Parish of St Wilfrid, Widnes

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Fr Joe Bibby 0151 424 6641

Bishop John Rawsthorne 0151 424 4021

Fr Carl Mugan 0151 422 1774

Mrs Jessy Mottram-Noé Parish Pastoral Associate

Fr Bill Murphy 0151 495 1854

Fr Michael Fitzsimons 0151 424 2738

“Listen!

I am

standing at

the door

knocking.”

Rev 3:20

St Wilfrid’s Parish Office

St Bede’s Presbytery

Appleton Village

Widnes, WA8 6EL

Opening hours

Monday to Friday

9:00am until 5:00pm

0151 422 1772

stwilfridswidnes@gmail.com

Parish Administrators

Susan Warburton

Shelagh Hindley

Response to the Psalm

Proclaim the wonders of the Lord among all the peoples.

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, Alleluia!

Your words are spirit, Lord, and they are life:

you have the message of eternal life

Alleluia, Alleluia!

20th January 2019 Second Sunday of Ordinary Time (C)

Confessions:

Each Saturday 10:30am -11:30am - St Bede’s Church (and upon request)

This Week’s Reflection

Hello everyone! My name is Jessy Mottram Noé. I have recently been appointed Pastoral Associate

and it’s such a joy to start this new journey at St. Wilfrid’s Parish. A bit about myself:

I am originally from Honduras, in Central America. My native language is Spanish. My studies include Business Management and a Masters in Marketing. I have lived in Lanzarote, Canary Islands and in the UK for four and a half years now. My passions include my family, travelling, dancing, and meeting new people. I was born into an amazing Catholic family as the youngest of three children. My grandmother’s and parents’ love, faith and examples of solidarity and compassion towards everyone they met were a huge inspiration for me. continued over……….

PARISH WEBSITE:

catholicchurches-widnes.org.uk

Second collection today is for Pax Christi

We pray for . . .

Those who have recently died

Mark Anthony Probyn Anne Mary Curzon Monica Jones Patrick Whelan

And for those who are sick

Margaret Cain Paul Moss Brian McCann Melvin Castillo Val Rose Kath Woodward Penny McCormack Pat Lambert Josie Conroy Flo Reid Nev Conroy

If you know of someone who is sick & would

appreciate their name being placed on the list,

please contact the Parish Office on 422 1772.

The name of the sick person will appear for 6

weeks, this can be renewed by contacting the

Parish Office. We can only place names in the

Newsletter with the consent of the sick person.

Baptism

We welcome:

Francis Heaney Kodi Brownlow

Baptism Enquiries

Please phone Parish

Office on 422 1772.

Baptism Certificates

The suggested donation

for certificates is £5;

please call the Parish Office

– 422 1772 – to make request.

The simple experience of growing up around such examples was immensely gratifying and made an unequalled impression on me as well as my vision of the future; my life changed completely. My volunteering experiences started in Honduras working in HIV-AIDS Centres, nursing homes, orphanages, rural schools and with the Missionaries of Charity, the Order founded by Mother Teresa of Calcutta. In 2012 I decided to take a step further. I quit my job, left my home country and volunteered for one year at the Leonard Cheshire Disability Centre in Woolton. I am happily married to Karl, my favourite Scouser, for 5 years now. (Yes, now you can understand how I ended up here!) Whilst living here, I have helped at the Missionaries of Charity, the ACROSS UK Pilgrimage to Lourdes, and Marriage Care. I have always been actively involved in my local parishes. My love for the Catholic Church combined with my desire to learn and to work towards its development has brought me here today. I thank God for how He has worked in my life. It's such a blessing to be serving in this new mission and I look forward to working together with each one of you. I pray that as we begin this journey together, it might be a Blessed Journey. Or as we say in Spanish: “¡Buen Camino!”

Jessy Mottram-Noé

NEW WEBSITE FOR THE PARISH

The parish has a new website

(catholicchurches-widnes.org.uk) with

information, photographs, and the weekly

newsletter. It will be developed further

over the next few weeks and months.

Please do take a look.

Safeguarding is everyone’s responsibility For safeguarding issues concerning children, young people or vulnerable adults within the Parish of

St Wilfrid, please ring 422 1779. However, if there is an immediate risk of significant harm, contact

the Police (999) without delay.

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Dates for your Diary

Parish Choir

Monday 28th January 7pm

St. Bede’s Church

UCM meeting

Thursday 30th January 7pm

Sacristans’ meeting

Thursday 30th January 7pm

Sacristans’ meeting with Liturgy Group

St Basil’s Presbytery

SYNOD 2020:

Sunday 3rd February at 3.00pm

Special service in the Cathedral

Cosy Homes

There are lots of ways that we can make our

homes warmer and more eco-friendly.

These can be big things, such a wall and loft

insulation, but also small things too:

• Try carefully moving along the edges

of each room to feel for any drafts and

where they might be coming from in

order to eliminate them.

