GOD
f we thought we could adequately describe God, then we would surely be fooling ourselves since God is too great for our limited minds to be able to grasp and process. In fact, St Anselm’s famous statement about God was that
God is that being greater than which nothing can be imagined. If it takes you a while to work out what that means, then don’t worry; you’re not alone! But we’re still left with the problem of having to use some words to talk about God. What we tend to do is to use our daily human experience to try to come close to what God is really like. The bible compares God to a parent, usually to a father
but sometimes to a mother. Parents are the authors of life for their children. So to call God a father is to say that he is responsible for all that lives and breathes in our universe. He is our creator. When we talk about Jesus as the Son, it does not mean that he is less important than the Father; it simply implies closeness of relationship. We speak of the Son as communicating what God is, as the loving embodiment of God who does not want to see us floundering in the ups and downs of life, but wants us to enjoy every moment of our God-given existence to the full. He is our redeemer he Holy Spirit is on a par with both Father and Son, and is the natural outflowing of their love. The Spirit is the daily presence of God among us, inspiring us to good, uplifting us to better things, leading us into the truth. He is our sustainer. This is how we tend to talk about God, inductively; us-
ing our own life experiences as a measuring-stick for what God is and what God does. But it comes as no surprise to learn that each of the three persons in this Trinity is co-equal and that their activity overlaps. So if we want to be correct we cannot simply equate the Father with being the creator, because the Son and the Holy Spirit both create, the father and the Spirit redeem and the Son and the Father sustain!
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aybe what we can do on this feast of the Trinity is simply to thank
Today Collection for Flowers For the Altar Bidding Prayers The privilege of preparing the Prayers of the Faithful (Bidding Prayers) is one to be honoured, and it brings special blessings. Please volunteer immediately for June, July or August. Just 4 or 5 intentions. They are very easy to prepare, but they represent the whole parish. Please help, individually, jointly, as a family, or share a month with another family! Plenty of help is available. Surely everyone can write just a sentence!!
Red Boxes The Missio Red Boxes are now due to be emptied; please leave them in the Sacristy. Please ensure your names are on the boxes when you drop them off. If you forgot to collect your boxes last time, you will find them in the porch. Tricia Hird St David's Jubilee Year 2016
Jubilee pens inscribed:
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God just for being our God and for bothering to have us as his sons and daughters. We may never understand God until we see him face to face. But that shouldn’t stop us loving him.
St David's Church, Mold Golden Jubilee, 1966-2016 are on sale in the porch, 30p each or 4 for £1. Give one to all your friends, neighbours and relatives to show we have something to celebrate this year. (Any profits to the Visamo Orphanage fund.) Margaret and David Joy
Tell me how it is that in this room there are three candles and but one light, and I will explain to you the mode of the divine existence. (John Wesley)
St David's Parish Gift Aid During the last financial year with some of the generous donations to the church being Gift Aided, we were able to recover £9,224.57 from HM Customs and Revenue. A record amount due both to increased Gift Aid donations and also some changes in HMRC rules. This 'free money' certainly helped offset the cost of running the parish and carrying out the recent improvements to the church and parish hall. Over the next few weeks, Mike Bunting will be in the church porch with the new envelopes for those signed up for the scheme and if there are any existing or new parish members who pay tax and would like to join then he has the forms and can answer any questions that you may have.
St David's Jubilee Year 2016 22-27 May: Parish/Diocesan Jubilee Pilgrimage to Lourdes Sunday, 19 June : First Holy Communion Sunday, 26 June : Holywell Pilgrimage Sunday, 3 July : Mass of Healing Sunday, 28 August : Parish Picnic Friday, 16 September : Jubilee Concert
Know Your Blood Pressure Event The Stroke Association Wales are hosting a free Know your Blood Pressure Event on Wednesday 25th May from 10am until 2pm in the Daniel Owen Square, where Stroke Association representatives will be offering free blood pressure checks to raise awareness to help more people avoid stroke. You don’t need to book, just come along!
