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24th August 2008 - 21st Sunday of the Year OUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED FORB>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; Julie Turner and all who died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time.
MASS INTENTIONS RECEIVED: Holy Souls, Julie Turner, Frank Hudson, Patrick McCaughey, Baby Laurie, Kerry and Chris
FIRST COMMUNION PREPARATION: We start our preparation for 2009 next month. The first of our nine themes is 'Celebrating'. Each theme is centred on a specific action in family living, in the life of Jesus, and in a particular part of the Mass. The action of 'Celebrating' is related in the story of the Wedding Feast at Cana. When we gather as the family of God, we celebrate and praise God. Parents Meeting : Thursday 11 September 7.30pm Children's Gathering : Saturday 13 September 10.00-11.30am Parish Celebration : Sunday 14 September 11.00am CATECHESIS - VISION AND REALITY, Saturday 11 October at English Martyrs Hall, Dalton Terrace, commencing at 10.30am (with coffee served from 10.00am) and concluding by 4.00pm. This day is for all who are involved in preparing children, young people, parents or adult enquirers for the Sacraments of Initiation, or leading Children's Liturgy of the Word. The cost for the day is £5. Please sign the list in the porch if you would like to attend. MINISTERS OF THE WORD: We will reassemble with a gathering for all Readers on Wednesday 10 September from 7.00pm - 9.00pm in the Upper Room. 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. PARISH FORUM: Sunday 7 September, 3.30pm - 5.00pm in the Upper Room. If you have any items for the agenda please hand them in before Sunday 7 September. BIBLE ALIVE: The September issue is available from the porch at £1.95. 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 Saturdays 11.00am to 12 noon here at St Wilfrid's. ASCENT meets again on Wednesday next (27 August) 12.45pm - 3.00pm in the Upper Room. 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. THE RETIRING COLLECTION is for the ongoing maintenance of our parish buildings - many thanks for your continued generosity. THE LADY CHAPEL, MOUNT GRACE: Mass on Our Lady's birthday, Monday 8 September, 2.00pm. All welcome. THE KAREN HILLTRIBES TRUST: Please sponsor Sophie Lusty who is doing the Leeds Half Marathon in aid of the Karen Hilltribes Trust (KHT). The event takes place on 7 September and all money raised is for KHT, a York based charity that Sophie will be working with next year teaching children in Thailand. For further details please see display board and sponsor forms in the porch. 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. THE EBOR LECTURES: Wednesday 1 October at Temple Hall at 7.00pm and Wednesday 29 October at York Minster at 7.00pm. See notice board for further details. 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 £105.70 Loose Plate £487.62 Buildings Fund £66.59
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