March/April

2018

MASS

TIMES

MASS INTENTIONS FEAST DAY

SAT 24th 6.00pm Parishioners

PALM

SUNDAY SUN 25th 8.30am Joan Taylor

10.30am Andrzej Ciemniak

Mon 26th 10.00am

7.30pm

Tony & Glenys Jones

Novena

Tues 27th 10.30am Funeral Service—John Riordan

Wed 28th 7.00pm Chrism Mass

Wrexham Cathedral

The Sacred Triduum

Thurs 29th 7.30pm

George Hetherington+

Mass of the Lord’s Supper

Watching at the Altar of

Repose until 10pm

Maundy

Thursday

Fri 30th 3.00pm

7.00pm

The Passion of Our Lord

Stations of the Cross Good Friday

SAT 31st 10.00am

12midday

8.00pm

Confessions (English& Polish)

Polish Food Blessing

Parishioners

Easter

Vigil

SUN 1st 8.30am Stephen Peter Burke Easter

Sunday 10.30am Fr Adrian

12midday Polish Mass

READERS EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

SAT 24th 6.00pm M Humphreys C Elder & L Loftus

SUN 25th 8.30am P Moss I Evans

10.30am R Hansen & C Skyner B Field & P Leddy

Cleaners Group 2 Bennett/Catherall/Salisbury

WITAMY/CROESO/WELCOME TO THE

CHURCH OF THE

IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

FLINT

Palm Sunday

25th March 2018

Sunday Mass Times

Saturday 6.00pm

Sunday 8.30am

Sunday 10.30am

Confessions

Saturday 10.00am—10.30am

Maundy Thursday – 29th March

7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper Watching at the Altar of Repose until 10pm

Good Friday –30th March

3.00pm The Passion of Our Lord 7.00pm Stations of the Cross

Easter Saturday –31st March

10.00am Confessions (English & Polish) 12 noon Polish Food Blessing

8.00pm Easter Vigil

Easter Sunday - 1st April

8.30am Mass 10.30am Mass

12 noon Polish Mass

Gospel Reflection for Passion (Palm) Sunday

Walking the Walk What are we thinking when we pick up

a palm and process into church on

Passion Sunday?

Perhaps we are wondering how those

very clever people weave their palm into a

cross. Or perhaps we imagine we are

commemorating an historic event. When Jesus

rode his donkey into Jerusalem all those

centuries ago, he was the centre of attention.

Some thought he would be a powerful leader

who would lead the people in an uprising

against the occupying Romans. Others were just

swept along in a sense of pageant. Few had

grasped the true significance of Jesus‟ entry into

Jerusalem. Jesus had not come merely to

overturn the Romans. Jesus‟ picture was a much

more universal one. Jesus‟ mission was the

salvation of the whole world for future

generations. How many of us would remember

Jesus today if his mission had been simply to

lead an uprising against a Roman occupation?

Jesus was riding into Jerusalem to meet his

destiny. He could have heeded the warnings of

his disciples and bypassed Jerusalem altogether.

He could have continued his ministry of

teaching and healing into old age; but whatever

else Jesus was about, he certainly wasn‟t about

compromise. In riding into Jerusalem, Jesus was

telling us that his mission to save each

and every one of us was more important than

life itself.

We can all walk into church waving our palms.

We can all commemorate an historical event,

but the more discerning of us know that this day

is about „walking the walk‟. We are the reason

Jesus rode into Jerusalem. On this day we

honour him not with palms but with the quality

of our lives.

Holy Places Collection

Good Friday In most Catholic parishes around the world, a

Good Friday Collection will be taken up to aid

Christian parishes and their outreaches in the

Holy Land. This initiative has been an annual

tradition in the Church since its institution by

Blessed Pope Paul VI.

According to Paul VI, the collection was created

“not only for the Holy Places but above all for

those pastoral, charitable, educational, and

social works which the Church supports in the

Holy Land for the welfare of their Christian

brethren and of the local communities.”

The unforgettable faces of thousands of children

and teens, fleeing violence and persecution in

Syria and Iraq, continue to challenge us. The

small Christian presence in the Middle East has

great need of the support and attention of the

entire Church.

Fasting and Abstinence The Church sets aside certain penitential days

and invites us to observe Ash Wednesday and

Good Friday as days of fast and abstinence.

”Fasting means that the amount of food we eat

is considerably reduced. Abstinence means that

we give up a particular kind of food or drink or

form of amusement”. Fridays throughout Lent,

and during the rest of the year are also days

when we are encouraged to do some form of

penance.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION DATES

Sat 21st April 10am—2.00pm

Retreat Day—Pantasaph

Sat 12th May 10am– 12noon

Parish Preparation Day-Church Hall

Sunday 3rd June 10.30am

First Holy Communion Day

EASTER OFFERTORY ENVELOPES

PLEASE COLLECT AN ENVELOPE FROM THE BACK OF CHURCH FOR YOUR

EASTER OFFERING.

THE CHRISTMAS AND EASTER OFFERING MAKE UP A PRIEST’S

SALARY FOR THE YEAR. PLEASE BE AS GENEROUS AS YOU

CAN.

IF YOU GIFT AID PLEASE USE THE ENVELOPES IN YOUR BOX

ALTAR SERVERS PRACTICE

There will be a practice for ALL ALTAR

SERVERS on Thurs 29th March at 10am.

MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION

All Extra Ordinary Ministers of Holy

Communion are asked to attend Mass on

Maundy Thursday 29th March at 7.30pm to

renew their vows.

MASS OF THE CHRISM

Bishop Peter invites the whole Diocese to join

him with the priests on Wed 28th March at 7pm

in the Cathedral to the principal Mass of the

Church. The Oils are blessed and the Oil of

Chrism consecrated. This demonstrates the

unity of the Church of Wrexham and is an

opportunity for us all to pray with and for our

priests as they renew their priestly promises.

50/50 WINNERS

FEBRUARY

1st Prize £50: No 78 Sylvia Morris

2nd Prize £12:No 65 Tony Lovatt

MARCH

1st Prize £50: No 135 Julie Stenhoff

2nd Prize £12:No 52 Philip Leddy Cheques can be collected from the Sacristy

WALK WITH ME BOOKS

A Journey of Prayer and Scripture from

Easter to Pentecost. Price £1: Money to be

put into Votive candle box.

READERS LIST

See the list in the porch for Easter Services

and add your name if you‟re available to

read.

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