CAFOD COLUMN; development agency of the Catholic Church in England & Wales. Come, Holy Spirit, come

Come, Holy Spirit, come.

Come, Lord, and take over my life

you are true love, love divine.

Flowing and glowing,

brightness in my darkness,

power in my weakness,

peace in my troubled life.

What beauty and purity,

sweet fragrance and harmony

what splendour and wonder,

such joy and glory, Lord.

You are so brilliant and illuming

so caring and comforting,

so gentle and renewing

so patient and liberating,

so motherly and wise.

You are true love, divine Lord,

come and take possession of my soul.

Come, Holy Spirit, come. Amen

Diana Ng-Sutherland/CAFOD

From our parish story: May 1957 Miss Calderwood re-tires after teaching at St. Joseph’s for some years. Work on the new school was progressing. On a Sat-urday in June the Bishop of Salford was to lay the Foundation Stone. June 1957 St. Joseph’s Football Club on tour in Germany. October 1957 Bernard McKenna, head of St. Joseph’s school, is to be the Headmaster of the new school. December 1957 St. Joseph’s 3 v Birtle 1. SJ had ten men; Caton, Morley, Jones, Moran, Beckett, Ingham, Guiver, Price, Hanson, Higgins and Livesey. (any of that winning team at Mass this weekend, let us know)

From the Heywood Advertiser, thanks to John Gwilliam

WORKING together, sharing our time, talent, treasure– the Body

of Christ in Heywood & beyond Thanks for your generosity: Gift Aid: £607.25 Loose: £440.10, De-veloping World Fund: £168.62 and £247.71 (Buildings Fund).

WORD: GROWING IN FAITH & KNOWLEDGE OF FAITH

The next Baptism Preparation Meeting is Sunday June 25th, 6pm, in St. Joseph’s Presbytery. Contact Fr. Paul or Fr. Alf before coming. RCIA/Journey in Faith continues on WEDNESDAY 7th June at 7pm. IF GOD IS CALLING YOU INTO THE CATHOLIC CHURCH, or wish to deepen your understanding of the

Faith, speak to Fr. Paul/Fr. Alf.

WORSHIP AND DISCIPLESHIP

Św. Msza dzisiaj w niedzielę 4-ego cwerca o 16:00. Congratulations to Ria and David who

make their First Holy Communion this weekend, and to the children receiving Our Lord for the first time next weekend. A re-minder that on Sunday June 11th there will be a 9.30am and 11am Mass in both churches.

This week’s Feasts: Mon St Boniface, born in Devon c.675, was killed in Holland 754. Monk, teacher, he evangelised the

German peoples, founding monasteries and dioceses, presiding at Synods and liaising with kings. He was a missionary, church

organiser and reformer, whose work shaped Europe. Tue:St Norbert, born in Germany in 1080, pursued a life of empty

pleasures. In 1115 he had a conversion experience and became a priest. His life attracted others, and the Premonstratensian

(Norbertine) Order began. He became Archbishop of Magdeburg, dying in 1134.

Wed: St. Colman, bishop and abbot of Dromore. St. Robert, abbot of Newminster in Northumbria.

Thu: Bl. William Fitzherbert, Archbishop of York and peacemaker. Bl. William Day, monk at the London Chaterhouse,

martyred under Henry VIII.

Fri: St. Ephrem, born in Nisibis (present day Turkey) in 306, ordained deacon, was a writer of homilies, poems and hymns

for the liturgy and called “The Harp of the Holy Spirit”. He died in 373. St Columba or ColmCille, was born Donegal c.521,

dying Iona in 597. He founded monasteries at Derry, Durrow, Kells and Iona, from where he converted much of Western

Scotland, and his followers took the Gospel to Northern England. Bl. Robert Salt, martyr of the London Charterhouse.

WELFARE; HELPING THOSE IN NEED NEAR AND FAR

You are invited to donate any spectacles which you no longer need to the Developing World Group where they can be used by people in countries which need our help. During the week ending June 17th there will be a box at the entrances to each church where they can be left

The next meeting of the St. Vincent de Paul Society is on Wednesday 7th June at 6.30pm in St. Joseph’s Presbytery.

WELCOME: OUR PARISH COMMUNITY Keep in touch via our parish website www.catholicheywood.com New are resources to help your prayer life eg links to St. Beuno’s, each day’s Mass readings, the Prayer of the Church. Any ideas for the website, let Fr Paul know. Congratulations to the winners in the May draw of the 200 Club: 1) £222.50 Eva Deakin 2) £89 Ann Noonan 3) £44.50 Edward Straffon 4) £44.50 Agnes Deboeck The parish received £445. New members always welcome. Let’s get the numbers back to 200 when the first prize will be £250.Monthly payments can be made by cash, cheque or Standing Order. Pay-ments due this weekend.

