Parish Newsletters – April 2021 – St Vincent De Paul RC Church, Knutsford

Table of Contents

4th Sunday of Easter – 25th April, 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Sunday Vigil Mass	24^th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
Sunday	25th	9.00am	Shrewsbury Secular Clergy Fund
4th Sunday of Easter		11.00am	Baby Lucia Rose and family
Monday	26th		No Mass today
Tuesday	27^th	9.30am	Elizabeth Murphy
Wednesday St Peter Chanel	28^st	9.30am	George Williams
Thursday St Catherine of Siena	29^th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Friday	30^th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Saturday Vigil Mass Of Sunday	1^st	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
SUNDAY	2nd	9.00am	Shrewsbury Secular Clergy Fund
5th Sunday of Easter		11.00am	Chris Rigby

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home. Whilst the pandemic seems to be easing in our country we will all have been shocked by the terrible scenes in India over this last week. I am conscious that many of you will have relatives in India and will be very worried about them. Please be assured of our thoughts and prayers.

All those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Myra Tallon, Joan Goff, Celia Sweeney, Marie Bell, Ben Crowley, Mary Kendall, Brian Fecitt, Marian Blair, Olive Ryder, Stirling Blair, Paul Edward Sadler, Walter McDonald, May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

NEW OFFERTORY ENVELOPES: For those parishioners who kindly donate to the Parish using Offertory envelopes, your new box is now available on the table in the porch in alphabetical order. Please do not worry if your number has changed this is part of tidying up our records. Graham Alcock, Planned Giving and Gift Aid Organiser.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

MASS INTENTIONS: If anyone has Mass intentions that they would like to be offered please hand them to Fr David or post through the presbytery letterbox. Any cheques should be made payable to “St Vincent’s Clergy Account”. Many thanks.

MASS BOOKINGS: Hopefully it will not be too long before we can open our church normally without the need to book. Recently I have noticed that although all places have been booked on our booking platform for all our Sunday Masses there have been several spare spaces which would suggest that people are reserving places and then not turning up. If you book a place and are then unable to attend please let us know so that others can take the places..

RED BOX 2020 THANK YOU: In 2020, our community of St Vincent’s raised £1208.24 through our Red Boxes and donations to Missio and the Mill Hill Missionaries. Thank you! Communities around the world are so grateful that people here in Knutsford are supporting them through prayer and our generous donations. The missionaries, and the communities they serve, are living in such difficult circumstances, made even harder by Covid 19. They have asked us to pass on their thanks, and tell us that they pray for us all. Find out more at missio.org.uk

CHRISTIAN COMMUNITIES IN THE HOLY LAND: Thanks to your generosity in our Good Friday collection I was able to send £534.45 to ‘Friends of the Holy Land’ to support their work with the Christian communities in the Holy Land.

THANK YOU For your Offertory gifts Please place any offertory envelopes or offerings in the baskets at the church door or post through the presbytery letterbox; thank you for your continued support of the parish in such difficult circumstances.

(Dioceseof Shrewsbury is a Registered Charity)

3rd Sunday of Easter – 18th April, 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Sunday Vigil Mass	17^th	5.30pm	Private Intention
Sunday	18^th	9.00am	Our Parish Family
3^rd Sunday of Easter		11.00am	Brian Cullen
Monday	19^th		No Mass today
Tuesday	20^th	9.30am	Delia Theresa Pye
Wednesday St Anselm	21^st	9.30am	Paddy Hand
Thursday	22nd	9.30am	Holy Souls
Friday St George	23rd	9.30am	Tom Ryan
Saturday Vigil Mass Of Sunday	24th	5.30pm	Our Parish Family
SUNDAY	25^th	9.00am	Shrewsbury Secular Clergy Fund
4th Sunday of Easter		11.00am	Baby Louise Rose and Family

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home.

Canon Michael McCoy (a friend of Fr David) who has died and all those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Brian Cullen, George Kendall, Judi Kerrigan, Peter Keighran, Patrick Cole, Clem McFarlane, Colin Meade, Ann Connolly, David Myerscough-Jones, Francis Berrell, Michael Giulliano, Maria Floyd, Gerard Dorian, Jean Shaw, May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: It is with great sadness that in the light of all the possible regulations with regard to international travel, we have had to make the decision to cancel this year’s Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. A group from the Pilgrimage Management Team will be putting together a Virtual Pilgrimage that everyone will be able to join online. Details will emerge in the coming weeks.

