Newsletter: 2nd February 2025

Fourth Sunday In 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
13.30 UCM Meeting

10.00 Mass with Key Stage 2

10.00 Mass

No Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)

PARISH SOCIAL TEAM

All welcome to a meeting to plan our next parish event on Thursday 6th February at 7pm in the Atrium.

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.)

UCM

Wednesday 12th February UCM Meeting at 7.30 p.m. Talk by Mary Lynch “Dementia – What Changes”. Open to all parishioners.

YOUNG ADULTS PILGRIMAGE TO ROME

Young adults across the diocese are invited to join our Diocesan Youth Ministry Team for a rare pilgrimage to Rome this summer. Pope Francis has announced a special Jubilee of Youth in celebration of the 2025 Pilgrims of Hope Jubilee, which also coincides with the canonisation of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati. To find out more about this remarkable opportunity and to register your interest, please visit >

RADCLIFFE CHURCHES TOGETHER

We are looking for a new representative from our parish family to join the Churches together team. If you feel God might be calling you to this apostolate, please speak to Fr Brady. Thank you.

PILGRIM’S PASSPORT – A GREAT DAY OUT FOR FAMILIES!

Create new family traditions this Jubilee year by picking up our family-friendly guide to Jubilee churches in the Diocese of Salford. With fast facts, thought-provoking questions, and different activities, our Pilgrim’s Passport is the ideal companion to help families pray and journey together this Jubilee Year.
Find out more > or visit one of our Designated churches to begin. A paper copy can be found in the Atrium and Children’s room to see the six beautiful churches in our Diocese to explore with your families.

OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK

8.30am – 2.30pm Tuesday
8.30am – 1.30pm Wednesday
8.30am – 2.30pm Thursday
8.30am – 1.30pm Friday

FEAST OF ST JOSEPHINE BAKHITA

The feast day of St Josephine Bakhita, the patron saint of victims of human trafficking and modern slavery, takes place on February 8. There are 50 million victims of human trafficking across the world and as many as 130,000 in the UK. Charities across the UK and our diocese are working hard to raise awareness of what Pope Francis describes as “a crime against humanity” and has produced a range of resources to help you learn more. Resources can be found by visiting here > We are celebrating her feast day with Key Stage 2 Children on Thursday 6th February.

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 >

NEW PILGRIM OF HOPE BOOK LAUNCHED

Monsignor John Allen has harnessed his love of the geography and history of our diocese, penning a very special book which is being sold in aid of Caritas Salford. The book, Pilgrims of Hope, has been published in time for the start of the 2025 Jubilee Year which is also focussed on the theme of Pilgrims of Hope, and is available to purchase by visiting here >

MERCY BROTHERS

Join us for a family-friendly night of musical entertainment with clergy band, The Mercy Brothers. The concert will raise funds for our Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage Fund, which supports our sick pilgrims and medical team. The concert will take place on Friday 21 February at Hough End Centre, Chorlton. Doors open at 7.30pm. Tickets cost £20 (free for under 16s) and includes a hot supper. Book now > or phone the pilgrimage office on 0161 817 2209.

Jubilee Year 2025

Pope Francis has decreed that 2025 will be a year of Jubilee, a holy year which happens every 25 years in the Catholic Church.

Find Out More

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

The story of the Presentation of the child Jesus in the Temple is dominated by Simeon’s welcome, ‘a light to enlighten the gentiles and the glory of your people Israel’, and by his warning to Mary, ‘a sword will pierce your heart’. Simeon reiterates the angel’s promise that the child would fulfil the destiny of Israel and Israel’s mission to the nations. Much like any family life, the promised future included the delights of the growing, developing child, and the background fear that the great destiny of each child may include sorrow and even heart-break. How much did Mary and Joseph know about the precious child they were nurturing? As he grew to independence did he become more loving and supportive? How did his contemporaries find him? Was he a leader? Did he stand out from the pack? Each of us has a private picture of the child, the boy, the adolescent, the young man. If he was fully human, he had the same frustrations and worries as every child growing in youth and through puberty. All we know for sure is that ‘the child grew to maturity’ and that Mary ‘pondered all these things in her heart’ – with Simeon’s welcome and warning before her mind. Imagine Jesus’ first serious conversation as an enquiring child with Mary.

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
John Henry, Cath Kane, Kenneth Warwick.

Anniversary of Death
William Bailey, Patrick Gracey, Andrzej Krzyworaczka.

Birthday Memory
Eileen Malone, Halina Laczko.

Sick
Jake Bradley, Andy Watson, Geoffrey Hunt, Daniel Kuhanga, Michelle Clegg, Ann Timothy, Ann Richardson.

Other
Intentions of Mr and Mrs Anigbo,
Holy Souls in Purgatory.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Catherine Kane.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Special Intention for Prayers Answered.

Lourdes TV

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