WITNESS; SPEAKING OUT FOR THE LORD JESUS IN OUR WORLD Don’t forget the General Election on Thursday and the Bishops’ encouragement to us to use our vote prayerfully and wisely, for the peace of the world, the protection of the most vulnerable and for the Common Good.

Ian Boxall is an excellent

speaker and this day will

be of great help to readers,

teachers, catechists and

anyone who

wants to love

the Scriptures

more.

OUR LADY & ST. JOSEPH, HEYWOOD

partner with St. Joseph’s, Numan, Nigeria

Parish Priest: Fr. Paul Daly, Episcopal Vicar for Formation, paul.daly@dioceseofsalford.org.uk Assistant Priest: Fr. Alfred Rebello St. Joseph’s Presbytery, Mary St, OL10 1EG Tel: 369777 Chaplain - Fairfield Hospital: Fr. Andrew Starkie (Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham) Our Lady & St. Paul’s Presbytery, Argyle St, Heywood, PARISH WEBSITE www.catholicheywood.com

From the Catechism of the Catholic Church: (CCC1154-7) The liturgy of the Word is an integral part of sacramental celebrations. To nour-

ish the faith of believers, the signs which accompany the Word of God should

be emphasized: the book of the Word (a lectionary or a book of the Gospels), its

veneration (procession, incense, candles), the place of its proclamation (lectern

or ambo), its audible, intelligible reading, the minister's homily which extends

its proclamation, and the responses of the assembly (acclamations, psalms, lita-

nies, and profession of faith).

The liturgical word and action are inseparable both insofar as they are

signs and instruction and insofar as they accomplish what they signify. When

the Holy Spirit awakens faith, he not only gives an understanding of the Word

of God, but through the sacraments also makes present the "wonders" of God

which it proclaims. The Spirit makes present and communicates the Father's

work, fulfilled by the beloved Son.

"The musical tradition of the universal Church is a treasure of inestima-

ble value, greater even than that of any other art. the main reason for this pre-

eminence is that, as a combination of sacred music and words, it forms a neces-

sary or integral part of solemn liturgy." The composition and singing of inspired

psalms, often accompanied by musical instruments, were already closely linked

to the liturgical celebrations of the Old Covenant. the Church continues and

develops this tradition: "Address one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual

songs, singing and making melody to the Lord with all your heart." "He who

sings prays twice."

Song and music fulfil their function as signs in a manner all the more sig-

nificant when they are "more closely connected with the liturgical action," accord-

ing to three principal criteria: beauty expressive of prayer, the unanimous partici-

pation of the assembly at the designated moments, and the solemn character of the

celebration. In this way they participate in the purpose of the liturgical words and

actions: the glory of God and the sanctification of the faithful: How I wept, deeply

moved by your hymns, songs, and the voices that echoed through your Church!

What emotion I experienced in them! Those sounds flowed into my ears distilling

the truth in my heart. A feeling of devotion surged within me, and tears streamed down my face - tears that did me good.

To ponder: why do we sing?

Mass

Tuesday

St. Norbert

Thursday

Saturday

Our Lady on Saturday

Date Mass, other Services and Parish Events Time

9.30am

Church

St. J

We pray for the Pope’s intention for June: That national leaders may firmly commit

themselves to ending the arms trade, which victimizes so many innocent people.

This weekend we pray for the people of Our Lady of Dolours, Kersal, and the Servite

Friars who minister to them,

For all who live or work on Callandar Sq, Dalkeith Sq, Douglas Sq and Dumfries Walk.

For Eddie Coyle, John Leonard, Marina Gill, Wyn Kay, Dorothy Robinson, Barbara

Jackson, Noreen Dawson, Danny Dowd, the residents of Millfield and all the sick

For Walter Coey, Ferenz Kovacs, Illumina Sanchez, Anicleta Rivera, Miriam Crofts,

Maureen Waters and Winifred Lynskey, Mary Lynskey, and all we remember at this time.

9.30am

11am

11am

1pm

2pm

4pm

St J

OLSP

St J

St J

St J

St J

9am

9.30am

6.15pm

St J

St. J

Rochdale Crem’m

OLSP

Fairfield Hosp’l

St J Presbytery

St. J Presbytery

St J

St J

St J Presbytery

4th JUNE 2017

Mass

Mass

Sung Eucharist

Baptism of Elsie May Tierney

Baptism of Ava Grace Moore

Sw. Msza

11am

12noon

1pm

2pm

6pm

6.30pm

Mass

Mass

Mass

Mass

Baptism of Harley Jacob Bennett

Choral Evensong

PENTECOST SUNDAY

(Whit Sunday)

