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31st August 2008 - 22nd Sunday of the Year 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; Father Peter Coleman and all who died recently and those whose anniversaries occur at this time.
MASS INTENTIONS RECEIVED: Baby Laurie, Kerry and Chris
WE WELCOME INTO THE CHRISTIAN COMMUNITY Maisie Adams who is to be baptised this weekend and we congratulate her family and friends. CONGRATULATIONS to Jennifer Merchant and Daniel Agustus who were married here on Saturday. 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 WELCOMING PEOPLE INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH: A meeting for all Catholics who would like to be involved in supporting the people who are thinking about joining the Church will be held on Tuesday 9 September at 7.30pm in the Upper Room. THE SINGING PRACTICES resume on Monday next (1 September), 7.30 - 8.30pm. 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. 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 and also Day by Day 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. APF RED MISSION BOXES: Pat and Ernie Johnston will be collecting the contents of our boxes on the weekend of 13/14 September. 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 VICTIMS OF THE VICTIMS: Dr Monica Wusterman and Mary Watson will be giving a talk on the crisis in Gaza and the occupied territories on Wednesday 10 September in St Joseph's Hall, Clifton at 7.30pm. Admission free. 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. BARBECUE AND SOCIAL EVENING AT St Bede's Pastoral Centre, 21 Blossom Street on Thursday 11 September 5-8pm. Please see poster for further details. 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. FINANCE: Gift Aid £169.50 Loose Plate £635.74
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