Newsletter: 16th February 2025

Sixth Sunday Of Ordinary Time

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00 Mass followed by Coffee Morning

10.00 Mass
19.30 UCM Meeting

10.00 Mass
13.00 Funeral Service: Jean Sullivan – Agecroft Crematorium

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)

UCM

Thank you to Mary Lynch for her very informative talk on Dementia last week and for the kind donation £40.00 from the collection at the UCM.

NATIONAL NOVENA TO ST JOSEPH 10TH TO 18TH MARCH 2025

The Mill Hill Missionaries will offer their annual Novena of Masses and Prayers in preparation for the Feast of St Joseph. You are welcome to attend Masses on zoom via the Mill Hillwebsite at 10.00am each day. Find Out More >.

ST PATRICK’S EVENING EVENT

The next Parish event will be held on Friday 7th March in St. Mary’s Social club on Pine St (NOT the Atrium) to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. Tickets will be £5 per person; this includes entry and pasty supper. If you would like to attend, please fill in the form on the table in Atrium with your name and your preference of pasty and sides. Please bring your money for your ticket in an envelope clearly marked with your name (s) and “Irish night” written on, and place in box outside Fr. Brady’s office by Sunday 23rd February, to give time for tickets to be handed back.

SUNDAY COFFEE ROTAS

These are available for collection in the Atrium.

TRINITY FOOD BANK

Trinity Food Bank are really grateful for donations from parishioners which are kindly delivered by the UCM, They require more items such as tinned meat, jars of sauce, coffee, jam, honey and peanut butter, toilet rolls, cleaning sprays and cloths. (Not needed for the moment are dried pasta, biscuits, tins of peas, soup, beans and spaghetti, nappies, shower gel, tea, flour, other baking ingredients or bottled water.)

DBS UPDATE

Please could anybody with a key to the church front door advise Father Brady or Catherine in the office . Keyholders will require a DBS check. A DBS is due to be arranged with the Safeguarding Team from the Diocese for paperwork to be completed by all those requiring a DBS. More information to follow.

PARISH OFFICE

Parish Office closed until 25th February.

RACIAL JUSTICE SUNDAY

This weekend, we mark Racial Justice Sunday with the theme “Pilgrims of Hope: Our Journey Together Towards Racial Justice.” The theme celebrates both the Jubilee Year and the 30th anniversary of Racial Justice Sunday, inviting the Catholic community to reflect on the journey towards racial justice – past, present, and future. For prayers and resources >

JUBILEE RESOURCES

Want to learn more about our Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee? Want to find out how we’re observing the Holy Year in our diocese? The Diocese of Salford’s website has a range of information to accompany you this Jubilee Year, with information on our Designated Churches, upcoming pilgrimages, and a range of different resources. Explore more >

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES

Bookings are now being taken for the 2025 Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes. This year’s pilgrimage will take place between 31st July and 6th August. For more information on how to book as a pilgrim or register as a volunteer: please visit >

PILGRIMS OF HOPE LENTEN TALKS

The Diocese of Salford is holding a series of talks this Lent that explores themes of journeying and pilgrimage through the lens of the Jubilee. Each week, the talks will focus on a different person from the Bible to help us better understand how the journey we are called to make this Holy Week year is rooted in scripture.
The weekly talks begin on Tuesday 4 March at 11am at Wardley Hall. Contact Sr Joan Kerley on joankfmsj@gmail.com or call 0161 971 7842 to find out more.

UNDERSTANDING OUR EVERYDAY BELIEFS’ RETREAT

A three-day Lenten retreat is taking place at the Loreto Spirituality Centre In Llandudno in March to help people reflect on our relationship with God and to gain a deeper understanding of our faith. The course explores three core topics: Scripture, the Sacraments, and the Church and will take place between Wednesday 12 March and Saturday 15 March 2025. Further information is available at www.loretocentre.org.uk

Lepra’s Faith Appeal Video

Thank you for your kind support, to find out more and to support Lepra’s work please visit www.lepra.org.uk

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

Matthew’s Sermon on the Mount and Luke’s Sermon on the Plain are both collections of sayings of Jesus about the basic conditions of Christian living. Each begins with a set of ‘Beatitudes’, announcing who is specially blessed by the Lord. One frisky modern translation renders them, ‘Congratulations to you who are…!’ Matthew’s set of eight Beatitudes focuses more on spiritual qualities, poor in spirit, hunger and thirst for justice, whereas Luke’s four are more directly on the circumstances of life. The stress is therefore on the reversal of values which Jesus brings. Jesus turns the world upside down. His gospel or ‘good news’ comes to the poor, the neglected, the oppressed. True blessedness does not consist in wealth, fame or festivities. It is those who struggle now who will receive a lasting reward. Are the four negatives which follow too hard on the rich, the contented, the frivolous, the famous? Through this gospel runs a thread of warning about the dangers of contentment, and we seldom pay attention to warnings unless they are overstated! The worry of those who have plenty (about how they should use their advantages responsibly for others) must be as least as great as those who worry to survive. Is money a positive bar to eternal happiness, or a challenge?

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
Cath Kane, Kenneth Warwick, Ann Richardson, John Twenlow.

Anniversary of Death
Patrick Barret.

Birthday Memory
Lucy Severs, Catherine Bailey.

Sick
Francis Loughran, Andy Watson, Geoffrey Hunt, Daniel Kuhanga, Michelle Clegg, Ann Timothy, Angela and Barry Darlow.

Other
Mary Ross (Birthday),
Zivah Ochanya Omachi.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Kosta Lamniso.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Catherine Bailey.

Lourdes TV

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