PARISH NEWSLETTER

Sunday – 13^th July 2025

NEWS AND INFORMATION

SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS (SMA) There will be an appeal on behalf of SMA next weekend and a Retiring Collection at both Masses.

PRAYER GROUP The next meeting is on Monday 14 July at 7pm in the Church Hall. Please note there is no meeting in August due to the summer break.

THANK YOU from FR Charlie Chilufya for signing the CAFOD debt justice petition “Thank you for raising your voice to call for the needed change.
Your voice matters, and your voice will go a long way".

CHILDREN’S LITURGY Can you help make Sunday Mass special for our children? We are looking for: Leaders – to share the Gospel in a fun, child-friendly
way and Helpers – to support and ensure a safe space. If you can offer your time, please contact:  Christel Casse (Lay Pastoral Assistant) christelcasse@gmail.com | 07874135843

WHO IS MY NEIGHBOUR? – By Christel Casse, Lay Pastoral Assistant. The parable of the Good Samaritan challenges us to examine not just who our
neighbours are, but what kind of neighbour we choose to be. When the teacher of the law asks Jesus "Who is my neighbour?" he’s asking for boundaries: who deserves my care and who doesn’t? Jesus responds with a story that turns the question upside down. The
priest and Levite, respected religious figures, pass by the wounded man. Yet it’s the Samaritan, despised by Jews of that time, who stops, tends the man’s wounds, and ensures his ongoing care. The Samaritan didn’t ask about the victim’s background or worthiness.
He simply saw human need and responded with compassion. In our own communities, we encounter people who need help: the elderly neighbour struggling with groceries, the family facing financial hardship, the newcomer feeling isolated. Like the Samaritan, we’re
called to respond with practical love, not just good intentions. Jesus’s final words to the teacher of the law and to us are clear: "Go and do likewise." The question isn’t who deserves our neighbourly love, but whether we’re willing to embody it.

Parish of St Winefride’s, Lymm

RC Diocese of Shrewsbury a registered charity 234025

St Winefrides, 18 Booths Hill Road, Lymm, Cheshire. WA13 0DL

St Vincent’s, Tatton St, Knutsford, WA16 6HR               

Parish Priest Fr. Fr David Long is 01565 633040 |e-mail
stw.lymm23@gmail.com | www:stwinefrideslymm.org