• Newsletter: 16th June 2024

Newsletter: 16th June 2024

The Eleventh Sunday Of The Year

Newsletter: 16th June

The Eleventh Sunday Of The Year

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00
BAPTISM

10.00 Mass
10.30 Coffee Morning

10.00 Mass

10.00 Mass

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00 BAPTISM

FATHER’S DAY
Wishing all Fathers a very Happy Father’s Day! We also remember in our prayers those who are no longer with us.


EXTRA ORDINARY MINISTERS OF THE EUCHARIST
If you have been approached by Fr Brady and have agreed to accept this ministry, would you please attend a training session on Saturday 22nd June at 3.00pm in Church. Thank you.


MASS OF THE SICK
Saturday 29th at 1.30p.m. All are welcome and light refreshments will be provided afterwards by the UCM.


SVP SUMMER RAFFLE 2024
Please support the SVP by buying a raffle ticket with all proceeds supporting the great work of SVP groups both locally and nationally. Books of tickets cost £5.00 each with prizes of 1st proze £5,000, 2nd prize £1,000 and fifteen prizes of £100.


ALTAR LINEN 
Thank you to the three parishioners who have kindly offered to take care of the Altar Linen. Please speak to Fr after Mass for further details.


PIETY STALL
Please do help with buying a few items. Covered grave candles are available in red and blue and can be left burning at a loved ones grave to continue your prayer for those gone before. If you have any requests for the piety stall please let Fr Brady know.


CHIP AND PIN MACHINE
We are currently trialling a machine from the Diocese and will provide instructions when received.


MADONNA DEL ROSARIO PROCESSIO
The annual Madonna Del Rosario procession, organised by the Manchester Italian Association, will take place on Sunday 7 July 2024. The procession will begin at 1.15pm from St Michael’s (former church), George Leigh Street, in Ancoats. It will continue through Manchester City Centre to St Peter’s Square. All are welcome to join this wonderful celebration.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES IN OUR CENTENARY YEAR
Led by Bishop John Arnold, will take place between 26th July and 1st August. Find out more and book online at www.salfordlourdes.co.uk/travel-accommodation Leaflets are available in the Atrium.


CATHOLIC FAMILY CARE

Subscriptions are now due.
Please give to Ann Barrett or any member of the U.C.M, Please make cheques payable to Catholic Family Care. A church collection will be taken in September Thank you.


FUNERALS

Just a note of thanks with those who assist regularly at funerals. But, we really do need more regular help, as sometimes there are only two parishioners present. Often families need help with the responses and singing the hymns. Readers are often needed to proclaim the scriptures and sometimes an Extra Ordinary Minister of the Eucharist is required. Could I please urge you help in this corporal work of mercy (to bury the dead). It would also mean a great deal to me personally if I had more support around me, at a time when the building is so often filled with many strangers on these occasions. I know funerals are difficult for many people but if you can help, it would make such a difference. Many Thanks, Fr Brady.


DBS UPDATE

We have received a list from the Diocese of those in the Parish requiring a DBS which includes keyholders, Eucharistic Ministers ( who visit the sick), SVP, Children’s Liturgy and Counters . A DBS is no longer required for readers, welcomers, stewards, cleaners or flower arrangers. We are in the process of updating our keyholder list so please inform the Parish Office if you have a key to church so that a DBS form can be provided or if you carry out any of the roles and require a DBS. Thank you.


LAST WEEK’S COLLECTION

Last weeks collection – £533.93 – Thank you. (Excluding Standing Orders)

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

Jesus was a countryman, from the rich agricultural plains of Galilee, where wheat and fruit trees abounded. It was natural for him to use such imagery to describe the Kingship of God which he was proclaiming. Today’s gospel reading offers us two of the many images in Mark’s chapter of parables. What did Jesus want to teach by them? Images can carry many layers of meaning. First, the seed growing secretly all the time: perhaps Jesus meant that God’s purposes are accomplished in spite of our feeble and fumbling efforts; perhaps it was a warning that after long waiting the time for decision, the time of harvest had come with Jesus’ own mission. Second, the mustard-seed: was this a reply to the discouraged disciples – or perhaps Jesus’ critical opponents – that his motley little group of undistinguished peasants, fishermen and tax-collectors would grow into God’s own mighty tree? Perhaps this is a first hint that Jesus’ mission is for all nations, not just for Israel. All nations would come, nest and find a home in the branches of his mission, just as in the first reading they nest in the branches of the great cedar tree. At any rate, both images show that God is in charge, and has great plans which will be fulfilled despite our own inadequacies. What does Jesus mean to teach by these parables? More specifically, what does Jesus mean by comparing the Christian mission to a tree?

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. Thank you.

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
Irene Rawcliffe, Bridget Grehan-Bradley, Ray Almond, Olliee Mullooley.

Anniversary
Michael Cosgrove, Eileen Malone, Mollie Jones, Lilian Mc Donald.

Birthday Memory
Zofia and Henryk Krzyworaczka.

Sick
Ann Timothy, Sarah Whitaker, Anthony Cunningham.

Other
Intentions of Mr & Mrs Anigbo.
In Memory Of All Veterans And All Those Who Have Died In War.
Robert Parkinson (80th Birthday).
For A Special Intention.
In Thanksgiving For Successful Treatment for Francesco Chiodo.
Rita and Brian Morley 50th Wedding Anniversary.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Michael Cosgrove.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Michael Cosgrove.br>
Mollie Jones.

Lourdes TV

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