• Newsletter: 6th October 2024

Newsletter: 6th October 2024

Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Newsletter: 6th October

Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

16.30 CONFESSIONS
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
(& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

No Coffee Morning
13.00 Requiem – Barry Thompson

19.00 Mass
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

SUNDAY COFFEE & TEA
Starts this Sunday. There is a rota on the table in the Atrium.

Thank you to those who have volunteered.


CATHOLIC FAMILY CARE
£428.00 raised. Thank you for your generosity.


UCM
Next Meeting on Wednesday 9th October after the Enrolment Mass at 7.00pm.

Normal meeting times 7.30p.m for 16th and 23rd October but no meeting on 30th October as members attending Masquerade concert.


MACMILLAN COFFEE MORNING
The UCM would like to thank those who attended on Wednesday 2nd October. £160.00 raised for Macmillan Nurses.

Thank you to everybody involved.


BABY BANK
Together with school we are setting up a baby bank and appealing for all things needed to help mums with newborn babies.

Thank you for the donations received.


OFFERTORY
Last week’s collection came to £530.94 (Excluding Standing Orders). Thank you.

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.


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.


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.


PARISH NEWSLETTER
The newsletter will be updated on the website with any changes to the weekly timetable.

We also have a Facebook page >

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

The Pharisees are putting a trick question to Jesus, as is clear in Matthew’s fuller account in his gospel. They knew the Law, which permitted divorce, and they will quote this Law to Jesus. The Law allowed divorce for ‘indecency’, but teachers were divided about what this meant: did it mean adultery or a lesser fault? So their real question is: what does Jesus consider grounds for divorce? As so frequently in his discussions with the legal experts, Jesus’ response goes beyond and much deeper than a simple answer to the question: God made man and woman such that they should bond together permanently and become one thinking, living being. The word used for one ‘body’, or one ‘flesh’, really means one entity, not a hunk of meat, but a single, vibrant personality. God’s intention was not that the two should be separable again. So Jesus does not answer the question about grounds for divorce at all. It is striking that here – and on other occasions too – Jesus’ authority is such that he feels able to alter the sacred Law of Moses. For the Jews the Law of Moses was God’s own gift, sacred and unalterable by any human authority. By altering it, by annulling the permission for divorce under certain circumstances, Jesus is implicitly claiming divine authority. What does Jesus teach about marriage? And what does his welcoming of the children have to say about God’s kingdom .

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
Barry Thompson, Raymond Hoare. Norma Leggett, Kenneth Parsons.


Anniversary
Lucy Severs, Father Chew, Patrick Brady, Halina Laczko.


Sick
Deanna Plummer, Michelle Clegg, Ann Timothy, Elvina Mack, Moore Family Members.


Birthday Memories
Teresa Molyneux, Mrs Mary Lynch (St Mary’s Teacher)


Other
Kazia Krzyworaczka (Birthday) Special Intention.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

For prayers answered.
Thanksgiving for support received.

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

Mrs Mary Lynch.
Birthday Memories.

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