PARISH WEBSITE: It has been drawn to our attention that someone who recently visited our website was invited to enter a competition and was asked for credit card details. Please note we will never post any such things on the website and under no circumstances should you ever offer your credit/debit card details to anyone you do not know to be bona fide.

(Diocese of Shrewsbury is a Registered Charity)

2nd Sunday of Easter – 11th April, 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Sunday Vigil Mass	10^th	5.30pm	HRH Prince Philip
Sunday	11^th	9.00am	Our Parish Family
2^nd Sunday of Easter		11.00am	Martha Armstrong
Monday	12^th		No Mass today
Tuesday	13^th	9.30am	Liz Tredwell
Wednesday	14^th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Thursday	15th	9.30am	Colette Murphy (anniv)
Friday	16^th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Saturday Vigil Mass Of Sunday	17th	5.30pm	Private Intention
SUNDAY	18^th	9.00am	Our Parish Family
3rd Sunday of Easter		11.00am	Brian Cullen

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh: we give thanks for his years of great service to our country and pray that the Lord will grant him eternal peace and bring comfort to Her Majesty the Queen and all the Royal Family. (I have posted a tribute from Bishop Mark on our Parish Facebook page)

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home.

All those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially James Harris, Bernard Raffo, Stan Burgess, Harold Edward Floyd, Win Thomason, Kathleen Pexton, Matthew Christopher Cumming, May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY: Pope St John Paul II designated the Second Sunday of Easter as Divine Mercy Sunday. Today we are encouraged to rejoice in the inexhaustible love and mercy of our Saviour Jesus Christ who gave up his life for us and calls us all to turn to him in repentance so that we can be enveloped by his inexhaustible love and mercy.

THANK YOU for all your cards gifts and very generous Easter Offering; I am so grateful for all your kindness and generosity which has made me feel so welcome here in Knutsford. Thank you too for all those who helped in any way to make Holy Week and Easter such a special time in our parish.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

VACANCY FOR DEPUTY HEAD TEACHER: St Monica’s Catholic Primary School in Appleton are seeking to appoint an enthusiastic, committed and inspirational Deputy Headteacher to play an integral part in the further development of our school. You will be a creative and dynamic professional with a real passion for Catholic teaching and learning. Closing date for applications Monday, 17 May. Full details from stmonicas_primary@warrington.gov.uk

(Diocese of Shrewsbury is a Registered Charity)

Easter Sunday – 4th April, 2021

Mass Times and Intentions

Saturday Vigil Mass of Easter	3rd	8.00pm	Holy Souls
Sunday Easter Sunday	4^h	9.00am 10.00am	Our Parish Family Mckenna Family (Special Intention)
		11.00am	Private Intention
Monday	5th	9.30am	Anne McGough (Anniv)
Tuesday	6^th	9.30am	Eileen Devine Kehoe
Wednesday	7th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Thursday	8th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Friday	9th	9.30am	Holy Souls
Saturday Vigil Mass Of Sunday	10th	5.30pm	Private Intention
SUNDAY	11th	9.00am	Our Parish Family
2^nd Sunday of Easter		11.00am	Martha Armstrong

Notices

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick, housebound or isolating at home.

Canon Brendan Hoban, Rosemary Fairs, Rita Fletcher and Richard Bragg who have died and all those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Ted Roberts, Dennis Eastwood, Sarah Groves, Anne Morrison, Joyce Raffo, Winifred McDonald, Peony Nelstrop,, Alan Trott, Anne McGough, Eileen Devine Kehoe, May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

EASTER OFFERING: This is the traditional offering to Fr David. If you use Offertory Envelopes you will find one marked Easter Offering. If you wish to make an offering by cheque please make it payable to St Vincent’s Church Knutsford – rest assured it will find its way to Fr David. If you normally make your offering by Standing Order then please note this does not form part of the Easter Offering to Fr David but goes to the parish. As such special Gift Aid Envelopes are available in the church porch. Please complete the front of the envelope so that Gift Aid can be claimed. Thank you for your kindness and support, Graham Alcock, Planned Giving and Gift Aid Organiser.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Masses in the sacristy or by appointment.

(Diocese of Shrewsbury is a Registered Charity)