PARISH NEWSLETTER

Sunday – 17^th March 2024

NEWS AND INFORMATION

STATIONS OF THE CROSS will be celebrated after 9.30am Mass on Thursdays in Lent.
    

THE CORE GROUP
will meet this Tuesday, (19^th) after our evening Mass to continue our preparations for our Parish Day.

CONGRATULATIONS
to Lawrence Andrew Peter Kent who was baptised last Sunday.

THE MUSIC GROUP
are beginning their preparations for Holy Week and Easter. We would welcome any new singers or musicians who would like to join us. There will be a rehearsal in Church
on Monday, 25 March at 7pm.

NON-GIFT AID DONORS: Any tax paying
parishioners who currently donate loose cash at the offertory collection may like to consider signing up for our Gift Aid Scheme; this enables the parish to claim from HRMC the tax you have paid on your donations. The process is simple whether you choose to
use Parish Offertory envelopes or by Standing Order.  Please leave your contact details on the sheet provided in the Parish Rooms and you will be contacted by Peter Thomason, our Gift Aid Organiser who will make the necessary arrangements for you.

ALL GIFT AID DONORS: The tax year
for 2023/24 will end on 5 April and we will then undertake the process of claiming back Gift Aid refunds on your donations. If you r circumstances have changed and you no longer pay income tax (or if for any other reason you do not wish to remain part of the
Gift Aid Scheme) please let Peter Thomason know by 5 April. Otherwise, it will be assumed that you have paid sufficient tax for the Parish to reclaim Gift Aid on donations made in the tax year. Peter can be contacted on 01925 753732 or 07720 460894.

OFFERORY ENVELOPES: Your new boxes
are available to collect from the Parish Rooms. Please be cautious in selecting your box a sonly names are printed and not addresses due to Data Protection regulations.

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SERVICE OF PENANCE AND RECONCILIATION THIS Thursday 21 March at 7pm at St Vincent’s in Knutsford.
This is an opportunity to come together and prepare for the celebrations of Holy Week and Easter. There will be the opportunity for individual confession for those who wish.

EASTER EGG HUNT: We hope all the children will join our easter Egg Hunt on Easter Sunday
after the 10.30am Mass.

CORE GROUP REPORT: We met again as part of our formation for the Parish Day we are planning.
The theme was mission. We reflected on some difficult questions about how we live our lives in such a way that show our values to be Christian. We reflected upon the difficult feelings we may have from time to time that we do not make a difference in the lives
of those around us and the wider world despite our desire to do so. There were very positive contributions however about the various groups and organisations within our parish community that sustain us and affirm us in our faith and that it is important that
people know how appreciated this is. We reflected upon why Britain requires evangelisation and that our parish mission is to be a prophetic voice. We listened to the Parable of the Sower Mark 4:1-20 and how this might inspire us to scatter the seeds for the
Lord to produce a harvest. As ever we ask for your prayers.

THE WASHING OF THE FEET: Traditionally at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Holy Thursday
we remember the Washing of his disciples’ feet by Jesus. Could we have 12 volunteers to have their feet washed at the Mass at 7.30pm. Please sign the list in the porch.

WATCHING AT THE ALATR OF REPOSE: Following the Mass of the Lord’s Supper there will be watching
at the altar of repose until midnight. Please sign the list if you can watch.

MASS TIMES AND SERVICES FOR THE SACRED TRIDUUM:

HOLY THURSDAY:             28 MARCH          7.30pm   MASS OF THE LORD’S SUPPER – FOLLOWED BY WATCHING AT THE ALTAR OF REPOSE UNTIL MIDNIGHT                                                                                                                                                       
                  

GOOD FRIDAY:                  29 MARCH          3.00pm   THE PASSION OF THE LORD

HOLY SATURDAY              30 MARCH             7.30pm   VIGIL OF EASTER

EASTER SUNDAY               31 MARCH             10.30am   MASS

CLEARING OF TREES AND SHRUBBERY: You will have noticed that most of the large trees have
been removed from around the church site and the shrubbery cut back. The trees were beginning to damage the church fabric and some were overshadowing our neighbours gardens so I was advised by a tree expert that they should be removed. We hope to provide a
new fence between the entrance to the church and the playing field and to develop the area by the entrance with new flowers and shrubs. 

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