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23rd February 2003 - 7th Sunday of the Year YOUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FOR Andrew Carr, Joy McFarling, Brigitte Baleguel, Joan & Jim Wilkinson, George Brown, David Watt, Anne Mitchell, Mark Devlin, Jennie Carlson, Stephen Dyson Taylor, Father John Treacy, Helen Arthur, James McGuaran, Pat Meehan, Eamonn Burke, Eleshia Monohan, Sheila Harrison and all who are ill, housebound or in hospital; Father Frank Daly, Anna Degenhardt, Wilfrid Phillips, Larry Murray and all who have died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time
MASS INTENTIONS RECEIVED: Molly Crawford, Eileen Fitzmaurice, Frances Coleman, Betty Wilson.
RITE OF ELECTION - Sunday 9 March, 3pm at the Cathedral, Middlesbrough. A coach will be leaving York at 1.15pm from the Memorial Gardens and returning approx 6pm - cost £5 per person. List for names in the porch. It is our responsibility to welcome and support the five people who will be coming into full membership. ASCENT : York Central, meet on the last Wednesday of each month (next meeting 26 Feb) 12.45pm-3pm in St Wilfrid's Upper Room. Please bring sandwich etc for the shared lunch. All 50+ years most welcome. BAPTISM CONGRATULATIONS and welcome to Ciara Mary Chan who is to be baptised today. We assure Ciara and her family of the support of our prayer. FR FRANK DALY, a former assistant priest at St Aelred's, died at Nazareth House, Middlesbrough last Monday. His funeral will take place on Tuesday 25 February, 11.30am at St Francis Church, Acklam, Middlesbrough. May he rest in peace. MARRIAGE PREPARATION COURSE Saturday 8 March, 10.30am-4.30pm at St Bede's Pastoral Centre. Please call 789115 to book a place. Cost £30 per couple. WOMEN'S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER - Friday 7 March. The Central Service for the City is here at St Wilfrid's at 2pm. Theme 'Holy Spirit, Fill Us' prepared by the women of Lebanon. Speaker - Major Westlake of the Salvation Army. All welcome. CHEESE AND WINE EVENING Fri. 28 Feb. 7pm in the Rectory. Tickets on sale today £2 - including glass of wine. Donations for raffle, tombola, etc. very welcome. HOUSE GROUP : Friday 28 February, 8pm at 1 St Barnabas Close, Leeman Road. SPRING CLEANING?? Bric-a-brac, books, plants, cakes and home-made produce needed for our fundraising day, Thursday 13 March at St Crux. N.B. Tombola, raffle and clothes stalls not allowed. Help on day needed - please sign list in porch. QUIZZES now being sold for Refurbishment Fund. See Maureen Bean - unless she's seen you first!! BLUE PETER WATERWORKS APPEAL : Bring and Buy Sale, Sunday 2 March at 12 noon in the Upper Room. This venture is being organised by a pupil from St Wilfrid's School. Please support her efforts. YORK JUBILEE DEBT CAMPAIGN fundraising day at St Crux on Wednesday 5 March. Offers of help and contributions of cakes would be welcome - please contact Charlie at the Fairer World Shop in Gillygate or ring 655116. LONDON MARATHON: Don Derrett, a parishioner of St Joseph's, is running for Mencap and asks for our sponsorship. Everyone who sponsors him will be entered into a 'draw'. The winner will receive a £250 voucher (kindly donated by Superbreak mini holidays). Sponsor forms available in church porch. TESCO 'Computers for Schools' vouchers - we're collecting them for our school. ROSARY BEADS, statues etc needed for the missions - please leave at stall or sacristy. COLLECTIONS: Gift Aid : £106.00; Loose Plate : £417.95; Refurbishment : £143.97
WELCOME TO OUR VISITORS and thanks for joining in our Celebration. We hope you enjoy your time in York. Young children are most welcome to be part of the Children's Liturgy at the 11am Mass. Tea and coffee will be served in the Upper Room after the 11am Mass, to which you are specially invited. It helps the parish if tax-paying visitors could use the small white Gift Aid envelope (found at the back of church for any offerings they are likely to make. For every £1 you give, the government gives us back a further £0.28. Thank you for your help.
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