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Newsletter: 19th May 2024

Pentecost Sunday

Newsletter: 19th May

Pentecost Sunday

10.30 FIRST COMMUNIONS
17.30 VIGIL MASS

09.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00
BAPTISM

10.00 Word and Communion
10.30 Coffee Morning

No Service in Church

No Service in Church

No Service in Church

NO CONFESSIONS TODAY
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS
12.00 BAPTISM

ANNUAL ANNIVERSARY COLLECTION CHURCH BUILDING FUND

Please take an envelope for our annual appeal to pay for our beautiful church opened and blessed on the 29th May 2009 by Terence Bishop of Salford. Please return envelopes by 26th May. Thank you.


Laudato Si’ Week
This week (19-26 May), we mark Laudato Si’ Week – an annual campaign celebrating the anniversary of Pope Francis’ environmental encyclical. This year’s theme is “Seeds of Hope”, which calls us to be those seeds of hope in our lives and in our world, rooted in faith and love. To find out more about the campaign and how you can celebrate it in your parish, school, or at home, please visit: https://laudatosiweek.org


UCM MEETING

This week and next week at 7.30pm


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!


MENTAL HEALTH AND WELL-BEING DAY

“Directions for men “ is a mental health charity, in conjunction with St Anne’s Parish, Fairfield, is offering a free Mental Health and Well-being day on Tuesday 21 May from 1.00 to 4.00 pm in St Anne’s Parish Hall, Ashton Old Road, Manchester, M11 1GR. Everyone is very welcome to drop in during the afternoon. Refreshments will be provided.

CONFIRMATIONS

Confirmations will be celebrated at St Bernadette’s, Church in Whitefield on Thursday 6th June 2024 at 7.00pm.


ST GABRIELS R.C. HIGH SCHOOL PLATINUM ANNIVERSARY

Unfortunately, due to insufficient ticket sales, our 70th anniversary evening event at the Village Hotel has been cancelled. We are delighted to still be celebrating Mass with Bishop John Arnold on Saturday 29th June 2024 at 11.00am at St Gabriel’s. The school will remain open thereafter until 3.00pm, and refreshments will be available. We look forward to celebrating our school community’s platinum anniversary with you then!


DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES IN OUR CENTENARY YEAR

Led by Bishop John Arnold, will take place between 26th July and 1st August. Find out more and book online > Leaflets available.


THANK YOU

For the £100 donation received from those attending the Tuesday Coffee Morning.


FRAUD/CRIME PREVENTION

A speaker from Greater Manchester Police will give a presentation to the U.C.M on Fraud/Crime prevention in Radcliffe on Wednesday 29th May at 1.30p.m. All parishioners welcome.


FIRST HOLY COMMUNION

Please remember in your prayers all the children who will be receiving the Eucharist for the first time this weekend.

May Is The Month Of Mary

Our Lady’s Altar decorated for her own month of May. You are most welcome to bring lilies to adorn Our Blessed Lady’s statue in this her own month of May.

May is the month of Mary. Our Lady’s Altar decorated for her own month of May.
May is the month of Mary. Our Lady’s Altar decorated for her own month of May.

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

None of the gospels gives an account of the Day of Pentecost, but St John tells us of another incident where the Risen Christ gave the Spirit to his disciples. There are two emphases in the account. The first is peace. Christ brings peace to his disciples with the double greeting of peace, and peace is a Christian watchword. Peace was the song of the angels at Jesus’ birth; each of Paul’s letters opens with a greeting of peace; the letter to the Ephesians proclaims that Christ is our peace – the reversal of all worry, strife, envy, jealousy, self-seeking ambition. ‘Go in peace’ is Jesus’ dismissal of those he cures, and also the dismissal at the end of Mass. Peace was Jesus’ bequest to his disciples after the Last Supper. The second watchword is forgiveness, for God was always known as a God of mercy and forgiveness; Jesus came to show this by his constant meeting with and welcoming of sinners. Moreover, the Lord’s Prayer shows that if we do not ourselves forgive, we block God’s forgiveness of ourselves too. How can you bring peace more effectively to those you meet?

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

Lately Dead
Irene Rawcliffe, Hilda Stratton, Kathryn Hanson, Diedre Murray, Patricia Felix Thomas.

Anniversary
Arthur Hill, Frank Kiernan, Maureen Kieran, Fr. William Byrne.

Birthday Memory
Veronica Unsworth, Michael and James Clegg.

Sick
Bridie Coll, Paul Hull.

Other
Intentions of John Elizabeth, Letitia, Edward.
Holy Communion Children.
For the wellbeing of Margaret Griffiths, Paul Griffiths and Colette Singleton on the Anniversary of Fr. William Byrne.

This week the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

Giuseppe Chiodo.

This week Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Rosario Chiodo.

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