Money Matters
Offertory Collection last weekend
£912.00 of which
£690.30 was Gift Aided.
We remember in our prayers
Those whose anniversaries
(21st May) John Blackshaw, William Williams,
Samuel Jones, Joseph Ernest McHugh, Mary
Gift Aid: If you are a Tax Payer,
Lucy Murray (22nd May) Robert Godwin, (24th
please consider filling out the Gift Aid
May) Joseph Whiston, Thomas Carney, John
form which is in the church porch to receive a box of weekly envelopes for your Owen Lathan, Margaret Brannan (25th May)
offertory donation or for a one-off
Vincenzo Citra, James Canon O’Donoghue (26th
donation then please use the
May) Cecilia Thompson, Cecily Joan Higgins,
Green envelopes.
George Stevens, Thomas Atherton, Anne
Please remember to write your name,
address, sign and date the
Therese Roberts, Margaret Teresa Lovelock
green envelope.
(27th May) Mary Kenny, John Kenny, Margaret
Thank you for supporting
Ann Duffy, Roderick Vaughan
our Parish.
The Immaculate Heart &
Message of Our Lady of Fatima
Saturday 11 June 2016:
Day of Prayer and talks at the Franciscan Retreat Centre in Pantasaph
CH8 8PE, 10.00am to 4.00pm to
prepare for the celebrations in 2017
of the 100th anniversary of the apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima. This
promises to be a beautiful occasion.
Contact Geraldine for more information at: 01978 357367.
Two Pilgrimages – to
Aberdaron, Saturday 18th June
and to Bardsey Island
Monday 20th June:
Bilingual, ecumenical pilgrimages to
celebrate 1500 years since St. Cadfan founded the monastery on Bardsey Island. See the notice in the
porch for more details and contact
Sue Roberts if you would like to take
part – at 01758 614977,
email: [email protected].
Annual Pilgrimage to St
Winefride’s Well Holywell:
Sunday 26th June, procession
2.30pm; Mass 3pm
Let us pray for the Sick
Joan Shephard, Alfredo Fecci,Margaret Evans, Pat and
Terry Loftus, Fred Battersby,
Gwen Jones,Joe Goggin, Ian
Byron,
Debra
Ann
Roberts,Tricia Twizell, Rosa Maria,
Joan Lawrence, Gay McCornick, Moira
Catherall, Lea Hill, Anne Turner, Mary
Rowe, Rose Bryan, Jenny Mansley, Jennifer
Rowley, Nancy Wilson, Joe & Luisa Desena, Shelagh Fulham, Margaret Stubbs,
Philomena Lamano, and Leo McManus.
Responsorial Psalm:
How great is your name,
O Lord, our God,
through all the earth.
Gospel Acclamation:
Alleluia, alleluia!
Glory be to the Father, and to
the Son and to the Holy Spirit,
the God who is, who was and
who is to come.
Alleluia!
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St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold
Parish Priest: Fr. Pius Mathew CMI,
St.David’s Presbytery, St.David’s Lane, Mold. CH7 1LH
Email: [email protected]
01352 752087
Deacon David Joy:01352 754722 LSUConvent:01352 700121
Website: http://www.stdavidsmold.org.uk/
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22nd May 2016
Trinity Sunday Year C
LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week IV
21st May Saturday
Mass 5.30pm
Richard White RIP
(Gareth Lynch)
22nd May Sunday
Mass 11am
For People of the Parish
Monday :
No Mass
23rd May
Tuesday:
No Mass
24th May
Wednesday: No Mass
25th May
Thursday:
No Mass
26th May
Friday:
No Mass
27th May
There will be NO Mass here Monday-Friday,
as I will be away in Lourdes on our diocesan
and Parish-Jubilee Pilgrimage.
During the week, the church will remain closed.
There will be NO Music Practice this Tuesday
28th May Saturday
Mass at 5.30pm
29th May Sunday
Mass 11am
Mrs. Catherine Lynch RIP
(Gareth Lynch)
For People of the Parish
Eucharistic
Adoration
with
Rosary and
Benediction
Every Friday
following the
morning Mass
at 9.15am
Sacrament of
Reconciliation
(Confessions)
Saturdays
10.30am to
11.30am
& Before the Vigil
Mass
(4.45-5.20pm)
Sundays before
the Mass
(10.30-10.50am)
FAITH IN FOCUS:
I
DESCRIBING GOD
f we thought we could
adequately describe
God, then we would surely
be fooling ourselves since
God is too great for our
limited minds to be able to
grasp and process. In fact,
St Anselm’s famous statement about God was that
God is that being greater
than which nothing can be
imagined. If it takes you a
while to work out what that
means, then don’t worry;
you’re not alone!
