BLESSED SACRAMENT & BLESSED TRINITY CHURCHES (www.connahsquaycatholicchurch.org.uk)

Canon Joe Stewart: tel 01244 830358 / mobile 07550079995 Convent – tel 01244 830692

First Sunday of Advent (C) 1st/2nd December 2012

Sat 1st December	5.30pm @ CQ	Donor’s Intention Sun 2nd December 9.30am @ QF	People of the Parish Sun 2nd December	11.00am @ CQ	People of the Parish

Mon 3rd - 9.30am @ QF	St Francis Xavier	Mona Costello RIP Tues 4th – 10.00am @ CQ	Feria	Dorina Bernie RIP Wed 5th - 9.45am @ CQ Novena to Our Lady	“ “	- 10.00am @ CQ	Feria	Holy Souls of the Parish Thur 6th - 9.30am @ QF	Feria	Holy Souls of the Parish Fri 7th - 10.00am @CQ	St Ambrose	Jim Cawley RIP Sat 8th - 9.30am @ QF The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary	Donor’s Intention “ “ 5.30pm @ CQ	Bob Thompson RIP	Confessions - Saturday after 9.30am Mass @ QF & 5.00pm @ CQ,	Confessions: on Saturdays @ 5.00pm in the Blessed Sacrament Church.

Children’s Liturgy of the Word Rota	Dec 2nd – Mrs Smith & Miss Smith	Dec 9th – Mrs Doyle & Mrs Lambert Sunday 11am Bidding Prayers Rota Dec 2nd – Rita / Dec 9th – School Dec 16th – Louise / Dec 23rd - Jess

Christmas Raffle: this will take place next Sunday (9th) after the 11am Mass at Blessed Sacrament. Please make sure your counterfoils and money are returned before then.

Church Flowers for Christmas: there will be a collection next weekend after both Masses at Blessed Sacrament.

Annual SVP Collection: this very important collection will take place after all Masses this weekend (1st & 2nd Dec).

Christmas Tree Gifts: please check if there are any tags remaining if you haven’t already taken one and wish to donate a Christmas gift. The presents need to be returned as soon as possible please so that they can be given out to the children.

Blessed Trinity Parishioners: would all like to thank the very generous gentleman who donated all the cash prizes for the raffle which took place last weekend, and to everyone who helped to organise this raffle.

Red Boxes: these need to be returned to Blessed Trinity as soon as possible please, either leave them at church or hand to Margaret Hayes.

First Holy Communion: preparation for children (who do Not attend Venerable Edward Morgan School, Shotton) to receive their first Holy Communion begins in January 2013. If your child is in Year 3 (age 7-8) then please call either Angie Doyle 01244 830606 or Sister Gwyn on 01244 830692.

Collection: The collection at Blessed Sacrament last weekend was £142.41 with a further £275.50 from the Gift Aid envelopes, this will give our parish an extra £67.63 we can claim back from the Inland Revenue. Please consider giving your offertory in a Gift Aid envelope if you pay tax. The collection at Blessed Trinity totalled £169.50.

Theatre Trips: Our trip to see the "Lion King" is almost here (Weds 2nd Jan 2013) it's been a long wait!! The coach will leave Connah's Quay at 12.30pm - coach fare to be confirmed and to be collected on the coach. Tickets will be given out on the coach. There will be spare seats on the coach if anyone wants to join us, either to book directly with the theatre to see the show, or even for an afternoon shopping in Manchester! Please contact Rose Martin on 01244815382, mobile 07809890905 or e mail rose1647@hotmail.co.uk.

"Wicked" (the musical continuation of the Wizard of Oz story_ is coming to Manchester and we've booked seats for the opening night on Thurs 12th Sept 2013. We will need to leave Connah's Quay at 5.30pm to get to the theatre in time. We have mid side stalls seats at £52.50 each and front centre circle seats at the same price. Coach fare will be extra. 50 seats in total have been reserved and the theatre needs them to be paid for by 26th Jan 2013. Please contact Rose Martin as above if you would like to come with us to see this show.

World Youth Day: we will not be going to Rio as a Diocesan group due to cost, instead it would be good, in this Year of Faith, to celebrate WYD in this country. The Brightlights Festival takes place next year over the WYD weekend, with a live link to Rio. For those who have not heard of it before Brightlights is a Catholic Youth Festival held every year, next year at Aylesford in Kent. Chriss Humphreys intends to take as many youngsters as possible to Brightlights. Full information is contained on the poster in the porch – this is for strictly 16+ only.

Letter of Thanks: we have received a letter from KSC thanking both parishes for our support last weekend. Copies of the letter are in the porches.

Light up a Life: St Andrews Church (High St C/Q) are hosting this service for Nightingale House on Sunday 9th December @ 6pm. Tea & mince pies will be served after the service.

Items for the bulletin: to Carmel Smith, either telephone 01244 830985 or e-mail carmel_smith@sky.com by Weds evenings please.