SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER (YEAR C)
WEEK: MAY 22ND - 28TH 2022
YOUR CHARITABLE PRAYERS are requested for our parishioners and friends, especially those whose names appear below.
SICK: Vivien Higgins; Margaret Lawless; Michael Guilfoyle; Dominic Boardman. Kath Green: Cyril Clarke; Elizabeth Flanagan, Pete McNamara, Angela Marshall, Joseph McConnon, Margaret Cole, Michael Tootill, Rev. Derek Palmer, Breda Barret, Victoria Villaruz, Juanito Auxtero, Joan Killeen, Thomas McLean, Frank O’Donnell, Michael Walsh
LATELY DEAD: Dorothy Sheeran, Doris Wild
ANNIVERSARIES:Paul Lennon, Bessie Beswick, Phil and Ellie McDermott, Dorothy Fogg, Elizabeth Anne and Fred Lees, Clifford Owen
LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION: £818.29
Standing Order: £734.00 a month
CHURCH BOXES / DONATIONS: Foodbank £10.00; CAFOD £10.00
Many thanks for your kind generosity.
ONLINE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARISH:
Our Bank: Barclays Bank - Account Name: TSDT St Mary and St Patrick Oldham; Sort Code 20 55 34; Account Number 50949825; Reference: Contr.
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NOTICES:
All Masses will continue to be live streamed. A link is provided on the Parish website: www.smwsp.org.uk or via the Twitter App (@PhilipSumner13).
The Obligation to attend Mass on Sunday is still suspended until further notice.
| MESSAGE FROM THE BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE RE SUNDAY OBLIGATION Since the beginning of the Covid pandemic, until the present time, we have shared with you our judgment that the situation of the last two years has meant that the Sunday Obligation has been impeded and has needed to be fulfilled in other ways. We thank God that this situation has now changed. The pressing challenges of the pandemic have lessened significantly. Most people have resumed the wide range of normal activities, no longer restricted by the previous Covid measures. We therefore believe that the reasons which have prevented Catholics from attending Mass on Sundays and Holy Days of Obligation no longer apply. We understand there will still be some members of our congregations who, for reasons of health, do not feel safe enough to return to Mass. It has always been the understanding of the Church that when the freedom of any Catholic to attend Mass in person is impeded for a serious reason, because of situations such as ill health, care for the sick or legitimate fear, this is not a breach of the Sunday Obligation. |
DIOCESAN MASS for LGBTQIA+ Catholics - Saturday 28th May, 4pm
St Augustine's Church, Grosvenor Square, Manchester
The next Diocesan Mass for members of the LGBTQIA+ community and their family and friends will be at St Augustine’s Church, Grosvenor Square, Manchester on Saturday 28th May at 4pm. The celebrant and preacher will be Fr Paul Daly. All are welcome.
| FIRST COMMUNIONS We have the final meeting for the St. Patrick’s Group on Saturday 4th June at 10am and then they will make their First Communion the next day (5th June) at 2.30pm. |
LIFE IN THE SPIRIT SEMINARS
This series of seminars began last Friday but you can still join them. The next session is from 6-8pm on Friday 27th May. Fr. Nwachukwu will be the speaker that night. Subsequent sessions will be on each Friday night from 6-8pm, all in St. Patrick’s Church, until the final session, which will be on a Saturday, 25th June at the same time (6-8pm). There will be several different priest speakers over the course of the seminars. There’s a notice at the back of the church with more details.
CONFIRMATION PROGRAMME |
THE READINGS THIS SUNDAY
As Eastertide unfolds, we feel the power and influence of the Spirit growing. This is the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, and the Spirit who brings the Church to birth at Pentecost. As we journey towards Pentecost - the climax of the Easter Season - we should be considering the presence of the Spirit in the Church today: the reconciler of disputes, the solver of problems, true inspiration for the family of God on our journey to the New Jerusalem! From this side, Pentecost is about promise: the Lord at the Last Supper promises that He and the Father will be "at home" with all who keep his words - and it is the Advocate, the Holy Spirit who will remind us of these and all his words. We believe that all Scripture is "inspired" - the word of the Spirit - so as we listen or proclaim this Sunday let us look for the fulfilment of the promise made by the Lord.
LAST SUNDAY’S YOUTH MASS |
THIS WEEK’S FEASTS OR SPECIAL DAYS
Wednesday – 25th May – St Bede the Venerable. Bede was born in 673 and was educated by the Benedictines. He then joined the monastery and began a life of great erudition, producing many writings, particularly on Scripture and on the History of the Church in Britain. He died in 735.
Thursday 26th May – The Ascension of the |Lord (A Holyday of Obligation)
Friday 27th May – the Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury. Augustine was a Benedictine Bishop sent to England from Rome in 597 by Pope Gregory the Great. He converted King Ethelbert and founded the see of Canterbury. He died in 605.
CARITAS SALFORD ANNOUNCES |
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
On Friday 16 September 2022, Caritas Diocese of Salford will once again be holding its Big Sleep Out fundraising event. More details to follow.
WALK FOR CREATION
Following on from its successful climate walk last October, the Diocese of Salford has decided to hold another reflective walk this year.
The walk will take place on Sunday 2nd October. Further details will be announced in due course.
GARDENING FOR WILDLIFE |