Llay Parish
Wrexham, North Wales
Pilgrim’s Progress to Rome
An eight-day trek in Autumn 2025, is a
charity fundraising challenge organised
by the charity Life. Life supports women
in unexpected and crisis pregnancies and
those experiencing pregnancy loss. Life
are calling all those with “an adventurous
spirit and a compassionate heart”, to
email emilytraynor@lifecharity.org.uk to
receive more information.” Alternatively
register your interest by visiting
‘fundraising events’ here
https://getinvolved.lifecharity.org.uk/fun
draising-events/pilgrims-progress-2025-
charity-fundraising-trek/ See press
release in the porch.
Stational Jubilee Service
Saturday (29th)
Wrexham Cathedral, 11am, with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, led by Bishop Peter - to close “24 hours for the Lord”. An ideal opportunity for the Sacrament of Penance (Confession) and Penitential Prayer. Do avail of it. Catholic in Recovery A worldwide community of individuals seeking a solution to addictions, compulsions, and unhealthy attachments by integrating the Catholic faith into 12- step recovery. See Notice in the porch.Lenten Family Day
Saturday 12th April at Vincentian Divine Retreat Centre Hall, Pantasaph. Arrival from 12 noon. Everyone is welcome for Lenten crafts and activities followed by Station of the Cross with Bishop Peter on the Calvary hill. Booking is essential by 30th March; you can do this by scanning the QR code. See notice in the porch for more information.
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.
Coedpoeth to Holywell Pilgrimage
Walk, 22nd June
See notice in the porch Readers' meeting - 18 March 2025 at 7pm There will be a meeting for all readers at 7pm on 18 March 2025 in the Parish Hall to discuss covering the extra reader responsibilities on Palm Sunday and over the Easter Triduum. Please prioritise attendance at this meeting if you can, and if there is an unavoidable reason that you can't attend, please let Helen Zammit-Willson (h.zammitwillson@btinternet.com or 07484 222237) know your availability over the Easter period to cover the extra readings that are required.'Wrecsam Clarion'
The New Digital Diocesan Newsletter Welcome to the March edition of 'The Clarion' the new Digital Diocesan Newsletter. Please click the button below to read the latest issue. PAC Many thanks to the 7 who turned up for our Parish Advisory Council Meeting on Tuesday last, February 11th. It was decided that the next meeting, the AGM, will be held on Sunday, 29th June, at 11.30 am (after the 10 am Mass) and it was hoped that this timing might draw a bigger attendance. Download PAC minuets HERE….Join CAFOD’s Big Lent-Walk in
the Jubilee Year
You are invited to join CAFOD’s Big Lent-Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales, and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year – walking 200km over 40 days during Lent. Journey to one of the churches or shrines designated as places of pilgrimage in our diocese as part of your Big Lent Walk. Every £1 you raise will support communities like Lokho’s in Kenya, experiencing the worst impact of the climate crisis, to rebuild their lives in hope. Sign up at https://walk.cafod.org.uk
National Collection for
Walshingham Shrine and Basilisa
The Catholic Bishops of England and
Wales have approved of a Special
Collection for this Shrine this Weekend
22nd/23rd. See Notice in the Porch.
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. Stations of the Cross This Wednesday, 2:15pm and this Friday, 7pm in Llay and on most Wednesdays and Fridays throughout Lent at the same times. Do come, bring the children, and invite others, non-Catholics and Catholics alike. Some people love to pray the stations alone on other occasions - a devotion highly commended, especially during Lent.CAFOD – ‘Lent Family Fast Day’
Retiring Collection
Friday (14) was our ‘Family Fast Day’ (how did you do?). Now, this weekend, there will be a retiring collection after Mass to collect what we saved fasting on Friday (and perhaps a little more!) It will go to CAFOD to support communities during food crisis in East Africa. Lokho from Marsabit, Kenya, and her community lost their livestock and food source after 40 months of drought. With CAFOD’s local partner, Wakera, and support from parishes like ours, Lokho’s woman’s group planted kitchen gardens protected from the harsh climate with innovative shade nets. These gardens can now nourish the whole community through the next drought. Please avail of them and do the best you can with the collection. New Sunday Missals New Sunday Missals are now available in the porch at cost of £19.95Our New Directory & Year Book
2025
The Catholic Province of Wales is available from the porch at £4.95. St Martin of Tours Church in Wales, Llay Lent Lunches will be served in the Church Hall every Friday during Lent: 12 noon to 1.30 pm. Delicious homemade soup with bread, followed by cheese and fruit, including tea and coffee. All for just £5.00. There will also be homemade cakes and plants available to buy. Everybody welcome.Walk With Me Lent 2025
If you would like to have the booklet with the introduction by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, please order directly from Alive Publishing at www.alivepublishing.co.uk
Our Holy Father’s Prayer Intention for
March 2025
For families in crisis
Let us pray that broken families might
discover the cure for their wounds through
forgiveness, rediscovering each other’s
gifts, even in their differences.
