Parish Newsletter
SUNDAY 1st JULY: THIRTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B)
Liturgical
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+ 2023
- 10th December
- 3rd December
- 26th November
- 19th November
- 12th November
- 5th November
- 29th October
- 22nd October
- 15th October
- 8th October
- 1st October
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- 25th December
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- 27th November
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- 26th December
- 19th December
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- 5th December
- 28th November
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- 31st October
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+ 2020
- 27th December
- 20th December
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- 6th December
- 29th November
- 22nd November
- 15th November
- 8th November
- 1st November
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- 18th October
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- 28th June
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- 29th December
- 22nd December
- 15th December
- 8th December
- 1st December
- 24th November
- 17th November
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- 3rd November
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- 20th October
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- 6th October
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- 1st September
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- 28th July
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- 30th June
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- 2018
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Wisdom 1, 13-24; Psalm 29; II Corinthians 8, 7-15; Mark 5, 21-43
Saturday 6.00 pm: Rowton Methodists: Charles Davis (L.D., Liverpool)
Sunday 9.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Canon Eugene Dolan (L.D., Salford Diocese)
Sunday 10.45 am: St Werburgh’s: Denis Hickey (11th Anniversary)
Sunday 12.30 pm: St Werburgh’s: Baptism of Benedict Wildes
Sunday 1.00 pm: St Werburgh’s: Baptism of Anwen Elizabeth Margaret Lunt
Sunday 6.00 pm: St Werburgh’s: Rachael Andrews
Monday 2nd July: Ferial: Amos 2, 6-16; Psalm 49; Matthew 8, 18-22.
12.15 pm: St Werburgh’s: Tony Mayers
Tuesday 3rd July: St Thomas, Apostle: Ephesians 2, 19-22; Psalm 116; John 20, 24-29
8.00 am: Poor Clares, Hawarden: Special Intention
10.00 am: Primary School: Years 3 & 4 School Mass
12.15 pm: St Werburgh’s: Eileen and John Jones
Wednesday 4th July: Ferial: Amos 5, 14-24; Psalm 49; Matthew 8, 28-34
11.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Molly Franks
Thursday 5th July: Ferial: Amos 7, 10-17; Psalm 18; Matthew 9, 1-8
12.15 pm: St Werburgh’s: Nuala McDonough (L.D.)
Friday 6th July: Ferial: Amos 8, 4-12; Psalm 18; Matthew 9, 9-13
10.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Infants School Mass
12.15 pm: St Werburgh’s: Gary Ennis (L.D., Burscough)
Saturday 7th July: Ferial: Amos 9, 11-15; Psalm 84; Matthew 9, 14-17
10.30 am – 12.00 noon: St Werburgh’s: Confessions
1.30 pm: St Werburgh’s: Nuptial Mass for Michael Corney and Alyson Mapstone
6.00 pm: Rowton Methodists: Caroline Miller (L.D., Michigan)
SUNDAY 8th JULY: FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME (YEAR B)
Ezekiel 2, 2-5; Psalm 122; II Corinthians 12, 7-10; Mark 6, 1-6
Saturday 6.00 pm: Rowton Methodists: Caroline Miller (L.D., Michigan)
Sunday 9.00 am: St Werburgh’s: Sheila Lawley
Sunday 10.45 am: St Werburgh’s: Intentions of Clare Taylor
Sunday 12.00 noon: St Werburgh’s: Baptism of Jax Patrick Payne
Sunday 12.30 pm: St Werburgh’s: Baptisms of Elliott James Collier and Robin John Collier
Sunday 1.00 pm: St Werburgh’s: Baptisms of Ethan Naylor and William Allwood
Sunday 1.45 pm: Chester Cathedral: Mass for Chester Catenians
Sunday 6.00 pm: St Werburgh’s: Intentions of Jean Lynch
Prayer Intentions
Your prayers are asked for the following who are sick: Baby Arthur Horsdal, Yvonne McCabe, Patrick McKeown, Matt Corcoran, Freda Lloyd, Henri Diacono, Ruth O’Kane, James Donovan, Garth Stocking, Kevin Maguire, Michael Morton; and for all the sick of the Parish; and for those who have died recently, especially Desmond Sloan, Nuala McDonough and Margaret Sproston; and for those whose anniversaries occur about this time: David Jordan, Joanne Quinn, Patrick Nugent, Mollie Franks, Esther Doran, John Molloy, Janina Dabrowska, Muriel Arthur, Gary Roberts, Michelangelo Apollonio, Margaret Cullen, Maurice Townson, James Mullen, Christine Ashford, Brenda Davies, Marie Vurens, Angelina Beresford, Eric Walsh and Mary Roden. Rest in Peace.
