Newsletter: 1st December 2024

Newsletter: 1st December

First Sunday of Advent

No Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00 Word and Communion
10.20 Funeral Service – Joseph Utterly (Agecroft)
10.30 Coffee Morning

10.00 Mass
1.30 UCM Meeting

10.00 Mass with School

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

THANKYOU !!!

Just to say a big thank you to everybody for donations of gifts, and to all who in any way offered their time to make the Christmas Fair a successful and joyful occasion. The total raised so far is £2446.85. Thank you !!

CHRISTMAS CHEER

A night of “fun”raising, Thursday 12th December at 7pm in the Atrium. Quiz, Lucky Tickets, Stand up Bingo, Roll a £1 for a boozy bottle. Mince Pies Mulled Wine ( bring your own Christmas Mug) Tea and Coffee available or please bring your own preferred festive drinks. Limited to 50, sign up list in the Atrium. Tickets will be distributed, please remember to bring on the night for lucky ticket prize.

CHRISTMAS GIVING IDEAS – CAFOD

At this time of year , we can all feel under pressure to buy more and consume more, whilst some people don’t have the basics. Put the true meaning back into Christmas with a World Gift from Cafod gift to transform lives of the poor and those in need. £20.00 will provide firewood to help a family warm their home or £7.00 for a watering can to help a farmer survive a drought. Order from World Gifts at cafod.org.uk/worldgifts or call 808 1400014. Gift Ideas and order forms available In the atrium .

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM 2025

Our diocesan pilgrimage office is now taking bookings for its next annual pilgrimage to Walsingham. Next year’s pilgrimage will take place on Saturday 3 May 2025, with an option to extend your visit by staying overnight on Friday 2 May. For more information, prices, and details on how to book, please visit https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/walsingham-pilgrimage-2025 or call 0161 817 2209.

2025 DIOCESAN YEARBOOKS

These are available to purchase in the Atrium containing the Liturgical Ordo from 1st December 2024.
Price 5.00 Plain £6.00 wirebound

PARISH OFFICE HOURS

TUESDAY AND THURSDAY: 8.30 – 2.30 PM
WEDNESDAY: 8.30 – 1.00 PM

NEW PARISH CHOIR

Lynda Omachi one of our Parishioners is kindly setting up a Parish Choir. She would be thrilled to see anybody who has a love for singing or playing a musical instrument after the 10.30a.m Mass today to discuss plans for the choir, set rehearsal schedules, and share ideas for making this a joyful and meaningful addition to our parish community. All welcome.

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE

Following the enormous success of the Christmas Giving Tree last year and your amazing generosity as a parish, we would like to repeat the event again this year. The Giving Tree will be available in Church between the 24th November and the 15th December. All donations will be given to those members of our parish community that are most in need. Your generosity will be gratefully received. A list of recommended donations will be found on the noticeboard in the atrium. Thank you in advance from the members of St Mary and St Philip Neri SVP.

ADVENT WREATH WORKSHOP
Join the Diocese of Salford’s Laudato Si’ Centre team on Friday 6 December for the return of its Advent Wreath Workshop, where you will have the opportunity to learn how to create your own wreath from natural materials under the guidance of our skilled team. Find out more and book here > Booking essential.

CARITAS Christmas Giving Campaign

Will you ‘Bee There’ this Christmas? | Caritas Salford .
Donate to caritassalford.org.uk/donate or call 0161 817 2250. A donation of £5.00 will contribute towards a Christmas Meal and £8.00 will provide a personal care pack to support local people experiencing crisis.

CHRISTMAS MASS TIMES

Christmas Eve 5.30p.m.
with procession
Christmas Day 10.30a.m

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

The first Sunday gospel of the year (and the Liturgical year begins in Advent) is also in a way the last gospel of the previous year. It comes at the end of Jesus’s ministry, when he is preparing his disciples for their own ministry – in succession to him. Jesus is speaking to them on the Mount of Olives, looking down on the white city of Jerusalem, glittering in the sunshine. The city is soon to be destroyed by the Romans, with dreadful horrors of famine, massacre, burnings and executions. This is seen as a foretaste of the end of the world when Jesus, the Son of Man, comes to save his people. We do not know when this will happen, and, more importantly, when it will happen for us, when we will meet the Son of Man and be judged and saved by him. But our Christian faith is a guarantee that it will be a moment of God’s mercy, whenever it occurs. We must look forward to it, and have it ever present before our mind. But we would be fooling ourselves if we think that there are no struggles and trials and hardships to be undergone on the way. Why is the passage appointed for the first Sunday of Advent , the turning-point between the years? Because the birth of Jesus at Christmas, for which we are beginning to prepare is the significant move towards fulfilment of the promises of salvation, the coming of Christ as a baby with all the potential of a baby. What does Jesus really mean by these prophecies of catastrophic turmoil in the universe? How does Jesus want us to face turmoil and troubles in life?

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
William Walkden, Emma Burton, Joseph Utterly.

Sick
Jeanette Moran, Geoff Billington, Theresa Burns, Daniel Kuhanga, Deanne Plummer, Michelle Clegg, Ann Timothy, Geoffrey Hunt.

Birthday Memory
Bernard Higgens, Ethel Ashton.

Other
Intentions of Noel Moore for deceased family and friends,
Rick Krzyworaczka (Birthday).

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

The Holy Father’s Intention.
For Those Who Have Lost A Child.

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

Hannah and Ed Bond.

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