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The Catholic Parish of
St. John Henry Newman The churches of the English Martyrs & St. Monica
Parish Priest: Fr. Kieren Mullarkey ([email protected]) The Presbytery, 5 Roseneath Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5AX
Phone: (0161) 7482328
Parish Mobile: 07735817972 Emergencies ONLY
Assistant Priest: Fr. David Quiligotti
Parish Admin: Amanda Craven: Wed - Fri (9.30am - 1.30pm). [email protected]
In Residence: Fr. Bernard Charnock (Pastor Emeritus)
Safeguarding Rep: Mr. Bill Smith - 01617484165
Parish Centre: Mrs. Filippa Martin 07866583870 or www.urmston_parish_centre.com
FACEBOOK: Blessed John Henry Newman TWITTER: @padrekieren WEBSITE: www.ourparish.info
16th Sunday of Ordinary Time Sunday 19th July 2020
Year A, Weekday Cycle 2, Psalter Week 4
SPECIFIC PROCEDURES FOR THE
DIOCESE OF SALFORD
Funerals and Weddings should be limited to 30 guests, or less if the stated capacity of a church is less than 30. These liturgies may include Mass with all the conditions concerning the distribu-tion of Holy Communion etc. However, the sim-pler form of graveside and crematorium funerals is to be encouraged.
The Sacrament of Baptism should be for one child only on each occasion and should be lim-ited to immediate family and godparents. Those whose child’s baptism had to be postponed can now contact Fr. K to arrange a new date.
The Celebration of First Communions will be delayed until the autumn, at the earliest, I have already sent out proposed new dates for the Ho-ly Communion Masses. Please note that large numbers of people are often invited, many of whom are not familiar with the church and litur-gical practice and this may easily lead to a com-promise of the requirements of social-distancing and misunderstandings about the reception of Communion. Therefore numbers will have to be initially restricted to immediate family.
Dear Parishioners,
Sadly the ancient heresies of the Church are no longer taught in schools, if they were we would be able to avoid such error to-day.
One such heresy is called Donatism, a heresy that taught that the Church existed only for the pure, perfect and holy (it would be a very small Church), and that sinners have no place in it.
Sadly, - and occasionally I even find myself doing it - we see shadows of this heresy in the Church today, especially when people who do not quite meet the Christian ideal, feel unwel-come or judged by the Church and her members.
However, the Church is not an oasis of holiness, the Church is a divinely established instrument (or body) given to the world so that we can attain holiness; it draws us, shapes us and points us towards Jesus, Himself.
Remember it is Jesus who points out in Luke 5:31 “It is not the healthy who need a doctor, but the sick”.
The Gospel today reminds us that the Church - God’s beloved family - is made up of wheat and darnel, saints and sinners.
Both are needed for the Church to be.
There is a phrase that we should all become familiar with: Every saint has a past, every sinner has a future!
It is through the Church we let go of our past, it is through the Church, as both saints and sinners, that we look eagerly to the future as we respond together to the Lord’s call to holiness.
God Bless
Fr. Kieren
16th Week of Ordinary Time (A)
English Martyrs’ Church (EM)
St. Monica’s Church (SM)
Tues
9.30am
12pm
21
Mass - English Martyrs’
Funeral - Jean Hallows - Manchester Crematorium
Wed
9.30am
22 St. Mary Magdalene - Memorial
Mass - English Martyrs’
Thurs
9.30am
23 St. Bridget of Sweden - Feast
Mass - St. Monica’s
Fri
9.30am
24
Mass - St. Monica’s
Sat
10.00am
11.00am
5.30pm
25 St. James - Feast
Sacrament of Reconciliation - before the statue of Our Lady.
Mass - English Martyrs’
Vigil Mass - St. Monica’s
Sun
9.30am
11.30am
26 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass - St. Monica’s
Mass - St. Monica’s
Masses & Prayers Received/Requested
Lately Dead Requiescat in pace
Philomena O’Connor,
Intention a special intention, Caroline Gitu - birthday, Melissa Roberts - birthday
Anniversaries
James Coulson, Paul Dobson, Thomas & Nora Haugh, Micko Keane, Nellie & Hannah Keane, Jennie Quinn.