Parish events
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+ 2023
- 10th December
- 3rd December
- 26th November
- 19th November
- 12th November
- 5th November
- 29th October
- 22nd October
- 15th October
- 8th October
- 1st October
- 24th September
- 17th September
- 10th September
- 3rd September
- 27th August
- 20th August
- 13th August
- 6th August
- 30th July
- 23rd July
- 16th July
- 9th July
- 2nd July
- 25th June
- 18th June
- 11th June
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- 28th May
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- 7th May
- 30th April
- 23rd April
- 16th April
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- 26th March
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- 29th January
- 22nd January
- 15th January
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- 25th December
- 18th December
- 11th December
- 4th December
- 27th November
- 20th November
- 13th November
- 6th November
- 30th October
- 23rd October
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- 31st July
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- 30th January
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+ 2021
- 26th December
- 19th December
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- 5th December
- 28th November
- 21st November
- 14th November
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- 31st October
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+ 2020
- 27th December
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- 6th December
- 29th November
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+ 2019
- 29th December
- 22nd December
- 15th December
- 8th December
- 1st December
- 24th November
- 17th November
- 10th November
- 3rd November
- 27th October
- 20th October
- 13th October
- 6th October
- 29th September
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- 15th September
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- 1st September
- 25th August
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- 28th July
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- 30th June
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- 28th April
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- 31st March
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- 2018
- 30th December
- 23rd December
- 16th December
- 9th December
- 2nd December
- 25th November
- 18th November
- 11th November
- 4th November
- 28th October
- 21st October
- 14th October
- 7th October
- 30th September
- 23rd September
- 16th September
- 9th September
- 2nd September
- 26th August
- 19th August
- 5th August
- 29th July
- 22nd July
- 15th July
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- 25th March
- 18th March
- 11th March
- 4th March
- 25th February
- 18th February
- 11th February
- 4th February
- 28th January
- 21st January
- 14th January
- 7th January
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Heritage Talks Last Week
Many thanks to Gerry and Ann Marie for two splendid talks: Gerry on Chester a hundred years ago, and the remarkable contribution Canon Joseph Chambers made, not just to St Werburgh’s but to the life of Chester as a whole; and Ann Marie, on Cosmopolitan Chester, and specifically the role that Belgians, Australians and Americans played in our city.
SVP Summer Lunch on Wednesday Next
Many thanks to the SVP for organising our Summer Lunch for the Elderly and Housebound at the Forest Hills Hotel in Frodsham this week. All invitations have gone out and been replied to, car drivers are standing ready, and I know we’re going to have a super time together. Thanks, SVP - thanks, Parish, for your support!
Great War Group
No meeting on Monday 2nd July – thanks, Team.
Parish Diary 2018/19
Work well underway on next year’s diary, covering September 2018 to August 2019. Let us have any dates and events to be included as soon as possible, please.
