3rd August 2008 - 18th Sunday of the Year

SUNDAY MASS		Saturday 6.15pm; 8.30am and 11.00am
		Liturgy of the Word with Children 11.00am
WEEKDAY MASS		Tuesday - Friday 12.10pm
SACRAMENT OF		Saturday 11am - 12noon
RECONCILIATION
EXPOSITION OF THE		Thursday 9.00am - 11.45am
BLESSED SACRAMENT
MORNING PRAYER		Tuesday - Friday 8.45am
ROSARY		Tuesday - Friday 11.45am
NOVENA TO OUR LADY		Wednesday 12.40pm
OF PERPETUAL HELP

OUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR Edmund Stipetic, Mikey Davitt, Peter McGarry, Allan Ward, Guy B. Ward, Andrew Ridley, Ruby Yap, Declan Garnett, Geoff Cushing, Matthew Curran, Anne Birkhill, Stephen Dyson Taylor, Madeleine and her family, Baby Lucca, Virginia, Lucy, Baby Laurie, Fr Peter Coleman, Bob Stay, Margaret O'Riordan, Beryl Ives, Gail Kilmartin, Joan Conway, Lucy Wilson, Wilf Craig, Kate Audrey Penaranda, Anne Saunders, Brett Clarson, Derek Piercy, David Allen, Anne McDermott, Jean Geary, Joan Wilkinson, Bernadette Leach, Mel Richardson, Eleshia Monohan, and those who are ill or house-bound and all who care for them; all who died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time.

MASS INTENTIONS RECEIVED: Special Intention, Mary Doyle, For a safe delivery, Baby Laurie, Geraldine Kingston, Pauline Carroll, Margaret Grennan, In Thanksgiving, Peggy and Molly Popplewell, Thomas Spink.

CONGRATULATIONS AND WELCOME to Nakeisha Espina who was baptised yesterday.

WEDDING CONGRATULATIONS to Nicola Duckworth and Mike Plowman who were married here at St Wilfrid's on Friday.

MINISTERS OF THE WORD: The Wednesday meetings are discontinued for the months of July and August. We will reassemble with a gathering for all Readers on Wednesday 10 September from 7.00pm - 9.00pm in the Upper Room.

PRAYING THE ROSARY FOR VOCATIONS: Please take a Rosary card as you leave Church today. I encourage you to use them each week, or even each day at either a prayer meeting, in the schools, as a family, in private prayer or in the Church before Mass.

HOLIDAYS: I will be on holiday with my family during August and I am grateful to the local priests who will be celebrating the Masses here.

Please note that there will be no Monday 8.00am Mass or 10.00am Saturday Mass at St Margaret Clitherow's Shrine in the Shambles during August. Confessions will be 11.00am to 12 noon here at St Wilfrid's.

SATURDAY REFRESHMENTS: Many thanks to all who organise and support these events on the last Saturday of each month - £136.76 was raised last week.

THE ASSUMPTION PILGRIMAGE: The 50th anniversary of this pilgrimage takes place on Sunday 17 August at The Lady Chapel, Mount Grace, Osmotherley. Rosary at 2.30pm and concelebrated Mass at 3.00pm. The main celebrant will be Bishop Terence Patrick Drainey. Pilgrims requiring seating are requested to bring their own.

CHORISTER FOR A DAY: St Martin's, Ampleforth will be hosting this event on Sunday 12 October in conjunction with Ampleforth Abbey. If you are aged between 7 and 10 years and enjoy singing you will be most welcome. For further details please contact Mrs Lynn Harrison, St Martin's, Ampleforth on 01439 766600 or email lynn@stmartins.ampleforth.org.uk. Further details are on notice board in church porch.

BIBLE ALIVE AND CATHOLIC LIFE: The August issues are available from the porch today along with the other Catholic papers.

PLAQUE TO ST MARGARET CLITHEROW: Bishop Terence will unveil a plaque to St Margaret Clitherow in a ceremony to be held at the Micklegate end of Ouse Bridge (where Margaret was executed) on 29 August at 3.30pm. All are invited to attend.

WEDDING FAIR, Sunday 10 August, 11.00am - 3.00pm at The Bar Convent. An exhibition of traditional and contemporary wedding services. Cafopen serving meals and light refreshments. £2 admission. Please see poster for further details.

THE RETIRING COLLECTION is for the ongoing maintenance of our parish buildings - many thanks for your continued generosity.

TRIP TO WHITBY (organised by Ascent) on Tuesday 9 September. The coach will leave Memorial Gardens at 9.15am and Our Lady's Church at 9.30am and the fare will be £8. There will be a stop at Thornton Le Dale for coffee. It is expected we will be back in York between 6.00pm and 6.30pm. Please put your name on the list in the porch if you would like to go.

ST BEDE'S PASTORAL CENTRE: Autumn programme is on the porch notice board.

THE EBOR LECTURES: Wednesday 1 October at Temple Hall at 7.00pm and

Wednesday 29 October at York Minster at 7.00pm

INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM on the Mariology of Blessed John Duns Scotus OFM, Grey College, University of Durham, 9-11 September. For further information please contact 020 8641 6418 or see poster in porch.

FINANCE: Gift Aid £165.50 Loose Plate £613.55 Buildings Fund £80.26