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Newsletter: Divine Mercy Sunday 2026

12th April 2026

Newsletter: Divine Mercy Sunday

12th April 2026

16.30 NO CONFESSIONS
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00  Word and Communion
10.30  Coffee Morning

No Service in Church

No Service in Church

10.00 Mass with School
15.30 Funeral Service – Sandra Berry, Radcliffe Crematorium

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

EASTER BREAK

We wish Fr. Brady a restful and well-deserved break over the coming days. We are grateful for his continued dedication and service to our parish, especially throughout the busy Lenten Season and Holy Week. Please keep him in your prayers during this time of rest, that he may return refreshed and renewed.


UCM

The next UCM meeting will take place on Wednesday 15th April at 7.30pm after Mass.


UCM ANNUAL SOCIAL

The UCM are holding a social evening in St. Mary’s Club, Pine Street, on Wednesday 22nd April at 7.30pm. All ladies are invited; bring your friends and meet up with ladies from other local Churches as well as our own. Pay at the door. Tickets £6 includes entertainment by Eddie Matrix and refreshments.


ST . GEORGES’ DAY PARISH SOCIAL

The next parish social to celebrate St. George will be on Tuesday 28th April at 7.30pm in the Atrium. Please sign the Sign Up Sheet on the table.


GIFT AID ENVELOPES

The new envelopes are ready for collection. The new envelope start 12th April.


THANK YOU FROM MISSIO

A heartfelt thank you to all parishioners for your generous support of Missio. Through the Missio red boxes, £3,323 has been raisedin 2025. Your kindness is helping to support missionaries and communities across the world. Thank you for making a difference.


MANCHESTER CHINESE CATHOLIC COMMUNITY (MCCC)

MCCC would like to invite you to their monthly Mass. This takes place on the second Sunday of the month at 2pm and is held in Salford’s Temporary Cathedral on Great George Street, M3 6EH.


CATHOLIC FAMILY HOLIDAYS IN THE LAKE DISTRICT

Castlerigg Manor in Keswick is offering budget-friendly holidays for Catholic families during May, August and early September. Breakfast and evening meal are included and there will be Mass on site. Casterigg is just a short walk from Keswick and Lake Derwentwater. Visit > www.castleriggmanor.com or 017687 72711


OFFICE HOURS

Wednesday 9am – 3pm
Friday 9am – 3pm

FRIENDS OF THE HOLYLAND CHARITY

This is an international charity working in the Holy Land and is registered as a charity with the Palestinian Authority, maintaining two offices in Bethlehem and Ramallah, staffed by local Christians, who enable the charity to direct funds speedily especially hardship grants to individual Christians and their families suffering intense deprivation due to the Israeli occupation of the West Bank. To support our work please visit >

Fr. Brady is the Diocesan Representative to the charity on behalf of the Bishop.


CONFIRMATION

Is your child in year 8 or above and attends St. Monica’s or St. Gabriel’s and has completed their Confirmation Catechesis with Sr. Linda. Your form needs to be handed in to Fr. Brady or the parish office as soon as possible. If you do not attend either school, and are in Year 8 or above, and have made your First Holy Communion and would like to be Confirmed please speak to Fr. Brady after Mass. Confirmation will take place at St. Bernadette’s, Whitefield on Sunday 4th October at 2pm.


ST. DUNSTANS AODS PRESENTS THE DROWSY CHAPERONE

A hilarious musical packed with big songs, brilliant characters and plenty of laughs. Our talented cast cannot wait to perform for you! Grab your tickets now before they are gone. Wednesday 13th May– Saturday 16th May. St. Dunstan’s Parish Centre, Kenyon Lane, Moston M40 9JP. Adults £18.50, Children £15.00. Visit >  or telephone 03336 663 366 Mon-Fr 9am-7pm, Sat 9am-5pm


CATHOLIC SOCIAL TEACHING

Caritas Salford is offering a free online webinar to introduce the basic principles of Catholic Social Teaching in an accessible way, with a particular focus on building hope, homes and a positive future for all. This will take place on Thursday 30th April 2026 from 6pm to 7.15 pm. With local elections approaching in May, the time is right to raise our awareness of CST and reflect on how it can help to inform the decisions and choices we make in life. Register for your free place or find out more at: Visit >

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

This passage from John’s Gospel has all the more significance because it brings the Gospel to a close.

The story of the breakfast-party with the Risen Christ on the shore of the Lake of Galilee is a sort of appendix.

The story-line of the main Gospel ends with Thomas blurting out ‘My Lord and my God’. The Gospel therefore ends as it began, with the only two unmistakable declarations in the New Testament of the divinity of Jesus.

‘The Word was God’ and ‘My Lord and my God’ bracket the Gospel, indicating the purpose and angle of the whole Gospel which is to show that Jesus is God.

John’s Gospel complements the other Gospels: they show a man who is also God, whereas this Gospel shows God who is also a man.

It is with the divine authority that Jesus confers on his Church the divine power to forgive. Real forgiveness is indeed Godlike.

It is not simply ‘forgive-and-forget’, but forgiveness in the knowledge that a hurt has occurred.

Just as a bone, broken and merged together again, can be stronger than it was before it was broken, so forgiveness can create a real link of love on both sides, a treasured secret of divine graciousness between forgiver and forgiven.

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
Rose Norman, Betty Browne, Joan Mustafa, Denis McGrath, Annie Sweeney, Alfred Smith, Celia Lewis, William Sherman, Anthony McGuinness, Sandra Berry, Sally Strong, Raymond Gracey.


Birthday Memories
Kevin Dowling.


Sick
Andy Watson, Noel Moore, Paul Moore, Francis Loughran, K. Livesey, Felicity Hesford-Jones, Anthony O’Malley.


Easter Masses
Phylis Sutton, Ann Kiernan, Mike Conlon, Fr. Bob Morrow, Fr. Frank McLaughlin, Maureen Flatley on their First Easter in Heaven, The Basnett Family, John Wood.


Other
For a Special Intention for All Holy Souls in Purgatory (Throughout April), Special Intentions for Amanda Sherman, In Thanksgiving for Prayers Answered and Successful Surgery, Belated Mother’s Day Wishes for Kathleen Fulton and Shirley Lowe.

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Theresa Simms.

This week, Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Joan Mustafa.

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