Sunday 08 June 2025
Pentecost
Today, the Easter season reaches its climax and conclusion as we commemorate the Descent of God the Holy Spirit upon our Lady and the Apostles on the day of Pentecost. We ask God for a renewed and fresh outpouring of the Holy Spirit into your heart and mine as we ask the Power and Presence of the Lord to fan into a flame the embers of the fire of
Divine Love within us. Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful. And kindle in them the fire of your love. Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you will renew the face of the earth.
Father Edmund
Chester Invite
Fr Paul Shaw, the parish priest of St
Werburgh, Chester extends an invitation to parishioners to join their pilgrimage to Shrewsbury:
details inside
Series of Talks
Our third talk this Wednesday evening at 7pm: The first 40 popes. All welcome!
Ordinary Time
Ordinary Time resumes this week,
beginning with the feast of Mary,
Mother of the Church
Prayer Requests
Chris McFadden, Maureen, Ray Hancock, Colin Wood, Nicola Avery,
Baby Jake, Kevin Brady, Pat, Marion Andrew, Lisa Gilmore, Ella-May
Ehlen, Pat, Edna, Anne Donnelly, David Fitzgeraldson, Jean Bowles,
Tony Kemp, Antoinette Denney, Francis Ellis, Babies Avery and Vincent
White, Christine Fernandes, Christine Brown, Kath Leahey, Jim
Shepherd, Joanne, Michael, Sophie, Elliott, David, Karen Seymour,
Mavis O’Donnell, Baby Alana, Honora Ellis, Marie, Sheila, and Vincent
Smith. Please pray for those who have died: Magdalen Corner, Christine
Hewson, Maureen Morris, Michael Sixsmith, Clare Burns, Evelyn
Hughes, Kathleen Leahey, Kath Crogan, and Brenda Taylor.
Next Series of Talks: The Papacy
One of the most distinguishing features of being a Catholic is that we are in Communion with the Successor of St Peter, the Bishop of
Rome, whom we call the Pope. Our present Holy Father, Pope Francis, is the 266th pope in direct succession from St Peter. But what is the papacy? What is Christ’s intention by founding the Church on St Peter and his successors?
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Why is the pope the Bishop of Rome? Over this series of talks, we will explore the papacy and some occupants of the Throne of St Peter. Of particular interest might be the only Englishman elected to the papacy (so far!) - Pope Adrian IV and the pope who excommunicated Elizabeth I Boleyn and fought of a Turkish invasion through the holy Rosary, Pope St Pius V.
Afternoon Tea at St Mary of the Angels
Catherine Jones writes:
An AfternoonTea is to be held in the Stanley Hall at St Mary of the Angels on Saturday 5 July at 2pm. Tickets, costing £10, are available from Wendy Welsh and Catherine Jones, who can be contacted via the Parish Office.
CAFOD Quiz Nights
Kath Keegan writes:
CAFOD QUIZ Dates and Question Masters are confirmed for the Autumn. The first quiz has been arranged for Friday 12 September and subsequent dates are 10 October and 14 November. Everyone is welcome.
Forty Hour Devotion
The past three years we have kept the Forty Hour Devotion. This year, time and the diary will not allow me to offer this for either Pentecost or Corpus Christi, but I will perhaps see if we might
have an extended period of Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament later in the year, especially with the Holy Year.
Day Pilgrimage to Shrewsbury Cathedral
Fr Paul Shaw writes: The five Chester Parishes are organising a Day Pilgrimage to our Cathedral in Shrewsbury as part of this Jubilee Year 2025, travelling by train from Chester, a beautiful one-hour ride down the Welsh Marches and then a 15-minute stroll to our Cathedral. 09.24 from Chester and returning from Shrewsbury at 16.25. We have 25 places for all the five Parishes together and will allocate them on a first come, first served basis. Please contact Fr Paul directly at: werburgh465@btinternet.com if you would like
to join the pilgrimage.