Money Matters Offertory Collection last weekend: £685.10 of which £416.40 was Gift Aided. Gift Aid: If you are a Tax Payer, please consider filling out the Gift Aid form which is in the church porch to receive a box of weekly envelopes for your offertory donation or for a one-off donation then please use the Green envelopes. Please remember to write your name, address, sign and date the green envelope. Thank you for supporting our Parish. Responsorial Psalm: The Lord is compassion and love Gospel Acclamation: Glory to you, O Christ, You are the Word of God! Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold We remember in our prayers Those whose anniversaries (27th Feb) Thomas Stanton, James Myres, Michael Joseph Whitty, Michael Barry Ryle, Clare Cameron Smith, Bridget Rottgardt, Elizabeth Manion, Jane Rowley (28th Feb) Mary Healy, Ernest Griffiths, Cornelius Smith, Ellen Meacock, Mary McManus (29th Feb) Veronica Megan Shannon, (1st Mar) Michael Fox, James O’Brien, Anna Gavaghan, James Bagot Oldman (2nd Mar) Graham Christopher Fryer, Mary Canning, John McCallum (3rd Mar) Mary Brunton, Jane Gilbride, Trevor Parry, (4th Mar) Sadie Dziomba, Emily Gertrude Tyson, Mary Cresswell Parish Priest: Fr. Pius Mathew CMI, St.David’s Presbytery, St.David’s Lane, Mold. CH7 1LH Email: piuscmi@gmail.com 01352 752087 Deacon David Joy:01352 754722 LSUConvent:01352 700121 Website: http://www.stdavidsmold.org.uk/ www.wrexhamdiocese.org.uk http://www.cmi.org.in LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week III 27th February Saturday Mass 5.30pm Let us pray for the Sick 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. 24 Hours for the Lord Our Pope has requested that this year again, all over the world, every diocese Repent, says the Lord, for choose a church (or churches) where the the Kingdom of Heaven Sacrament of Reconciliation (“Confession”) will be available continuously for 24 hours, is close at hand. from 12 noon, on Friday next (4th March) to 12 noon Saturday (5th March), within the Glory to you, O Christ, context of Eucharistic Adoration. The you are the Word of God! churches chosen in this diocese this year are Our Lady of the Rosary, Buckley, (and St Augustine’s Priory, Old Colwyn. Lenten Reconciliation Service This is a great opportunity; do avail of it! (Deanery) 24 Hours for the Lord This will take place next Saturday 5th at Our Lady of the Rosary March from 10am to 12 Noon at our The times allotted to our Deanery for our Lady of the Rosary , Buckley. You will active participation (of course you can go at have a choice of confessors from the other times too) deanery. Friday 4th March: 4pm to 8pm There will be NO confessions here Saturday 5th: 4am to 8am next Saturday morning. http://www.cmi.org.in 3rd Sunday of Lent Year C 28th February 2016 Angela Morris RIP (Wendy Morris) 28th February Sunday Mass 11am For people of the Parish Monday : 29th Feb Liturgy of the day Mass 9.15am James Beggan RIP (Declan Beggan) Tuesday: Feast: St. David, Patron of Wales and Patron of our Parish 1st March Mass 9.15am Int. Fr. Francis Doyle (Cathy Carr) Wednesday Liturgy of the day 2nd March Mass 9.15am Michael Garside RIP (Helen Russell) Thursday 3rd March Friday 4th March 7pm Stations of the Cross Liturgy of the day Mass 9.15am Int. Fr.Bill McLoughlin (Dea & Eddie Saul) Liturgy of the day Mass 9.15am Lee Johnson RIP (Carole&Mark Philpot) 5th March Saturday Mass 5.30pm 6th March Sunday Mass 11am Nora Neeson RIP (Maire & Michael Greaney) 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 LAST CHANCE always meant to sort out that kitchen shelf and now that it’s crashed to the floor with all the crockery it’s too late. The same goes for that little chip in the windscreen that now looks like a spider’s web, and of course there’s that faulty old plug on the TV set which probably caused last night’s loud explosion during Coronation Street! SALOON? awful events that had just taken place in and around Jerusalem: a murderous attack on worshippers in the Temple, and a disaster that killed eighteen people when a building collapsed on them. Do you think these people had any idea W e love to put things off. Yes, we’ll get round to them some day but at the moment I’m a bit tired, a bit busy or a bit too distracted to do anything about them. There’s always