• Newsletter: 20th October 2024

Newsletter: 20th October 2024

Twenty Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Newsletter: 20th October

Twenty Ninth 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
18.00 Reception of Anne Clegg’s Body

10.00 Requiem Mass for Anne Clegg
19.30 UCM Meeting

10.00 Mass

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

TODAY IS WORLD MISSION SUNDAY


CAFOD

Thank you for your generosity this year. £534.15 sent to Cafod


CHRISTMAS FAIR MEETING

There will be a meeting this Tuesday 22nd October at 7.30pm in the Atrium for all those wishing to help in any way at the Christmas Fair.


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.


BLESSING OF GRAVES

Fr Brady will bless graves on Saturday 2nd November at 11.00am in Radcliffe Cemetery. Please stand near the grave you wish to be blessed. Thank you.


ALL SOULS DAY

Fr Brady will celebrate Mass for All Souls at Midday on Saturday 2nd November, immediately following the blessing of graves at 11.00am.


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.


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.


DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES 2025
We are delighted to announce that our diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes will be taking place once again in 2025 between 31st July and 6th August. You can register your interest now by visiting www.salfordlourdes.co.uk or by calling 0161 817 2209.


TAKE ACTION TO OPPOSE ASSISTED SUICIDE
Catholics across England and Wales are being called to unite in prayer and compassionate action in opposition to a new Bill on assisted suicide. The Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales has put together a range of resources with more information, a pastoral letter from Cardinal Nichols, and a link to an online tool to contact your MP to voice your opposition to the bill. Find out more here >

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

Three times in Mark’s gospel Jesus formally tells his disciples about his coming Passion, and each time they seem entirely deaf to it. So each time Jesus counters their misunderstanding by repeating the need for a disciple to follow him in suffering. Today’s reading begins just after the third prophecy, and – true to form – the sons of Zebedee reply with a request for the best seats at the banquet of the Kingdom! Matthew in his gospel spares the two disciples by putting the request in their poor mother’s mouth; only in a second exchange with Jesus do they woodenly accept to share Jesus’ ‘cup’ and ‘baptism’. Do they really know what they are accepting, or do they just blithely agree and answer ‘Yes’ to Jesus’ question about sharing the same ‘cup’ as their ‘Master’? The indignation of the other disciples prompts Jesus to deliver his clearest statement in words that authority in the Church should be regarded as service. His clearest statement in action about service is the smelly business of washing the travel-gnarled feet of his disciples at his last meal with them. How does Jesus envisage leadership in the Church? How may we all live better lives of service?

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
Gordon Bradburn, Claire David, Maureen Clucas, Regina McKenna, Peggy Regan, Anne Clegg.


Anniversary
Bernard Littler, Peggy Byrne, June Mary Harrison, John S. Thornborough.


Sick
Deanna Plummer, Michelle Clegg, Ann Timothy, Elvina Mack, Moore Family Members, Yackeline del Carmen Baneto.


Other
Happy Birthday to Lynda Omachi.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Peace in the Middle East.

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

Missionaries everywhere.

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