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Newsletter: 31st March 2024

Easter Sunday

Newsletter: 31st March

Easter Sunday

19.00 VIGIL MASS

09.00 EASTER MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00
BAPTISM

No Services / Parish Office Closed
No Coffee Morning

12.00 Mass
13.30 UCM MEETING

12.00 Mass

12.00 Mass

16.30 No Confessions this evening
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00 BAPTISM
15.00 DIVINE MERCY DEVOTIONS AT ST MARIE’S RC CHURCH BURY

WISHING YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY EASTER!

FATHER BRADY
HE IS RISEN !


TEA AND CAKES WEDNESDAY AT 2PM
Open to all members of the Parish. Price £2.00 including a raffle ticket. Come along and have an enjoyable afternoon with friends.


MANCHESTER AND SALFORD ECUMENICAL WHIT WALK
The annual Manchester and Salford Ecumenical Whit Walk is set to return for another year of prayerful celebration. Taking place on Monday 27th May, the walk will begin at 10am from Manchester Cathedral Gardens, and the group will process to St Peter’s Square for an Act of Worship. Individuals, families, and groups are all welcome to attend!


ST DUNSTAN’s AODS
Presents “Little Shop of Horrors” 24th –27th April, Tickets £15.00 available here > St Dunstan’s Parish Centre, Kenyon Lane Moston M40 9JP. Fr Brady is playing the part of Mushnick!


SVP APPEAL
The SVP shop in Bury is making an urgent appeal for donations of Menswear. Please take your donations to the shop situated near Kay Gardens in Bury next to the bus station.

TALKS ON THE FOUR CONSTITUTIONS OF VATICAN II
In response to Pope Francis’ invitation to revisit the Four Constitutions of the Second Vatican Council, the Diocese of Salford is holding a series of four evening talks after Easter. The first talk takes place on Wednesday 10th April when Bishop John will explore a little more about Lumen Gentium. The talk begins at 7pm at Cathedral Centre, 3 Ford Street, Salford, M3 6DP. Find out more about the series and register your interest >


YOUNG ADULTS MASS
The Diocese of Salford’s Mass for Young Adults returns to St Augustine’s in Manchester on Sunday 14th April. Mass begins at 5.30pm, with opportunity for the Sacrament of Reconciliation from 4.45pm. Join the team after for a catch up and a bite to eat before we hear from the diocesan communications team for a short talk about faith and the media. All are welcome to attend!


DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES IN OUR CENTENARY YEAR
The pilgrimage, led by Bishop John Arnold, will take place between 26th July and 1st August. Find out more and book online >


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 into to the parish A.S.A.P. Thank you. Confirmations will be celebrated at St Bernadette’s, Whitefield on Sunday 6th June 2024 at 7.00pm


GIFT AID ENVELOPES NOW AVAILABLE FOR COLLECTION IN THE ATRIUM

Thank you to John Jones for donating a picture he has painted of Samson and Delilah by the artist Rubens. See the website below for more information:

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 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 they 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-appearances. Apart from the proof that this was a real, living and bodily person, these meetings emphasise 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 and strengthened by Christ himself. In this account Simon Peter is clearly the senior, authority figure, to whom the Beloved Disciple defers. But it is the love of the Beloved Disciple which brings him to faith. What aspects of the gospel accounts of the resurrection help to strengthen your own 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 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. Thank you.

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

Anniversary
John Barry, Pat and Maureen Towers, Mary Keane.

Sick
Irene Rawcliffe, John Jones, Anthony Malone.

Easter & Other Masses and Prayers
Irene Rawcliffe, Angela Cushnahan,
Eileen and Kevin Gibney, Austin Coote (RIP)
In support of SPUC, In thanksgiving for retirement after 37 years (Mary Lynch) For recovery from an operation.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Bernadette Strange.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Veronica Eagleton
Irene Mc Mullen
Catherine Bailey
William Bailey

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