St Wilfrid’s Presbytery, 1 Winckley Square, Preston, PR1 3JJ (01772) 555244 Fax: 251955

Website: www.stwilfrids.info Email: stwilfridspp@gmail.com

Parish Priest: Fr Stephen Patterson SJ (554361) Fr. Peter Randall SJ (554365)

Deacon: Rev Bill Adams (726653) Parish Administrator stwilfridspa@gmail.com

Superior of the Jesuit Community: Fr Matthew Power SJ (554387)

Sunday Masses: Saturday Vigil 5.35pm Fr Patterson 7am Fr Fairhurst 10.15am Fr Randall 4.30pm Fr Power

Little Church for our younger parishioners during 10.15 Mass Please come for the Tea/ Coffee in the Parish Centre after the 10.15 Mass

Weekday Masses: 8.30am, 12.15pm, 5.35pm Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament: each weekday 9am-12 noon Rosary each Wednesday & Friday at 11.40am Confessions: Monday to Friday: before each Mass Saturday: 8.15-8.25am, 11.15am-12.15, 2.30-3.30 & 5-5.30pm

Thank you for Last Week’s Collections: Planned Giving £294.00 Loose Collection £721.64 Total £1015.64

St Wilfrid’s Church and Parish is administered on behalf of Trustees for Roman Catholic Purposes Registered - Charity No.230165.

The Parish is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lancaster - Charity No.234331.

YOUR PRAYERS ARE ASKED

For all those who have died recently: For those whose anniversaries occur about now: Thomas Aspinall, Fr Fred Rigby SJ(2001) For those who are sick: Maria Allen, Don & Mary Bell, Geoff Chesworth, Mary Dunnett, Freda Holdsworth, Eileen Pawelko, Joseph Rose, Glendon Snape, Ellen Vitone, Kath Williams, Jessica Woods.

Sun 4th Pentecost Sunday Acts 2:1-11 Ps 103 & 1 Cor 12:3-7,12-13 & John 20:19-23 Mon 5th St Boniface Tobit 1:3; 2:1-8 & Mark12:1-12 Tue 6th Feria Tobit 2:9-14 & Mark12:13-17 Wed 7th Feria Tobit 3:1-11,16-17 & Mark 12:18-27 Thu 8th St James Berthieu SJ Tobit 6:10=11;7:1,9-14;8:4-9 & Mark:12:28-34 Fri 9th Feria Tobit 11:5-17 & Mark 12:35-37 Sat 10th Feria Tobit 12:1,5-15,20 & Mark 12:38-44

Pope's Prayer Intention - National Leaders: That national leaders may firmly commit themselves to ending the arms trade, which victimizes so many innocent people. Urgent Intention - Priestly Vocations: Led by the Spirit for Mission - May he give us priests enamoured of the Gospel, close to all their brothers and sisters, living signs of God’s merciful love.

Have you ever been challenged to describe a spiral staircase without using your hands? Quite a test for one’s word power! St Luke was pretty good with words but even he has difficulty when telling us of the day of Pentecost and the experience of the Apostles. We may recall learning that as the Apostles prayed along with Our Lady there was a mighty wind from above and tongues of fire came to rest on their heads ? And we’d be wrong ! …. because that’s not quite how Luke puts it in today’s First Reading. He says, “suddenly they heard what sounded like a powerful wind from heaven” and “something appeared to them that seemed like tongues of fire”. It’s as if he is saying. “That’s the best I can do” … because the Holy Spirit is beyond human power to express. We could never adequately describe the Holy Spirit, the third Person of the Blessed Trinity

And I dare say that after El Greco had finished this Pentecost painting he’d think, “Well, that’s the best I can do!”.

We can’t see the Holy Spirit but we can see Christians (such as yourself) who

are sensitive to the Spirit. Like the Apostles they want to spread the news of

Christ (whether or not they can find a way to) and they try to spend some

time in the stillness of prayer, and people can see the difference it makes to

their attitudes. St Paul puts it like this:

“What the Spirit brings is … love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness,

trustfulness, gentleness and self-control” TS

ST WILFRID’S PARISH NEWSLETTER

4th June 2017 2017/23

Pentecost Sunday Year A

PARISH TRIP TO CHESTER The parish trip to Chester is on Saturday 8th July 2017. We will be leaving Winckley Square after 8.30am Mass and

returning from Chester at about 6pm. If you would like to come along please sign up and collect an information sheet from Richard or Josh after 10.15am Mass this Sunday, or you can email northwest@hcpt.org.uk or phone 07721-925-595 (evenings and weekends). Places are filling up but we would really like to fill the coach so please support us if you can. If you have already signed up you can let us have payment today (or as soon as possible) to confirm your place.

Tickets are £20 each and all proceeds go to the local branch of HCPT to help with the charity’s pilgrimages to Lourdes. We have enjoyed great days out over the last two years when we have been to York and we hope to have another great day this year, but we do need you!

Please do have a word with Richard or Josh and help us raise money for a wonderful local good cause as well!

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Next Meeting Sunday

18th June

after 10.15 Mass.

New members or visitors are welcome to join us!

The latest Faith & Justice Bulletin is available on the board at the back of church or to download at www.lancasterfaithandjustice.co.uk/newsletter

Please pray for Noah Finley Cookson & Bethany Rose Landry

making their First Holy Communion

this Sunday at the 10.15am Mass

The Rosary will be said each Wednesday and Friday at 11.40am prior to the lunchtime Mass.

Everyone is welcome

Details on the noticeboard

The Wednesday Homeless Drop-in in the Narthex is running low on men’s t-shirts, jeans and trainers. Do you have any that you could donate? Please leave any donations in the blue box in the Narthex labelled Metanoia Donations. Thank you for your generosity!

Items for the newsletter should be emailed to stwilfridsnewsletter@gmail.com by noon on Thursday. If you have any comments about our newsletter or suggestions for improvement please let us know. If you would like to be emailed a PDF copy of the newsletter send a request by emailing stwilfridsnewsletter@gmail.com SP/GT/MN

Over the next few weeks please could you bring your Red APF Missio boxes to the Sacristy for emptying.

Making the Most of Pope Francis:

A group is looking at the writings of Pope Francis each Wednesday 7.30-9pm in the Library, enter

via Presbytery Gates. All welcome!

This week continuing 'The Joy of Love’ Chapter 4

Living Water: A place of renewing, refreshing and envisioning for the week ahead. A look ahead at the Gospel for the coming Sunday, with prayer, teaching

and group sharing.

All welcome. Thursdays 7.30-9.30pm in the

Parish Centre.

See flyers

in Narthex

and Parish

Centre for

other

Events

Lourdes September 2017

Come and join St Wilfrid’s in Lourdes.

Details on the noticeboard.

The Salvation Army have put out an URGENT appeal for

their food bank.

We have around 1 weeks worth of food left and we are extremely busy with people needing the food bank. We have lots of pasta and tinned vegetables however

none of the other non-perishable foods. If possible could, take anything directly to the Salvation Army at Harrington Street if you are able to respond.

Castlerigg Manor, Lancaster Diocese’ Youth Retreat Centre in Keswick, has a vacancy for a Retreat Leader. We are looking for a practising Catholic who can lead retreats for young people and is excited to proclaim the Gospel to young people and support them as they grow in faith. www.castleriggmanor.co.uk/team-vacancies for more info, or phone Fr John 017687 72711

RC Diocese of Lancaster Youth Service Registered Charity 234331

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