Llandudno -
Our Lady Star of
the Sea
Parish Priest: Fr Antony Jones STL - Telephone: 01492 860546
Sunday, July, 15th 2007 - Fifteenth of Ordinary Time (C)
Parish Priest: Fr Antony Jones STL - Telephone: 01492 860546
Sunday, July, 15th 2007 - Fifteenth of Ordinary Time (C)
Dear
Parishioner,
Sister Jean gives us today the great pleasure of her company, as she visits once again our Parish. We look forward to listening to her and we thank her for making such wonderful use of our hard-earned cash. She gives us the opportunity of being able to help the poorest of the poor while knowing at the same time that our money is going exactly where it is intended to go, and that no middle man is lining his own pocket in the process. But most of all we thank her for doing the Lord’s work so unselfishly and giving all of us a radiant example of Christianity in action.
Another generous soul is in our thoughts and prayers today as we rejoice to find ourselves with a completely new set of hymnbooks. They have been bought for us by a kind and generous benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous.
We are extremely grateful to her and will remember her in our prayers.
Although the former hymnbooks were only about six years old (and I hasten to add that I did not choose them!) and still in relatively good condition, their numbers were totally inadequate for our needs. Every Sunday many people found themselves without a hymnbook or having to share. As well as this, they were unsatisfactory in many other ways. They will now go to a poor parish – that is, if I can find a poor parish that wants them! Fifty of them will make their way to the School.
And while on the subject of praising the Lord through song, let me give you plenty of notice of an important meeting due to take place a week on Wednesday at 730pm at Stella Maris.
We are now in the happy situation of having three organists. Yes, three! We have our ever faithful Joan. We have Irek, our recently arrived Pole (who has a permanent smile on his face these days, as his wife and two children have just joined him from Poland). And we have Alex.
Alex’s job description is Choirmaster. He has been with us now for several weeks and has already found his feet as organist; we are delighted with him. It is now time for him to turn his attention to the choir.
Only last Sunday a visiting lady asked me what had become of the lovely choir we used to have. I told her what you yourselves know: that some years ago both our organist and our choir mistress left us and our choir inevitably collapsed. A valiant few have tried to keep it together, but, despite their best efforts, little progress has been made.
So, a week on Wednesday, 25 July, there will be this meeting at Stella Maris with Alex, the faithful few, myself and anyone else who would like to explore the possibility of joining the choir. Over a glass of wine we will discuss the way forward and hopefully set out the course for recovery. Please give joining the choir your serious consideration.
This week, we focus on the Union of Catholic Mothers in our Volunteers Campaign. On Monday last, I celebrated Mass for the UCM across at Stella Maris. We had decided that at our periodical Masses we would work systematically through the Sermon on the Mount. I spoke about the First Beatitude during my homily, and after the Mass, over refreshments, those who wished to shared with one another their own thoughts and insights on this beatitude. It was a lovely and illuminating evening, full of laughter and joy.
The UCM willingly, at my request, agreed to take on a parish project – to raise enough money to replace the amber glass with turquoise glass in the Chapel of Reconciliation, so that it would match the rest of the church. I hope you will enthusiastically support their fund-raising activities. so that this can be quickly done!
The UCM has been actively involved in this Parish since 1950 and has done much sterling work. Although the title they have inherited gives the impression that only mothers are eligible to join, this is not in fact the case. Any lady, providing she is a practising Catholic, is utterly welcome, be she single or married, with children or without.
In 1990, the Union of Catholic Mothers Wales came into being (UCMW). Our Bishops felt that the UCM should take on special responsibilities for Catholic life in the three Welsh dioceses. Since then there have been many more opportunities for members to become more actively involved in the wider fields of diocesan and national life – if they so wish, of course.