Next First Friday Recital: Catherine Fahy
Friday 6th July - a lovely recital coming up by our good friend Catherine Fahy. As well as possessing a beautiful soprano voice she’s also building an academic career in music, researching ‘Music in the plays of Samuel Beckett’ for a PhD at York, following her undergraduate studies at Manchester, and has also landed a Research Fellowship at the University of Austin, Texas. Wow! She’s recently performed in a new opera, Medea Maria, by composer Helen Madden at York Theatre Royal. Joined by Tim Stuart on the piano, she’s performing Britten, Schumann, Fauré and Verdi, as well as some from the more popular end of the repertoire. Clue: I’ve got rhythm.
Don’t miss it! Friday 6th July 7.30 pm.
Churches Together in Christleton Summer Teas
In the Methodist Schoolroom. Please come and support our delicious Sunday Teas with home- made cakes, served every Sunday until 30th September, 2.30 pm – 4.30 pm, proceeds to The Rock of Joy Trust, for schools in Uganda.
Chester Mystery Plays Tuesday 10th July at 7.30
All tickets now sold: any outstanding Money and Forms asap please!
FP Talk on the Mystery Plays – What are they? Why were they written? For whom and when were they written? Why is Chester so important here? What should we look out for on 10th July?
FP Talk: Tuesday 3rd July, Church, 7.00 pm.
Owen Gresty Diaconate Ordination
Our very good friend, Owen, son of Dominique and Brian, brother of Natalie and Loic, is being ordained a Permanent Deacon in St Chad’s cathedral, Birmingham, this Sunday afternoon. We are delighted that Gerry is able to go to represent St Werburgh’s.
The regular "First Thursday" Hospital Mass
Thursday 5th July at 12.15 pm in the Countess of Chester Hospital Chapel. This is for patients/outpatients, staff, families and friends, and the wellbeing of our hospitals, including the Bowmere. All are welcome.
Catholic Women’s League Monthly Meeting
Monday 9th July 1.00 pm at St Francis’s Church Hall. Bring and Buy Sale and exhibition and sale of paintings by Margaret Parry, a talented artist who died last year.
Choir on Friday Night: SS Peter and Paul
Great to see you all here on Friday for the Holyday of Obligation, SS Peter and Paul – and a particular treat at the Evening Mass, when the Choir sang two special pieces – Howard Goodall’s arrangement of The Lord is My Shepherd, and Rachmaninov’s To Thee O Lord. Congratulations, James and Choir!
Chester CAFOD Support Group Strawberry Tea
Last Sunday, and blessed with glorious sunshine, we raised £253 for CAFOD's development work with some of the poorest communities around the world. Thank you so much to everyone
Meetings and Events This Week
- Tuesday 7.00 pm: Mystery Plays Talk
- Wednesday: SVP Summer Lunch
- Friday 7.30 pm: First Friday Recital
Special Mass Here on Monday 9th July 12.15 pm
Honoured and delighted that Bishop Mark has asked if he can bring the Junior Clergy Group (those ordained five years or less), our Diocesan Seminarians, and those currently living in the Cathedral House of Discernment to St Werburgh’s for Mass and Lunch on Monday 9th July. They are exploring the history of the Diocese and will go on to visit the Cathedral after lunch. All parishioners warmly welcome to join us.
Poor Clares Leaving Hawarden
Tuesday 31st July, 7.30 pm, Mass of Thanksgiving for all the Chester friends of the Sisters.
Photo of the Week: Llangollen Church
Church of the Holy Cross snapped by Gabriel O’Hanlon while on his travels – thanks Gabriel! Almost every face identified from last week: could you all take a copy of the 1935 school photo, write on it the name you recognise, and let us have it back, so that we can publish a complete list?
Chester Little Theatre Youth Group
They visited us in March for a riveting performance of “The Man Who Disappeared”, the story of those soldiers who were Shot at Dawn in the First World War. Delighted they are paying us a return visit on Friday 13th July at 7.30 pm for their performance of George Crabbe’s astonishing poem, ‘Peter Grimes.’
Residential & Nursing Home Religious Services
In September, I’d like to arrange a programme of Services in every Nursing Home in the Parish, ideally on a monthly basis. Who’d like to help me?
My Holiday Dates:
20th August – 7th September