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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The Website to the website, and click on ‘Contact’.Ian Campbell welcomes articles and photos.

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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!