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Newsletter: 21st September 2025

Twenty-Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time

21st September 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

No Service in Church

16.30 No Confessions
17.30 VIGIL MASS

9.00 MASS
10.30 MASS (& Coffee)
12.00 Baptisms

Wednesday 9am – 3pm
Friday 9am – 3pm

SUMMER HOLIDAY

Fr. Brady will be taking a well deserved week away from 21st September until 30th September. We wish him a peaceful and refreshing break. Fr. Michael Winstanley will cover all Weekend Masses and Canon McBride will cover Tuesday morning Masses.

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME

If your child is in year 3 and has been baptised and you would like them to join this year’s Sacramental Programme , please speak to Fr. Brady after any of the Masses this weekend. This is the last weekend to register.

SACRAMENT OF CONFIRMATION

Confirmations will be celebrated at St. Bernadette’s Whitefield on Sunday 28th September at 2pm.

UCM

The next UCM Meeting will be Wednesday 24th September at 7.30pm.

UCM COFFEE MORNING

The UCM are hosting a Macmillan Coffee Afternoon on Wednesday 1st October 1.30pm-3.00pm in the Atrium. All parishioners are welcome to attend. Come and enjoy a cup of tea, coffee or soft drink and cakes and of course a raffle!. All monies taken will go to the Macmillan Nurses..

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. These can be left in the Parish Office.

200 CLUB

A new 200 Club has now started. 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.

Tickets are now on sale.

ST MARYS’ SCHOOL WISHLIST

St. Mary’s School are asking for help to furnish the new school Chapel. If you would like to help please visit: https://amzn.eu/aul9Op8

THE MERCY BROTHERS

Enjoy a family-friendly night of musical entertainment with clergy band. The Mercy Brothers. The concert will raise funds for our Diocesan Lourdes Pilgrimage Fund, which supports our sick pilgrims and medical team. The concert takes place on Friday 3rd October at St. Michael’s RC Parish, Whitefield. Doors open at 7pm for 7.30pm start. Tickets cost £15 for adults, £10 for 16-21 year olds, and free for under 16s who must be accompanied by an adult. Food will be provided and included in the cost. Book now: Email Here > or phone the Pilgrimage Office on 0161 817 2209.

CATHEDRAL PARISH FAMILY FUN DAY

Saturday 4th October 10am –1.15pm. An invitation for families-Join us at Salford Cathedral for a joyful, vibrant celebration beginning with Holy Mass and ending with Adoration, including a fun-filled morning of activities for all ages. Please book to help with the planning. email > or call 0161 817 2210.
Parking is available at the Cathedral Centre (3, Ford Street)

XAVERIAN COLLEGE OPEN DAYS

Saturday 11th October and Sunday 19th October 10.30am till 2pm.See Poster in the Atrium for more details..

MARRIAGE SUPPORT

Does your relationship need some TLC? Need help with deeper issues? Next programme starts 17th October. www.retrouvaille.org.uk or +447887296983

JOB VACANCIES

There are a number of new vacancies in the Diocese of Salford. To find out more,
please visit >

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

‘Do not be afraid, open wide the doors to Christ.’ St. John Paul II

May we always welcome Christ into our lives with courage and trust, knowing He’s our source of hope and strength.

STAY WITH US, LORD, ON OUR JOURNEY

THIS WEEK’S GOSPEL

Brooklyn Museum – Nicodemus (Nicodème) – James Tissot

This parable can be deeply disquieting if we take it as an allegory, that is, if every element in the story is meant (as in Matthew’s Parable of the Wheat and the Tares) to have an equivalent in reality.

We can’t have God praising the steward for his frauds!

No, the point of the story is simply the steward’s energy and inventiveness, his shrewdness as a ‘child of this age’.

A lot more thought often goes into how to make money than into how to spend it to the best advantage of others!

The danger and encumbrance of wealth is such that skill and imagination is needed in using it to live justly here on earth and to prepare ourselves for life in heaven.

The full brilliance of the story is even more subtle: Jews were forbidden to lend to Jews at interest.

The steward cuts off the interest from the bills of his master’s debtors, for oil was commonly lent at 100% interest, and wheat at 25%.

It was easy to return olive oil adulterated with cheap sesame oil, but if I scatter handfuls of chaff in the grain I give you back, you will spot it immediately.

So the steward makes his master obey the Law!

The sayings added at the end hit the nail on the head: no slave can serve two masters, God and money.

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
Paul Hale, Margaret Rogers, Mainsie O’Donnell,
Adrian Kiddle, Winifred Smith.

Birthday Memories
Teresa Molyneux.

Anniversary
John Finnegan.

Sick
Andy Watson, Mike Page, Noel Moore, Paul Moore, Delia Ariff, Stephen Coffey.

Other
For a Special Intention, All Holy Souls in Purgatory (Throughout September)
Special Intention for Surgery, Relations of the Moore Family with Health Problems.

This week, the Sanctuary Lamp burns for:

A Special Intention.

This week, Our Lady’s Lamp burns for:

Francesco Chiodo,
Monsignor Thomas
Mulheran and
Ronald Mills Fitton.

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: 21st September 2025