Monday

St. Boniface

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Mass

Funeral Service for Walter Coey

CTH

Eucharist

Wednesday

Mass

Mass

SVP

RCIA/Journey in Faith

9am

9.30am

10am

7.30pm

7.30pm

9.30am

1pm

6.30pm

7pm

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Mass

Legion of Mary

Confessions

Mass, followed by Novena

Baptism of Charlotte Winifred Aspin & Annabella Sorah

Baptism of Tomasz Jabłonski and Adam Jabłonski

Confessions

Mass

9.30am

9.30am

11am

11am

1pm

4pm

A Sonnet for PENTECOST, by Malcolm Guite Today we feel the wind beneath our wings Today the hidden fountain flows and plays Today the church draws breath at last and sings As every flame becomes a Tongue of praise. This is the feast of fire, air, and water Poured out and breathed and kindled into earth. The earth herself awakens to her maker And is translated out of death to birth. The right words come today in their right order And every word spells freedom and release Today the gospel crosses every border All tongues are loosened by the Prince of Peace Today the lost are found in His translation. Whose mother-tongue is Love, in every nation.

To hear this poem read, click on https://

malcolmguite.wordpress.com/blog/

From Sounding the Seasons, by Malcolm Guite

St J

St J

OLSP

Trinity Methodist

St J

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Mass, followed by refreshments

Funeral Service of Ferenz Kovacs

9am

9.30am

11.50am

Friday

St. Columba, St. Ephrem

St. J

St J

OLSP

St J

St J

St J

St J

OLSP

St J

OLSP

OLSP

St J

NEXT SUNDAY’S (11/6/17) MINISTERS

6.30pm (St J) 9.30am (St. J) 11.00am (OLSP)

Reader 1 J Matthews M Wrigley B Bennion

Reader 2 : P Greenall P Guest D Doyle

E.M. 1 P Greenall P Caffrey L Armstrong

E.M. 2 A Haymes J Horrocks B Doyle

E.M. 3 K Brown G Casey D Dodd

E.M. 4 K Walmsley S Skinner

E.M.5 C Williams L Graham

E.M. 6 M Payne

Pope Francis’ teaching on Marriage, Love and Family Life, Amoris

Laetitia (AL81-3) A child deserves to be born of that love, and not by any other

means, for “he or she is not something owed to one, but is a gift”, which is “the fruit

of the specific act of the conjugal love of the parents”. This is the case because,

“according to the order of creation, conjugal love between a man and a woman, and

the transmission of life are ordered to each other. The Creator made man and woman

share in the work of his creation and, at the same time, made them instruments of his

love, entrusting to them the responsibility for the future of mankind, through the trans

-mission of human life”.

The Synod Fathers stated that “the growth of a mentality that would reduce the

generation of human life to one variable of an individual’s or a couple’s plans is

clearly evident”. The Church’s teaching is meant to “help couples to experience in a

complete, harmonious and conscious way their communion as husband and wife, to-

gether with their responsibility for procreating life. We need to return to the message

of the Encyclical Humanae Vitae of Blessed Pope Paul VI, which highlights the need

to respect the dignity of the person in morally assessing methods of regulating birth.

The choice of adoption or foster parenting can also express that fruitfulness which is a

characteristic of married life”. With special gratitude the Church “supports families

who accept, raise and surround with affection children with various disabilities”.

I feel it urgent to state that, if the family is the sanctuary of life, the place where

life is conceived and cared for, it is a horrendous contradiction when it becomes a

place where life is rejected and destroyed. So great is the value of a human life, and

so inalienable the right to life of an innocent child growing in the mother’s womb,

that no alleged right to one’s own body can justify a decision to terminate that life,

which is an end in itself and which can never be considered the “property” of another

human being. The family protects human life in all its stages, including its last. Con-

sequently, “those who work in healthcare facilities are reminded of the moral duty of

conscientious objection. The Church not only feels the urgency to assert the right to a

natural death, without aggressive treatment and euthanasia”, but likewise “firmly re-

jects the death penalty”. To ponder: how important to us is the right to life?

Pope Francis on Creation, Laudato

sii, (LS 131) I recall that St John Paul II

stressed the benefits of scientific and techno-

logical progress as evidence of “the nobility of

the human vocation to participate responsibly

in God’s creative action”, but that “we cannot

interfere in one area of the ecosystem without

paying due attention to the consequences of

such interference in other areas”. The Church

values the benefits which result “from the

study and applications of molecular biology,

supplemented by other disciplines such as ge-

netics, and its technological application in agri-

culture and industry”. He pointed out that this

should not lead to “indiscriminate genetic ma-

nipulation” which ignores the negative effects

of such interventions. Human creativity cannot

be suppressed. If an artist cannot be stopped

from using his or her creativity,

nor should those who possess

particular gifts for the advance-

ment of science and technology

be prevented from using their

God-given talents for the service

of others. We need constantly to

rethink the goals, effects, overall

context and ethical limits of this

human activity, which is a form

of power involving considerable

risks. To ponder: What are

the goals of science? What are

its ethical limits?

TRINITY SUNDAY