Newsletter: 23rd February 2025

Seventh 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

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)

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, 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.

SISTER ACT

St. Dunstan’s AODS are presenting “Sister Act the Musical,” in May. We have reserved tickets for 2 nights -Wednesday 14th and Thursday 15th of May. Tickets are £25 including transport to the show and back to Church. Fr. Brady is playing Monsignor O’Hara! If you would like to reserve a place please sign the list in the Atrium, so we can organise transport and make the necessary arrangements.

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 >.

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

Office Hours next week:
8.30am – 2.30pm Tuesday
8.30am – 1.30pm Wednesday
8.30 – 2.30pm Thursday
Office Closed Friday.

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

ASH WEDNESDAY

This year falls on 5th March, although it is NOT a Holy Day and you are not obliged to celebrate Mass. In order to give everyone the opportunity to make a good start to Lent, Fr. Brady will celebrate Mass at 10am and 7pm. Ashes will be distributed at both Masses.

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

Luke’s version of the Beatitudes, which formed last Sunday’s reading, puts the emphasis not on Christian attitudes, as Matthew’s version does, but on the blessing on those in real, dire need.

Now he continues this with out duty to respond to those in need, even if they are hostile, even if they hate us.

There must be no calculation whether we will get back money or property lent, no limit to how much we lend or give.

At first it seems as if Luke is concerned only with money, and indeed he is so concerned, for he is always warning of the danger of possessions and the need to use them for those who have none.

Luke is proclaiming Christ’s Good News to a more affluent society than do Mark and Matthew, and places all the more emphasis on the danger of wealth. But, after dealing with money, Luke goes on to other acts of generosity. We must not judge, but must forgive in order to obtain forgiveness. Most of all, we must be compassionate. Whereas Matthew ends his instructions here with a general, ‘Be perfect just as your heavenly Father is perfect’, Luke focuses on compassion, ‘Be compassionate just as your Father is compassionate.’

It is an affair of the heart: we must be emotionally involved with those in need.

Which is more important, compassion or generosity?

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, Vera Wilkinson, Mark Quirk.

Anniversary of Death
Mary Lynch, Joe Jordan, Moira Brooks, Paul & Myra Jule, Harold Bannister.

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

Other
Intentions of Mr & Mrs Anigbo, for the Spiritual Improvement of a young man, for a Special Intention x2.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Jack & Vera Eagleton R.I.P.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

A Special Intention.

Lourdes TV

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