ST. STEPHEN’S CHURCH, SKIPTON

( (01756) 793000 - Parish Priest: Rev Peter Dawber

http://www.st-stephens-church.info

6^th July 2008 – 14^th Sunday (A)

Sat 5^th July	6.00 pm	Eileen Chapman (A)
Sun 6^th July	9.00 am 6.00 pm	Agrapino Caballero & Etrena Indig (RIP) Special Intention (G & ES)	14^th Sunday (A)
Mon 7^th July	10.00 am	Geoff Swales (LD)
Tues 8^th July	10.00 am	Margaret Smith (LD)
Wed 9^th July	9.00 am	Joseph Hayes (LD)	St Augustine Zhao-Rong & Chinese Martyrs
Thurs 10^th July	10.00 am	John McCarthy (LD)
Fri 11^th July	10.00 am	Joseph & Margaret Pick (RIP W/A)	St Benedict (Ab)
Sat 12^th July	11.30 am 6.00 pm	Special Intention (IT) The McGlincy Family	Vigil Mass of 15^th Sunday (Sea Sunday)

SICK LIST: Maureen Fraser, Irene Johnson, Joseph Worley, Lucy Lynch, Jessica O’Neill, David Rymer, Joan Brown, Kathleen Forster, Janet Tempest, Dorothy Mazengarb, Margaret Gell, Angela Perry, Michael J. Horner, Margaret Battersby, Richard Donovan Bailey, Elsie Guilfoyle, Dorothy Spencer,

Fred Stanton, Anthony Mazengarb, Terry Callow, Kathryn Broadleday, Colin Johnson, Brigid Holliday, Ellen Metcalfe, Pat Hennigan, Kate Barker,

Margaret Bishop, Austin Wilcock, Ivy Burrow Nellis, Eileen Varey, Peter Gains, Irene Horner, John Young, Tom Coyne, Jaqui B,

Jurian Minnee, Juliet Koehler, Peter John Peyton, Frances Doran, Christopher Lynch (Australia), Judith Jones, Karen Watson, Peter Ellison, Ellen Allen, Carol Procter, Joseph Waldron, Sally Ann Moss, Jane Rowland, Jane Kennedy, Jim Snowdon, Walter Laycock, Barbara Snape,

Winnie Otulakowski, Dermot O’Brien, Jim Mowat.

LATELY DEAD: Hazel Clarke, Cleeve Finch, Peter Dibb, Fr. George Bradley, Michael Devito, Hazel Hamilton, Irena Sendlav, Stanley Thompson, Keith Shaw, Terence Brooks. John O’Neill, Joan McNamara, Michael Gardner, David Brockbank, Canon Patrick Delaney, Pat Hughes, Tony Mitchell, Marylin Hall, Ivy Stacey, Mark Ashton, Sr. Jarlath, Chris Wade, Kathleen Burton. R.I.P.

ANNIVERSARIES: Antica Matijevic, Eileen Chapman, John Metcalfe, John Lancaster, Jean Rowland, Ada Hartley. May they, and all the souls of the faithful departed rest in peace.

CONFESSIONS: 11.00-11.30 am & 5.00-5.30 pm

ST. STEPHEN’S RAMBLERS: The next walk will take place today, Sunday 6^th July – Whernside (8 miles). Meet after coffee after the 9 am Mass. Leaders: C & C Bohills.

FOSS/PARISH SUMMER FAYRE: TODAY, SUNDAY 6^TH JULY FROM 1.00-4.00 PM. Please come along and support this event.

SEA SUNDAY: Next Sunday there will be a second collection to support this vital ministry in providing pastoral and practical help to vulnerable merchant seamen. The Apostleship of the Sea port chaplains and ship visitors visit 12,000 ships each year in 57 ports around Great Britain. Take an envelope today and return it next week. 90% of world trade is transported by ship and 150,000 ships visit our ports each year. Seafarers can suffer loneliness, dangerous working conditions and exploitation on the high seas.

GAD: Thank you and amount letters are available at the back of church.

CONGRATULATIONS to Mark Tywang and Siobhan Clancy, married on Friday at St. Margaret Clitherow’s Chuch.

THE JUSTICE & PEACE GROUP would like to explore the possibility of housing destitute asylum seekers in the old convent/presbytery at the bottom of the hill. We would like to bring this up at the next Parish Council Meeting. If you have any thoughts or views on this please come along to this meeting.

PARISH COUNCIL MEETING: Tuesday 8^th July at 7.30 pm in the Presbytery. All welcome.

TUESDAY COFFEE AND CIRCLE DANCING - after Mass.

TODDLERS/UNDER 5’S CLUB: Fridays 9.00-11.00 am from £1 per session (term time).

YOUTH GROUP: The next meeting will be held on Friday 11^th July at 7.45 pm. Anyone aged 12-16 years (Year 7 or above) is welcome to join us.

PARISH PRAYER GROUP: Meets every 2^nd and 4^th Monday of the month i.e July 14^th and 28^th at 7.30 pm in the Presbytery. All

welcome.

MOTHERS’ PRAYERS: Thursday 17^th July at 10.30 am in the Presbytery. All welcome.

LUNCHEON CLUB: Thursday 17^th July.

SUSAN WATKINS AND PUPILS IN CONCERT in the Easter Room on Friday 18^th July at 6.30 pm. In Aid of Chernobyl Charity. All welcome.

YOUTH 2000: five day retreat at Walsingham from 21-25 August. Contact: www.youth2000.org or phone: 01937 584451 for details.

YORKSHIRE HISTORIC CHURCHES TRUST: Sponsored Ride (bike or horse) or Stride on Saturday 13^th September. See poster and sponsor forms in the porch.

DATE FOR YOUR DIARY: The date of the next Quiet Day at Parcevall Hall with Fr. Daniel O’Leary has had to be changed from the 3^rd October to the 16^th December. Bookings will be taken at a later date.

HOLIDAY/PILGRIMAGE: Sr. Mary Bernard and Sr. Catherine are organising a holiday/pilgrimage to Syria, Turkey, Antioch, etc. from 22^nd – 30^th March 2009. Details are on the notice board. Contact them on: 0113 2758852. Early booking essential.

300 CLUB (Week 19):

ST. MARGARET CLITHEROW’S, THRESHFIELD

Sun 6^th July	10.30 am	Charles Wilkinson
Sat 12^th July	10.00 am	EUCHARISTIC SERVICE

CONFESSIONS BEFORE SUNDAY MASS

SONGS FOR A SUMMER EVENING: On Saturday 12^th July at 7.30 pm at St. Michael & All Angels, Hubberholme. Presented by the Buckden Singers. Tickets available from Anne & Peter Vetch Tel: 760882, or on the door, £5 (adults); £2 (Children), including refreshments.