Sick Please send names to be included on the sick list directly to Fr. Kieren. Please note that the sick list will be deleted at the end of each month.
Maureen O’Connor, Judith Lee, Marie Burns, Bridget Caunce, Nich-olas Behan, Colette Keck, Michael Donnelly, David Brock, John Nolan, Michelle Clegg, , Tina Welch, Nary Hughes, Sylvia King, Maureen Whalley, Kath Royle
Sanctuary Candles
Tabernacle Candle
All Priests & Parish Stewards
Our Lady’s candle The Greening family
Sacrament of Confirmation registration forms are now available. If your child is currently in Yr7 and would like to receive the sacrament in April 2021 please email Fr. Kieren and he will send you a registration form for com-pletion.
Sacramental programme 2020 - 21 registration forms now ready for collection and completion. Please email Fr. K to request a form. Forms must be returned by 1st July - although there will be a little flexibility!
Prayer Resources for this Sunday https://mcusercontent.com/76e219dab8653b775ba8aac4c/files/68ee6452-daef-49ed-946b-121396436a22/
LDAH_Ordinary_16A.pdf
God Who Speaks BBC Radio 4 Programme A Leeds diocese Deacon, Henry Longbottom, will be co-leading BBC Radio 4’s Sunday Worship Programme this Sunday 19th July. on the theme of the ‘God who Speaks’. The programme begins at 8.10am. https://
www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000l1w9
C a r i t a s V a c a n c y S U P P O R T W O R K E R 1x 25.9 hours (3.5 days per week) - £19,171 per annum (£6,709 actual salary) Plus Essential Car User Allowance 6 month Fixed Term Contract BASED IN MANCHESTER We are delighted to have secured a grant from The Na-tional Lottery’s emergency COVID-19 Community Sup-port Fund for a 6 month period for a new Support Worker for St Joseph’s Welfare Service. The Support Worker will support isolated older people, who may be vulnerable, living at home in North Manchester. to ad-dress their health and social problems. To apply, please visit the Caritas website www.caritassalford.org.uk for an application pack or contact Rebecca Anderson on 0161
817 2264 or by email [email protected]
LIVE-STREAMED MASSES Live streamed Masses (both Weekday and Sunday) will continue.
Attending Sunday Mass In order to attend Mass, please register your interest and your preferred Mass time, by emailing Amanda (only) by 12 noon on Wednesday or phoning the Presbytery on Wednesday morning. This will help me get an idea of who might want to attend. If you come to Mass one week. Those who live in the same household may share a bench as a family.
Roof repairs at English Martyrs’ Church (scheduled for Easter) will begin on Thursday 23rd July. For the next few weeks most weekday Masses from that date will be moved to St. Monica’s Church - including weekday funer-als. Baptisms will continue to be celebrated at English Martyrs’. Private prayer and adoration - I’ve noticed fewer people are now attending since Public Mass has returned - will cease from this coming Tuesday. Can I thank on behalf of myself and all the parishioners the stewards who have helped me open the church for private prayer and remind them that there help contin-ues to be needed at all Public Masses.
Re-Arranging Baptism if I have had to postpone the baptism of your child because of the lockdown you might want to begin to get in touch so that an alternative date may be arranged.
The Prayer Group of the St John Henry Newman Par-ish meets on Tuesdays at 7.30pm via Zoom. The prayer time is an opportunity to encounter Jesus through praise and worship, reading the Sunday Gospel and discussion, quiet meditation and personal sharing, interceding to-gether. Once you have downloaded the Zoom app, please email one of the prayer group members at the email addresses given below. When contact and your names have been received , you will be sent the link for entering the prayer meeting. [email protected] (or) [email protected]
Catholic students in Yr 6 & the Sacrament of Confirma-tion On behalf of the Deanery Fr. Michael Deas will be writing to your parents (via our primary schools) soon, inviting you to register your interest in participating in the programme leading up to the celebration of the Sac-rament of Confirmation, please return completed forms to Fr. Michael.
