Newsletter And Mass Times

St Christopher’s RC Church, Codsall
Sunday 20 July 2008
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

DATE	MASSES AND SERVICES	TIME	CELEBRATION	INTENTION
Sat 19 Jul	Mass for Sunday	5.30 pm	Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (pg 56)	People of the Parish
Sun 20 Jul	Sunday Mass	9.30 am	Sixteenth Sunday of the Year (pg 56)	Lawrence & Rose Sweeney RIP
Mon 21 Jul	Communion Service	7.00 pm	Feria
Tue 22 Jul	Holy Mass	7.00 pm	St Mary Magdalene	Ints of Ann Allan
Wed 23 Jul	Holy Mass	9.30 am	St Bridget of Sweden, Patroness of Europe
Thu 24 Jul	Holy Mass	7.00 pm	Feria
Fri 25 Jul	Holy Mass	10.00 am	St James, Apostle	Thelma Shinton RIP
Sat 26 Jul	Prison Mass	9.00 am	Seventeenth Sunday of the Year	Private intention
	Holy Hour	4.00 pm
	Confessions	4.30 pm
	Mass for Sunday	5.30 pm	Seventeenth Sunday of the Year	Edna Whitehouse RIP
Sun 27 Jul	Sunday Mass	9.30 am	Seventeenth Sunday of the Year	Margaret & Arthur Sutton RIP

Collections	12/13 Jul
Non Gift Aided	200.30
Gift Aided	288.70
Total	489.00
Apostleship of the Sea	190.00
July Mortgage	60.00
Thank you for your generosity

St Christopher’s RC Church, Codsall
Newsletter
Sunday 20 July 2008
Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time (A)

Thought
We go to Church, not because we are saints, but because we are sinners; sinners who are willing to strive for something better. And God is patient with us and lenient in his judgements. So we must learn to be patient, we must be hospitable towards all that we meet. We must acknowledge the dark side of ourselves, without conceding victory to it. We must struggle on in spite of this world, confident that with God’s help, the good will finally triumph. It is through struggle that we grow. Only God has the right and the knowledge to judge. Yet God is patient and tolerant.

A big thank you to Ann and Dermott Kelly and all those who gave super entertainment performances at last Sunday’s Strawberry Tea. Thank you also to all those who worked to make it so successful and to everyone who supported the event in any way. £717 was raised for parish funds. Thank you all.

Thank you to the Church Painters I would like to extend my sincere thanks to all those who gave their time to paint the exterior Church doors and windows. May I ask for more volunteers please so that we can now do the inside. Please add your name to the list if you can help.

Eucharistic Ministers and Readers Please collect your copy of the rota for the next few months from the table in the hall.

The Annual Cycle Ride for the Staffordshire Historic Churches’ Trust will take place on Saturday 13 September. If you would like to ride or help by acting as a recorder in our church please contact Sean Keenan after
9.30 am Mass or by telephone on 844558.

Dates for your Diary

Oompah Band	Friday 19 September
Parish Bazaar	Saturday 8 November

Collection boxes for foreign coins and notes and old mobile phones in the Church Hall.

Happy Holidays If you are going away on holiday may you have a safe journey and an enjoyable and relaxing break. Please remember to bring back a gift for the Worldwide Tombola at the Bazaar in November.
Thank you.

The Church is normally open during the day for private prayer.

No Coffee Club this Tuesday.

Please pray for the sick, especially

Judith Moore	Joe Charlesworth	Monica McGovern
Teresa Mitchell	Bob Webb	Rose Blazey
Richard Picton	Louise Baker	Joe Lakeland
Trish Kriesler	Iris Cooper	Lynne Shropshire
Harold Swift	Peggy Rowley	Baby Edward Owen Turner
Philip Screen	Ruby Bayliss	Frances Krzyszowski
Eileen Keay	Abigail Witchalls	Hughie Dynes
Evelyn Onion	Mary Brady	Claire Pennock-Purvis
Chris Jones	Bert Bloxham	Isobel Anderson

Let us pray for all whose anniversaries occur at this time, especially

Christopher Kelly	Arthur Dynes	Rev Laurence Kelly
Rev Albert Kelly	Rev Michael McGrath	Rev Antony Owen