Our Lady of the Assumption News

The Knights of St Columba invite you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Topic: KSC Lenten Way of the Cross - Edinburgh & St Andrews Time: Feb 22, 2021 07:00 PM London Readings by Fr P. Lee, Provincial Chaplain Responses by Brother Brian Beaton, Provincial Grand Knight...

The Good News mission have continued to do their Food Share project. This involves a small contribution to costs by participants. This varies from £1.50, to £3 or £5 per person / family. They are then provided with a food bag to a value of either £5, £10, or £15. This...

The Vatican has confirmed the itinerary for Pope Francis's historic visit to Iraq - the first by a Pope to the country. It's also the first overseas visit in over a year as a result of the global Covid pandemic. Let’s pray for the Pope.

Post your donation direct to CAFOD or Text LENT to 70460 to give £10 (enough for sturdy water containers to store clean water safely) or add the amount you’d like to donate, e.g. Text LENT20 to give £20 Collect a donation envelope from the back of Church and place in...

Online service for Church Action on Poverty Sunday 2021 6.00 – 7.00pm Give, act and pray to ensure people on the margins are fully involved in the world we build as we emerge from the pandemic. Join churches around the UK in prayer, giving and action this Church...

is a charity run by May and other local parishioners. May witnessed great child poverty in the Philippines when she was younger. Now, apart from her day job as a carer, she accesses and packs food, toys and other goods into containers and sends them to the...

(Are you still on board ? Remember, faith can move mountains. Maybe plastic-ruined oceans too ?) The humble loo roll is one area where it’s hard to go plastic. You can hardly find shop-bought toilet paper that doesn't come wrapped in plastic. So why not go online ?...

Three Saints have been added to the Catholic Liturgical Calendar, as follows: Saint Hildegard of Bingen, Virgin and Doctor of the Church, Feast Day now to be on 17 September, was a German Benedictine abbess, writer, composer, philosopher, Christian mystic, visionary,...

Ash Wednesday is on 17th February next. Remember, Pope Francis has called us to conversion on climate change—a much bigger life or death issue than the pandemic. Lent’s a good time to start or to deepen our life changes. We have two younger parishioners currently...

Bishop Peter has dedicated this year’s Lenten Alms to the SVP Covid-19 Recovery Programme. Information on this programme can be found at https://www.svp.org.uk/covid-19-recoveryprogramme. So your Lenten giving may be directed this way here at St Mary’s. If you make a...

The Wrexham diocese God Who Speaks team would like to let you know about, and warmly invite you to ‘Listening into a conversation on the God Who Speaks today -on ZOOM, Tuesday, 2nd February at 7 - 8pm The session will be a dialogue between Katja Jewell and Sr Vianney...

Census, good knowledge about the situations of citizens is essential to democracy. As long as it’s with the permission of those citizens, unlike the social media giants who keep this all behind wraps !! The Office of National Statistics (ONS) has asked the Diocese to...

SATURDAY 13TH FEBRUARY 2021 This year’s celebration on Saturday 13th February will take the form of a livestream Mass at 11.00am which Bishop Peter will celebrate, followed by a Zoom ‘reception’. All couples with significant anniversaries (25th, 40th, 50th, 60th and...

We will be holding another event hot on the heels of this one, in early February (hopefully the 2nd), which we will advertise as - "Listening into a conversation on the God Who Speaks today with Ursuline Sister, Vianney Connolly and Katja Jewell, former Diocesan CAFOD...

Caritas Wales offers the following course. Staying Together While Apart – digital skills training sessions The ‘Staying Together While Apart’ project has been developed to assist people during the COVID-19 pandemic and its immediate aftermath. The project focuses on...

Our Covid Volunteers have received a lot of praise for the efficient and sensitive way they have kept as able to attend church for prayer and worship these last months. Thanks to you all. When a few of us were removing the Christmas tree and Crib in the church last...

Following last week’s piece on the wonderful Mazin Qumsiyeh, can you help another peacemaker, Issa Amro, who is standing trial for his peaceful community organizing? Issa is a Palestinian Human Rights Defender from Hebron who co-founded the nonviolent Youth Against...

A BIG THANKS also from Fr Charles to so many who sent lovely Christmas Cards, gifts and good wishes as well as to our volunteers who are keeping our community so switched on during the pandemic. A very HAPPY NEW YEAR OF 2021 to everybody. It’s a great privilege and...