• Newsletter: 13th October 2024

Newsletter: 13th October 2024

Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Newsletter: 13th October

Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

16.30 CONFESSIONS
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
(& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00 Mass
10.30 Coffee Morning

10.00 Mass with School
19.30 UCM Meeting

10.00 Requiem Mass – Mrs Janina Standnicka

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

WORLD MISSION SUNDAY
Next weekend we pray for missionaries everywhere in communion and compassion , supporting them in spreading the Good News.

Thank you for your generosity.


NATIONAL PRAYER WEEK 12-20th OCTOBER
Next week, Christians across the UK are invited to take part National Prayer Week – an ecumenical venture to unite people of all denominations, backgrounds, and communities in prayer.

A full website of information and videos can be found here: National Week of Prayer.


ECOLOGICAL ROSARY AT LAUDATO SI’ CENTRE
The Diocese of Salford’s Laudato Si’ Centre invites you to join the team for a peaceful hour of prayer and reflection this month.

To celebrate the month of the Rosary, the team will be praying the Rosary, with ecological reflections, on Friday 18 October from 1.30pm.

Please email laudatosi@dioceseofsalford.org.uk to find out more and register your attendance.


PARISH NEWSLETTER
The newsletter will be updated on the website with any changes to the weekly timetable.

We also have a Facebook page >

NOVEMBER DEAD
Throughout the month of November, we remember our beloved dead.

Envelopes are now available in the Atrium for the names of those we have loved and lost and for whom we wish to pray for throughout the month of the Holy Souls.

Please hand lists to Fr Brady.


CHRISTMAS FAIR
This year will be held on November 23rd. Donations of teddy bears and soft toys for the teddy bear/soft toy stall, bottles, chocolates and fancy goods required please.

All proceeds from the fair for church funds. Thank you for your generosity.


ST DUNSTAN’S AODS
Presents “Masquerade” A celebration of the music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. St. Dunstan’s Parish Centre, Kenyon Lane Moston M40 9JP. Wednesday 30th October.

Tickets available from www.sparksem.co.uk.

Please collect the remaining envelopes from the atrium and give your deposit to Father Brady. Thank you.


TAKE ACTION ON TWO-CHILD BENEFIT CAP
The Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales is inviting you to join other Catholics in taking action on the government’s two-child policy on Universal Credit payments for vulnerable, larger families. All you need to do is complete a short e-Action form that automatically contacts your MP to outline your opposition to the cap. Head here to find out more and complete the form.

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

This exchange between Jesus and the rich man is often read with Matthew’s parallel in mind, where Jesus tells the young man to sell his possessions ‘if you would be perfect’. There are no such phrases in Mark’s story. The questioner has reached a certain age, for he has kept the commandments ‘from my earliest days’. He is in the full flush of wealth, and getting rid of his riches is not a mere counsel of perfection for this particular man. Jesus is stressing the danger of possessions for everyone. It is a curious fact that for many people, the more they have, the more they want. Conversely, the less people have, the more generous they can be drawn to be, knowing the value to other needy people because of the little they have. It is not merely that we need to be free of the preoccupations and distractions of wealth. Wealth can be a good preoccupation if the worry comes from awareness of the responsibility it brings. Repeatedly, however, in the history of the Church, from St Anthony of the Desert, St Francis of Assisi and others, people have interpreted these words of Jesus in this gospel in a heroic manner, and have stripped themselves of all possessions to concentrate on the Kingdom of God. God’s blessing is especially on the poor. How does the danger of possessions affect me? Am I generous with what I have?

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 AND NEWSLETTER INCLUSIONS 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. Please hand in any Mass Intentions and items for the bulletin before Thursday as the newsletter is printed on Friday Morning. There are Mass Intention Envelopes provided on the table in the Atrium. Please provide a contact number with Mass Intentions so that any discrepancies can be resolved.

OUR LADY’S LAMP AND THE SANCTUARY LAMP These burn for seven days. Please place any intentions in an envelope with £5 in the Mass Offerings Box in the Atrium.

MASSES AND PRAYERS RECEIVED THIS WEEK

Lately Dead
Janina Standnika, Anne Clegg, John Moon, Olivia Zambrano Bello, Alan Canter.


Anniversary
Veronica Brady, Ellen Brady, William Brady.


Sick
Deanna Plummer, Michelle Clegg, Ann Timothy, Elvina Mack, Moore Family Members.


Birthday Memories
Margaret Hughes.


Other
Intentions of Mr and Mrs Anigbo.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Teachers and Students.

This week and next Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Justice and Peace in the World.

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