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Friday, 15 August 2025

20th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 17th August 2025

 
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Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Catlow Hall Street, Oswaldtwistle
Lancashire
BB5 3EZ
 
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. S D O'Brien
Parish Administrator: Ciara Kelly
Tel: 01254-232433
Email: stmarysoswaldtwistle@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Sunday 17th August 2025
20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
 
Masses & Liturgies for the following week ...
 
Friday 15th August
SOLEMNITY OF THE ASSUMPTION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Holy Day of Obligation
'It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death. It was fitting that she, who had carried the Creator as a child at her breast, should dwell in the divine tabernacles… it was fitting that God's Mother should possess what belongs to her Son and that she should be honoured by every creature as the Mother and the Handmaid of God." - St John Damascene
9:30am The Holy Rosary
10am Mass
5pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass
 
Saturday 16th August
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
10am Votive Mass of Our Lady (In the Lady Chapel)
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Sunday 17th August
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Tuesday 19th August
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Weekday Mass, (Feria)
 
Wednesday 20th August
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Mass, Saint Bernard, Abbot and Doctor of the Church (Memoria)
St. Bernard was born near Citeaux in 1090. He joined the monastery there in 1111. His presence revitalised the Cistercian house and he became abbot of nearby Clairvaux; much in demand for his advice, he worked to overcome the divisions in the Church.
 
  
Thursday 21st August
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Mass, Saint Pius X, Pope (Memoria)
St. Pius X was born in Riese (Italy) into a poor family in 1835, he was ordained and worked as parish priest for 17 years before bring made spiritual director at the seminary, then bishop of Mantua, patriarch of Venice and finally Pope in 1903. He sought to renew Christian life, by emphasising charity and the Eucharist; he worked to avoid war in 1914, but died shortly after its outbreak.
 
Friday 22nd August
1pm Nuptial Mass for Jacqueline Fofah & Martin McAloon
 
 
Saturday 23rd August
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
10am Votive Mass of Our Lady (In the Lady Chapel)
"Mary means Star of the sea, for as mariners are guided to port by the ocean star, so Christians attain to glory through Mary's maternal intercession." - St. Thomas Aquinas
 
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Sunday 24th August  
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for the 21st Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
 
Sanctuary Lamp
This week (16th August – 22nd August), the Sanctuary Lamp is for Michael Solmon.
Our Lady's Lamp
This week (16th August – 22nd August), Our Lady's Lamp is for Kath and Brian Westwell.
 
Last Week's Offertory Collection
£527.98. Thank you for your kind generosity.
 
 
Cemetery Mass at St Mary's, Wardley
A Mass to remember loved ones who have died will be taking place at 11am on Monday 25th August (Bank Holiday) at St Mary's Cemetery, Wardley. All are welcome to join as we come together in faith to remember our loved ones. 
 
Ecological Rosary at the Laudato Si' Centre 
Join us at the Diocese of Salford's Laudato Si' Centre on Wednesday 3rd September as we gather together to pray the Rosary with ecological reflections. This event is a wonderful opportunity to connect with others in prayer and to enjoy the beauty of God's creation. Email laudatosi@dioceseofsalford.org.uk to find out more and to register.
 
Jubilee of Youth
Our Jubilee of Jubilee series continues this August by following the journey of young adults of our diocese who travelled to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of Youth. From radio broadcasts, to video reflections, and written articles, this month's resources invite you to journey with our young pilgrims as they learn more about discovering and sharing the hope of Christ throughout our pilgrimage of life. Begin reflecting with us today at https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/news/jubilee-2025/calendar/
 
Job Vacancies
The Diocese of Salford is recruiting for a number of roles in the diocesan property team, as well as in our parish clubs. To find out more, please visit https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/news/vacancies/
 
 

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Friday, 8 August 2025

19th Sunday in Ordinary Time - Sunday 10th August 2025

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Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Catlow Hall Street, Oswaldtwistle
Lancashire
BB5 3EZ
 
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. S D O'Brien
Parish Administrator: Ciara Kelly
Tel: 01254-232433
Email: stmarysoswaldtwistle@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Sunday 10th August 2025
19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
 
Masses & Liturgies for the following week ...
 
5pm – 5:45pm Adoration of Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass, Saint Dominic, Priest (Memoria)
St. Dominic, born in 1170 in Spain, Dominic became a priest and after strenuous preaching against the Albigensians he founded the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) to continue his work. He died in 1221.
 