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.
3rd Sunday of Lent Yr. C
Saturday - Weekday 2nd week of Lent
No Morning Mass
10.00 - 10.30 Confessions
6.00pm - Mass
Sunday - 23rd March 2025
10.00am - Mass
3pm - 4pm - Eucharistic Adoration
Mon - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
Tues - The Annunciation of the Lord
9.30am - Mass
Wed - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
2.15 pm - Stations of the Cross
3pm - 4pm - Eucharistic Adoration
Thur - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
7.00pm - Mass
Fri - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
No-Stations of the Cross
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 -
Saturday - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
No Morning Mass
10.00 - 10.30 - Confessions, also
available by request or appointment.
4th Sunday of Lent Yr. C
6.00pm - Mass
Sunday - 30th March 2025
10.00am - Mass
3pm - 4pm Eucharistic Adoration
After the Sunday mass there will be
Tea/Coffee served in the church hall.
Clocks go forward
next weekend
© Llay/Rossett Parish 2025
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
March 2025
For families in crisis
Let us pray that broken families might discover the
cure for their wounds through forgiveness,
rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their
differences.
National Collection for Walshingham
Shrine and Basilisa
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have
approved of a Special Collection for this Shrine this
Weekend 22nd/23rd. See Notice in the Porch.
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. Stations of the Cross This Wednesday, 2:15pm and this Friday, 7pm in Llay and on most Wednesdays and Fridays throughout Lent at the same times. Do come, bring the children, and invite others, non-Catholics and Catholics alike. Some people love to pray the stations alone on other occasions - a devotion highly commended, especially during Lent.CAFOD – ‘Lent Family Fast Day’ Retiring
Collection
Friday (14) was our ‘Family Fast Day’ (how did you do?). Now, this weekend, there will be a retiring collection after Mass to collect what we saved fasting on Friday (and perhaps a little more!) It will go to CAFOD to support communities during food crisis in East Africa. Lokho from Marsabit, Kenya, and her community lost their livestock and food source after 40 months of drought. With CAFOD’s local partner, Wakera, and support from parishes like ours, Lokho’s woman’s group planted kitchen gardens protected from the harsh climate with innovative shade nets. These gardens can now nourish the whole community through the next drought. Please avail of them and do the best you can with the collection. New Sunday Missals New Sunday Missals are now available in the porch at cost of £19.95Our New Directory & Year Book 2025
The Catholic Province of Wales is available from the porch at £4.95. St Martin of Tours Church in Wales, Llay Lent Lunches will be served in the Church Hall every Friday during Lent: 12 noon to 1.30 pm. Delicious homemade soup with bread, followed by cheese and fruit, including tea and coffee. All for just £5.00. There will also be homemade cakes and plants available to buy. Everybody welcome.Walk With Me Lent 2025
If you would like to have the booklet with the introduction by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, please order directly from Alive Publishing at www.alivepublishing.co.uk
Pilgrim’s Progress to Rome
An eight-day trek in Autumn 2025, is a charity
fundraising challenge organised by the charity Life.
Life supports women in unexpected and crisis
pregnancies and those experiencing pregnancy loss.
Life are calling all those with “an adventurous spirit
and a compassionate heart”, to email
emilytraynor@lifecharity.org.uk to receive more
information.” Alternatively register your interest by
visiting ‘fundraising events’ here
https://getinvolved.lifecharity.org.uk/fundraising-
events/pilgrims-progress-2025-charity-fundraising-
trek/ See press release in the porch.
Stational Jubilee Service
Saturday (29th)
Wrexham Cathedral, 11am, with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, led by Bishop Peter - to close “24 hours for the Lord”. An ideal opportunity for the Sacrament of Penance (Confession) and Penitential Prayer. Do avail of it. Catholic in Recovery A worldwide community of individuals seeking a solution to addictions, compulsions, and unhealthy attachments by integrating the Catholic faith into 12- step recovery. See Notice in the porch.Lenten Family Day
Saturday 12th April at Vincentian Divine Retreat Centre Hall, Pantasaph. Arrival from 12 noon. Everyone is welcome for Lenten crafts and activities followed by Station of the Cross with Bishop Peter on the Calvary hill. Booking is essential by 30th March; you can do this by scanning the QR code. See notice in the porch for more information.
