St Francis of Assisi - Llay

Christ the King - Rossett

Mass Times

Let us pray for the sick

James Robbins, Mary Gaffney, Jim McCaffrey, Michael Haverston, Peter Andrew, Rex Brain, Patricia Stevenson, Debbie Riley, Allyson Smiga, Margaret Mollihan, Margaret Fletcher, Mary McMasters, Margo Bebbington, Barry Foster, Frances Lawton, Celine Grace, Simon Bowen-Jones, Margaret Clegg, Peter Williamson, Betty Stonely, Jean Watson.

Our Bishop has decided to re-establish the practice of Friday abstinence from meat in the lives of Catholics as a distinctive mark of Catholic identity and witness. Every Friday is set aside by the Church as a special day of penance, for it is the day of the death of our Lord. Those who do not eat meat should abstain from some other food of which they regularly partake. This re-established abstinence from meat will come into effect from Friday 16 September 2011, when we will mark the anniversary of the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the United Kingdom.

“New Translation”

Our Sunday Masses this weekend we will be using the new English translation. The responses for the congregation will be found on the laminated cards. We are bound to make mistakes, but let’s do our best. The good Lord will understand!! PLEASE DO NOT TAKE THE LAMINATED CARDS AWAY!

New Sunday Missal

CTS New Sunday Missal: Available in November - £18. (Presentation edition in white or burgundy - £25). Order from Geraldine Downing or from Canon Lordan. They will be sold here at cost price. (The new CTS Daily Missal will be available in January 2012 and will cost £45).

7th Sunday of Ordinary Time (B)

Saturday: 18 February

6.00pm (St Francis of Assisi)

Ellen Smith’s Intentions

Sunday: 19 February

9.00am (Christ the King)

For the parishioners

11.00am (St Francis of Assisi)

Elizabeth & Herbert Anderton

1st Sunday of Lent (B)

Saturday after Ash Wednesday

25 February

Liturgy of the Day

9.30am St Francis of Assisi

The Pratt family welfare

Novena to our Lady of Perpetual Succour

Holy Mass, Exposition (time for Sacrament of Reconciliation/confession) & Benediction

Saturday:

6.00pm (St Francis of Assisi)

Sunday: 26 February

9am (Christ the King)

Sunday

11am (St Francis of Assisi)

Monday: Liturgy of the Day

9.30am (St Francis of Assisi)

Jackie & Paddy Hughes RIP

Tuesday: Liturgy of the Day

9.30am (St Francis of Assisi)

Jim Gaffney’s wellbeing

Ash Wednesday:

8.00am (Christ the King) Mrs Stewart RIP

7.00pm (St Francis of Assisi) Geoff Thompson RIP

Thursday after Ash Wednesday

7.00m (St Francis of Assisi)

Gregory Hamstead RIP

Friday after Ash Wednesday

9.30am (Christ the King)

Mrs Punnattu’s good health

25th Anniversary

25th Anniversary of the founding of our Diocese of Wrexham: This we celebrate in 2012 – with a mass in the Cathedral on Saturday 11th February 2012 at 12 noon. Make a date of it – and plan to be there.

Yearbooks 2012

Directory and Yearbooks 2012 for the Province of Cardiff, (covering Wrexham and Herefordshire): copies are now available at the back of Church @ £2.60. Extremely useful with information on the 3 dioceses and the weekly religious calendar for the celebration of Mass.

Catholic Companion

The January edition of this little magazine is now available from the porch - £1

Wrexham Diocesan Youth Retreat

Diocesan Youth Retreat on 25-26 February at Loreto, Llandudno.Cost £40 – anyone in

school years 6, 7 or 8 please let Christine Humpheys know by 8 February.

Children’s Liturgy

Next Children’s Liturgy with be on Sunday 19 February 2012, during the 11am Mass in Llay. Then will continue every Fortnight - until Lent

Missio (APF) Little Red Boxes

Please hand these in (to the priest or after mass) by the end of February. They will be empted and returned to you - and do remember the good work that is achieved by your generosity with these boxes.

Well done

We Remember in our prayers

Those whose anniversaries occur this week

19th Cecilia Manktelow, Eileen Crook

20th Francesca Sweeny, Wilfred Law, Jack Mason

21st Clifford Trevor Williams

22nd Anthony Monnigan

24th Herbert Hughes

May they rest in peace and rise in Glory

Ash Wednesday

This Wednesday 22 February. Lent, our time of preparation for the great Feast of Easter, begins. Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting (i.e. only one fill meal) and abstinence (i.e. refraining from some pleasure e.g. meat, TV, alcohol, chocolates, etc.)

Please note there are TWO parish Masses today.

Senior Youth Diocesan Retreat

For young people aged 14+ April 20 to 22 at Noddfa, Penmaenmawr – costing- £50. Booking forms from the priest – to be returned, with cheques made out to the Diocese of Wrexham, by 3 March.

Music ½ Day for the Diocese

On Saturday 17 March, at St Michael’s, Conwy, from 10am to 2pm  

especially for cantors, organists etc.

Women’s World Day of Prayer Service

This Thursday (23) – at St Martin’s of Tours (Church in Wales) Llay, 6.30pm.

Speaker: Rev. Trish Owens.

Stations of the Cross

There will throughout Lent, on most Fridays, Stations of the Cross at 7pm, at Llay.