Special Mass for our Servers

We are very blessed at St Wilfrid's to have so many committed servers under the leadership of Tony Rush, our MC. At a special Mass this evening they were enrolled in the Guild of St Stephen. Refreshments followed for the servers, their families and friends. Thanks be to God.

School Transport

Once more, Leicestershire County Council is proposing to remove the subsidy on travel to faith schools. This means parents would have to pay £640 per student per year for school transport. This would impact on the Catholic community more than on any other group. De Lisle College, as the biggest faith school in the county would particularly suffer. Could I ask you to read the consultation leaflet, then fill in the transport consultation survey. Question 5 is the most crucial, and I hope that you might click 'strongly disagree’ for this question. Please hurry. The consultation closes on 30 June.

You may also like to find your councillor and send him or her an email expressing your opposition to this change. Public opinion prevented this change last time. Let's see if we can do it again!

Pictures of Yesterday's Procession

Newsletter for 1/2 June - Corpus Christi (C)

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Deanery 40 Hours Adoration...

It was wonderful to see this so well kept at St Wilfrid's yesterday. Most of the times I popped into Church there were two or three or more people there, and there was never any danger of the Blessed Sacrament being left unattended. I recognised visitors from Ashby and Shepshed parishes, and there may have been some from elsewhere.

Today Adoration moves on to Sacred Heart, Loughorough. Please make the little journey to Loughborough if you can. The Church is easy to find, right next door to an enormous Tesco store.

A reminder of the programme:

O come, let us adore him

Today

Loughborough Deanery Forty Hours Adoration

The Forty Hours Devotion got off to a good start at Shepshed this morning. It was good to see representation from Coalville there. I look forward to seeing many of you for our big day tomorrow - and we are encouraged to visit the other Churches taking part as well. A reminder of the programme....

"The time you spend with Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament

is the best time you will spend on earth.
Each moment that you spend with Jesus
will deepen your union with Him
and make your soul everlastingly
more glorious and beautiful in Heaven,
and will help bring about everlasting peace on earth."

Blessed Teresa of Calcutta

Last Sunday...

...we had a lovely celebration of Sacrament of the Sick. There was a wonderful prayerful atmosphere in Church.

Afterwards, afternoon tea was enjoyed by all.


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St Clare's May Devotion

 We had a lovely Procession and Crowning of Our Lady at St Clare's School this afternoon. The sound of so many voices singing our Ave around the school made me feel I was in Walsingham or Lourdes.

Newsletter for 25/26 May - Trinity (C)

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Pentecost in two minutes.

Prepare for the great feast with this short video.

You Are Living Stones Update

Quite a lot has been happening over the last few months and it is time for an update.

In February the priests of the diocese met with the bishop. The bishop announced some proposals for linking parishes. He stressed that these were not set in stone but were the basis for further consultation.

The bishop asked every parish to consult on these proposals. Here at St Wilfrid's we did this by means of a questionnaire. A summary of the results can be found here.

Bishop Malcolm also asked every deanery to hold an open meeting to look at the proposals. Ours was held at De Lisle School on the evening Pope Francis was elected. It was a very positive and well-attended meeting. A full report of the meeting can be read here, and a short summary here.

Every thing has now been sent to the diocese, and circulated to the parishes of the deanery. I attended a meeting of deans at the Cathedral recently, and following this meeting a small sub-group of deans started to look in detail at our responses, and the responses which had come in from all over our diocese.

I am very impressed with the way in which the parish and deanery have contributed to this consultation. Please continue to pray for all who will have to make decisions based on our input.

Bishop Malcolm

Bishop Malcolm has been readmitted to hospital because his recuperation has not gone as quickly recently as it had been. He is in good spirits, and I commend him to everyone’s prayers.

Father Andrew Cole, Private Secretary

Newsletter for May 11/12 & 18/19 - Ascension & Pentecost

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