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.
Coedpoeth to Holywell Pilgrimage
Walk, 22nd June
See notice in the porch Readers' meeting - 18 March 2025 at 7pm There will be a meeting for all readers at 7pm on 18 March 2025 in the Parish Hall to discuss covering the extra reader responsibilities on Palm Sunday and over the Easter Triduum. Please prioritise attendance at this meeting if you can, and if there is an unavoidable reason that you can't attend, please let Helen Zammit-Willson (h.zammitwillson@btinternet.com or 07484 222237) know your availability over the Easter period to cover the extra readings that are required.'Wrecsam Clarion'
The New Digital Diocesan Newsletter Welcome to the March edition of 'The Clarion' the new Digital Diocesan Newsletter. Please click the button below to read the latest issue. PAC Many thanks to the 7 who turned up for our Parish Advisory Council Meeting on Tuesday last, February 11th. It was decided that the next meeting, the AGM, will be held on Sunday, 29th June, at 11.30 am (after the 10 am Mass) and it was hoped that this timing might draw a bigger attendance. Download PAC minuets HERE….Join CAFOD’s Big Lent-Walk in the Jubilee
Year
You are invited to join CAFOD’s Big Lent-Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales, and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year – walking 200km over 40 days during Lent. Journey to one of the churches or shrines designated as places of pilgrimage in our diocese as part of your Big Lent Walk. Every £1 you raise will support communities like Lokho’s in Kenya, experiencing the worst impact of the climate crisis, to rebuild their lives in hope. Sign up at https://walk.cafod.org.uk
3rd Sunday of Lent Yr. C
Saturday - Weekday 2nd week of
Lent
No Morning Mass
10.00 - 10.30 Confessions
6.00pm - Mass
Sunday - 23rd March 2025
10.00am - Mass
3pm - 4pm - Eucharistic Adoration
Mon - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
Tues - The Annunciation of the Lord
9.30am - Mass
Wed - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
2.15 pm - Stations of the Cross
3pm - 4pm - Eucharistic Adoration
Thur - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
7.00pm - Mass
Fri - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
No-Stations of the Cross
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.
After the Sunday mass there will be
Tea/Coffee served in the church hall.
Clocks go forward
next weekend
Saturday - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
No Morning Mass
10.00 - 10.30 - Confessions, also
available by request or appointment.
4th Sunday of Lent Yr. C
6.00pm - Mass
Sunday - 30th March 2025
10.00am - Mass
3pm - 4pm Eucharistic Adoration
© Llay/Rossett Parish 2025
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 March
2025
For families in crisis
Let us pray that broken families might discover the
cure for their wounds through forgiveness,
rediscovering each other’s gifts, even in their
differences.
National Collection for Walshingham Shrine
and Basilisa
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales have approved
of a Special Collection for this Shrine this Weekend
22nd/23rd. See Notice in the Porch.
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. Stations of the Cross This Wednesday, 2:15pm and this Friday, 7pm in Llay and on most Wednesdays and Fridays throughout Lent at the same times. Do come, bring the children, and invite others, non-Catholics and Catholics alike. Some people love to pray the stations alone on other occasions - a devotion highly commended, especially during Lent.CAFOD – ‘Lent Family Fast Day’ Retiring
Collection
Friday (14) was our ‘Family Fast Day’ (how did you do?). Now, this weekend, there will be a retiring collection after Mass to collect what we saved fasting on Friday (and perhaps a little more!) It will go to CAFOD to support communities during food crisis in East Africa. Lokho from Marsabit, Kenya, and her community lost their livestock and food source after 40 months of drought. With CAFOD’s local partner, Wakera, and support from parishes like ours, Lokho’s woman’s group planted kitchen gardens protected from the harsh climate with innovative shade nets. These gardens can now nourish the whole community through the next drought. Please avail of them and do the best you can with the collection. New Sunday Missals New Sunday Missals are now available in the porch at cost of £19.95Our New Directory & Year Book 2025
The Catholic Province of Wales is available from the porch at £4.95. St Martin of Tours Church in Wales, Llay Lent Lunches will be served in the Church Hall every Friday during Lent: 12 noon to 1.30 pm. Delicious homemade soup with bread, followed by cheese and fruit, including tea and coffee. All for just £5.00. There will also be homemade cakes and plants available to buy. Everybody welcome.Walk With Me Lent 2025
If you would like to have the booklet with the introduction by Cardinal Vincent Nichols, please order directly from Alive Publishing at www.alivepublishing.co.uk
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.
