Parish Newsletters – April 2022

2nd Sunday of Easter – 24th April 2022

Mass Times And Intentions

Sat 23rd17.30 Sunday Vigil MassTom ReganR – John Daley & Irene Ward M – Nick Johnson
Sun 24th09:002nd Sunday of EasterOur Parish FamilyR – Tim Storrie & Mary McCorkell; M – Graham Allcock
Sun 24th11:00 Robert AllrightR – Alice Bailey & Tony Andrews; M – Pat Flood
Mon 25th09.30St MarkJohn CurtisR = Readers M = Eucharistic Minister
Tue 26th09.30St GeorgeGeorge Watt (Anniv)
Wed 27th09.30 Private Intention (Boyd) 
Thur 28th09.30 Gloria Paige 
Fri 29th   09.30St Catherine of SienaMelanie Jennings (recovery) 
Sat 30th   17.30Sunday Vigil MassJohn DuffyR – John Armstrong & Maura Welch; M – Jan Armstrong
Sun 1st09.00Third Sunday of EasterOur Parish FamilyR –Stewart Gardiner & Jane McKenna; M –John Flynn
Sun 1st11:00 Robert AllrightR – Ann Long & Andrea Ross; M – Hilary Heap

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick or housebound.

All those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Jean Shaw, Myra Tallon, Joan Goff, Celia Sweeney, Marie Bell, Ben Crowley, Mary Kendall, Brian Fecitt, Marian Blair, George Watt.  May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Mass in the sacristy or by appointment at a convenient time.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PREPARATION: Our next meeting for parents is this Tuesday at 7.15pm in the parish hall.

CONFIRMATION PREPARATION: Our next preparation meeting for those being confirmed this year will be on Thursday evening at 7pm in the parish hall. The final meeting will be next Sunday, 1 May at 3pm. Both meetings are for candidates only.

KNUTSFORD HERITAGE: A local man, John Howard, has kindly provided free copies of a book that he has written entitled “This is 60 King Street”. Please feel free to take a copy from the table in the porch.

THANK YOU so much for your cards, good wishes, presents and generous Easter Offerings.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: It is wonderful that finally we will be able to return to Lourdes. Our Diocesan Pilgrimage will take place from 29 July-4 August by air and 28 July-5 August by coach. Prices start from as little as £440 which includes travel, full board accommodation and full Pilgrimage Programme. Booking forms are available to download from the Pilgrimage Website www.shrewsburypilgrimage.co.uk or from the Pilgrimage Office, Curial Offices, 2, Park Rd South, Prenton, Wirral, CH43 4UX


Easter Sunday – 17th April 2022

Mass Times And Intentions

Sat 16th20.00 Easter Vigil & first Mass of EasterColette MurphyR – See List in porch M – Moya Higham
Sun 17th09:00Easter SundayMargaret MescalR – James Rowley & Gerard McCreesh; M – Helen Broom
Sun 17th11:00 Our Parish FamilyR – Angela Caudwell & Andrea Ross; M – Jim Flood
Mon 18th09.30Monday of Easter OctaveBrian Cullen (Anniv)R = Readers M = Eucharistic Minister
Tue 19th09.30Tuesday of Easter OctaveJames Turley
Wed 20th11.00Wednesday Easter OctaveREQUIEM: Peter Allen 
Thur 21st09.30Thursday of Easter OctaveBernadette Bailey (Sick) 
Fri 22nd09.30Friday of Easter OctaveKenneth McKeown 
Sat 23rd17.30Sunday Vigil MassTom ReganR – John Daley & Irene Ward; M – Nick Johnson
Sun 24th09.00Second Sunday of EasterOur Parish FamilyR –Tim Storrie & Mary McCorkell; M – Graham Alcock
Sun 24th11:00 Robert AllrightR – Alice bailey & Tony Andrews; M – Pat Flood

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick or housebound.

Peter Allen who has died and all those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Brian Cullen, George Kendal, Judi  & Peter Keighran, Patrick Cole, Clem McFarlane, Colin Meade, Ann Connolly, David Myerscough-Jones, Francis Berrell, Michael Giulliano, Maria Floyd, Gerard Dorrian.  May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

Sarah, Clare, Poppy, Jake and Dan who have been received into the Church at our Easter Vigil and to Sarah and Clare’s children who received their first Holy Communion.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Mass in the sacristy or by appointment at a convenient time.

