Newsletter: 3rd November 2024

Newsletter: 3rd November

Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time

12.00 Mass For All Souls
NO CONFESSIONS
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00 Word & Communion
10.30 Coffee Morning

School Parents Day in Atrium

10.00 Word & Communion

No Service In Church

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

WE WELCOME

Fr Paddy Duffy who will be celebrating all Masses with us this weekend.

CHRISTMAS FAIR

This year will be held on November 23rd. 11.30 – 1.30.

Donations of pre-loved teddies and soft toys, bottles, raffle prizes and pound parcels, wrapped and labelled appropriately (man, woman, boy or girl).

There is a list of stalls in the atrium and we have a few spaces left for volunteers to man them.

If you can help please sign the list. Huge thanks for your generosity.

DAY FOR READERS

As we prepare for the introduction of the new Lectionary at Masses on the First Sunday of Advent, there is a Study afternoon for all Parish readers in our deanery on Sunday 24th November from 2.00 – 4.00 p.m.

It will take place in Saint Vincent’s Parish Centre, Caldershaw Road, Norden, OL12 7QL.

All readers are warmly encouraged to attend if possible!

NEW LECTIONARY RESOURCES

With the new edition of the Lectionary for Mass coming into use on the First Sunday of Advent, the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has signposted us to some useful resources introducing the new edition, what changes have been made, and why.

Find out more at https://www.cbcew.org.uk/lectionary

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.

SUNDAY COFFEE ROTA

New Rota now available in the Atrium. Thank you.

A PARISH CHOIR
We are eager to welcome additional members who have an interest in singing or playing musical instruments. If anyone wishes to join, we kindly ask that they submit their name to the parish office to express their interest. Thank you.

TAKE ACTION TO OPPOSE ASSISTED SUICIDE
Catholics across England and Wales are being called to unite in opposition to a new Bill on assisted suicide. Please contact your MP to voice your opposition to the bill. Find out more at https://www.cbcew.org.uk/opposing-assisted-suicide

MASSES FOR VOCATIONS
The Diocese of Salford’s Vocation Team will be holding two Masses for Vocations this November. The first Mass takes place on Wednesday 13 November, 7pm, at Our Lady of the Assumption in Langley. The second will take place on Thursday 21st November, 7pm, at St Thomas of Canterbury Church, in Bolton. All are welcome to join as we pray for the future of vocations in our diocese.

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.

THANK YOU FROM CARITAS SALFORD
As we head towards the end of the year, our diocesan charity Caritas Salford would like to share a message of thanks to everyone who has supported their work so far this year. To find out more about how your generosity has impacted those in our diocesan community, head to https://www.caritassalford.org.uk/your-stories/

“Cheerfulness strengthens the heart and helps us to persevere”
St Philip Neri

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

The basic command of Judaism, which should dominate all life, was love of God above all things. Jesus audaciously adds to this another commandment of the Old Testament, the love of neighbour. This is the only case in the gospels where a scribe positively approves Jesus. Why is this the case? The scribes were the experts in the Law and its interpretation. To stress the importance and the equality of the second commandment of love Jesus uses a technique of interpretation common and approved in Israel. If two passages of scripture have a parallel sentence structure and use similar words they may be closely associated. In these two commandments, and only here in the whole of the Bible, are the words used, ‘And you shall love…’ with a direct object. This enables Jesus to put the command to love neighbour on the same level as the command to love God – and the lawyer approves his interpretation. The first Letter of John puts it in this way: ‘No one who fails to love the brother whom he can see can love God whom he has not seen.’ This was, of course, not a new commandment; it was the equality of the two commandments of love which was new. What sort of person do you find it most difficult to love?

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
Fr Brendan Curley, Catherine McEvoy.

Anniversary
Fr Anthony Barrett, Harry Kynaston, Frank Timothy, John Bernard Woods, Michael James Brady, Herbert Boote, Margaret Sharrock.

Sick
Michelle Clegg, Ann Timothy, David Roberts.

Other
Intentions of Mr & Mrs Anigbo.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Fr Anthony Barrett,
Michael James Brady.

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

Margaret Sharrock.

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