UCMW is a women’s organisation which is fun – supportive of its members and worth belonging to. They meet fortnightly. They work for the benefit of the Parish, for families in need or in difficulty. They have a wider focus too. They thoroughly enjoy themselves, sharing in an untold number of social activities. On the more serious side they hold retreat days, pilgrimages and study days. They have a platform from which to make their collective voice heard, as they fight for the Faith, for Families and for the Future. If you are interested in joining, contact Christine Goodwin on 545113
God bless you,
Fr Antony Jones
Sister Jean gives us today the great pleasure of her company, as she visits once again our Parish. We look forward to listening to her and we thank her for making such wonderful use of our hard-earned cash. She gives us the opportunity of being able to help the poorest of the poor while knowing at the same time that our money is going exactly where it is intended to go, and that no middle man is lining his own pocket in the process. But most of all we thank her for doing the Lord’s work so unselfishly and giving all of us a radiant example of Christianity in action.
Another generous soul is in our thoughts and prayers today as we rejoice to find ourselves with a completely new set of hymnbooks. They have been bought for us by a kind and generous benefactor who wishes to remain anonymous.
We are extremely grateful to her and will remember her in our prayers.
Although the former hymnbooks were only about six years old (and I hasten to add that I did not choose them!) and still in relatively good condition, their numbers were totally inadequate for our needs. Every Sunday many people found themselves without a hymnbook or having to share. As well as this, they were unsatisfactory in many other ways. They will now go to a poor parish – that is, if I can find a poor parish that wants them! Fifty of them will make their way to the School.
And while on the subject of praising the Lord through song, let me give you plenty of notice of an important meeting due to take place a week on Wednesday at 730pm at Stella Maris.
We are now in the happy situation of having three organists. Yes, three! We have our ever faithful Joan. We have Irek, our recently arrived Pole (who has a permanent smile on his face these days, as his wife and two children have just joined him from Poland). And we have Alex.
Alex’s job description is Choirmaster. He has been with us now for several weeks and has already found his feet as organist; we are delighted with him. It is now time for him to turn his attention to the choir.
Only last Sunday a visiting lady asked me what had become of the lovely choir we used to have. I told her what you yourselves know: that some years ago both our organist and our choir mistress left us and our choir inevitably collapsed. A valiant few have tried to keep it together, but, despite their best efforts, little progress has been made.
So, a week on Wednesday, 25 July, there will be this meeting at Stella Maris with Alex, the faithful few, myself and anyone else who would like to explore the possibility of joining the choir. Over a glass of wine we will discuss the way forward and hopefully set out the course for recovery. Please give joining the choir your serious consideration.
This week, we focus on the Union of Catholic Mothers in our Volunteers Campaign. On Monday last, I celebrated Mass for the UCM across at Stella Maris. We had decided that at our periodical Masses we would work systematically through the Sermon on the Mount. I spoke about the First Beatitude during my homily, and after the Mass, over refreshments, those who wished to shared with one another their own thoughts and insights on this beatitude. It was a lovely and illuminating evening, full of laughter and joy.
The UCM willingly, at my request, agreed to take on a parish project – to raise enough money to replace the amber glass with turquoise glass in the Chapel of Reconciliation, so that it would match the rest of the church. I hope you will enthusiastically support their fund-raising activities. so that this can be quickly done!
The UCM has been actively involved in this Parish since 1950 and has done much sterling work. Although the title they have inherited gives the impression that only mothers are eligible to join, this is not in fact the case. Any lady, providing she is a practising Catholic, is utterly welcome, be she single or married, with children or without.
In 1990, the Union of Catholic Mothers Wales came into being (UCMW). Our Bishops felt that the UCM should take on special responsibilities for Catholic life in the three Welsh dioceses. Since then there have been many more opportunities for members to become more actively involved in the wider fields of diocesan and national life – if they so wish, of course.
UCMW is a women’s organisation which is fun – supportive of its members and worth belonging to. They meet fortnightly. They work for the benefit of the Parish, for families in need or in difficulty. They have a wider focus too. They thoroughly enjoy themselves, sharing in an untold number of social activities. On the more serious side they hold retreat days, pilgrimages and study days. They have a platform from which to make their collective voice heard, as they fight for the Faith, for Families and for the Future. If you are interested in joining, contact Christine Goodwin on 545113
God bless you,
Fr Antony Jones