Newsletter: 20th August 2023

Twentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

16.30 No Confession
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS

Father Brady’s Day Off

10.00 Mass
10.35 Coffee Morning

10.00 Mass
19.30 UCM Meeting

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS

PARISH OFFICE OPEN ON TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY, THURSDAY & FRIDAY – 9.00AM to 12.00PM

REFRESHMENTS IN THE ATRIUM STARTING IN SEPTEMBER
We are proposing to bring back tea, coffee and soft drinks after weekend Mass . If we have any volunteers who would be willing to help please sign the list in the Atrium. It provides an opportunity to speak to Father Brady and catch up with friends.

THANK YOU
to the UCM for the kind donation of £50 which has been used for the purchase of new Sanctuary Lamp Holder next to the tabernacle.

VOLUNTEERS FOR CHURCH CLEANING
Please see Fr Brady if you can help.

CATHOLIC FAMILY CARE
Subscriptions are now due please give to Ann Barrett or any member of the Union of Catholic Mothers. No garments are now collected and the charity relies on monetary donations instead. There will be a church retiring collection on the 9th and 10th September for families experiencing poverty and hardship.

WEEKLY FOOD DONATIONS
Please continue to support this worthy cause by placing any items of food in the basket under the table in the atrium. Food donations are taken weekly by the U.C.M to the Trinity Food Bank.

PIETY STALL REFRESH
In September the Piety Stall will be refurbished and new stock available . If anybody is willing assist in selling items to Parishioners purchasing goods after Mass please see Father Brady.

OUR FAITH, OUR PLANET, OUR COMMITMENTS
Thursday 14th September 2023, 6.30pm – 9.30pm Manchester Museum. An annual conference on climate change is set to take place next month to discuss ways people can work together to reduce our carbon footprint. Our Faith, Our Planet, Our Commitment takes place on Thursday 14th September and will include a series of workshops and networking opportunities to help communities work together for the good of our common home. Find out more and register>

MASS FOR VOCATIONS TO THE PRIESTHOOD
Each month, our diocesan vocations team travels to a different deanery to hold a special Mass for the future of the priesthood in our diocese. Our next Mass for Vocations to the Priesthood is set to take place on Thursday 14th September at St Monica’s in Woodsend Road South, Flixton, M41 6QB . All are welcome to attend! Missed this? Last week, we were delighted to share the vocation story of one of our diocesan priests. Watch online now>

CELEBRATION OF HUMAN DIGNITY EVENT AND MASS – CARITAS DIOCESE OF SALFORD
Saturday 16th September, 10.30am Sacred Heart RC Church and Parish Centre, Gorton, M18 7JW. Caritas Diocese of Salford is inviting people across the diocese to join them in a celebration of human life and dignity next month. The day will involve hearing from people who have experienced barriers to inclusion, sharing practical examples of how parishes and communities can support people facing such barriers, and will end

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STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

This weeks Gospel is an especially significant scene in two ways. Mark’s Gospel was the first to be written, and Matthew edits and expands it, using other sources as well. In Mark this scene is the only explicit encounter between Jesus and a gentile – and a woman at that! At first Jesus is reluctant to do anything for her, for his mission was primarily to Israel. He puts her off, and is really quite brusque to her. However, she wins through by her persistence and her determined confidence in his power. The disciples get fed up with her shrieking after them, and ask Jesus to cure her daughter, which he does. We need to be persistent in our prayers and in our efforts. God does not grant a casual request. Secondly, this passage reveals a lot about Jesus’ relationship to women and about his sense of humour: Jesus and the woman seem to tease each other with their repartee. There is the same repartee in the account of Jesus’ meeting with the Samaritan woman in the Gospel of John: she stands up to him with her cheeky responses. Jesus and the woman are both obviously enjoying this playful scene. It suggests that not everything is solemn and serious in heaven, and there is room for a sense of humour! How does Jesus challenge you?

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.

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.

WELCOMERS NEEDED: If you would be interested in joining the welcome team, who greet people coming into Mass at the weekend, please speak to Fr. Brady. “Make hospitality your special gift” (Romans 12:13)

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
Eileen Watmough , Sheila Hadcroft, Pacita Nagarn, Margaret Hoskinson

Anniversary
James Patrick O’Malley

Birthday Memorial
Ethal Mills, Anna Pabian, Mary Hardman

Sick
Valentine Cleary

Other
Prayers for all Students Awaiting Exam Results
Deceased Members of the Union of Catholic Mothers

This week burns:

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for the victims of the Hawaii Wildfire.

This week burns:

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Alan and Maura Jones
(Diamond Wedding Anniversary)
James Patrick O’Malley