Saturday 9th August
10am Mass, Saint Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, Virgin & Martyr, Patron of Europe (Feast)
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross was born in Germany in 1891. She was killed with her sister Rosa in the gas chamber of Auschwitz in 1942. A convert from Judaism, she became a Discalced Carmelite and embraced in her life the cross of Christ.
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Sunday 10th August
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for the 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Monday 11th August
10am Requiem Mass for Geoffrey Cronshaw RIP
 
Tuesday 12th August
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Weekday Mass, (Feria)
 
Wednesday 13th August
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Weekday Mass, (Feria)
 
 
Thursday 14th August
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Mass, Saint Maximilian Mary Kolbe, Priest & Martyr (Memoria)
St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe was born in Poland in 1894. He became a Franciscan in 1910. Arrested by the invading German forces in 1939 and sentenced to heavy labour in the extermination camp at Auschwitz. When a married man was chosen to be executed, Maximilian volunteered to take his place. He was killed by lethal injection on 14th August 1941. He was canonised in 1982 in the presence of the man whose life he saved.
 
 
Friday 15th August
Holy Day of Obligation
'It was fitting that she, who had kept her virginity in childbirth, should keep her own body free from all corruption even after death. It was fitting that she, who had carried the Creator as a child at her breast, should dwell in the divine tabernacles… it was fitting that God's Mother should possess what belongs to her Son and that she should be honoured by every creature as the Mother and the Handmaid of God." - St John Damascene
9:30am The Holy Rosary
10am Mass
5pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass
 
Saturday 16th August
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
10am Votive Mass of Our Lady (In the Lady Chapel)
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Sunday 17th August
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for the 20th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
 
Sanctuary Lamp
This week (9th August – 15th August), the Sanctuary Lamp is for Margaret & Maureen Westwell.
Our Lady's Lamp
This week (9th August – 15th August),  Our Lady's Lamp is for Heather Kelly.
 
Last Week's Offertory Collection
£476.36. Thank you for your kind generosity.
 
Welcome Fr. Adam
 
 
Prayer Visitor Description
A Prayer Visitor (PV) is a parishioner, in good standing with the Church, who has gone through the appropriate safeguarding checks (DBS & Salford Diocesan Volunteer Registration) and has had some initial formation from the parish priest.
The parish priest will direct the PV to an individual within the parish who would find a lot of support and encouragement through having other believers pray with them. A PV would attend a person that the parish priest has first met and assessed, and they would visit with another PV - always in twos never on their own.
 A PV is not a social worker, a home help service or a messenger. The sole task of two PV's visiting is simply to pray with another person within the parish boundaries.
"For where two or three are gathered in my name, there am I among them."  Mathew. 18:20
If you would like to be considered as a Prayer Visitor, then please make contact with Fr. O'Brien via the parish office – stmarysoswaldtwistle@dioceseofsalford.org.uk 
 
The Feast of Saint Monica
This Feast of St. Monica this year falls on Wednesday 27th August.  As we know, St. Monica was a devoted wife and mother who earnestly prayed for her family to return to the Church. Her prayers were expressed in words and tears that came straight from the heart, asking Our Lord to bring her family, especially her son Augustine, back to the Faith. As Brandon Vogt comments:      
"St. Monica exemplifies the power of a praying parent. She wasn't able to convince Augustine with words, and in fact, whenever she tried to talk to him about religion, he brushed her away. But through her daily, committed intercession, over more than fifteen years, Augustine was able to journey into the Church."
We all know people, especially loved ones, family and friends, who struggle with the Faith and who have lapsed for all kinds of reasons. Let's come together on Wednesday 27th August to ask St. Monica's intercession to bring them home to the Lord. The Holy Mass will be celebrated at 7pm followed by the opportunity to venerate a relic of St. Monica and invoke her aid. Her statue, placed on the sanctuary, will have a prayer box in front of it where people are invited to write the names of family and friends and place them in the box asking for St. Monica's intercession. All are welcome and do spread the word so that others may know and come.
 
Date for you Diaries…
St. Mary's Parish Feast & Celebration, Friday 5th September – Monday 8th September 2025.
Friday 5th September: Day of Healing 6pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions. 7pm Healing Mass, with the Sacrament of the Sick and a Eucharist Healing Procession.  
Saturday 6th September: Day of Intercession 9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions, 10am Votive Mass of Our Lady, 6pm The Holy Rosary, 6:30pm the Vigil Mass followed by a Torchlight Procession to the Grotto
Sunday 7th September: Day of Resurrection 9:30am The Holy Rosary, 10am Mass beginning with the procession of the statue of Our Lady of Oswaldtwistle around the church,
Monday 8th September: Day of Celebration 9:30am The Holy Rosary, 10am Feast Day Mass, 1pm Celebratory Afternoon Tea (More details to follow), 6pm Feast Day Mass
If any parishioners would like to volunteer their time and facilitate an event, especially on the Sunday afternoon, they are more than welcome to. Please see Fr. O'Brien to share what you would like to do. Our Lady of Oswaldtwistle, pray for us.  
 
