The website for the parish of St Josephs in Colwyn Bay, North Wales
I well remember the 2002 referendum in Ireland on abortion. On the day before (5th March 2002) I was present at a meeting in which Cardinal Desmond O’Connell, leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland, spoke to a gathering of Catholic School Administrators in St. Patrick’s Training College in Dublin. Addressing the subject of the Referendum he said “The referendum […]
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“Where all languages proclaim the good news of Christ, together in the Holy Spirit.” The feast of Pentecost will be celebrated this year on Sunday 20th May. As in previous years, we will be celebrating with our International themed Mass and shared buffet lunch afterwards. This is a highlight in our church calendar and enjoyed by the whole community! Our […]
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Where: St. Trillo’s Chapel, Marine Drive, Rhos-on-Sea, Colwyn Bay LL28 4PP When: Sunday, 29th April 2018 at 3pm A mass rosary will be said around the coast of Great Britain on Sunday, April 29th 2018 at 3pm. After similar events in Poland and Ireland last year, Catholics in the British Isles have been inspired to plan and take part in […]
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Are you interested in the World Meeting of Families in Dublin 21st – 26th of August this year? Pope Francis has confirmed his attendance and will be there! What is World Meeting of Families 2018? Dublin, Ireland, has been chosen by Pope Francis to host the next World Meeting of Families from 21-26 August 2018, guided by the theme “The […]
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Tuesday evening saw the parish community of St Joseph’s united once more for a beautiful Mass to mark the induction of Father Frank Ryan as Parish Priest of St Joseph’s. The Right Reverend Peter Brignall, Bishop of Wrexham, presided over the packed celebration and joined us for a gathering afterwards in the presbytery. The special mass also featured a renewal […]
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Here are the times for Masses and services during Holy Week. This Holy week is the high point of our year – the completion and the new beginning of our celebration of living in Christ. It is a week of two halves: In the first half, starting Palm Sunday, we complete our Lenten preparation of ‘dying to sin’, so that […]
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On Holy Saturday (March 31st) at 11am in the Parish Community Centre, a special Presentation and Discussion, led by Fr Frank Ryan will take place. Entitled “In the Eye of the Storm”, the session will first involve participants being provided with an envelope of study materials. These will contain a list of prophesies from the Old Testament, which will indicate the […]
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Last week John Baxendale, Chair of the Finance Committee, gave a talk at each mass about Planned Giving and updating of our parish records. Would you like envelopes provided for your weekly offering? If so, please complete a planned giving slip at the back of church and hand it in. Prefer to give by Standing Order? Please complete a Standing […]
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“A painful journey towards healing” Thank you to our parish SVP & KSC groups for leading stations of the cross in week 4 and for the women of the parish for leading the Women’s Way of the Cross last week. Saturday, 17th March at 10.30am Today’s Stations of the Cross will be presented by the Children’s Liturgy Group. The theme will […]
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St Joseph’s Catholic Primary School St David’s Day Fair – Saturday, 10th March 10am – 12pm The children from our Catholic Primary School are busy preparing for next week’s St David’s Day Fair! The fair was originally meant to be held yesterday, 3rd March, but due to the bad weather the decision to postpone by one week was taken. This […]
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