Newsletter: 30th July 2023

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

16.30 No Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS – Survive Miva Appeal

09.00 MASS – Survive Miva Appeal
10.30 MASS – Survive Miva Appeal

Father Brady in Lourdes

10.00 Word and Communion
10.35 Coffee Morning

Father Brady in Lourdes
19.30 U.C.M. Meeting

10.00 Word and Communion

Father Brady in Lourdes

No Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS

WELCOME TO FATHER SIMON LODGE
Father will be celebrating all the weekend Masses this weekend while Father Brady is in Lourdes.

JOIN THE SALFORD DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE MASS AT THE GROTTO LOURDES
The Diocese of Salford is joining with Bishop Mark Davies and the diocese of Shrewsbury for Mass at the Grotto on Monday 31st July at 8.00am UK time. You can join the Mass on Lourdes TV via the internet. Lourdes TV >

Please unite yourselves spiritually with Our Bishop, Priests and Pilgrims who are on Pilgrimage to Lourdes at this time, that God will truly bless our Diocese of Salford. Our Lady of Lourdes, Pray for us! St Bernadette, Pray for us! Please note that Fr Brady is not on holiday, he is the Director of Music and Liturgy for the Diocesan Pilgrimage and works throughout the year in preparation for this week.

ST VINCENT DE PAUL NATIONAL SUMMER RAFFLE
Tickets available after all weekend Masses. Tickets cost £1.00 each with prizes of 1st £5,000, 2nd £1,000 and a further additional 15 prizes of £100.
Please support this worthy cause.

SURVIVE MIVA APPEAL
There will be a collection this weekend after Masses. This is a Catholic lay Association, based in Liverpool and founded in 1974, which provides grants to fund essential transport for health outreach work in isolated rural areas, and for the Church’s pastoral care in places of difficult access, across Africa, Asia and Latin America. See noticeboard for details. Thank you for your generosity.

STANDING ORDERS AND GIFT AID FORMS
If you would prefer to set up a regular donation to the Parish there are Standing Order Forms available in the porch and gift aid forms so that we can reclaim back 25p for every £1 donated for those who pay tax.

THANK YOU TO RADCLIFFE BRASS BAND
Thank you for the kind donation of £500 towards Church Funds. The Band are also seeking a solo coronet player. Rehearsals Monday at 7.30pm in the Atrium at St Mary’s Church.

EUCHARISTIC HEALING SERVICE
At Mother of God and St James Church, Heywood Way, Salford, M6 5UJ. Tuesday 8th August, 7.30pm A priest with an internationally-renowned healing ministry is returning to our diocese for an upcoming Eucharistic Healing Service.

Fr John Baptist Bashobora will be travelling from Uganda to St James and All Souls.

DIOCESAN YOUNG ADULTS MASS
Sunday 10th September, 5.30pm (confessions between 4.45 – 5.15pm). St Augustine’s Church, Grosvenor Square, Manchester. Please note, there will be no Diocesan Young Adults Mass in August.

Our next Young Adults Mass will take place on Sunday 10th September at St Augustine’s Church, Manchester, when we will be delighted to welcome Daniella Stephens as our speaker after Mass. We look forward to seeing you then!

WORLD YOUTH DAY – PRAY AT HOME Online 31st July – 7th August
This week, young adults from the Diocese of Salford will be travelling to Lisbon to celebrate World Youth Day 2023. Bringing together people from all countries and backgrounds, World Youth Day is a joyful celebration of faith, connecting people from all over the world.

Inspired by this spirit of connectivity, the Diocese of Salford has created a special Pray at Home series, inviting people from our diocese to join our young pilgrims in prayer this World Youth Day. Find out more here >

CARITAS DIOCESE OF SALFORD NEWSLETTER
Did you know that our diocesan charity, Caritas Diocese of Salford, now has a monthly e-newsletter providing update, news and event details? To join the mailing list, please email Rachel Tayor >

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

Lourdes TV

Please click on the red ‘Play’ button to watch Lourdes TV.

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

St Matthew presents us this week with three final pictures from his collection of Jesus’ images about the Christian community. Matthew likes pairs of parables: the dragnet pairs with last week’s darnel-parable, the treasure pairs with the pearl. The Kingdom is an exciting and unexpected treasure which can change our whole life; it’s like winning the pools or the lottery – except that God’s gifts change us only for the good, and fill our lives with meaning and joy. Of course we know that God’s call is demanding: you’ve got to pay a price for the field in which the treasure lies, or for the genuine pearl found in a junk-shop! The very last picture – the householder bringing down different food-packets, pots and jars off the shelf – is encouraging too: some are old favourites (perhaps like the Christian values and prayers which we inherited from our families), but some add new flavours too, which we have discovered or been taught ourselves. If we listen, the Spirit is always there to show us new ways of living out our Christian calling, revealing to us an opportunity for prayer or help or service. This ‘householder’ is often thought to be Matthew’s secret signature for himself: he brings out old and new in the Christian message. How can we learn new ways of living out our Christian calling?

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
Michael Crook

Anniversary
Jack Jones, Jack Eagleton, Anna Pabian

Birthday Memorial
Patrick Barrett, Peter Baker

Sick
Eileen Watmough, Michael Horan, Valentine Cleary

Birthday
Angela Cushnahan

Other
The intentions of the Anigbo Family
For safe journeys for family members

This week burns:

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for the Intentions of Noel Moore.

This week burns:

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for Christians facing persecution for their faith.