Parish Newsletter

 

St Werburgh’s Parish Safeguarding

New team in place now and we will be reviewing the DBS Clearance of all our volunteers who work with children and/or vulnerable adults. Top priority: SVP, Home Holy Communion EM’s, Children’s Liturgy, FHC Catechists and Confirmation Catechists. We’ll inform you if you need Clearance and arrange a good time for it.

Bulbs for the Front Garden: Thank You!

Last chance if you’d like to donate any this week.

King’s School Concert This Afternoon – 2.30 pm

The choir have 12 anthems to sing - Music by Byrd, Stanford, Duruflé, Fauré, Haydn, Bullock, Ireland, Farrant and Gjeilo. All warmly welcome!

Message from the Catholic High School

“We are hoping to start a praise and worship music group in the local area of Chester and Ellesmere Port and are currently seeking a pianist and drummer. We will be performing on a fairly regular basis and wish to play similar music to Tim Hughes, Michael W Smith and Matt Redman.  If you are/know of any competent pianists or drummers above the age of 18 please contact Ant Hunt on 07714 160 268.”

SVP Theatre Night – ‘Dial M for Murder’ 

7.30 pm Wednesday 6^th June Gladstone Theatre, Port Sunlight – always a great night out. Tickets at £9 will be available for sale after Masses this weekend and next weekend, 12^th/13^th May.

SVP Second Collection to support their summer outing for the Elderly and Housebound will take place at all Masses on 19^th/20^th May.

Great War Study Group

Next meeting is Wednesday 9^th May at 2.00 pm in the Parish House.

Trip to St Giles Cheadle on Monday 21^st May

We leave the lay-by outside St John’s Church (next to the amphitheatre) at 8.45 am prompt.

Newsletter Sick List

Excellent response. Seven of the ten names have been “owned” with the request they stay on. One was owned and asked to be taken off. Three awaiting ownership: Iris Philp, Christine Davies and Michael Morton. Any information, please?

Annual Financial Return – Headline Figures

• Income: £124,809. Expenditure: £108,750.
• Operating Surplus: £16,059. Full Annual Return now on the Notice Board at back of church.

First Friday Recitals at 7.30 pm

Super recital from Toby Stanford on Friday – what a talented pianist! Good luck, Toby, with starting Uni this autumn. Best wishes from the Werbies!

Repository 2^nd Hand Sale Continuing Today

Photo of the Week: Fr Gerry Courell

A very popular Curate here Baptising Huw in 1960. He went on to be PP in Neston.

Meetings & Events This Week

Tuesday 2.00 pm: Eucharistic Ministers’ Review

Wednesday 10.00: Eucharistic Ministers’ Review

Thursday 8.00 pm: Choir

Ascension Holyday - Thursday 10^th May

Usual 3 Masses: 7.30 am, 12.15 pm & 7.30 pm.

Catholic Enquiry Course

Thank you for all the offers of help that have come in – anyone else like to be involved?

Evergreen Shrub by Disabled Entrance

Going, going… (Yew’ll miss me when I’m gone?)

Adoremus Meeting Sunday 13^th May at 3.00 pm

If you would like to attend the Eucharistic Congress in Liverpool 7^th – 9^th September this year, please come to a meeting on Sun 13^th May.

First Holy Communions Begin This Sunday

At 9.00 am we welcome Matthew Cartmilll; and at 10.45 Ellie Anderson, Lilu Hughes, Joshua Jones, Matilda Kehoe, Amber Lacey, Nino Mansutti, Megan Meenan, Harry Newman, Oisin O’Malley, Mateusz Salamon, Harry Smith and Fletcher Witley. Please keep them all, and their families, in your prayers on this very special day.

Eucharistic Ministers’ Review Meetings – May

Will ALL EM’s please sign up for one Meeting?

Remember, please, these are compulsory.

• Tuesday 8^th May 2.00-3.00 pm
• Wednesday 9^th May 10.00-11.00 am
• Tuesday 15^th May 10.00-11.00 am
• Wednesday 30^th May 7.00-8.00 pm
• Thursday 31^st May 7.00-8.00 pm

Great War Memorial Plaque: First Draft

Last chance for comments this week, please.

CathSoc Sunday Evenings This Term at 7.00 pm

• Sunday 6^th May – Curry Evening
• Sunday 13^th May – Canal Walk to Christleton
• Sunday 20^th May – Debate Evening
• Sunday 27^th May – Geoff’s Canal Tour and Supper
• Sunday 3^rd June – End of Year Chinese Meal

And finally…

Always good to congratulate Parishioners when they receive awards and honours. Delighted for them. Jealous? Me? No, not in the least. Why would I be? Not that a measly little DBE or Knighthood would exactly hurt them. So, truly honoured in the week to get one medal at last – for my 100^th Blood Donation! On the Altar for you all to admire. But do you find the idea of 100 people out there walking around with a pint of Papa P’s finest in their veins as scary as I do?