Newsletter: Divine Mercy Sunday 2025

Newsletter: Divine Mercy Sunday

27th April 2025

16.30 NO CONFESSIONS
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

13:00 Funeral Service, Agecroft: Geoffrey Parker

10.00 Mass
10.30 Coffee Morning
11.30 Funeral Service, Blackley: Tommy Briggs

15.30 Funeral Service: Keith Barrington, Radcliffe Crematorium

10.00 Mass

16.30 NO CONFESSIONS
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

DEATH OF POPE FRANCIS

We continue to pray for his immortal soul and that God will be merciful to him. We must also remember to pray for the Cardinals as they prepare to elect another successor to St Peter. The conclave is due to begin on Monday 5th May.

DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

At 3pm today at St Marie’s Church, Manchester Road, Bury. Sacrament of Reconciliation, Divine Mercy Chaplet, Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction. Veneration of the relic of St Faustina. For an introduction to this devotion, visit >

THANK YOU!

To anyone who played a part in the many, many hours of work to make the Easter Triduum noble and beautiful. Your time and generosity is deeply and sincerely appreciated. Thank you, Fr Brady.

GOODBYE TO CATHERINE!

Our Parish Administrator is off to pastures new. She is leaving us this week. We wish her well in her new endeavours and thank her for all her hard work and contributions during her time with us. God bless you Catherine.

LADIES EVENING

The UCM are holding their Annual Social Evening on Wednesday 7th May 2025 at St Mary’s Social Club, Pine Street Radcliffe. Entertainment by Darren Shaw. Doors open at 7.00pm and entertainment at 7.30pm. Refreshments and Raffle Included in the price of £6.00 payable on the door. All ladies welcome!

“A VERY BRITISH FUN RAISER” CANCELLED

In respect for the death of Pope Francis the event due to be held on the 30th April has been postponed. Further details to be provided in due course.

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. Please provide your payment in an envelope with your name and give to the office or Fr Brady as soon as possible. Thank you

THANK YOU

For the £200.00 donation from the Tuesday Coffee Morning.

PARISH OFFICE

Office Hours this week:
8.30am – 2.30pm Tuesday
8.30am – 1.30pm Wednesday
Closed Thursday/Friday

AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED

A representative from the above charity will be visiting next weekend and gifts will be on sale including rosary beads blessed by Pope Francis. Thank you for your generosity.

THANK YOU

For kind donations received in memory of Austin Coote to the SVP, Missio and St Mary’s RC Church.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM SATURDAY 3RD MAY

The SVP is offering to fund two places on the trip. Please contact the Parish office ASAP if you are interested. The day pilgrimage costs £45pp and includes transport to Walsingham from St Bernadette’s, Whitefield

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 >

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Would the children in Year 8 who attend either St Monica’s or St Gabriel’s and have completed their Confirmation Catechesis with Sister Linda and been given a form to return to Father Brady, please hand it to the parish as soon as possible. Thank you. Confirmations will be celebrated at St Bernadette’s Whitefield on Sunday 28th September at 2pm.

MADONNA DEL ROSARIO WALK

Ray Parkinson from the SVP would like to invite any parishioner to join him at a meeting on May 19th, 2025, at 8pm at Presentation Convent (beside St Patrick’s RC Church), Livesey St, Collyhurst, Manchester. This is to discuss the planning of the above procession on a Sunday in July from Ancoats. Please contact Ray on 07932 021266.

SAFEGUARDING / VOLUNTEERS

Envelopes with Volunteer forms for completion by those who signed the list are now available in the Atrium. Please would you kindly complete and return with the ID requested. Thank you for your co-operation.

CAFOD TALK

The Atrato River, Colombia. Tuesday May 13th, 7.30pm at Our Lady of Dolours, 500 Bury New Rd, Salford, M7 4ND.Register (for refreshment purposes) kkeenan@cafod.org.uk

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STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

POPE FRANCIS PHOTO CREDIT: By Quirinale.it, Attribution, Link

Two aspects of this meeting with the risen Jesus are especially striking. This is the last scene of the Gospel of John, for chapter 21 is an appendix.

At the end, before the concluding reflection, Thomas gives the only direct acclamation in the New Testament of Jesus as God: nowhere else is Jesus hailed as ‘God’, though there are other ways in which his divinity has been indicated. So in a way Thomas’ greeting of the risen Christ is the climax of the New Testament.

Secondly, it is striking that Jesus’ final blessing is one of peace and forgiveness.

The mission of all Christians is to bring these gifts to a troubled world.

Throughout the Bible God is a God of forgiveness.

The Old Testament consists of a series of covenants, each in turn broken by God’s chosen people, but then re-created by a forgiving God. There was the covenant with Noah after the Flood, the covenant with Abraham, the covenant with Moses after the worship of the Golden Calf, and finally the new covenant is promised by Jeremiah after unfaithful Israel had been exiled to Babylon.

Christianity is not for the perfect but for the sinner, who is surrounded by other sinners. As forgiven sinners we are exhorted to bring forgiveness to all those around us.

How, as a forgiven sinner and part of a community do I demonstrate the power of God’s forgiveness?

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
Pope Francis.

Anniversary
Hilda Stratton, Patrick Bailey, Rose Anne O’Sullivan.

Birthday Memory
Anthony and Anne Mc Guiness.

Sick
Mary Gracey, Andy Watson, Jeanette Moran, Michelle Clegg, Angela Webster, Paul Moore.

Other
Intentions of Noel Moore.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns:

TIn memory of Pope Francis.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns:

In memory of Pope Francis.

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