• Newsletter: Solemnity Of The Saints
  • Newsletter: Solemnity Of The Saints

Newsletter: Solemnity Of The Saints

2nd November 2025

Newsletter: Solemnity of the Saints

2nd November 2025

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

12.00 Mass For All Souls

11.30 Requiem Mass for Ann King
No Coffee Morning

08.40 Mass at St. Gabriel’s School
11.00 Funeral Service for Denis Delaney, Wardley

10.00 Mass
15.00 Funeral Service for Jennifer Hannah, Agecroft

14.00 Blessing of Graves
16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

Wednesday 9am – 3pm
Friday 9am – 3pm

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 or place it in box by Fr Brady’s office.


BLESSING OF GRAVES

Fr. Brady will bless graves on Saturday 8th November at 2pm in Radcliffe Cemetery. Please stand near the grave you wish to be blessed. Thank you.


SOCIAL EVENING “GLITTER AND GLOW”

The next parish social will be held on Thursday 6th November at 7pm in the Atrium. Cost of this event will be £3-this includes hot pot supper and entry raffle. Please add your name to the list on the table in the Atrium (we are limited to50)and place money in an envelope marked with your name and place it in the box by Fr. Brady’s office.


UCM

The next UCM meeting will take place Wednesday 5th November at 1.30pm in the Atrium..


VETERANS’ TEA, CAKE & REMEMBRANCE EVENT

Tuesday 11th November 2025 10.00-11.15am (Two minutes’ silence at 11.00am) at St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School, Belgrave Street, Radcliffe, M26 4DG. We would be honoured to welcome local veterans to St. Mary’s to share memories and stories with our Year 6 pupils. Over tea and cake, children will listen, reminisce and ask respectful questions.


CAN YOU SPARE A LITTLE TIME?

We’re looking for a few helping hands to put up the Christmas Tree for the parish fair and take it down afterwards. If you can spare a bit of time to help, please let Fr Brady know-many hands make light work, and your help would be appreciated.


200 CLUB

The 5th draw for £20 will take place this Sunday after the 10.30am Mass. The Big Draw will take place on 7th December. There is a folder in the Atrium with all names, numbers and winners.

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.


ST DUNSTANS 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 0161 327 2781.


UCM DAY OUT TO THE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN KNARESBOROUGH SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER

The UCM are having a coach trip to the Christmas Market in Knaresborough on Saturday 6th December and would be pleased if parishioners and friends join us. £25.00 to secure a seat on the coach. Please contact Iris Turner on 07463 497753 or any member of the UCM if you would like to come. Times to be confirmed.


WORD ON FIRE COMES TO SALFORD– ‘EVANGELISING THE CULTURE’

Join us for a thought-provoking evening as Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire program comes to Salford Cathedral, Inviting us to explore how we can each play a part in bringing Christ’s light to the world around us. The event will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 13th November at the Cathedral Temporary Church, and refreshments will be served beforehand at 6.45pm in the cloisters. Please book your place by emailing > or call 0161 817 2210


WORLD DAY OF THE POOR

The ninth World Day of the Poor will be marked on Sunday 16th November. Our diocesan charity Caritas Salford has a range of resources, prayers and other information to help us learn more about how we can support their work to end poverty in our diocese.
Visit > for more information.

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

These eight blessings stand at the head of the Sermon on the Mount, pointing out eight ways in which we can welcome God into our lives.

They are ways of living out God’s blessing, possible only if the hand of God is upon us.

That is why the first and the last beatitudes knit them all together with ‘theirs is the kingdom of heaven’.

Jesus came to proclaim the kingship of his Father, and these are ways of living that kingship.

For each of the beatitudes, do you know someone in the parish or elsewhere in your life who exemplifies that particular attitude?

Or is there a saint whom you consider typifies each of these beatitudes for you?

What is your own favourite beatitude?

Jesus illustrates the beatitudes in various incidents in the gospels: he enters Jerusalem on a donkey as the gentle king; he shows love in his welcome to sinners; he brings peace to those tortured by disease or contempt; he manifests purity of heart in his single-minded pre-occupation with his Father’s will; finally, he accepts persecution for what he knew to be right.

All Christians may suddenly find themselves face to face with similar shattering challenges.

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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
Ann King, Denis Delaney, Jennifer Hannah, Adrian Kiddle, Ikemba, Moira Kelly, Mary Sylvia Yates, Michael Plunkett.


Sick
Andy Watson, Noel Moore, Paul Moore, Wesley Dunn, Rita Webster, Walter Bryce, Delia Arif.


Other
For a Special Intention for All Holy Souls in Purgatory (Throughout November).

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

William Keen.

This week, Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

John & Lillian McGrail.

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