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Newsletter: 5th October 2025

Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

5th October 2025

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00 Mass
13.00 Funeral Service for Susan Hadfield, Agecroft

9.30 Holy Rosary led by Fr. Brady
10.00 Mass
10.30 Coffee Morning

19.00 Mass

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

Wednesday 9am – 3pm
Friday 9am – 3pm

MACMILLAN COFFEE AFTERNOON

Thank you to everyone who supported our MacMillan Coffee Afternoon. Thanks to your generosity, we raised £310 for this wonderful cause. Your kindness will make a real difference.

UCM

Wednesday 8th October Mass at 7.00pm followed by UCM Meeting at 7.30pm.

NOVEMBER DEAD

Throughout the month of November, we remember our beloved relatives and friends who have died throughout our lives and who we wish to pray for during the month of the Holy Souls. Envelopes are now available in the Atrium for the names (or list of names) of those we have loved. For Example: parents, relatives, priests etc. Please hand envelopes to Fr. Brady.

CHRISTMAS FAIR

The Christmas Fair will be taking place on Saturday 29th November from 11.00am – 1.00pm.

We are looking for donations of Bottles, Gifts, Fancy Goods, Chocolate and Tombola Goods. Wrapped and Unwrapped items for the £1.00 parcels, children, ladies and gents.

Also, Raffle Prizes for the ‘Big Raffle’ and ‘Pre loved teddies and soft toys.’ These can be left in the Parish Office.

200 CLUB

The first draw for £20 will take place this Sunday after the 10.30am Mass. There will be a £20 draw for 10 weeks. The Big Draw will take place on 7th December. There is a folder in the Atrium with all names and numbers.

XAVERIAN COLLEGE OPEN DAYS

Saturday 11th October and Sunday 19th October 10.30am till 2pm.See Poster in the Atrium for more details.

ST. DUNSTAN’S AODS PRESENTS HEROES AND VILLAINS

Celebrating some of the best Heroes and Villains of Musical Theatre. But are you Team Hero or Team Villain?
25th-28th November 2025 from 7.30pm. Adults £18, Children £15. St. Dunstan’s Parish Hall, Kenyon Lane, Moston M40 9JP.
For tickets > or call 0161 327 2781.

VOLUNTEER VAN DRIVER NEEDED

For Caritas Salford. Our diocesan charity Caritas Salford is in urgent need of a volunteer van driver. Could you please spare a few hours to help them to transport donations in their electric van? Van drivers are vital to Caritas services supporting people experiencing poverty and homelessness, and are essential to their day-to-day running. To find out more, please contact volunteer coordinator Matt on: email here >

CELEBRATION OF HUMAN DIGNITY-FREE EVENT

Our diocesan charity, Caritas Salford is holding a free event on Sunday 26 October from 10.30am to 3pm at Sacred Heart Church and Parish Centre, Gorton, Manchester, M18 7WJ. The ‘Celebration of Human Dignity’ event, which is aligned with the memorial of St Pope John Paul II who championed human dignity and the value of human life in his many works, will include music, thought-provoking sessions and Sunday Mass
celebrated by Bishop John Arnold.To find out more and book your free place at the event,
visit >

LAUDATO SI’ CENTRE GARDENING CLUB

As we head into autumn, the Diocese of Salford’s Laudato Si’ Centre invites you to join its regular Friday gardening club to learn more about how to care for our common home over the coming months. For top tips on seasonal gardening, sustainable techniques, and how to care for the land and biodiversity during the winter months, sign up to our friendly sessions: email >

MARRIAGE SUPPORT

Does your relationship need some TLC? Need help with deeper issues? Next programme starts 17th October. www.retrouvaille.org.uk or +447887296983

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“The Eucharist is the supreme proof of the love of Jesus. After this, there is nothing more but Heaven itself.”
St. Peter Julian Eymard.

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

The two sections of this Gospel reading appear at first sight to be entirely separate, the first about faith, the second about the reward of service; but they do fit together.

The faith required consists not in reciting a creed but in hanging on by one’s finger-tips, through thick and thin, to God’s power and will to save.

In nothing else is there any hope, not in my own power or ability.

That is why, in the second section, we have no right to expect any sort of reward as our due from God.

The value of our work in itself is secondary to our admission of helplessness and our trust in God’s to save us.

However, not all parables should be taken as allegories.

The severe master here is not necessarily God, any more than the master who in another parable praises his crooked steward.

When we hear the unyielding command of the master to the slave to expect nothing and to set about serving at supper, we cannot forget that at the Last Supper it was Jesus who put on his apron and washed his disciples’ feet.

We may be unworthy slaves, but Our Lord’s action at the Last Supper gives us confidence that our Master ministers to us.

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BAPTISMS Please see Fr. Brady after Mass if you would like your child to be baptised. A baptismal certificate for one of the parents must be provided as evidence of baptism in a Roman Catholic Church before a baptism date can be given. We welcome parents and children and by attending Masses at the weekend on Saturday at 5.30pm, Sunday at 9.00am or 10.00am which fulfil the Sunday obligation. All Catholics are OBLIGED to celebrate Mass on EVERY Sunday.

BAPTISM CERTIFICATE COPIES REQUESTS For those requesting copies of baptism certificate the office can be contacted initially and the certificate can be collected at any of the weekend Masses. This is also to encourage people to come to Mass.

SICK AND HOUSEBOUND If you know of anybody who would like Fr Brady to visit, could you please give him their name and address with postcode and a contact telephone number. Thank you.

MASS INTENTIONS, OUR LADY’S LAMP AND THE SANCTUARY LAMP The practice of requesting a Mass to be offered for loved ones, living or deceased, is a beautiful and wonderful part of our Catholic Tradition. Continuing this long-standing practice, you can remember someone who has died recently or many years ago. The Mass can also make beautiful gifts for any special occasion: birthdays, anniversaries, in thanksgiving for a prayer answered etc. You can offer an intention for anybody who is struggling with a serious illness or other difficulties of life. There are Mass Intention Envelopes provided on the table in the Atrium. (Please ensure that you have the express consent of the sick or housebound person as the bulletin is posted on the parish website, therefore making that information available to the public at large. Please provide a contact number with Mass Intentions so that any discrepancies can be resolved. Our Lady’s Lamp and Sanctuary Lamp are £5.00 and burn for seven days. Please place any intentions in an envelope with your donation and give to Father Brady or place in the Mass offering Box in the Atrium. All newsletter items must be sent in by Thursday morning.

MASSES AND PRAYERS RECEIVED THIS WEEK

Lately Dead
Andrew Lake.

Anniversary
John Thompson.

Sick
Andy Watson, Mike Page, Noel Moore, Paul Moore, Cara Heather, Martin Nelson.

Other
For a Special Intention for All Holy Souls in Purgatory (Throughout October),
Happy Birthday to Martin Conlon,
Happy Birthday to Ann McCann,
Maria Kane, Conor Kane.

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Andrew Lake.

This week, Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

The Health of Eloisa Rojas.

The Vatican

Please click on the red ‘Play’ button to watch Vatican Media Live.

Lourdes TV

Please click on the red ‘Play’ button to watch Lourdes TV.

Walsingham TV

Newsletter: 5th October 2025