tomorrow. In today’s gospel, one of the most frightening episodes according to many people, Jesus issues a real warning. Don’t think that you can put off repentance until tomorrow because repentance is a “now-thing” and, what’s more, you never know what’s lurking around the corner. He reminds his listeners of two they wouldn’t return home that day, says Jesus, and do you think they were more guilty than anyone else? Of course not. Then, he tells them, you too must repent now or you will perish like they did. L ent reminds us that repentance is not a once-and-for-all action; we don’t make a grand act of repentance and then sit back and relax. Repentance is a constant activity of the Christian, not continually worrying about our stance before God, but striving all the time to be as close to God as we can by the way we treat other people. Repentance means taking a regular reality check that what we are doing and saying is consistent with our desire to belong to God’s family. And although we concentrate on repentance a great deal in Lent, it is something that should be a daily activity for all of us, and we need to pray for the gift of the Holy Spirit to be able to repent. I s there something in your life that niggles at you? Something that you know you should do something about which will improve your quality of life with God and with others? Well, don’t worry about it; you can always do something about it tomorrow, after Easter, in the summer or in the run-up to Christmas…. Or perhaps not! Thank you The Annual SVP Raffle - MARMAL-Aid ! The sale of marmalade last weekend has raised £151.00 for VISAMO, the Home for orphans and the destitute run by the CMI in the state of Gujarat, North India. Thank you. Margaret Joy Diocesan Music Workshops Paul Booth, diocesan director of Music, will be holding three music days in the Diocese to help with the selection of music for our liturgy- including Hymns, Psalms and some new and approachable settings of the Mass. The days will help us to refresh our music and consolidate and focus on what we do well. The workshops will take place in Bangor (Our Lady and St James, 5th March); Rhyl, (Our Lady of the Assumption 12th March) & Wrexham Cathedral (16th April) all at 10.30 – 14.30. These days are open to anyone with an interest and love of music in the liturgy. There is a poster on the noticeboard. If anyone would like to attend the workshop, please let me know. I will give you the booking form. The parish will see to the payments (£5 per person) Women’s World Day of Prayer On Friday 4th March at 2pm at Christ Church, Pontblyddyn. More details on Noticeboard. Everyone is welcome Judy Cartwright Repository. Now on sale Easter cards and St.Patrick’s Day cards . Angela Carr Choir Practice this Tuesday at 6pm Tickets will be on sale before and after Mass during the weekend of 12th / 13th March. 1st prize £3,000. A date for your diary - SVP Outing to Tatton Park will be on Wednesday 11th May. Further details nearer the time. (SVP Outings are financially assisted by Legacy money). Can You Help? Like last year the SVP is once again in need of your help! We are holding another 'Development Day' for Vincentians throughout North Wales in our church hall on Saturday 12th March and would value parishioners assistance in helping our members to serve lunch. (You would only be required between 12.15 - 1.45pm). If you can offer any help please phone me on 01352 755067. With grateful thanks in advance. Brian Cullen, President. Lent Family Fast Day: 4th March Collection on 5th&6th March In our parish, Cafod Lent Fast Day is being held on Friday 4th March. Envelopes will be given out this weekend and collected on Sat 5th and Sun 6th March. Monies collected will be used to provide clean water to needy communities around the world. Your donations will be MATCH AIDED £ for £ by the government, allowing us to double the impact of Fast Day. Thank you for your on-going support. Joyce and John Elcock Fairtrade Real Easter Eggs Anyone wishing to order Easter Eggs please email Alan at the usual address: :alan.caionna@yahoo.com You can see an example of both eggs and their contents at the back of Church. Alan Morris The children who are preparing for their First Holy Communion will be presented to the parish on 13th March at the 11am Mass