Weekly News 29/10/2023
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A When you look at something like the Catechism of the Catholic Church, and see its 691 pages, or look at the 2,000 pages of the big Jerusalem Bible, you can be forgiven for thinking that Christianity is a complicated affair. But Jesus reminds us today that it is […]
Weekly News 22/10/2023
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A Everyone on this earth belongs to God. All are made in his image. Therefore it is right that all men and women, ‘from the rising to the setting of the sun’, should know the God to whom they belong. The only desire of our God is that all […]
Bishops Letter
DIOCESE OF SALFORD Pastoral Letter of the Right Reverend John Arnold, Bishop of Salford To be read and distributed in all Parishes on the weekend of 14th/15th October 2023 (Download Copy Here) Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, What is God asking of us, as the community of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of […]
Weekly News 15/10/2023
28th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A The Church’s year is drawing to a close: in a few weeks we will be thinking very clearly about the end of time – but here we have a preview. The parable of the banquet is a link between the Gospels of recent weeks (which have as their […]
Weekly News 08/10/2023
27th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A Today we focus on the vineyard: frequently we see the vineyard as an image or parable of the Kingdom of God. A vineyard takes a great deal of work, throughout the year; it must be tended, watered, pruned, cared for if there is to be any fruit – […]
News and Views October 2023
News & Views October 2023 In 2020 on the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary (7th October) Pope Francis said. “Today is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary. I invite everyone to rediscover, especially during this month of October, the beauty of the prayer of the rosary, which has nourished the faith […]
Weekly News 01/10/2023
26th Sunday in Ordinary Time -Year A Once a sinner, always a sinner. That seems to be the attitude of the self-righteous in the first reading and the Gospel; they object that God is unjust, because he gives sinners another chance. But God tells them quite clearly that such attitudes are the real injustice – […]
Weekly News 24/09/2023
25th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A We can never hope fully to understand God: especially God’s generosity. We are very good at working out who is deserving of good fortune and who is not – unfortunately for us, Gods gifts go to those God chooses, not those we choose. An example is forgiveness: those […]
Retreats at the Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning
We have been asked to advertise a series of Retreats at the Monastery of Our Lady of Hyning taking place in the next few months, full details are within the posters on our Facebook pages.
Weekly News 17/09/2023
24th Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year A Jesus tells a dramatic story in the Gospel, to make a very important point: the desperate need in our world for forgiveness and reconciliation. How many chances do we give each other? As many as seven? How often do we shut doors on people, even family and friends, […]