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Newsletter: 26th October 2025

Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

26th October 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

19.00 Mass

10.00 Mass

16.30 Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

Wednesday 9am – 3pm
Friday 9am – 3pm

NOVEMBER DEAD

Throughout the month of November, we remember our beloved relatives and friends who have died throughout our lives and who we wish to pray for during the month of the Holy Souls. Envelopes are now available in the Atrium for the names (or list of names) of those we have loved. For Example: parents, relatives, priests etc. Please hand envelopes to Fr. Brady or place it in box by Fr Brady’s office.

BLESSING OF GRAVES

Fr. Brady will bless graves on Saturday 8th November at 2pm in Radcliffe Cemetery. Please stand near the grave you wish to be blessed. Thank you.

HALF TERM

As School begins their half term break, we give thanks for the dedication of our teachers, pupils and families throughout this busy term. May this time bring rest, joy and renewal to all. We keep them in our prayers for a safe and peaceful week.

SOCIAL EVENING “GLITTER AND GLOW”

The next parish social will be held on Thursday 6th November at 7pm in the Atrium. Cost of this event will be £3-this includes hot pot supper and entry raffle. Please add your name to the list on the table in the Atrium (we are limited to50)and place money in an envelope marked with your name and place it in the box by Fr. Brady’s office.

UCM

The next UCM meeting will take place Wednesday 29th October at 1.30pm in the Atrium with a ‘CRAFT’ demonstration from Julie Southworth. All are welcome.

VETERANS’ TEA, CAKE & REMEMBRANCE EVENT

Tuesday 11th November 2025 10.00-11.15am (Two minutes’ silence at 11.00am) at St. Mary’s R.C. Primary School, Belgrave Street, Radcliffe, M26 4DG. We would be honoured to welcome local veterans to St. Mary’s to share memories and stories with our Year 6 pupils. Over tea and cake, children will listen, reminisce and ask respectful questions.

CAN YOU SPARE A LITTLE TIME?

We’re looking for a few helping hands to put up the Christmas Tree for the parish fair and take it down afterwards. If you can spare a bit of time to help, please let Fr Brady know-many hands make light work, and your help would be appreciated.

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.’ These can be left in the Parish Office.

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.

200 CLUB

The 4th 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 and would be pleased if parishioners and friends join us. £25.00 to secure a seat on the coach. Please contact Iris Turner on 07463 497753 or any member of the UCM if you would like to come. Times to be confirmed.

WORD ON FIRE COMES TO SALFORD– ‘EVANGELISING THE CULTURE’

Join us for a thought-provoking evening as Bishop Robert Barron’s Word on Fire program comes to Salford Cathedral, Inviting us to explore how we can each play a part in bringing Christ’s light to the world around us. The event will take place at 7.30pm on Thursday 13th November at the Cathedral Temporary Church, and refreshments will be served beforehand at 6.45pm in the cloisters. Please book your place by emailing > or call 0161 817 2210

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

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

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

These two figures in today’s Gospel are stock characters, sketched with Luke’s brilliant wit and sensitivity.

The gospels invariably give the Pharisees a bad press: after the destruction of Jerusalem they were the only surviving branch of Judaism and so, for the evangelists, they represent the vigorous opposition of Judaism to Christianity at that time.

The Jewish historian, Josephus, paints a sympathetic picture of them, and Matthew’s picture of them as the personification of hypocrisy may be a caricature of their scrupulosity concerning the observance of the Law.

Jesus played them at their own game in his careful interpretation of scripture, presenting them with a rich and profound understanding of God’s Word.

The question must be asked: was Jesus a Pharisee too?

Pre-occupation with exact observance of rules can often appear to outsiders as hypocrisy.

In Jesus’ time a tax-collector was the epitome of malpractice and the abandonment of all decent standards: he worked for the hated Roman occupying power; he had to make his own living by extorting excessive tax.

So this parable is one more example of Jesus’ reversal of expected values, and his outreach to those generally despised: to the woman notorious in the city as a sinner, to the woman taken in adultery, to Zacchaeus and to the ‘good thief’.

It beautifully fulfils the first reading, demonstrating that the prayer of the humble ‘pierces the clouds’
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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
Ann King, John Shuttleworth, Anthony Almond, Patricia Carragher, Denis Delaney, Jennifer Hannah.

Birthday Memories
Mary Harlick, David Watt.

Anniversary
Harold & Ellen Hunt, Albert Livesey.

Sick
Andy Watson, Noel Moore, Paul Moore, Wesley Dunn, Rita Webster, Walter Bryce.

Other
For a Special Intention for All Holy Souls in Purgatory (Throughout October).

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

William Keen.

This week, Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

John & Lillian McGrail.

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.

Walsingham TV

Newsletter: 26th October 2025