ST GEORGE’S NIGHT DINNER: Knutsford Catenians are organising a St George’s Night Dinner on Friday, 22 April at ‘Lost and Found’. We would love it if you could join us. The cost is £35 a head which includes some fizz on arrival, a three course menu and entertainment provided by a very talented local singer. If you want to come, please contact John Long, Nick Johnson or Stuart Jones (or send an email to secretary@knutsfordcatenians.org.uk) and we can give you more details.

LADIES GROUP COFFEE MORNING raised £120 for Cafod. Many thanks to all who supported us.

EASTER OFFERING: Your offering today is the traditional Easter offering for Fr David.

MISSIO RED BOXES: In 2021 St Vincent’s raised £1040.57 through our Red Boxes and donations to Missio and the Mill Hill Missionaries. Thank you! Our missionary community here at St Vincent’s is part of a worldwide network of people supporting missionaries through prayer and financial assistance. The founder of this network, Pauline Jaricot, will be beatified on 22 May this year. This remarkable lay woman’s life was marked by intense suffering and great trust in God. Pauline’s life helps us to see how every prayer however short, and every contribution, however small is valued by God and can transform the world for the better. Thank you for being part of Pauline’s legacy. There are some red boxes waiting to be collected in the main entrance.

THANK YOU to all who have helped in any way to make our Holy Week and Easter celebrations so special: especially our musicians, our servers, readers and ministers and those who have arranged the flowers and cleaned the church. It has been wonderful to come together without restrictions after 3 years!


Palm Sunday – 10th April 2022

Mass Times And Intentions

Sat 9th17:30 Vigil Mass of SundayVera DanaherR – Margaret Leonard & Nick Browne M – Stuart Jones
Sun 10th09:00Palm SundaySpecial Intention (Molesworth)R – John & Clare Gibbons; M – Virginia Williamson
Sun 10th11:00 Our Parish FamilyR – Angela Perls & Tony Andrews; M – Hilary Heap
Mon 11th09.30 Tom PhilbinR = Readers M = Eucharistic Minister
Tue 12th09.30 Noon Christopher Regan REQUIEM: Mary Monson
Wed 13th09:30 Rosemary Edwards (Anniv) 
Thur 14th19.30Holy ThursdayPaul Dobson 
Fri 15thNoon 15.00Good FridayStations of the Cross Passion of the Lord 
Sat 16th  20:00  Easter Vigil MassColette Murphy (Anniv)R – Lisa Senior & Stephen Benson; M – Moya Higham
Sun 17th09.00Easter SundayMargaret MescalR –James Rowley & Gerard McCreesh M- Helen Broom
Sun 17th11:00 Our Parish FamilyR – Angela Caudwell  & Andrea Ross; M – Jim Flood

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick or housebound.

Mary Monson and Peter Allen who have died and all those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Peony Nelstrop, Alan Trott, James Harris, Bernard Raffo, Stan Burgess, Rosemary Edwards, 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.

For several weeks I have been instructing Sarah, Clare, Poppy, Jake and Dan and am delighted to say that they will be received into the Church at our Easter Vigil Mass. Sarah and Clare’s children will also make their first Holy Communion.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

SERVICE OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION: As part of our preparations to celebrate Holy Week and Easter, there will be a service of Penance and Reconciliation with the opportunity for individual confession this Tuesday, at 7pm in church.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Mass in the sacristy or by appointment at a convenient time.

THE MASS OF CHRISM will be held this year at St Michael and all Angels, New Hey Rd, Woodchurch, CH49 5LE at 7pm on Wednesday, 13 April.

HOLY THURSDAY: It is traditional to wash the feet of some of the parishioners as the Lord did at the Last Supper. I would be grateful if 12 people could sign the list on the table in the porch. Following the 7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper there will be watching at the Altar of Repose until 10pm.

GOOD FRIDAY is a day of fasting and abstinence. There will be a collection at the 3pm celebration of the Lord’s Passion to support the Christian Community in the Holy Land.