• Draft excluders can be great for

draughty doorways.

• Getting a rug on wood flooring can

make a room feel much warmer.

Plus many more

All Saints Church of England

Information

We are the Anglican part of the Shared

Church of St Basil and All Saints and have

been blessed by our ecumenical partnership

with our Catholic brothers and sisters.

Contact Information

Revd Peter Dawkin

Email: allst_hg@hotmail.com

Tel: 0151 420 4963

Anglican Baptism & Wedding Enquiries

Please ring or come to the church any

Tuesday evening between 6:45pm –7:15pm

during vestry time.

Service Times

Sunday: 9:45am - Family Eucharist

Tuesday: 7:30pm - Holy Communion

Ecumenical Morning Prayer

9:05am Monday, Wednesday

and Thursday

News on SYNOD 2020 Following the initial Archdiocesan Open Evenings,

our own Parish Open Evening and much

conversation a good number of people came

forward offering to be considered as a SYNOD

member.

Parishes/Pastoral Areas were asked to take into

account certain considerations in relation to

membership as a whole, with this in mind the

following parishioners; pastoral associate and

priests are Synod members for St Wilfrid’s;

Our Parish Synod Members;

Fr. Joe Bibby, Francis Xavier Fernandes, Fr. Mike

Fitzsimons, Paul Higginson, Sue Horley, Shirley

Jones, Peter Moriarty, Jessy Mottram-Noe, Fr.

Carl Mugan, Fr. Bill Murphy, Molly Neild, Bishop

John Rawsthorne, Annemarie Roberts, Denise

Roberts, Pauline Rolt, Tony Rudder, Sophie

Volynchook, Susan Warburton.

More news will follow in the coming weeks.

The APF Mission Boxes

If you are a collector of the red mission boxes please would you contact the Parish Office. We have been asked to supply up to date parish information to the Mill Hill Missionaries. Many thanks.

Re-Gifting for Nugent – message from Fr Michael

“No-one receives an unwanted gift or

Christmas present but at this time of

year it is possible that we find ourselves

with Christmas gifts that we are unable

to use or have too many of. (If I am

being honest once or twice in the past I

have opened a gift and wondered why

on earth someone thought I would like

it or use it!) One solution is to "Re-Gift"

them to Nugent, our Archdiocesan

caring service. These items are then

used as gifts within the various projects,

raffle prizes by our fundraising team or

sold in our charity shop to directly raise

much need funds.

There are boxes at the back of each of

the 4 churches of the parish to place

any items to be regifted such as toiletry

sets, homewares, clothing, DVDs, food

and chocolates within sell by dates or in

short anything given that can continue

the care and joy of Christmas at

Nugent. Indeed the charity shop is

always in need of good quality items to

sell so if you have any books, DVDs,

good quality clothing or any other items

suitable for resale please place them in

the boxes too.

Thank you in advance.”

‘How do I become a Catholic?’

Listen, I am standing at the door

knocking!

The Parish of St Wilfrid can offer you a chance to

meet like-minded people… to share conversation

together, in a warm and friendly atmosphere… to

provide a place where some of the questions that

may puzzle you can be explored… to have time and

space to discern if you are being called to a Catholic

way of life. For more information speak to Pauline

Rolt on 0151 422 1777 or email

stwilfridswidnes@gmail.com.

Eat, Pray, Laugh: Catholic Peoples’ Weeks - Holidays with a Difference

CPW have been offering faith-filled, fun, and

reflective, holidays for Catholics and their families for

nearly 75 years. Our UK-based holidays range from

2 to 7 nights and are fully inclusive of all meals and

accommodation. The adult activities include talks,

discussions and workshops while a trained team of

youth helpers provide engaging and creative

activities for young people and children. For many,

CPW has provided a genuine experience of

community life and the opportunity to make life-long

friendships. Come and join us. Everyone’s welcome.

Check out catholicpeoplesweeks.org to see

what's on offer this year.

You might be particularly interested in the February

weekend coming up very soon or the all-aged family

week in August at Malvern, where the chaplain will

be Fr. Michael.

Parish Choir of St Wilfrid

The next gathering of the Parish Choir is on

Monday 28th January at 7pm in St. Bede's church. Everyone is very welcome even if you have not sung

before, or been part of this group previously or are only

able to come along occasionally.

Sacristans’ Meeting

There will be a meeting of

Sacristans with members of the

Liturgy Group on Thursday 30th

January at 7pm at St Basil’s

Presbytery.

Please attend if possible.

Co-ordinating Group

Our Parish Co-ordinating Group (Fr. Mike Fitzsimons, Pauline Rolt, Fr. Joe Bibby, Mary

Rudder, Fr Carl Mugan, Catherine Darby SND, Tony Rudder, Shelagh Hindley) meets each

week to try to co-ordinate the overall development of the parish.