Marriage Support & Healing
 
Ecological Rosary at the Laudato Si' Centre
 
Jubilee of Youth
 
Job Vacancies
 
 

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Friday, 25 July 2025

17th Sunday in Ordinary Time Sunday 27th July 2025

 
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Saint Mary's Roman Catholic Church
Catlow Hall Street, Oswaldtwistle
Lancashire
BB5 3EZ
 
Parish Priest: Rev. Fr. S D O'Brien
Parish Administrator: Ciara Kelly
Tel: 01254-232433
Email: stmarysoswaldtwistle@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Sunday 27th July 2025
17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
 
Masses & Liturgies for the following weeks ...
 
Friday 25th July
5pm – 5:45pm Adoration of Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass, Saint James, Apostle (Feast)
St. James was born at Bethsaida, son of Zebedee and brother of John; he was killed by Herod in Jerusalem in about 42 A.D and is especially venerated at Compostella in Spain
 
Saturday 26th July
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
10am Mass, Saints Joachim & Anne, Parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Memoria)
Ss. Joachim & Anne are the names traditionally given to the parents of Our Lady, grandparents of Jesus.
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Sunday 27th July
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for the 17th Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Tuesday 29th July
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass, Ss Martha, Mary and Lazarus (Memoria)
St. Martha received the Lord into her house and provided for his needs while Mary hung on his every word. Lazarus was raised from death by Jesus.
 
Wednesday 30th July
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Weekday Mass (Feria)
 
Thursday 31st July
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Mass, Saint Ignatius of Loyola, Priest (Memoria)
St. Ignatius was born in 1491. After life in the army, he converted to a deep spiritual life. He studied in Paris and gathered companions around himself, who later became the Society of Jesus (Jesuits). They were effective in teaching and evangelising. He died in 1556.
 
Friday 1st August
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass, Saint Alphonsus Liguori, Bishop & Doctor of the Church (Memoria)
St. Alphonsus Liguori, after a career as a lawyer, he became a priest and founded the Redemptorists. He wrote on Moral Theology and was vigorous in combating Jansenism. He died in 1787.
 
Saturday 2nd August
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
10am Mass, Saint Peter Julian Eymard, Priest (Memoria)
followed by the veneration of a relic of St. Peter Julian
St. Peter Julian was born in France in 1811 and ordained a priest in 1834. He founded the Priests of the Blessed Sacrament who were dedicated to fostering devotion to the Eucharist. He died in 1868.
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Sunday 3rd August
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for the Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Tuesday 5th August
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass, Dedication of the Basilica of St. Mary Major (Memoria) (In the Lady Chapel)
The doctrine of Mary, Mother of God was proclaimed as the Council Ephesus (431 A.D.); Pope Sixtus III erected a Basilica on the Esquiline Hill in Rome to honour her which became later known as Saint Mary Major.
 
Wednesday 6th August
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Mass for the Transfiguration of the Lord
10:25am – 10:35am Devotions to Saint Joseph
(At the foot of the parish statue of St. Joseph, see below for more details)
 
Thursday 7th August
9:15am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
10am Weekday Mass (Feria)

Friday 8th August
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass, Saint Dominic, Priest (Memoria)
St. Dominic, born in 1170 in Spain, Dominic became a priest and after strenuous preaching against the Albigensians he founded the Order of Preachers (Dominicans) to continue his work. He died in 1221.
 
Sanctuary Lamp
This week (26th July – 1st August), the Sanctuary Lamp is for Mary Rogan
Next Week (2nd August – 8th August), the Sanctuary Lamp is for Mr & Mrs Wolstenholme
 
Our Lady's Lamp
Next Week (2nd August – 8th August), Our Lady's Lamp is for Winnie & Tom Ryan
 
Last Week's Offertory Collection
£648.54. Thank you for your kind generosity.
 
Devotions to Saint Joseph
On Wednesday 6th August there will be the first Wednesday devotions to St. Joseph after the 10am Mass (at the foot of his statue at the back of church). The devotions will include praying the Litany of St. Joseph, the Memorare of St. Joseph and the Prayer of the Holy Cloak Novena. In these devotions our prayer is to ask St. Joseph to pray for our parish family and for those who have wandered away from the Church, that they may return and find a warm welcome.
 
