PARISH OF ST THOMAS OF HEREFORD, WEOBLEY HR4 8QS
ANDST BEDE THE VENERABLE, KINGTON HR5 3DW
Parish Priest ,Dom Simon McGurk, St Thomas’ Presbytery, Weobley HR4 8QSTel 01544 318325. Mob.07468 316231.
Dean & Hospital Chaplain, Fr Matthew Carney Tel. 01432 265177
N.B. Fr. Matthew now has access to the Hereford Hospital patient lists which enable him to find the Catholics on any ward on his visits. Other priests would normally go through Fr. Matthew.
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FOURTH SUNDAY OF ADVENT,24th. December
SATURDAY, MASS – KINGTON, 6.00 pm. ADVENT 3rd SUNDAY
SUNDAY, MASS– WEOBLEY, 11.00 am. Int. Winifred Nolan
THE HOLY SEASON OF CHRISTMAS
NIGHT MASS, Christmas Eve. 9.00pm. WEOBLEY
FIRST MORNING (DAWN) MASS, Christmas Day. 9.00am. KINGTONSECOND MORNING MASS, Christmas Day. 11.00am. WEOBLEY
Tues. 26 NoMass – `St. Stephen
Wed. 27 Mass at Kington, 10.30 - St. John, Apostle
Thurs. 28 No Mass. – The Holy Innocents. Fri. 29 Mass,Weobley 4.00- St. Thomas Becket
FEAST OF THE HOLY FAMILY
Saturday, Mass - Kington , 6.00 pm.
Sunday, Mass–Weobley, 11.00
------CHILDREN’S LITURGY TODAY , SUNDAY ------
LAST WEEK’S COLLECTIONS: Kington £75.20 Weobley £191.00
This Sunday’s collections go to the parish
Col`lections are Christmas Masses go to the Belmont Clergy
TODAY, PLEASE LEAVE MONEY FOR CHRISTMAS FLOWERS
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Weobley C.T. Carols in the Rose Garden was well attended with about 100 people. Mince pies and mulled wine fortified us against sharp the prevailing wind.
WEOBLEY C.T. 1.Bible Study 3rd. & 4th. Mondays from Oct.30th.
PRAYER INTENTIONS
Please pray for those of our parish or known to us who are sick or in need of special prayers: Elizabeth Kerr, Mary Clement, Brian & Diana Watkins, David Syder, Norman Burrows, Nora Ward, Ann Upshaw, Tony Adamson jnr. and Polly Robin(long ‘O’), Stella Hurdidge & Margaret Fitness.
We remember those of our parish, relatives and friends recently dead: Maureen Wallace, and Winifred Nolan (Joan Whitehead’s twin sister),and we pray for any members of our security forces lately dead on active service.
We remember the dead of our parish whose anniversaries occur about this time: Elizabeth May Goodwin (S.), Lewis Joseph Grey (T.’61), Saun Cochrane, Tony Cochrane (T.), Joseph Graham (W.), Alec Allen (W.2014), Ernest Gullen (Sa.’60). ------
The funeral of Maureen Wallace was held last Monday at St. Bede’s, Kington. Although she had become something ofa recluse since her husband’s death 7 years ago, a good corpus of people came for the funeral service and the crematorium. ------
The Friends of Rotherwas Chapel invite you to join them at the chapel on Jan 6th, 2018 from 2.00-3.00` for a 12th night celebration, ‘Kings and Things’, music and readings. Refreshments. Bring your own chair. Donationsto the chair fund for the chapel.
Kington C.T. Carol service , 3.00pm. Sun. 31st. December.
FR. SIMON THANKS PROFUSELY ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SENT HIM CARDS, ‘ENCLOSURES’, COMESTIBLES, COMBUSTIBLES, BOTTLES OF ANY SHAPE OR SIZE, AND ALL THOSE CHRISTMAS GIFTS WHICH ARE WHOLLY BAD FOR CLERGY AND MONKS. GOD BLESS YOU.A VERY HAPPY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL!