Llay Parish
Wrexham, North Wales
CAFOD - Venezuela Earthquake
Appeal
You can help our neighbours affected by
the 24 June earthquakes in Venezuela
with emergency shelter, water and food.
CAFOD is already working with local
Church partners to support people who
have lost their homes, but we need your
support to help more survivors. Your
donation will provide essential supplies
and help families rebuild their lives.
Donate to the CAFOD Venezuela
Earthquake Appeal today:
www.cafod.org.uk/Venezuela or call 0300
999 0030 or scan the QR code. Please
keep our neighbours in Venezuela in your
prayers. See Poster in the porch.
Readers Needed
Would you like to help proclaim the Word of God at Mass? We are seeking new parish readers. No experience needed - just a willing heart. Please contact the parish office. The Pope’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas – a Pastoral Kit The Dicastery has made available a pastoral proposal with resources aimed at facilitating the understanding and in- depth analysis of the Encyclical. The Pastoral Kit contains a simplified summary of Magnifica Humanitas that proposes for each chapter: a brief synthesis, some citations from the Document, questions for personal and community reflection, suggestions for a practical and experiential approach, relevant biblical texts, some review questions, and a closing prayer. In the kit are also present: a proposal for activities for young people and children. The document is available on the parish website. Download Here….Old “Magnificats”
Your priest is about to dispose of his old “Magnificats”. The “Magnificat” is a very helpful little monthly magazine and it occurred to him that some parishioners might like to take some of these old ones to see what they are like. He hopes to place them in the Hall and perhaps in the porch for a few weeks before sending them for recycling. Do take as many as you like. (They are, of course, free).Quietness (Reverence) in
Church
Be silent, be thoughtful, and be reverent, for this is the house of the Lord. Before Mass speak to God. During Mass let God speak to you. After Mass speak to one another, but quietly, without disturbing those who are at prayer – ideally in the porch. 'Wrecsam Clarion' The New Digital Diocesan Newsletter Welcome to the Aug edition of 'The Clarion' the new Digital Diocesan Newsletter. Please click the button below to read the latest issue .Church Cleaners
We are in need of a further team to help clean our church in Llay. We are asking for volunteers, male or female, from any part of the parish to help with this task. Please contact the parish office or Canon. The Cycle of Prayer During Ordinary Time (Summer), i.e. up to September, we are asked to pray for these intentions: A Deeper Understanding between Christians and Jews; Those who Suffer Persecution, Oppression and Denial of Human Rights; Europe; Human Life; Seafarers.For the hard-of-hearing
Do remember that the “loop system” operates here. HCPT Group 155 Group 155 are looking for people to join their team! The next meeting is Wednesday 16 Seotember at St Anne’s church hall. For more information email group155@hcpt.org.ukIf you are a Taxpayer and
would like to “Gift Aid” your
weekly offering
By completing a simple Gift Aid declaration, you can increase the value of your donation to the parish by 25% at absolutely no extra cost to you. For every £1.00 you give, the Church can reclaim an additional 25p from the Government through the Gift Aid scheme. Gift Aid makes a real difference to our parish finances. Last year we received £7,484.77 through Gift Aid, which covered 48.65% of our diocesan levies (£15,384.00). This valuable support helps us meet our financial obligations and continue the mission and ministry of our parish. If you would like to Gift Aid your offering, please pick up a Gift Aid form (more forms available) from the porch and return it to the parish office. You will then be allocated a box of envelopes. Thank you for your generosity and continued support of our parish. Every contribution, however small, makes a difference. Parish Biros for Sale See these in the porch; they cost £2 each or 3 for £5. They are useful – and make a nice memento of the parish.Retrouvaille: Marriage in a
Rut?
Or need help with deeper issues? Retrouvaille has helped thousands of couples find hope and healing in their marriage. Next dates: 2nd – 4th October www.retrouvaille.org.un/info Tel:0788 7296983
New Parish Telephone Number
As from this week the Parish landline
Telephone number is not to be used to
contact the parish. Fr Pontius will be the
contact by Telephone on 07776991636.
The parish office will only be able to be
contacted in person or email.
Welcome to our new Parish
Priest Fr Pontius
Fr Pontious Bandua AJ (Apostles of Jesus), is with us from this weekend to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments. We offer him our warmest welcome. First Holy Communion 2027 The Parish First Holy Communion programme is open to children of families who are living in and attend Mass in this parish. Parents who want their child to join the programme should see Oonagh (organist) after the 10am Sunday Mass for registration form. It is expected that children on the programme will be attending Sunday Mass regularly.Food Bank
The“Food Bank” Collection this weekend. Please put your dry food donations in the appropriate boxes/containers which you will find in the porch, put there by the SVP. The Traditional Roman Rite study weekend 11 - 13 September Join us in the beautiful setting of Stonyhurst to explore the key elements of the Roman Church’s liturgical tradition. The weekend is intended to offer a deeper understanding of both the Traditional Rite specifically as well as of the New Rite of the Mass, which draws principally on the same heritage of the Church’s worship over the centuries. For more information visit https://christianheritagecentre.com/even ts/the-traditional-roman-rite-study- weekend/St Beuno’s Outreach Guided
Prayer Week’s
The Week’s of Guided Prayer 4 - 24 October 2026 are open to anyone of any Denomination who’d like to spend a little time with the Lord and explore how God is at work in our lives. more information and booking can be found by emailing stbeunosoutreach@beunos.com Welcome the Stranger: Defend the Right to Asylum People seeking asylum in the UK are facing laws and policies that deny their dignity. Families are kept apart. People are forced into poverty and isolation. Many live in fear, unable to rebuild their lives even after being recognised as refugees. As Christians, we cannot accept a system that treats people as problems to be managed rather than neighbours to be welcomed. Together, we can build a society that welcomes, protects, and stands alongside people seeking safety. For more information and to support this campaign, visit: https://www.jrsuk.net/defend-asylum/
Our Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for
September 2026
For the care of Water
Let us pray for a just and sustainable
management of water, a vital resource, so
that everyone may have equal access to it.
Let Us Pray For The Sick of the Parish
Dear Jesus, divine physician and healer of the sick, we turn to you in this time of illness. Oh dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear God, we place our worries in your hands. Amen.
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Yr. A
Saturday - No morning Mass or Confessions 6.00pm - Mass Sunday - 30th August 10.00am - Mass Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm Coffee/Tea after our 10am Sunday Mass Parish Secretary is on Holiday until Tuesday 1st September.
Mon - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Tue - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Wed - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm
Thur - St Gregory the Great, Pope
(feast)
7.00pm - Mass
Fri - Weekday in Ordinary Time
9.30am - Mass
Mass Times
St Francis of Assisi is open for SATURDAY, SUNDAY and Weekday MASS and During week for private prayer 9am - 5pm
Latest Bulletin
to Download -
Parish news insert -
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Yr. A
Saturday - No morning Mass or Confessions 6.00pm - Mass Sunday - 6th September 10.00am - Mass Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm
–
© Llay/Rossett Parish 2026
Llay Parish
Wrexham, North Wales
Mass Times
St Francis of Assisi is open for SATURDAY, SUNDAY and Weekday MASS and During week for private prayer 9am - 5pm
Latest Bulletin
to Download -
Parish news insert -
Our Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for
September 2026
For the care of Water
Let us pray for a just and sustainable management of
water, a vital resource, so that everyone may have
equal access to it.
New Parish Telephone Number
As from this week the Parish landline Telephone
number is not to be used to contact the parish. Fr
Pontius will be the contact by Telephone on
07776991636. The parish office will only be able to
be contacted in person or email.
Welcome to our new Parish Priest Fr
Pontius
Fr Pontious Bandua AJ (Apostles of Jesus), is with us from this weekend to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments. We offer him our warmest welcome. First Holy Communion 2027 The Parish First Holy Communion programme is open to children of families who are living in and attend Mass in this parish. Parents who want their child to join the programme should see Oonagh (organist) after the 10am Sunday Mass for registration form. It is expected that children on the programme will be attending Sunday Mass regularly.Food Bank
The“Food Bank” Collection this weekend. Please put your dry food donations in the appropriate boxes/containers which you will find in the porch, put there by the SVP. The Traditional Roman Rite study weekend 11 - 13 September Join us in the beautiful setting of Stonyhurst to explore the key elements of the Roman Church’s liturgical tradition. The weekend is intended to offer a deeper understanding of both the Traditional Rite specifically as well as of the New Rite of the Mass, which draws principally on the same heritage of the Church’s worship over the centuries. For more information visit https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/the- traditional-roman-rite-study-weekend/St Beuno’s Outreach Guided Prayer
Week’s
The Week’s of Guided Prayer 4 - 24 October 2026 are open to anyone of any Denomination who’d like to spend a little time with the Lord and explore how God is at work in our lives. more information and booking can be found by emailing stbeunosoutreach@beunos.com Welcome the Stranger: Defend the Right to Asylum People seeking asylum in the UK are facing laws and policies that deny their dignity. Families are kept apart. People are forced into poverty and isolation. Many live in fear, unable to rebuild their lives even after being recognised as refugees. As Christians, we cannot accept a system that treats people as problems to be managed rather than neighbours to be welcomed. Together, we can build a society that welcomes, protects, and stands alongside people seeking safety. For more information and to support this campaign, visit: https://www.jrsuk.net/defend- asylum/
CAFOD - Venezuela Earthquake Appeal
You can help our neighbours affected by the 24 June
earthquakes in Venezuela with emergency shelter,
water and food. CAFOD is already working with local
Church partners to support people who have lost
their homes, but we need your support to help more
survivors. Your donation will provide essential
supplies and help families rebuild their lives. Donate
to the CAFOD Venezuela Earthquake Appeal today:
www.cafod.org.uk/Venezuela or call 0300 999 0030
or scan the QR code. Please keep our neighbours in
Venezuela in your prayers. See Poster in the porch.
Readers Needed
Would you like to help proclaim the Word of God at Mass? We are seeking new parish readers. No experience needed - just a willing heart. Please contact the parish office. The Pope’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas – a Pastoral Kit The Dicastery has made available a pastoral proposal with resources aimed at facilitating the understanding and in-depth analysis of the Encyclical. The Pastoral Kit contains a simplified summary of Magnifica Humanitas that proposes for each chapter: a brief synthesis, some citations from the Document, questions for personal and community reflection, suggestions for a practical and experiential approach, relevant biblical texts, some review questions, and a closing prayer. In the kit are also present: a proposal for activities for young people and children. The document is available on the parish website. Download Here….Old “Magnificats”
Your priest is about to dispose of his old “Magnificats”. The “Magnificat” is a very helpful little monthly magazine and it occurred to him that some parishioners might like to take some of these old ones to see what they are like. He hopes to place them in the Hall and perhaps in the porch for a few weeks before sending them for recycling. Do take as many as you like. (They are, of course, free).Quietness (Reverence) in Church
Be silent, be thoughtful, and be reverent, for this is the house of the Lord. Before Mass speak to God. During Mass let God speak to you. After Mass speak to one another, but quietly, without disturbing those who are at prayer – ideally in the porch. 'Wrecsam Clarion' The New Digital Diocesan Newsletter Welcome to the Aug edition of 'The Clarion' the new Digital Diocesan Newsletter. Please click the button below to read the latest issue .Church Cleaners
We are in need of a further team to help clean our church in Llay. We are asking for volunteers, male or female, from any part of the parish to help with this task. Please contact the parish office or Canon. The Cycle of Prayer During Ordinary Time (Summer), i.e. up to September, we are asked to pray for these intentions: A Deeper Understanding between Christians and Jews; Those who Suffer Persecution, Oppression and Denial of Human Rights; Europe; Human Life; Seafarers.For the hard-of-hearing
Do remember that the “loop system” operates here. HCPT Group 155 Group 155 are looking for people to join their team! The next meeting is Wednesday 16 Seotember at St Anne’s church hall. For more information email group155@hcpt.org.ukIf you are a Taxpayer and would like to
“Gift Aid” your weekly offering
By completing a simple Gift Aid declaration, you can increase the value of your donation to the parish by 25% at absolutely no extra cost to you. For every £1.00 you give, the Church can reclaim an additional 25p from the Government through the Gift Aid scheme. Gift Aid makes a real difference to our parish finances. Last year we received £7,484.77 through Gift Aid, which covered 48.65% of our diocesan levies (£15,384.00). This valuable support helps us meet our financial obligations and continue the mission and ministry of our parish. If you would like to Gift Aid your offering, please pick up a Gift Aid form (more forms available) from the porch and return it to the parish office. You will then be allocated a box of envelopes. Thank you for your generosity and continued support of our parish. Every contribution, however small, makes a difference. Parish Biros for Sale See these in the porch; they cost £2 each or 3 for £5. They are useful – and make a nice memento of the parish.Retrouvaille: Marriage in a Rut?
Or need help with deeper issues? Retrouvaille has helped thousands of couples find hope and healing in their marriage. Next dates: 2nd – 4th October www.retrouvaille.org.un/info Tel:0788 729698322nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Yr. A
Saturday - No morning Mass or Confessions 6.00pm - Mass Sunday - 30th August 10.00am - Mass Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm Coffee/Tea after our 10am Sunday Mass Parish Secretary is on Holiday until Tuesday 1st September.
Mon - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Tue - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Wed - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm
Thur - St Gregory the Great, Pope
(feast)
7.00pm - Mass
Fri - Weekday in Ordinary Time
9.30am - Mass
Let Us Pray For The Sick of the Parish
Dear Jesus, divine physician and healer of the sick, we turn to you in this time of illness. Oh dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear God, we place our worries in your hands. Amen.
23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Yr. A
Saturday - No morning Mass or Confessions 6.00pm - Mass Sunday - 6th September 10.00am - Mass Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm
© Llay/Rossett Parish 2026
Llay Parish
Wrexham, North Wales
Mass Times
St Francis of Assisi is open for SATURDAY, SUNDAY and Weekday MASS and During week for private prayer 9 - 5
Our Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for
September 2026
For the care of Water
Let us pray for a just and sustainable management of
water, a vital resource, so that everyone may have
equal access to it.
New Parish Telephone Number
As from this week the Parish landline Telephone number
is not to be used to contact the parish. Fr Pontius will be
the contact by Telephone on 07776991636. The parish
office will only be able to be contacted in person or email.
Welcome to our new Parish Priest Fr Pontius
Fr Pontious Bandua AJ (Apostles of Jesus), is with us from this weekend to celebrate Mass and the Sacraments. We offer him our warmest welcome. First Holy Communion 2027 The Parish First Holy Communion programme is open to children of families who are living in and attend Mass in this parish. Parents who want their child to join the programme should see Oonagh (organist) after the 10am Sunday Mass for registration form. It is expected that children on the programme will be attending Sunday Mass regularly.Food Bank
The“Food Bank” Collection this weekend. Please put your dry food donations in the appropriate boxes/containers which you will find in the porch, put there by the SVP. The Traditional Roman Rite study weekend 11 - 13 September Join us in the beautiful setting of Stonyhurst to explore the key elements of the Roman Church’s liturgical tradition. The weekend is intended to offer a deeper understanding of both the Traditional Rite specifically as well as of the New Rite of the Mass, which draws principally on the same heritage of the Church’s worship over the centuries. For more information visit https://christianheritagecentre.com/events/the- traditional-roman-rite-study-weekend/St Beuno’s Outreach Guided Prayer Week’s
The Week’s of Guided Prayer 4 - 24 October 2026 are open to anyone of any Denomination who’d like to spend a little time with the Lord and explore how God is at work in our lives. more information and booking can be found by emailing stbeunosoutreach@beunos.com Welcome the Stranger: Defend the Right to Asylum People seeking asylum in the UK are facing laws and policies that deny their dignity. Families are kept apart. People are forced into poverty and isolation. Many live in fear, unable to rebuild their lives even after being recognised as refugees. As Christians, we cannot accept a system that treats people as problems to be managed rather than neighbours to be welcomed. Together, we can build a society that welcomes, protects, and stands alongside people seeking safety. For more information and to support this campaign, visit: https://www.jrsuk.net/defend-asylum/Quietness (Reverence) in Church
Be silent, be thoughtful, and be reverent, for this is the house of the Lord. Before Mass speak to God. During Mass let God speak to you. After Mass speak to one another, but quietly, without disturbing those who are at prayer – ideally in the porch. 'Wrecsam Clarion' The New Digital Diocesan Newsletter Welcome to the Aug edition of 'The Clarion' the new Digital Diocesan Newsletter. Please click the button below to read the latest issue .Church Cleaners
We are in need of a further team to help clean our church in Llay. We are asking for volunteers, male or female, from any part of the parish to help with this task. Please contact the parish office or Canon. The Cycle of Prayer During Ordinary Time (Summer), i.e. up to September, we are asked to pray for these intentions: A Deeper Understanding between Christians and Jews; Those who Suffer Persecution, Oppression and Denial of Human Rights; Europe; Human Life; Seafarers.For the hard-of-hearing
Do remember that the “loop system” operates here. HCPT Group 155 Group 155 are looking for people to join their team! The next meeting is Wednesday 16 Seotember at St Anne’s church hall. For more information email group155@hcpt.org.ukIf you are a Taxpayer and would like to
“Gift Aid” your weekly offering
By completing a simple Gift Aid declaration, you can increase the value of your donation to the parish by 25% at absolutely no extra cost to you. For every £1.00 you give, the Church can reclaim an additional 25p from the Government through the Gift Aid scheme. Gift Aid makes a real difference to our parish finances. Last year we received £7,484.77 through Gift Aid, which covered 48.65% of our diocesan levies (£15,384.00). This valuable support helps us meet our financial obligations and continue the mission and ministry of our parish. If you would like to Gift Aid your offering, please pick up a Gift Aid form (more forms available) from the porch and return it to the parish office. You will then be allocated a box of envelopes. Thank you for your generosity and continued support of our parish. Every contribution, however small, makes a difference. Parish Biros for Sale See these in the porch; they cost £2 each or 3 for £5. They are useful – and make a nice memento of the parish.Retrouvaille: Marriage in a Rut?
Or need help with deeper issues? Retrouvaille has helped thousands of couples find hope and healing in their marriage. Next dates: 2nd – 4th October www.retrouvaille.org.un/info Tel:0788 7296983
22nd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Yr. A
Saturday - No morning Mass or Confessions 6.00pm - Mass Sunday - 30th August 10.00am - Mass Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm Coffee/Tea after our 10am Sunday Mass Parish Secretary is on Holiday until Tuesday 1st September.
Mon - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Tue - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Wed - Weekday in Ordinary Time
No Parish Mass
Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm
Thur - St Gregory the Great, Pope
(feast)
7.00pm - Mass
Fri - Weekday in Ordinary Time
9.30am - Mass
Let Us Pray For The Sick of the Parish
Dear Jesus, divine physician and healer of the sick, we turn to you in this time of illness. Oh dearest comforter of the troubled, alleviate our worry and sorrow with your gentle love, and grant us the grace and strength to accept this burden. Dear God, we place our worries in your hands. Amen.
Latest Bulletin
to Download -
Parish news insert -
CAFOD - Venezuela Earthquake Appeal
You can help our neighbours affected by the 24 June
earthquakes in Venezuela with emergency shelter,
water and food. CAFOD is already working with local
Church partners to support people who have lost
their homes, but we need your support to help more
survivors. Your donation will provide essential
supplies and help families rebuild their lives. Donate
to the CAFOD Venezuela Earthquake Appeal today:
www.cafod.org.uk/Venezuela or call 0300 999 0030
or scan the QR code. Please keep our neighbours in
Venezuela in your prayers. See Poster in the porch.
Readers Needed
Would you like to help proclaim the Word of God at Mass? We are seeking new parish readers. No experience needed - just a willing heart. Please contact the parish office. The Pope’s Encyclical Magnifica Humanitas – a Pastoral Kit The Dicastery has made available a pastoral proposal with resources aimed at facilitating the understanding and in-depth analysis of the Encyclical. The Pastoral Kit contains a simplified summary of Magnifica Humanitas that proposes for each chapter: a brief synthesis, some citations from the Document, questions for personal and community reflection, suggestions for a practical and experiential approach, relevant biblical texts, some review questions, and a closing prayer. In the kit are also present: a proposal for activities for young people and children. The document is available on the parish website. Download Here….Old “Magnificats”
Your priest is about to dispose of his old “Magnificats”. The “Magnificat” is a very helpful little monthly magazine and it occurred to him that some parishioners might like to take some of these old ones to see what they are like. He hopes to place them in the Hall and perhaps in the porch for a few weeks before sending them for recycling. Do take as many as you like. (They are, of course, free).23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time
Yr. A
Saturday - No morning Mass or Confessions 6.00pm - Mass Sunday - 6th September 10.00am - Mass Eucharistic Adoration 3pm - 4pm
