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Sunday 18 May 2025

Fifth Sunday of Easter

This Sunday at 10am in Rome, the Holy Father will liturgically inaugurate his ministry as the Successor of St Peter and he asks our prayers as he marks the beginning of his Pontificate. We pray that Leo XIV will be pope for many years to come and that, under his pastoral care, the Church will grow both in numbers and in devotion, so that all nations may hear the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

 

To commemorate the election of the Holy Father, I will celebrate a special Holy Mass this Wednesday 21 May at 6.30pm followed by a buffet reception. All are welcome to this special parish celebration for Pope Leo.

 

May God bless us in the week ahead.

Father Edmund

Tuesday 10am

Mass on Tuesday at the earlier time of 10am, to allow children from St

Saviour to attend

New Series

Just over a week until the new series

of talks begin, appropriately on the

Papacy!

Two Weddings

Please pray for James and Kim and

Marie Therese and Mark who will be

married at St Mary of the Angels on

Friday and Saturday this week

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, Margaret Kenny, 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: Patricia Hughes,

Pope Francis, Magdalen Corner, Christine Hewson, Maureen Morris, and

Michael Sixsmith.

Church Candles

Social Projects

I am grateful to God for the opportunity He has given us to serve our town in these ways and am very proud that so many parishioners have come forward to volunteer to play their part in these new projects.

Online Donations to the Parish

To making giving easier, please consider donating  online via the Parish Website


Thank you for your generosity!

Parish Celebration

To Celebrate the Election of Pope Leo XIV you are invited to Holy Mass on:

 

Wednesday 21 May at 6.30pm

Our Lady Star of the Sea Church

 

Followed by a reception with buffet food for everyone, as well as hot and cold drinks, sparkling wine, red and white wines and beers, soft drinks and ice cream.

Collection for Lourdes: Sending 10 Youth

I would like to ask your generosity in helping 10 of our young people from Ellesmere Port Catholic High School to travel to Lourdes with the Diocese this Summer as part of the Holy Year Pilgrimage. Our collection will help defray the costs of their pilgrimage - and will be, through our Lady’s prayers - a moment of

grace for them and their families.

 

Please help me support them as they try to cover the significant costs. There will be a second collection this weekend and next

weekend to receive any support you might be able to give.

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Thank you, in anticipation and God bless your generosity.

Thanks: ‘Fr Edmund’ Envelope

Sincere thanks to the generous anonymous parishioner for their Rome envelope. Whilst I can’t go on this occasion due to first Holy

Communions and first Confessions, I will try to go in the coming weeks and will take your intentions with me to St Peter’s in a special way.

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.

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