Money Matters Offertory Collection last weekend £659.24 of which £370.35 was Gift Aided. Flowers collection: £66.30 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. 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. 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. Eglwys Catholig Dewi Sant, Yr Wyddgrug St.David’s Catholic Church, Mold We remember in our prayers Those whose anniversaries (28th May) Michael O’Lanergan, Michael Jennings, Evelyn Violet Thompson, Daniel Whelligan, Catherine Lynch (30th May) Elizabeth Cross, Christine Murphy, Patrick Geraghty, Betty Evans,Josephine Danson (31st May) George Maddocks, Margaritta Maddocks ,(1st June) John Lewis, Elsy Seery, Maria Fielding (2nd June) Bridget McManus, Margaret Benjamin, Egon Papp (3rd June) Susan Latham 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 Let us pray for the Sick Mrs. Catherine Lynch RIP (Gareth Lynch) 29th May Sunday Mass 11am For People of the Parish Responsorial Psalm: Monday : 30th May You are a priest for ever, a priest like Melchizedek of old. Tuesday: 31st May Alleluia, alleluia! I am the living bread which has come down from heaven, says the Lord. Anyone who eats this bread will live for ever. Alleluia! Year C LITURGY OF THE WEEK: Psalter Week I 28th May Saturday Mass 5.30pm 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. Gospel Acclamation: Corpus Christi 29th May 2016 Liturgy of the day Mass 10am Neil Edney RIP (Patrick Oliver) Feast: Visitation of the BV Mary Mass 7pm Ken Corbett RIP (Terry Wilson) Wednesday: Mem. St. Justin, Martyr 1st June Mass 9.15am Int Beatrix Klakowicz(Carole&Mark Philpot) Thursday: Liturgy of the day 2nd June Mass 9.15am Int. Canon Doyle (Maureen&Mel Roberts) Friday: Solemnity: Sacred Heart of Jesus 3rd June Mass 9.15am Int. Alicia Mullen (Rose & Jim Hamill) St. David’s Church Golden Jubilee Recording of Memories The next session will be on this Thursday (2nd June) at 2pm in the Convent. We would like to hear about Parish Organizations, the Hall Committee and the events that have taken place over the past 50 years. http://www.cmi.org.in 4th June Saturday Mass at 5.30pm 5th June Sunday Mass 11am For People of the Parish Angela Morris RIP (John Goggin) 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: T 360 DEGREES he solemnity of Corpus et Sanguis Christi, as today’s feast is more properly called, is a 360 celebration because it asks us to look in all directions. We look back to the sacrifice of Christ and to the Last Supper. Christ asked us to take, bless, break and share bread and wine which through the power of the Holy Spirit become his body and his blood. The basis of this feast is that Christ is present, really present, in our world in many ways but none more sublime than in the Eucharist. Christ is the food and drink of life (which is why we are encouraged to complete the symbolism by both eating and drinking at the Eucharist). It is the Eucharist which sustains us on our daily journey of faith and which brings us strength, comfort and courage as we strive to make God’s name known and loved. We also look inwards. Familiarity with the eucharist has its dangers: St Paul had to warn the early Christians about their behaviour which was a scandal to non -Christians who witnessed their drunken and raucous celebrations. We look to ourselves because eating the body and blood of Christ demands faithfulness to what Christ teaches us. Are we really striving to lead a life that is more closely linked with Jesus Christ, or are we simply going through the worship motions? W e look outwards too. Although there are many of us at the celebration we form one body because we share the one bread and one cup. Eucharist challenges us to unity, to care and concern for each other, to genuine community, to fully participative worship and to being the “body of Christ” or Church for each other. Our celebration should not only resound within the Church but also have an impact on the world. A nd finally we look to the future. No liturgical feast is ever simply about the present, about what we are doing now; every feast has a future dimension. On Corpus et Sanguis Christi we are reminded of St Paul’s words that when we eat and drink the body and blood of the Lord we proclaim his death until he comes again. Our actions are forward-looking since we are rehearsing that moment when we shall meet Christ face to face and be called to share the Eucharistic banquet which passes all our expectations, when we join family and friends who have gone before us in faith, and unite with angels and saints in praising and thanking our God. Sacrament of Baptism We welcome into our parish Community Noah Jac Cunningham who is baptised here today. As Sarah and Michael Cunningham give thanks to God for the gift of Noah, may he in turn bring many blessings and much happiness to them. Wedding Bells Prayers, Congratulations and Best wishes to Lucy Rowlands & John O’Connor who are getting married here this Monday (30th) at 12 Noon. The Real Presence One aspect more than any other makes a demand on our faith: the mystery of the “real” presence. With the entire tradition of the Church, we believe that Jesus is truly present under the Eucharistic species. This presence…is called “real” not in an exclusive way, as if to suggest that other forms of Christ’s presence are not real, but par excellence, because Christ thereby becomes substantially present, whole and entire, in the reality of his body and blood. Faith demands that we approach the Eucharist fully aware that we are approaching Christ himself. It is precisely his presence which gives the other aspects of the Eucharist, as meal, as memorial of the Paschal Mystery, as eschatological anticipation, a significance which goes far beyond mere symbolism. The Eucharist is a mystery of presence, the perfect fulfilment of Jesus’ promise to remain with us until the end of the world. (Pope John Paul II) Vacancy at HMP Berwyn, Wrexham "HMP Berwyn in Wrexham is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified deacon, religious or lay person to the post of Catholic chaplain. This is a full-time post. HMP Berwyn is a new prison, opening next year, and the chaplaincy team is being put in place now. We are looking for candidates who are experienced in working with people on the edge of society, who have some pastoral experience, a love for the Church and an ability to work in a multi faith environment. Applications close on 3rd June. Further details, especially about the academic qualifications required, may be obtained from Monsignor Roger Reader as below. Monsignor Roger Reader, Catholic Bishops’ Prisons Adviser, Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales, 39 Eccleston Square, LONDON SW1V 1BX. Roger.Reader@cbcew.org.uk ”
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