The website for the parish of St Josephs in Colwyn Bay, North Wales
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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Bright Lights Youth Group have had a busy start to the year with many exciting events coming up! In particular the young people who have been participating in the Faith In Action programme for the past 10 months have several events for the Parishioners to enjoy over the next few months. Today, Sunday 4th March – During our Sunday Shared Lunch […]
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“A painful journey towards healing” Last week’s Stations of the Cross was presented by Bright Lights Youth Group and the theme was “The Family’s Way of the Cross – Praying on this journey as a family”. It was well attended by the children and their families from Bright Lights as well as members of the wider parish community. Thank you […]
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St Joseph’s is currently organising the funeral of Robert Ross who passed away on Saturday, 17th February. Robert was a parishioner for many years and was a well known figure here at St Joseph’s. He gave his life to the parish, volunteering in many different roles. Robert was born in Liverpool in 1943 and was an avid Liverpool FC […]
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“A painful journey towards healing” Last week’s Stations of the Cross was presented by Fr Frank Ryan and focused on the theme of trauma. It was a very thought provoking session which took those in attendance through the physiological realities of what the Crucifixion would have really been like for Christ. Today, Saturday, 24th February at 11am Today’s Stations of […]
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I noticed just today a little crocus had emerged through the leaves of last fall, and I knew Winter was over and Spring was not far away. It had a white colour which was dominated by purple, that now glistened in a burst of sunlight that pierced the clouds. The glory of God was revealed. Purple is of course the […]
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