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Page 1: celebrate the 1st Sunday in Advent - Hope · 1st Sunday in Advent - Hope (3rd December 2017) ... Advent begins the church year starWng four Sundays before Christmas. The season of

63ConwayRoad,ColwynBay,LL297LG|01492532670|ParishPriest:FrankRyanOMI|AssistantPriest:FrankGormleyOMIEmail:[email protected]|Website-www.stjosephsrcc.org.uk|FacebookPage:www.facebook.com/stjosephsrccTwi?er:@stjosephsrcc|WrexhamDiocesanTrustReg.CharityNo:700426|TimesofMasses:Saturday(Vigil)6.00pmSunday:11.00amWeekdays:12pm|Confessions:Saturday11-11.30amand5.30-6pm.|ExposiPonoftheBlessedSacrament:Saturday11-12pm|BapPsmsandMarriages:byappointment.|ParishCouncil:ChairpersonLeanneBell:[email protected]|ParishSafe-GuardingRepresentaPve:Sr.ClareMorley01492530698|HospitalChaplainsonCall:GlanClwyd:MrsSheilaJohnson07717182557-LlandudnoHospital:Fr.Moses-860546-YsbytyGwynedd:Fr.AdrianMorrin:3270421.-ColwynBayHospital&GlanClwydFr.FrankRyan|BrightLightsYouthGroup:NellyIwobi&[email protected]________________________________________________________________________________

WewelcomeparishionersandvisitorstoourparishMassesthisweekend,aswecelebratethe

1stSundayinAdvent-Hope(3rdDecember2017)

CollecPonforthe26thofNovember£571.58(G.A.£250.00+Loose£321.58)2ndCollecPontodayisforMaintenanceandDevelopmentoftheParish.

Monday,the4thofDecemberisaFuneralMassat12noonforDanielJohnMoore.Oursympathyandcondolencestohisfamilyandfriends.Mayherestinpeace.

Pleaserememberoursickandhousebound:Fr.ColmO’RiainOMI,Sr.AnnWaugh,RosemaryButcher,EveJones,JimGriffiths,TamDickson,MarleneMcCann,PeggyOliver,NorahHankin,Mrs.Shaw,MavisThomas,MargaretQuillam,HeatherMaxwell,

EddieHosker,JennyHamlet,NanO’Neill,TheresaPrichard,JosieFlinn,KiTyLee,VeraWellings,FabianClancy,KathleenHilliard,BasilSanders,GuyCarlson,AidenCarlson,EugeneRobinson,TeresaMorgan,GilbertSammut,MurielBarguT,DavidSullivan,MargaretBrierley,JohnTobin,DavidMcCullen,PhyllisBraid,LynnWilliams,RosemaryCurtain,JoannaFirth.

AdventcomefromtheLaWnword‘adventus’meaning‘Coming.’AdventbeginsthechurchyearstarWngfourSundaysbeforeChristmas.TheseasonofAdventhasbeensetasideasaWmeofpreparaWonsincethe6thcentury.AdventisaWmeforpreparingforChrist’ssecondcoming,evenaswerememberandcelebratehisfirstcomingatChristmas.Purplecandlesareusedasasymbolofrepentanceandforgiveness.OnthethethirdSundayapinkcandleisusedtoreflectJoyfulSunday,andawhitecandleisusedforChristmasDay.

CallingourParishCommunity.WewillbecelebraWngFatherFrankRyan’sGoldenJubileeofhisordinaWonon17thDecember.Weneedyourhelptomakethisajoyousandblessedoccasion.Please,please,pleasesignupinthebackofthechurchwherethereisalistforfoodforthisblessedandexciWngevent.PleasecontactBillForWn,JuneCraigorLeanneBellforanyquesWonsorideas.Weappreciateyourhelpandsupport.

AdventTalk:“WalkinginJoseph’sShoes-BringingtheNaWvityintoModernFocus”.LookingfromtheperspecWveofJosephasthefosterfather.MarWnBenneTiswellknownforbringingscripturetolifeinauniqueway.Thisisthe13thDecemberat6:30pmintheCommunityCentre.MoreinformaWonisonthebulleWnboard.

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“WalkWithMe”bookletswithaJourneyofPrayerforAdventareavailableatthebackofthechurchfor£1.

Thursday,the7thofDecemberisaschoolMassat930am.NomiddayMass.

Onthe13thofDecemberagermiddayMasstherewillbea“deep”cleanofthechurch.Allhandsondeckandmuchneeded!Thankyou.MoreinformaWoninnextweek’snewsleTer.

OnSunday10thofDecembertheSVPwillbehosWngaChristmasCarolsandrefreshmentsintheCommunityCentre.Comeandjointhesing-a-longwithmulledwineandamincepieat3pm.Thisisafreeeventandeveryoneiswelcome!

Children’sNaWvityMass-Rehearsalisonthe23Decemberat10am.Parentsaretopleasestaywiththechildren.Partsandcostumeswillbegivenouton17Decemberagerthe11amMassinthechurch.IfyouhaveanyquesWons,pleaseseeTammyQualters.

DatesforBrightLightsYouthGroupMeePngs:8th&22ndDecember.6:30pm-8pmthenFaithinAcWon8pm-9pm.ReflecWonDaysfortheFIA:20thJan,10am-1pm(Saturday).FormoreinformaWoncontact:NellyIwobi,DominiqueGray-WilliamsorBarbaraMiddleton.

Weareplanningonupgradingthestepsintothechurch.Arampisgoingtobeinstalledtoensurethesafetyandeaseintothechurch,thepresbyteryandthecommunitycentre.

ThankyouallagainforyourwonderfulsupportforourChristmasParishFair.Thetotalraisedis£1561.Thisisthelargestwehaveraised.Welldone,fantasWcandagain,thankstotheparishcommunity,theschoolandallothersfortheirsupportandcontribuWons!

ParishDinner:Thursday8thFebruary2018attheColwynBayCricketClub,Rhos-on-Sea.Thecostis£15fora2coursehotmeatbuffetplusteaorcoffee.NamespleaseasearlyaspossibletoJohnWilliams(organist).Allfriends/neighbourswelcome.

19thDecember7pm-ReconciliaWonService23rdDecember6pm24thDecember11am

*24thDecember-Children’sNaWvity4pm*24thDecember-11:30pmChristmasCarolsfollowedbyMidnightMass

*ChristmasDay-10am-HolyDayofObligaWon:TheNaWvityofLordJesusChrist.December30th-6pmDecember31st-11am

*AsignupsheetisonthenoWceboardforMinistersoftheWordandEucharistMinistersforChristmasWmeMasses*