Llandudno -
Our Lady Star of
the Sea
Parish Priest: Fr Antony Jones STL - Telephone: 01492 860546 [Email]
Sunday, April, 29th 2007 - Fourth Sunday of Easter
Parish Priest: Fr Antony Jones STL - Telephone: 01492 860546 [Email]
Sunday, April, 29th 2007 - Fourth Sunday of Easter
The Bishop writes:
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I would be profoundly grateful to you if you would give attention to two important matters at this time – namely, vocations and the National Assembly Elections.
First, on this Good Shepherd Sunday, let us implore the Lord to help us appreciate ever more that we are all called by God to a definite purpose in our lives. Our Lord Jesus Christ, our shepherd, also asks us to pray that the Father will send more labourers into the harvest. Let us pray for more vocations to the priesthood and religious life in Wales.
Secondly, I urge you to vote on 3rd May in the election of a new Welsh Assembly Government. Please vote for the candidate who would best develop human and Christian values in today’s complex society. Since we are privileged to live in a democracy, we also have a corresponding duty to vote responsibly.
God bless you all,
+ Edwin, Bishop of Wrexham.
My Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ,
I would be profoundly grateful to you if you would give attention to two important matters at this time – namely, vocations and the National Assembly Elections.
First, on this Good Shepherd Sunday, let us implore the Lord to help us appreciate ever more that we are all called by God to a definite purpose in our lives. Our Lord Jesus Christ, our shepherd, also asks us to pray that the Father will send more labourers into the harvest. Let us pray for more vocations to the priesthood and religious life in Wales.
Secondly, I urge you to vote on 3rd May in the election of a new Welsh Assembly Government. Please vote for the candidate who would best develop human and Christian values in today’s complex society. Since we are privileged to live in a democracy, we also have a corresponding duty to vote responsibly.
God bless you all,
+ Edwin, Bishop of Wrexham.
Father
Jones writes:
Dear Parishioner,
Today, at the 930am Mass, we welcome to the Parish our new organist and choirmaster, Alex Williams. Alex is a young man, fresh from college, where he studied music. He has agreed to be our Choirmaster and to join Joan and Irek as organist.
As Choirmaster, he faces the challenging job of creating a new choir. We have had a lot of false starts over the past few years, and a lot of disappointments too; but we are so grateful to those who have persevered and struggled hard to keep this musical tradition alive in our parish. Music is a very real ministry in the celebration of Mass, and can and does speak to our souls at a more profound level than words alone can ever reach. So we are delighted to welcome Alex as our new Choirmaster.
We will let him find his feet as organist for a few weeks before we turn our attention and our efforts to the creation of a new choir, which, to emphasise this new beginning, I would like to call our Schola. When it is up and running, it will operate for the most part at the Sunday morning Mass, when Alex will most often be playing. If you would like to join this Schola, then please come forward. In a congregation the size of ours there simply must be lots and lots of people who can sing well enough to be in any choir. Under Alex’s firm leadership and guidance, let us hope that within a relatively short time we may have a Schola we can be proud of, co-ordinated, disciplined, , and in harmony in every sense of the word, ‘singing from the same hymn-sheet’. So, if you think you can sing and are prepared to give up a bit of your time, go for it – for the glory of God, for the delight and spiritual benefit of parishioners and visitors, and for your own sheer enjoyment.
And to more mundane matters – Mr David Price has asked me to remind you to collect your offertory envelopes and to start using them immediately. There are still eight blue boxes to be picked up. Your generous efforts with regard to Feed my Lambs have reached the notice of the Editor of the Vincentian, the national magazine of the SVP. A copy of the relevant page is on the magnetic notice board at the back of the church.
God bless you,
Fr Antony Jones
Dear Parishioner,
Today, at the 930am Mass, we welcome to the Parish our new organist and choirmaster, Alex Williams. Alex is a young man, fresh from college, where he studied music. He has agreed to be our Choirmaster and to join Joan and Irek as organist.
As Choirmaster, he faces the challenging job of creating a new choir. We have had a lot of false starts over the past few years, and a lot of disappointments too; but we are so grateful to those who have persevered and struggled hard to keep this musical tradition alive in our parish. Music is a very real ministry in the celebration of Mass, and can and does speak to our souls at a more profound level than words alone can ever reach. So we are delighted to welcome Alex as our new Choirmaster.
We will let him find his feet as organist for a few weeks before we turn our attention and our efforts to the creation of a new choir, which, to emphasise this new beginning, I would like to call our Schola. When it is up and running, it will operate for the most part at the Sunday morning Mass, when Alex will most often be playing. If you would like to join this Schola, then please come forward. In a congregation the size of ours there simply must be lots and lots of people who can sing well enough to be in any choir. Under Alex’s firm leadership and guidance, let us hope that within a relatively short time we may have a Schola we can be proud of, co-ordinated, disciplined, , and in harmony in every sense of the word, ‘singing from the same hymn-sheet’. So, if you think you can sing and are prepared to give up a bit of your time, go for it – for the glory of God, for the delight and spiritual benefit of parishioners and visitors, and for your own sheer enjoyment.
And to more mundane matters – Mr David Price has asked me to remind you to collect your offertory envelopes and to start using them immediately. There are still eight blue boxes to be picked up. Your generous efforts with regard to Feed my Lambs have reached the notice of the Editor of the Vincentian, the national magazine of the SVP. A copy of the relevant page is on the magnetic notice board at the back of the church.
God bless you,
Fr Antony Jones