Coedpoeth to Holywell Pilgrimage
Walk, 22nd June
See notice in the porch Readers' meeting - 18 March 2025 at 7pm There will be a meeting for all readers at 7pm on 18 March 2025 in the Parish Hall to discuss covering the extra reader responsibilities on Palm Sunday and over the Easter Triduum. Please prioritise attendance at this meeting if you can, and if there is an unavoidable reason that you can't attend, please let Helen Zammit- Willson (h.zammitwillson@btinternet.com or 07484 222237) know your availability over the Easter period to cover the extra readings that are required.'Wrecsam Clarion'
The New Digital Diocesan Newsletter Welcome to the March edition of 'The Clarion' the new Digital Diocesan Newsletter. Please click the button below to read the latest issue. PAC Many thanks to the 7 who turned up for our Parish Advisory Council Meeting on Tuesday last, February 11th. It was decided that the next meeting, the AGM, will be held on Sunday, 29th June, at 11.30 am (after the 10 am Mass) and it was hoped that this timing might draw a bigger attendance. Download PAC minuets HERE….Join CAFOD’s Big Lent-Walk in the Jubilee
Year
You are invited to join CAFOD’s Big Lent-Walk and journey together with Catholics in England, Wales, and Scotland as Pilgrims of Hope in this Jubilee Year – walking 200km over 40 days during Lent. Journey to one of the churches or shrines designated as places of pilgrimage in our diocese as part of your Big Lent Walk. Every £1 you raise will support communities like Lokho’s in Kenya, experiencing the worst impact of the climate crisis, to rebuild their lives in hope. Sign up at https://walk.cafod.org.uk
3rd Sunday of Lent Yr. C
Saturday - Weekday 2nd week of Lent
No Morning Mass
10.00 - 10.30 Confessions
6.00pm - Mass
Sunday - 23rd March 2025
10.00am - Mass
3pm - 4pm - Eucharistic Adoration
Mon - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
Tues - The Annunciation of the Lord
9.30am - Mass
Wed - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
2.15 pm - Stations of the Cross
3pm - 4pm - Eucharistic Adoration
Thur - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
7.00pm - Mass
Fri - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
9.30am - Mass
No-Stations of the Cross
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 -
After the Sunday mass there will be
Tea/Coffee served in the church hall.
Clocks go forward
next weekend
Pilgrim’s Progress to Rome
An eight-day trek in Autumn 2025, is a charity
fundraising challenge organised by the charity Life.
Life supports women in unexpected and crisis
pregnancies and those experiencing pregnancy loss.
Life are calling all those with “an adventurous spirit
and a compassionate heart”, to email
emilytraynor@lifecharity.org.uk to receive more
information.” Alternatively register your interest by
visiting ‘fundraising events’ here
https://getinvolved.lifecharity.org.uk/fundraising-
events/pilgrims-progress-2025-charity-fundraising-
trek/ See press release in the porch.
Stational Jubilee Service
Saturday (29th)
Wrexham Cathedral, 11am, with Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, led by Bishop Peter - to close “24 hours for the Lord”. An ideal opportunity for the Sacrament of Penance (Confession) and Penitential Prayer. Do avail of it. Catholic in Recovery A worldwide community of individuals seeking a solution to addictions, compulsions, and unhealthy attachments by integrating the Catholic faith into 12- step recovery. See Notice in the porch.Lenten Family Day
Saturday 12th April at Vincentian Divine Retreat Centre Hall, Pantasaph. Arrival from 12 noon. Everyone is welcome for Lenten crafts and activities followed by Station of the Cross with Bishop Peter on the Calvary hill. Booking is essential by 30th March; you can do this by scanning the QR code. See notice in the porch for more information.
Saturday - Weekday 3rd week of Lent
No Morning Mass
10.00 - 10.30 - Confessions, also
available by request or appointment.
4th Sunday of Lent Yr. C
6.00pm - Mass
Sunday - 30th March 2025
10.00am - Mass
3pm - 4pm Eucharistic Adoration
