The Right To Pray Together In A Crisis
Diocese of Salford The Right To Pray Together In A Crisis Places of worship are essential. Acts of communal worship should be allowed in them in any future Lockdown or tiered system of restrictions. We recognise that the current national measures are a matter of public health. They are to promote the flourishing, well-being and […]
Preparing the Way – Advent at Home Resources
Preparing the Way – Advent at Home Resources Advent is the liturgical season that precedes and prepares us for Christmas. It is a season of hope and of longing, of joyful expectation and of peaceful preparation. Advent is that time of the year when we look forward in eager anticipation for his return in glory […]
Weekly News 22/11/2020
OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE Shepherd-King oer mountain steep, homeward guide thy wandring sheep. This hymn which we will probably sing today captures the readings perfectly: our King is not a cruel tyrant or despot, but a shepherd who loves his flock, who would (and did) give his life for them. Love […]
Weekly News 15/11/2020
33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time We must be very careful that the real point of todays first reading is not washed away in genuine concerns over what one can and cannot say about the responsibilities of spouses. This is not, in fact, a recipe for the perfect wife, but an illustration, from one age, of […]
Weekly News 08/11/2020
Watch early for wisdom: wise words, and ones that the foolish bridesmaids of the Gospel should have taken to heart. This is the ultimate in putting off till tomorrow…, since the reading is about the end of time, when the Son of Man will come again. Then there will be no tomorrow. If a thing […]
Open for Private Prayer
Open for Private Prayer Arrangements are now in place for our Church to be open for Private Prayer with adoration before the Blessed Sacrament on Mondays and Wednesdays from 11.00am until 12.00 noon. This will start on Monday 9th November. Please maintain social distancing and follow the instructions from the stewards when attending. There […]
News & Views November 2020
News & Views November 2020 The month of November is dedicated to the Souls in Purgatory, whose feast is celebrated on November 2. With the exception of the last two days, the entire month of November 2020 falls during the liturgical season known as Ordinary Time, which is represented by the liturgical color green. This […]
Weekly News 01/11/2020
All Saints Year A “A huge number, impossible to count” – that is the picture this Solemnity creates. In every age there have been men and women who have followed the Lord faithfully, and who now rejoice in the Liturgy of Heaven, as they stand before the throne of the Lamb. These are the “anonymous” […]
Weekly News 25/10/2020
30th Sunday in Ordinary Time 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 essentially very […]
News 18/10/2020
29th Sunday in Ordinary Time 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 should know […]