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Newsletter: Easter Sunday 2026

5th April 2026

Newsletter: Easter Sunday

5th April 2026

19.00 EASTER VIGIL 

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00  Mass
10.30  Coffee Morning

19.00 Mass

10.00  Requiem Mass, Cecilia Lewis

10.00  Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

FIFTY DAYS OF REJOICING!

May Easter Light upon you shine, and fill your heart with joy divine. Happy Easter, Father Brady!


EASTER BREAK

We would like to wish all our staff, children and families a very happy and holy Easter. We hope you find time to rest, have fun and spend special moments with your families. Remember the true meaning of Easter-a time of hope, new life and joy.


UCM

The next UCM meeting will take place on Wednesday 8th April at 7.30pm after Mass.


COFFEE MORNING

Please note there will be NO COFFEE MORNING on Easter Sunday. We will resume as normal on Sunday 12th April.


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.


EASTER OFFERING ENVELOPES

Are still available in the Atrium. Please take one and return it with your offering during the Easter period.


GIFT AID ENVELOPES

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


WALK FOR AUTISM

Emma Davidson and her family has completed the walk and all Sponsor Money is now due. Thank you.


EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS

We are looking for Eucharistic Ministers who would be willing to visit care homes and parishioners who are housebound, as Fr. Brady’s workload continues to increase. If you feel called to support this important ministry, please speak to Fr. Brady or contact the parish office.


DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY

On 12th April at 3pm at St Marie’s Church Mass will here will be Divine Mercy Devotions will take place at St Marie’s Church .Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Benediction, For an introduction to this devotion, visit >


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


DEAF AWARENESS AND CONVERSATIONAL BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE COURSE

Caritas Salford has developed a brand new 12 week course for parishioners, to equip them with the basic British Sign Language Skills and greater awareness of accessibility and inclusion in parish life. The course will commence on 14th April and sessions will be held weekly on Tuesday evenings at St. Patrick’s Church, Livesey Street, M4 5HF (with parking available in the Caritas Salford Car Park adjacent to the Church). Places for the course are strictly limited. To find out more and book a place visit >

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

There are several accounts in the various gospels of the discovery of the empty tomb.

The slight variations between them show all the marks of oral tradition, for in genuine oral tradition each ‘performance’ is different.

Different people tell the story slightly differently, stressing different aspects. This story in John’s Gospel stresses the proof that the tomb really was empty, for the apostles examine the evidence carefully.

Other accounts concentrate less on the evidence and more on the message, that the disciples will meet the Risen Lord in Galilee.

It was important to establish that the tomb was empty, to prevent the charge that the meetings with the Risen Christ were simply ghost-appearance accounts.

Apart from the proof that this was a real, living and bodily person, these encounters stress two factors, the power of the Risen Christ and the commission given to the disciples.

The disciples are to go out into the whole world and spread the message, always accompanied by and strengthened by Christ himself.

In this account Simon Peter is clearly the senior, the authority figure, to whom the Beloved Disciple defers.

But it is the love of the Beloved Disciple which immediately brings Peter to faith.

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
Cecilia Lewis, Rose Norman, Betty Browne, Joan Mustafa.


Birthday Memories
Tristan Campbell


Anniversary
Geoff Hunt.


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


Easter Masses
Teresa & Francis Burton, Souls in Purgatory


Other
For a Special Intention for All Holy Souls in Purgatory (Throughout April), Special Intentions for Margaret Sherman.

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Pat & Maureen Tower.

This week, Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Anthony O’Malley, Amanda Sheran, William Henry Sherman.

The Vatican

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Lourdes TV

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