Knights of St Columba Pilgrimage to Ladyewell 
This weekend Mr Brian Heap from the Accrington Knights of St Columba, will be available at the end of the Sat 6:30pm Vigil and Sun 10am Mass to answer any questions about the pilgrimage to Our Lady's Shrine at Ladyewell near Preston on the 14th August. He will also have tickets for those who would like to go at £10pp.  
Who are the Knights of St Columba? 
The Knights of Saint Columba is a Catholic fraternal service organisation and the largest of its kind in the United Kingdom. Founded in Glasgow in 1919, it is named in honour of Saint Columba, a Christian missionary from Ireland who helped to introduce Christianity to people in Northern Britain. We are dedicated to the principles of Charity, Unity and Fraternity and have more than 4,000 members in over 300 Councils across England, Scotland and Wales. 
Membership 
Membership is limited to practising Catholic men aged 16 or older. We exist to support the mission and the social doctrine of the Catholic Church and at the same time to work for the "spiritual and material good of its members and their families". We are a founder member of the International Alliance of Catholic Knights. We follow the social teachings of the Catholic Church and work for the moral and social welfare of our communities and in particular to help the development of young people. Our members strive to achieve all these aims through charity, unity and fraternity.  For more information about the Knights please see Brian Heap at the end of the weekend Masses.     
 
The Feast of Saint Monica 
This Feast of St. Monica this year falls on Wednesday 27th August.  As we know, St. Monica was a devoted wife and mother who earnestly prayed for her family to return to the Church. Her prayers were expressed in words and tears that came straight from the heart, asking Our Lord to bring her family, especially her son Augustine, back to the Faith. As Brandon Vogt comments:        
"St. Monica exemplifies the power of a praying parent. She wasn't able to convince Augustine with words, and in fact, whenever she tried to talk to him about religion, he brushed her away. But through her daily, committed intercession, over more than fifteen years, Augustine was able to journey into the Church." 
We all know people, especially loved ones, family and friends, who struggle with the Faith and who have lapsed for all kinds of reasons. Let's come together on Wednesday 27th August to ask St. Monica's intercession to bring them home to the Lord. The Holy Mass will be celebrated at 7pm followed by the opportunity to venerate a relic of St. Monica and invoke her aid. Her statue, placed on the sanctuary, will have a prayer box in front of it where people are invited to write the names of family and friends and place them in the box asking for St. Monica's intercession. All are welcome and do spread the word so that others may know and come. 
 
 Date for you Diaries… 
St. Mary's Parish Feast & Celebration, Friday 5th September – Monday 8th September 2025. 
Friday 5th September: Day of Healing 6pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions. 7pm Healing Mass, with the Sacrament of the Sick and a Eucharist Healing Procession.    
Saturday 6th September: Day of Intercession 9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and Confessions, 10am Votive Mass of Our Lady, 6pm The Holy Rosary, 6:30pm the Vigil Mass followed by a Torchlight Procession to the Grotto 
Sunday 7th September: Day of Resurrection 9:30am The Holy Rosary, 10am Mass beginning with the procession of the statue of Our Lady of Oswaldtwistle around the church,  
Monday 8th September: Day of Celebration 9:30am The Holy Rosary, 10am Feast Day Mass, 1pm Celebratory Afternoon Tea (More details to follow), 6pm Feast Day Mass 
If any parishioners would like to volunteer their time and facilitate an event, especially on the Sunday afternoon, they are more than welcome to. Please see Fr. O'Brien to share what you would like to do. Our Lady of Oswaldtwistle, pray for us.    
 
The Friendship Club
The Friendship Club which meets on the first Wednesday of each month will have an Italian Themed afternoon for our upcoming meeting on the 6th August and we will be signing up for our trip to the coast in September. Everyone is welcome. For more information, please call Susan on 01254 384694.
 
Family Forest Fun Mornings 
Gather the family together to celebrate God's creation with Family Forest Fun Mornings at the Diocese of Salford's Laudato Si' Centre. Taking place between 10am-12.30pm over the first three Tuesdays of August, these sessions are packed with a range of activities that teach us more about the wonder of creation. Find out more and register at https://laudatosicentre.org.uk/events/family-forest-fun-mornings/
 
Jubilee for Social Justice Event (with free transport offer)
The Caritas Social Action Network will be hosting a Jubilee of Social Justice for all those interested in Catholic social action.  The event takes place on Saturday 20 September from 12noon at Liverpool Met Cathedral and will include Mass with Most Rev. Malcolm McMahon OP Emeritus Archbishop of Liverpool, followed by light lunch, a social action exhibition, and reflections from leaders in Catholic Social Action.  Our diocesan charity Caritas Salford is providing a free coach for those from our diocese who are interested in attending.  Find out more or book a place by visiting their website: www.caritassalford.org.uk/SocialJusticeJubilee
 
Hope for our Common Home Pilgrimage
There are just a few places left for our Hope for our Common Home Pilgrimage, taking place on Thursday 25 September. Organised in partnership with the Columban Missionaries of Britain, this nine-mile walking pilgrimage invites you to spend the day in prayer and reflection on the beauty of God's creation and how we are called to care for the world and each other. The day begins with a short prayer service at the Laudato Si' Centre and ends with Mass at the cathedral's temporary church. Find out more and register at https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/columban-pilgrimage-register/
 
 

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