ST MILBURGA'S CHURCH STRETTON

ST MILBURGA’S, CHURCH STRETTON, SY6 7AR
with
ST WALBURGA’S, PLOWDEN, SY7 8AG
Parish Priest ~ Fr Ambrose Nicholson
The Presbytery, Watling Street North,
Church Stretton, Tel: 01694 722897
Email: milburga@care4free.net
Website: www.stmilburgas.org
(Charity No: 234025)
'The
child
grew
full
of
Wisdom'
Sunday, 28th December 2014 ~ The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary & Joseph
Church
Date
Time
St Milburga's
Saturday, 27th December2014
Sunday, 28th December 2014
Tuesday, 30th December 2014
Wednesday, 31st December 2014
Thursday, 1st January 2015
Friday, 2nd January 2015
Sunday, 28th December 2014
18.30
09.15
10.00
10.00
10.00
10.00
11.00
St Walburga's
The Sick
Mass Intention
Len Josland
Mary Buckley
Private Intention
Private Intention
Private Intention
Kathleen McCarthy
Parishioners
We ask your prayers for all those who are ill or in hospital especially Pat Doyle, Adi
Ketzmerick, Dorothy Newman, Monica Croxton, Anne Bragg, Pat Sheridan, Joan Hughes,
Ayse Hughes, Michael Flower, Josephine Cooper.
AnniversariesGeorge Eleanor Gadsden, Margaret Wilson, Leonard Josland, Violet Steed, Margaret Josland, Elizabeth Byrnes,
Collection ~ 21/12
Eileen Kenzie and Jacob Lucas ~ May they Rest in Peace.
Env: £135.50, LP: £202.94, Standing Orders ~ £275 ~ Total: £613.44~ Thanks!
Donation ~ £600
Prayer for the Sick & Housebound:
‘May the communion we share today, with the members of our Parish Family who are at home, or in hospital, remind us to live for one
another, and give them a sense of belonging to our Family, and to this celebration’
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NB: Would Eucharistic Ministers come and collect your pyx during the recitation of this prayer and before the final hymn
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Confession: Every Saturday ~ 6.00 pm to 6.20 pm prior to the 6.30 Vigil Mass.
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Choir Practice: Every Thursday ~ 4.00 pm
Readers & Eucharistic Ministers: Would readers and Eucharistic ministers come to the sacristy 5 minutes before Mass
begins for a short prayer and readers please use the lectern for the Bidding Prayers.
Wednesday Word ~ Please take a copy of the Wednesday Word for next Sunday's Readings ~ in the porch.
Faith Café ~ Ludlow Talks resume in February, with sessions on Wednesday 11 February, 4th March and 22nd April.
Be in car park by 6.55pm and we can share cars.
Catholic Women's League ~ Meet on the second Thursday of each month after the 10.00 am Mass at St Milburga's. For
more information contact Pat Millard on 01588 672066.
The Crib ~ All crib donations will go to the Diocesan Children's Society.
Thank You ~ Many thanks for all your cards and gifts.
Father,
We look to Your loving guidance
and order as the pattern
of all family life.
By following the example
of the Holy Family of your Son
in mutual love and respect,
may we come to the joy
of our home in heaven.
Fr Ambrose would like to Wish you all a Very Happy & Peaceful New Year
If you would like something included in the Newsletter, anniversaries, etc., please telephone Kathy Thirkettle
on 01694 724025 (evenings are best), or email kathythirkettle@btinternet.com