• The meeting started with shared reflections on the Gospel for this Sunday.

• An update on planning for the Ministry of Consolation course, (which will be advertised in the newsletter in the coming weeks), gave opportunity to finalise and agree dates, plus other details, in readiness for the course to begin during Lent.

• Conversation on SYNOD 2020 highlighted the following;

➢ All Parish members have been confirmed (see notice in this newsletter) and

received communication from the Archdiocesan Office

➢ An informal gathering for Parish members has been arranged before the opening

ceremony on Sunday February 3rd

➢ The first Archdiocesan Meeting of Members starts their journey of formation for

the task, these meetings take place during the week from February 9th to February

16th

• Fr Carl shared feedback following a recent Street Pastors meeting, giving a brief out line

of work undertaken and basic regular funding from local churches/parishes which helps

to provide the resources needed for the project to continue.

Walsingham Pilgrimage

Sunday 8th to Tuesday 10th December 2019

This year’s Walsingham Pilgrimage has been booked

and, as ever, is expected to be very popular; many

people often want to return. We know demand for places

will be extremely high so, if you wish to reserve a place

please contact the Parish Office as soon as possible –

0151 422 1772.

Bookings can only be taken on the basis of non ensuite

rooms as we are not sure what will be available.

ALTAR SERVERS

Over the next few weeks you may

notice in the four churches of our

parish that the altar servers are seated

in a different place to where they have

been so far. The reason behind this is

to make them a more visible part of the

Liturgy, and especially to give more

prominence to the ministry of the

young people in the parish.

SYNOD 2020

On Sunday 3rd February at 3.00pm, the Archbishop, at a special service in the Cathedral, will

celebrate formally the calling of a Synod for the Archdiocese of Liverpool. This Service will begin

an important period of time leading up to the Synod itself in October 2020. As the Archbishop

himself said in his Pastoral Letter for Synod Sunday 2018 the Synod is the time when we choose

the path to walk on.

Everyone is welcome to come to this service. The Synod Members (Parish, Pastoral Area, and

others) will be mandated to undertake their task and we will all be invited to pray with and for them

and for the working of our Synod. Please join the Archbishop at 3pm on Sunday 3rd February in the

Cathedral.

THIS WEEKEND SECOND SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME(C)

Saturday 19th January 5:00pm St Bede’s Eric Shingler (11th A)

6:00pm St Basil’s Fr Bill Murphy (UCM)

Sunday 20th January

8:30am St Michael’s Therese Ambrose (A)

9:00am St Bede’s Robert & Patricia Baker (NZ) (LD)

10:00am St John Fisher Michael Paul Gilmore (LD)

10:30am St Michael’s People of the Parish

11:15am St Bede’s Margaret Rimmer (LD)

4:30pm St Basil’s Valerie Melvin (1st A)

WEEKDAY MASSES DIVINE OFFICE WEEK 2

Monday 21st January St Agnes Virgin & Martyr

9:15am St Bede’s Douglas Parker (LD)

12:15pm St Michael’s Requiem Mass: Teresa Lomax

2:00pm Crematorium Funeral Service: Paula Rimmer

Tuesday 22nd January

8:30am St Basil’s EXPOSITION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT

9:15am St Basil’s Kathleen Buckle (LD)

11:15am SS Peter & Paul’s College Patricia Williams

1:00pm St Bede’s Funeral Service: Baby Nancy Bond

Wednesday 23rd January

9:15am St John Fisher Garvie & Fay Families

7:00pm St Bede’s Michael Brunwick (LD)

Thursday 24th January St Francis de Sales,

Bishop & Doctor

9:15am St Michael’s Paul Jackson (A)

11:00am St Bede’s Funeral Service: Anastasia Elston

2:00pm Millbrow Nursing Home John Bankely Jones

Friday 25th January Conversion of St Paul

9:15am St Basil’s Frank Cox (16th A)

11:45am St. Michael’s Requiem Mass: Joan Sartorius

1:00pm Widnes Crem Funeral Service: Catherine Roberts

Saturday 26th January SS Timothy &Titus Bishops

10:00am St Bede’s Edward & Paul Bonnon (BDay Rem)

NEXT WEEKEND THIRD SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME (C)

Saturday 26th January 5:00pm St Bede’s John, Katie, Thomas O’Brien (B’day Rem)

6:00pm St Basil’s Successful operation

Sunday 27th January 8:30am St Michael’s Patricia Adams

9:00am St Bede’s Kathleen & Joyce Ellison

10:00am St John Fisher Bryn & Barry Ellis & Lyn

10:30am St Michael’s Eileen Martin (90th B’day)

11:15am St Bede’s People of the Parish

4:30pm St Basil’s Laurence Brendan Alice and Edward Atherton (B’day & A)