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.
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.