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Newsletter: 10th August 2025

Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time

Newsletter: Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time

10th August 2025

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.15 Requiem Mass for Anne Kiernan

10.00 Mass
10.30 Coffee Morning
13.40 Funeral Service for Terence Roberts at Agecroft Crematorium

19.00 UCM Mass

19.00 Mass: Feast of the Assumption

10.00 Mass: Feast of the Assumption

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

Wednesday: 9am – 3pm
Friday: 9am – 3pm

FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION

This Thursday we celebrate the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a Holy Day of Obligation. We
rejoice in the belief that Mary, at the end of her earthly life, was taken body and soul into the glory of heaven.


LOCAL HOSPICE SHOP

We encourage all parishioners to support our local hospice shop facing Radcliffe Times Office. By donating quality items or making a purchase, you are helping to provide essential care for those in need in our community. Thank you for your continued generosity.


DBS

If you do a voluntary role in Church, there is a form in the Atrium for you to complete. Please speak to Claire if you need advice.


UCM

The next meeting for the UCM will be on Wednesday 6th August at 7pm.


200 CLUB

There will be a new 200 Club beginning in September. There will be a weekly draw of £20 . The first draw will be 5th October and run until the week before Christmas. The end prizes will be: 1st £400, 2nd £250 and 3rd £150. The cost of a number will be £1. £10 in total. Speak to Stacy Wheildon or Jose Morris for more information.


SVP SUMMER RAFFLE

The SVP 2025 Summer Raffle. Tickets are £1 each (or in books of 5 at £5) . The draw takes place 25th September 2025. Tickets can be purchased from Chris & Steph of the SVP. More details are on the noticeboard.


BOOK OF THE DEAD

If you have a relative that has died since 2019 and would like them including in the Book of the Dead displayed in Church, please email the parish office with their name and date and year of death. Thank you.


CEMETERY MASS AT ST. MARY’S, WARDLEY

A Mass to remember loved ones who have died will be taking place at 11am on Monday 25th August (Bank Holiday) at St. Mary’s Cemetery, Wardley. All are welcome to join as we come together in faith to remember our loved ones.


Quote of the Week

‘Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin Mary too much. You can never love her more than Jesus did.’
St. Maximilian Kolbe

JUBILEE FOR GRANDPARENTS AND OLDER PEOPLE

The Diocese of Salford’s Jubilee series continues this month as we celebrate the Jubilee for Grandparents and Older People by sharing a fantastic resource from our diocesan charity, Caritas Salford. For resources, activity ideas, prayers, key contacts and more, head to >


FAMILY FOREST FUN MORNINGS

Diocese of Salford’s Laudato Si’ Centre. Taking place between 10am –12.30pm over the first three Tuesdays of August. Find out more >


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.


OUTDOOR MASS FOR SEASON OF CREATION

This September welcomes back the Season of Creation– a month long campaign that invites us to reflect on our call to be loving stewards of God’s creation. We invite you to join us in beginning this time of reflection with an outdoor Mass in the beautiful grounds of the Diocese of Salford’s Laudato Si’ Centre. Mass takes place on Monday 1st September at 9.30am. Email > to find out more or register.


ECOLOGICAL ROSARY AT THE LAUDATO SI’ CENTRE

Join us at the Diocese of Salford’s Laudato Si’ Centre on Wednesday 3rd September as we gather to pray the Rosary with ecological reflections. Email > to find out more and to register.


MARRIAGE HELP

Retrouvaille helps couples find hope and healing for their marriage. Next date 17th -19th October. www.retrouvaille.org.uk Tel: 07887296983

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

St. Luke, Linch: stained glass window (6) by Basher Eyre

Just before the reading above, Jesus has warned in St Luke’s Gospel about the peril of worldly possession.

This is a danger about which Luke, writing to a prosperous audience, continually reminds his audience.

Then Jesus issues a series of exhortations to be alert for the final meeting with the Lord, and a series of blessings on those who are so ready.

Luke does not have a great scene of a universal final judgement (as Matthew’s Gospel does with the parable of the sheep and the goats).

For Luke there is no need to wait for a great final judgement scene at the end of the world; instead, with his Greek frame of mind, he is more interested in the individual judgement (for each of these parables concerns a single individual who is rewarded or punished).

This is fully compatible with the notion that each individual’s final judgement is at death, rather than all together at the end of the world.

Most wonderful and startling is the promise (suggested by today’s parable) that, after the Master’s return at the judgement, he will himself serve the faithful servants.

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
Anne Kiernan, Patricia Rowe, Teresa Cooke.


Sick
Andy Watson, Mike Page, Noel Moore, Paul Moore.


Other
All Holy Souls in Purgatory, Peace in the World.

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns:

In Thanksgiving for 91st Salford Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Peace in Gaza.

The Vatican

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Lourdes TV

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