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Newsletter: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

23rd November 2025

Newsletter: Our Lord Jesus Christ, King of the Universe

23rd November 2025

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

10.00 Mass
10.30 Coffee Morning

10.00 Mass

10.00 Mass

10.00 Mass with Year 3 & 4

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

Wednesday 9am – 3pm
Friday 9am – 3pm

CHRISTMAS FAIR

The Christmas Fair will be taking place on Saturday 29th November from 11.00am – 1.00pm.

We are looking for donations of Bottles, Gifts, Fancy Goods, Chocolate and Tombola Goods. Wrapped and Unwrapped items for the £1.00 parcels, children, ladies and gents.

Also, Raffle Prizes for the ‘Big Raffle’ and ‘Pre loved teddies and soft toys.’

CAKES NEEDED FOR THE CHRISTMAS FAIR

We are kindly asking for donations of freshly baked cakes for our Christmas Fair. If you are able to bake, your support would be greatly appreciated. Cakes can be brought to the Church on the morning of the Fair. Thank you for helping make our Christmas Fair a great success!

CHRISTMAS GIVING TREE

Following the enormous success of the Christmas Giving Tree over the last couple of years and your amazing generosity as a parish, we would like to repeat the event again this year. The Giving Tree will be available in Church between the 8th November and the 14th December. Please could I ask that any donations be brought in after the Christmas Fair. The donations will be made into hampers for those members of our Parish Community most in need. Your generosity will be gratefully received. A list of recommended donations can be found on the noticeboard in the Atrium.

CHRISTMAS OFFERING ENVELOPES

Christmas Offering Envelopes will be available from the First to the Fourth Sunday of Advent. Please take one and return it with your offering to one of the Christmas Masses. Thank you.

UCM

The next UCM meeting will take place Wednesday 26th November at 7.30pm.

CHRISTMAS SOIREE

Thursday 11th December at 7pm in the Atrium. Join us for a festive evening of warmth and community, with mince pies and mulled wine. A lovely chance to gather, chat and enjoy the spirit of the season together. Wear your Christmas attire! All are very welcome. Sign up on the list in the Atrium.

200 CLUB

The 8th draw for £20 will take place this Sunday after the 10.30am Mass. The Big Draw will take place on 7th December. There is a folder in the Atrium with all names, numbers and winners.

UCM DAY OUT TO THE CHRISTMAS MARKET IN KNARESBOROUGH SATURDAY 6TH DECEMBER

The UCM are having a coach trip to the Christmas Market in Knaresborough on Saturday 6th December. The coach is now full and will leave St. Mary’s Church at 10am and return for 5pm.

YOUNG CHRISTIAN WORKERS CHRISTMAS DINNER

Wednesday 24th December-Christmas meal delivery service only. Thursday 25th December-Delivery service or Take-away/sit-down meal from 1.00pm-3.00pm at Bury Parish Church Hall, The Rock. If you or someone you know would like to order a meal, please contact 07855 306074. Last order date for meal deliveries is 19th December. (THERE IS NO CHARGE FOR THIS MEAL).

FEAST OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

Our diocesan Lourdes pilgrimage group invites you to a special Mass in preparation for the feast of the Immaculate conception. The Mass, celebrated by Bishop John, will take place at 3pm on Sunday 7th December at St. Patrick’s, Collyhurst, M4 5HF. Following Mass, information will be shared by the Salford Lourdes Pilgrimage group on plans for the 2026 pilgrimage.

CARITAS SALFORD ADVENT APPEAL

Our diocesan charity, Caritas Salford, has released its 2025 Advent appeal to shine the spotlight on the true meaning of Christmas. To watch their latest animation and to find out more about how to help local people who are facing acute crisis this Christmas: Please Visit >

ST DUNSTANS AODS PRESENTS ‘HEROES AND VILLAINS’

Celebrating some of the best Heroes and Villains of Musical Theatre. But are you Team Hero or Team Villain? 25th-28th November 2025 from 7.30pm. Adults £18, Children £15 St. Dunstan’s Parish Hall, Kenyon Lane, Moston M40 9JP. For tickets > or 0161 327 2781.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

‘Jesus Christ, King of the Universe, teach us to serve You in the least of Your brothers and sisters.’

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

The crucifixion scene in Luke, as in all the gospels, is the climax of the story of Jesus.

Emphasis is placed on the role of Jesus as King.

The soldiers mock him as such, but the Gospel’s use of irony ensures that we understand that they are saying more than they realise.

Jesus is also ridiculed as Saviour (‘Save yourself and us as well!’): especially in Luke (from the Infancy Stories onwards) Jesus is presented as the true Saviour – who is God.

In Luke the crucifixion scene is primarily a scene of forgiveness, where Jesus carries on to the very end his work of forgiveness, which Luke has underlined throughout his Gospel.

The scene begins with the women of Jerusalem mourning for Jesus, and ends with all the spectators departing, beating their breasts, recognizing their universal guilt.

Jesus spontaneously forgives his executioners, asking God’s forgiveness for them before they even ask it for themselves.

He welcomes into his kingdom of Paradise the bandit who spontaneously acknowledges his wrongdoing.

Here we see the culmination of all those scenes throughout Luke’s Gospel where values are reversed: the King presented as a wretched figure dying on the Cross, to whom homage is paid not by dignified courtiers, but by another wretched figure dying by his side.

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
Joan Hefferman, Mary Cave, Brian O’Brien.

Birthday Memories
Paul James, Michael Cunningham, Jack Lomax, Ethel Ashton

Anniversary

James Clegg, Henryk Krzyworaczka, Kazimierz Pabian, Jadwiga Uszak.

Sick
Andy Watson, Noel Moore, Paul Moore, Dennis Morley, Jan Kelly, Stephen Coffey.

Other
For a Special Intention for All Holy Souls in Purgatory
(Throughout November),
Mary Ellen Brady,
All Relatives that have died and been forgotten in 2025,
Brian O’Brien (Months Mind).

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Peace in the World.

This week, Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

The Health of Eloisa Rojas & Carlos Bogarin.

The Vatican

Please click on the red ‘Play’ button to watch Vatican Media Live.

Lourdes TV

Please click on the red ‘Play’ button to watch Lourdes TV.

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