But we’re still left with the
problem of having to use
some words to talk about
God. What we tend to do is
to use our daily human experience to try to come
close to what God is really
like.
The bible compares God to
a parent, usually to a father
but sometimes to a mother.
Parents are the authors of
life for their children. So to
call God a father is to say
that he is responsible for all
that lives and breathes in
our universe. He is our creator.
When we talk about Jesus
as the Son, it does not
mean that he is less important than the Father; it
simply implies closeness of
relationship. We speak of
the Son as communicating
what God is, as the loving
embodiment of God who
does not want to see us
floundering in the ups and
downs of life, but wants us
to enjoy every moment of
our God-given existence to
the full. He is our redeemer
he Holy Spirit is on a
par with both Father
and Son, and is the natural
outflowing of their love. The
Spirit is the daily presence
of God among us, inspiring
us to good, uplifting us to
better things, leading us
into the truth. He is our sustainer.
This is how we tend to talk
about God, inductively; us-
ing our own life experiences as a measuring-stick for
what God is and what God
does. But it comes as no
surprise to learn that each
of the three persons in this
Trinity is co-equal and that
their activity overlaps. So if
we want to be correct we
cannot simply equate the
Father with being the creator, because the Son and
the Holy Spirit both create,
the father and the Spirit
redeem and the Son and
the Father sustain!
M
aybe what we can
do on this feast of
the Trinity is simply to thank
Today
Collection for Flowers
For the Altar
Bidding Prayers
The privilege of preparing the Prayers
of the Faithful (Bidding Prayers) is one
to be honoured, and it brings special
blessings. Please volunteer immediately for June, July or August. Just 4 or 5
intentions. They are very easy to prepare, but they represent the whole parish. Please help, individually, jointly, as
a family, or share a month with another
family! Plenty of help is available. Surely everyone can write just a sentence!!
Red Boxes
The Missio Red Boxes are now due to
be emptied; please leave them in the
Sacristy. Please ensure your names
are on the boxes when you drop them
off. If you forgot to collect your boxes
last time, you will find them in the
porch. Tricia Hird
St David's Jubilee Year 2016
Jubilee pens inscribed:
T
God just for being our God
and for bothering to have
us as his sons and daughters. We may never understand God until we see him
face to face. But that
shouldn’t stop us loving
him.
St David's Church, Mold
Golden Jubilee, 1966-2016
are on sale in the porch,
30p each or 4 for £1.
Give one to all your friends, neighbours
and relatives to show we have
something to celebrate this year.
(Any profits to the
Visamo Orphanage fund.)
Margaret and David Joy
Tell me how it is that in this room
there are three candles and but
one light, and I will explain to
you the mode of the divine
existence. (John Wesley)
St David's Parish Gift Aid
During the last financial year with some of
the generous donations to the church being Gift Aided, we were able to recover
£9,224.57 from HM Customs and Revenue. A record amount due both to increased Gift Aid donations and also some
changes in HMRC rules.
This 'free money' certainly helped offset
the cost of running the parish and carrying
out the recent improvements to the church
and parish hall.
Over the next few weeks, Mike Bunting will
be in the church porch with the new envelopes for those signed up for the scheme
and if there are any existing or new parish
members who pay tax and would like to
join then he has the forms and can answer
any questions that you may have.
St David's Jubilee Year 2016
22-27 May:
Parish/Diocesan Jubilee Pilgrimage
to Lourdes
Sunday, 19 June :
First Holy Communion
Sunday, 26 June :
Holywell Pilgrimage
Sunday, 3 July :
Mass of Healing
Sunday, 28 August :
Parish Picnic
Friday, 16 September :
Jubilee Concert
Know Your Blood Pressure Event
The Stroke Association Wales are hosting
a free Know your Blood Pressure Event on
Wednesday 25th May from 10am until
2pm in the Daniel Owen Square, where
Stroke Association representatives will be
offering free blood pressure checks to
raise awareness to help more people
avoid stroke. You don’t need to book, just
come along!