Our Lady of the Assumption News

FROM ADVENT 2020 ‘A YEAR OF THE WORD’ 2020 is the 1600th anniversary of Saint Jerome’s death and the 10th of Verbum Domini - Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhorta&on on ‘The Word of the Lord’. The Bishops of England and Wales are marking these events by designa&ng...

Fr Anthony Chantry, National Director for Mission, has written to thank the Diocese and all the parishes within, for the £25,839 that was raised in 2018 for the important work of Missio. Our own contribution was again over £3000— A big well done to bob and all who...

The Citizen’s Advice bureau’s School Uniform Recycling scheme is a big success, saving some families over £5,500 last year. Many low income families have a big worry buying their child’s uniform. The scheme looks like expanding this year. They need people to help...

His Eminence Archbishop Edward Joseph Adams, Apostolic Nuncio for the UK has written to thank the Diocese and all the parishes for their generous contribution in 2018 of £8,236 to help the Christian community living in the Holy Land.

Sunday 23rd June 2.30pm Procession from church of St Winwfride to the shrine. 3.00pm Mass in the shrine grounds followed by refreshments at the Mill on the Hill Tea Rooms Celebrant : Rt Rev Peter M Brignall Bishop of Wrexham.  

Catholic Schools. Thanks to Ysgol Mair Head Teacher, Stuart Plunkett and staff who organised a beautiful Mass with the whole school, staff of other Catholic Schools in the diocese and many friends last Thursday here at St Mary’s to celebrate and give thanks for the...

The Recommissioning of Ministers will take place on Sunday, 22nd September, during the 10.00 am Mass

The annual retreat is on Saturday, 21st September, at Noddfa Retreat Centre. Further details nearer the time.

The date of the one–day Retreat has had to be changed, and it will now be held on Saturday, the 21st September at Noddfa. There will be further details nearer the time.  

There will also be a service of healing at St Marys on Thursday 12th September at 3pm.

Last Friday we had very good news that Stoke University Hospital has cleared Fr Shaji and allowed him to return to his home in the parish of Blaenau Ffestiniog. Thanks to all who prayed for him, especially the family who generously travelled all the way to Stoke to...

The lovely Statue of Our Lady in the middle of church has been taken home by successive parishioners over recent months. Each family hosts the statue and undertakes to say the Rosary each day. This practice is now extended to anyone who’d like to take part. See Fr...

Prayer Bears needed for children preparing for First communion to help  hem learn to pray ? Thanks to some who have already offered to help. We still need more, See the wool and pattern at back of church.

From Colette, Diocesan CAFOD coordinator. I would like to invite you to please join CAFOD’s summer campaign, ‘Our Common Home’. This is in response to Pope Francis’ call to us in Laudato Si. Last year, 8 parishes across Wrexham Diocese participated in our Share the...

The vocations crisis is still very much with us, but our Diocese has one student for priesthood - an extremely fragile situation, and two married men for diaconate service, as below. Please pray for them as they continue their formation. Seminarian Matthew P. Bond...