We have been working with a charity called ‘The Bread & Butter Thing’. Their objective is to ensure no food goes to landfill and make that food of use to families in Flix-ton. We are looking for volunteers to help hand out the food and would welcome your support. They visit us at St Monica’s church car park every Friday between 1.15 until 2pm. If you are interested please call Lisa Cooke on 07793721924.
Gubay Crisis Fund A sum of £10,000 is available until the end of September from which one-off payments of up to £400 per family can be made to provide immedi-ate relief to families or individuals in crisis (NB: it cannot be used directly to pay utility bills, rent or debts). For further information on the criteria or to apply, please go to: https://www.caritassalford.org.uk/service-view/gubay-fund/
Getting Your Child Baptised
The Code of Canon Law
states: “Parents are
obliged to see to it that in-
fants are bap-tised within
the first weeks after birth”
(867)
This canon, although not practical for many reasons, reminds us of the importance and urgency of the sacrament of Baptism.
As a Parish we follow the Diocesan Baptism Poli-cy:
In order for a baby/child (under the age of 7) to be baptised, the Catholic family, (resident in the Parish of St. John Henry Newman) if not already practising their faith, must begin to attend Sunday Mass for a minimum of at least 6 weeks before a baptism date can be discussed.
To discuss this further please contact Fr. Kieren or speak to him after Sunday Mass. After confirmation of a date for Baptism, a Preparation meeting must be arranged.
For children over 7 and for adults considering be-coming a Catholic please contact Fr. Kieren via the Presbytery Office (0161) 7482328 or via email (see front of newsletter).
CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STRETFOOD FOOD BANK Please place any of the
above items in the grey bin at the back of church. If anyone would like to donate
directly then detail are as follows Stretford Food bank Co-op Bank a/c 65855834
Sort code: 089299.
NEWSLETTER all items for the newsletter must be sent to Fr. K (via email) before 9.00am Thursday morning or sent to Amanda before 12.00pm Wednesday
afternoon.
OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS - DIOCESE OF SALFORD
English Martyrs Wycliffe Road, Urmston.
Head teacher: Mrs Carole Partington (0161) 748 7257
Our Lady of the Rosary Davyhulme Road, Urmston. Head teacher: Miss S. Molloy (0161)748 4626 St. Monica’s Woodsend Road South, Flixton Head teacher: Mrs. Louise Davies (0161) 748 3353 St. Antony’s Catholic College
Bradfield Road, Urmston Head teacher: Mrs. F. Wright
(0161) 911 8001
Parish Groups & Activities
Children’s Church: During ALL the Sunday Masses
SVP: Monday (PC)
Mothers Prayers: Monday 9.45am (JR)
Serra: 1st Tuesday 2.00pm (PC)
Lectio Divina: 3rd Tuesday, 7.15pm (KR)
Toddlers Group: Tuesday 9.30am (JR)
Prayer Group: Tuesday 7.30pm (JR)
Nifty 50’s Tuesday (JR)
Sewing Group: Wednesday9.45am(JR)
OLEM +50 Every 2nd Thursday (PC)
UCM: 1st&3rd Thursday 1.00pm (JR)
Tea & Coffee: After ALL Sunday Masses
IMPACT: Sunday 6.00pm - 7.30pm (JR)
Understanding Confession - The Catechism 1420 - 1425
In language we might all understand
“God forgives us endlessly and the church celebrates this reality through the sacrament of reconciliation. For, even though we are baptized and con-firmed, and even though we are steeped in Eucharist, there remains that tendency within us to "miss the mark," to be selfish and unilateral, to fail to love, a tendency to commit sins. But God never fails to love and the church celebrates this in the sacrament of reconciliation. We call it a sacrament of “conversion” because in celebrating it, we turn our hearts empowered by the Spirit of Love, back to Divine Love through Christ who reveals that Love. We also refer to it as the sacrament of "penance" a term which comes from a Latin word: repere, which suggests a posture of sorrow and a process of change. It is also called “confession” because it is here that we are invited to talk out loud about how we have sinned, and in that talking, recognize the mercy of God which is endless. And it is called the sacrament of “reconciliation,” because it draws us back to balance, it reconnects us to our journey of faith, and it celebrates God’s wonderful love”.