HOLY SATURDAY READERS: If you would like to read one of the readings at the Easter Vigil please sign the list in the porch

ST GEORGE’S NIGHT DINNER: Knutsford Catenians are organising a St George’s Night Dinner on Friday, 22 April at ‘Lost and Found’. We would love it if you could join us. The cost is £35 a head which includes some fizz on arrival, a three course menu and entertainment provided by a very talented local singer. If you want to come, please contact John Long, Nick Johnson or Stuart Jones (or send an email to secretary@knutsfordcatenians.org.uk) and we can give you more details.

LADIES GROUP COFFEE MORNING raised £120 for Cafod. Many thanks to all who supported us.

EASTER OFFERING: Your offering next weekend is the traditional Easter offering for Fr David.


5th Sunday in Lent – 3rd April 2022

Mass Times And Intentions

Sat 2nd17:30 Vigil Mass of SundayShrewsbury Secular Clergy FundR – Peter Pozzoni & Maura Welch M – Jan Armstrong
Sun 3rd09:005th Sunday in LentJudith WeibleR – Stewart Gardiner & Jane McKenna; M – John Flynn
Sun 3rd11:00 Our Parish FamilyR – Andrea Ross & Ann Long; M – Barbra Andrews
Mon 4th  NO MASS TODAYR = Readers M = Eucharistic Minister
Tue 5th  NO MASS TODAY
Wed 6th09:30 Holy Souls 
Thur 7th09.30 Allen Molesworth Intentions 
Fri 8th09.30 10.00 Frances O’Brien Stations of the Cross 
Sat 9th  17:30  Vigil Mass of SundayVera DanaherR – Margaret Leonard & Dick Browne; M – Stuart Jones
Sun 10th09.00Palm SundaySpecial Intention (Molesworth)R –John & Clare Gibbons M- Virginia Williamson
Sun 10th11:00 Our Parish FamilyR – Angela Perls & Tony Andrews; M – Hilary Heap

PLEASE REMEMBER IN YOUR PRAYERS:

All those who are sick or housebound.

All those whose anniversaries occur at this time especially Ronald Dowthwaite, Ted Roberts, Dennis Eastwood, Sarah Groves, Anne Morrison, Joyce Raffo, Winifred McDonald. May they rest in peace and may the Lord bring comfort to their families and friends.

NEWS AND INFORMATION

STATIONS OF THE CROSS: Will be celebrated each Friday in Lent; This week at 10.00am.

NEW OFFERTORY ENVELOPE BOXES: For those parishioners who kindly donate using Offertory Envelopes, your new box for use from next Sunday is available from the table in the porch in alphabetical order. Please do not worry if your number has changed this is part of a further tidying up of our records. Thank you for your continued support. Graham Alcock, Planned Giving and Gift Aid Organiser.

SERVICE OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION: As part of our preparations to celebrate Holy Week and Easter, there will be a service of Penance and Reconciliation with the opportunity for individual confession on Tuesday, 12 April at 7pm in church.

SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION is offered after Weekday Mass in the sacristy or by appointment at a convenient time.

FIRST FORGIVENESS: There will be a meeting for parents this Wednesday at 7.15pm in the Parish Hall. The children will celebrate the Sacrament of Forgiveness for the first time this Thursday at 7pm in Church. Please remember the children in your prayers.

ST GEORGE’S NIGHT DINNER: Knutsford Catenians are organising a St George’s Night Dinner on Friday, 22 April at ‘Lost and Found’. We would love it if you could join us. The cost is £35 a head which includes some fizz on arrival, a 3 course menu and entertainment provided by a very talented local singer. If you want to come, please contact John Long, Nick Johnson or Stuart Jones (or send an email to secretary@knutsfordcatenians.org.uk) and we can give you more details.

REFUGEES FROM UKRAINE: Caritas Social Action Network (the social action agency of the catholic Church in England and Wales) is in close dialogue with the UK Government on responding to the war in Ukraine. Guidance on how Catholic households can support refugees from Ukraine is available on our website: https://www.csan.org.uk/ukraine/

FOR THE DIARY: We are planning a Flower Festival which will celebrate the life of our Parish over the weekend of 25/26 June. Watch this space for more details.