Sunday 13th November 2022 - Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday 13th November 2022 - Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
 
Masses & Liturgies for the Coming Week…

Saturday 12th November
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
10am Mass, Saint Josaphat, Bishop and Martyr (Celebrated in Lady Chapel)
St. Josaphat: a saint of the Ukraine, honored for his work for the unity of the Church; born in 1580, he became a priest and established a reputation for holiness, becoming archbishop of Polotsk. He worked strenuously to end disturbances between the Latin and Byzantine Rites in his diocese, but was killed in a religious riot in 1623.      
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for the Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

Sunday 13th November
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for the Thirty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time (Remembrance Sunday)
2pm Blessing Graves at Accrington Cemetery

Tuesday 15th November
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Mass (Feria)

Wednesday 16th November
10am Mass (Feria)
Some of the children from St. Oswald's School will be joining us for Mass. They will bring to the Altar their school Book of Remembrance with the names of loved ones who have died.
1:45pm Sacred Heart School Remembrance Liturgy
The school would like to invite all parishioners to join the school community praying for all those who have died and had special connections to the former Sacred Heart Parish and School.        

Thursday 17th November
10am Requiem Mass for Bernard Robinson RIP
 
Friday 18th November
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
6pm Parish Requiem Mass
For all those parishioners who have died throughout the years and for all those names who are in the Holy Souls Box – Everyone is welcome to this powerful prayer       

Saturday 19th November
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
10am Votive Mass of Our Lady (Celebrated in Lady Chapel)
 'Never be afraid of loving the Blessed Virgin too much.
You can never love her more than Jesus did.' - St. Maximilian Kolbe  
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass for Christ the King

Sunday 20th November
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass for Christ the King
2:30pm Blessing Graves at Dill Hall Cemetery

Sanctuary Lamp
This week (12th November - 19th November), the Sanctuary Lamp burning in prayer before the Tabernacle is for Richard & Gertrude Henry and Cathleen Haworth.

Last Week's Offertory Collection
£575.30. Thank you for your kind generosity.

The Daughters of Divine Love Appeal at St. Mary's:
Next weekend we warmly welcome Sister Ann Ugoh from the Daughters of Divine Love who will be speaking at our weekend Masses. Annually the Bishop gives permission for one religious order, each year, to make their charity appeal. This year he has invited the Daughters of Divine Love to make their appeal in all parishes throughout the diocese.  
The Daughters of Divine Love is an International Congregation founded in Nigeria in 1969 and a member of the Missionary Sisters of England and Wales. They educate, care for, and add value to the lives of the less privileged in society. Their charity home in Nigeria provides care and education for orphans, motherless, abandoned children, street children/teenagers, and children with special needs. Their aim is always to serve the less privileged and the marginalized in society. In everything that they do, the love of Christ impels them to respond to the cry of the poor and the vulnerable with concrete actions.
Over this last year Sister Ann has been a frequent visitor to St. Mary's and has used our parish as a base when visiting the various churches throughout this part of Lancashire. She is very much a devout and joyful disciple whose faith in Our Lord is both inspiring and affirming. You'll enjoy meeting her.    

Thank You
Thank you to the pupils at Sacred Heart and St. Oswald's schools who led us in our bidding prayers at our annual Friday 'Remembrance Service' outside the Pieta statue. Thank you also to Anthony Flanagan who sang 'Willie McBride', that poignant song that evokes so much especially after the national two minute silence.      

The Sacrament of Confirmation
If there are any younger members of the parish family who are 12years + and would like to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation or want to know more about it then please see Fr. O'Brien at the end of a weekend Mass. It's a sacrament that is life changing and affirming.

Appeal: Parish Christmas Raffle Prizes
At the start of Advent (26th/27th November) we are hoping to sell tickets for our St. Mary's Christmas Raffle and are asking parishioners for any items they would be happy to donate. We have  at the moment, even before our appeal has started, the following:
£150 voucher for CarpetMarket, Burnley (floorcoverings)
Fortnum & Mason Champagne and Port in presentation box
Do you work for a company/business who would be happy and open to offering vouchers, treatments, meals, or gift tokens etc. as prizes? Any donations that people can generously give, please leave with the stewards at the back of church.              

November: Month of the Holy Souls
From the Catechism: How do the dead rise?
997. What is "rising"? In death, the separation of the soul from the body, the human body decays and the soul goes to meet God, while awaiting its reunion with its glorified body. God, in his almighty power, will definitively grant incorruptible life to our bodies by reuniting them with our souls, through the power of Jesus' Resurrection.

998. Who will rise? All the dead will rise, "those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of judgment."

999. How? Christ is raised with his own body: "See my hands and my feet, that it is I myself"; but he did not return to an earthly life. So, in him, "all of them will rise again with their own bodies which they now bear," but Christ "will change our lowly body to be like his glorious body," into a "spiritual body":
But someone will ask, "How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" You foolish man! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies, and what you sow is not the body which is to be, but a bare kernel ....What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.... the dead will be raised imperishable.... For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality. (1 Corinthians 15:35-37, 42, 52, 53)

1000. This "how" exceeds our imagination and understanding; it is accessible only to faith. Yet our participation in the Eucharist already gives us a foretaste of Christ's transfiguration of our bodies:
Just as bread that comes from the earth, after God's blessing has been invoked upon it, is no longer ordinary bread, but Eucharist, formed of two things, the one earthly and the other heavenly: so too our bodies, which partake of the Eucharist, are no longer corruptible, but possess the hope of resurrection. (Saint Irenaeus)

1001. When? Definitively "at the last day," "at the end of the world." Indeed, the resurrection of the dead is closely associated with Christ's Parousia:
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven, with a cry of command, with the archangel's call, and with the sound of the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.
(1 Thessalonians 4:16)

Holy Souls Box
The month of November is traditionally dedicated to that time when we pray for the Holy Souls. Loved ones, friends, family and the Holy Souls in purgatory who have all died and gone before us marked with the sign of faith. If you would like to have your deceased loved ones prayed for, you are more than welcome to write their names on a piece of paper and place them in the Holy Souls box in front of the Altar throughout November.
Blessing Graves
The last few years have seen our parish join with St. Anne & St. Joseph's in November where we pray for the dead and bless parishioners graves at Accrington cemetery and Dill Hall Cemetery. Fr. Wadsworth, the parish priest of St. Anne and St. Jospeh's, has kindly welcomed us to join them again this year on the following dates:
13th November, Accrington Cemetery at 2:00pm
20th November, Dill Hall Cemetery at 2:30pm

Parish Schools November Liturgies
During November Sacred Heart, St. Mary's and St. Oswald's schools will be creating space and opportunity for pupils and families to pray for all those who have died among friends and family, people they have known and those they haven't.

St. Oswald's School
On Wednesday 16th November pupils from St. Oswald's will join us for the 10am parish Mass and bring forward a book of remembrance with the names of people who have died that they would like to be prayed for.

Sacred Heart School
The school community at Sacred Heart would like to invite all parishioners to join them in the school hall at 1:45pm on Wednesday 16th November where there will be a liturgy praying for all those who have died.

St. Mary's School
On Thursday 17th November St. Mary's school were originally meant to be joining us for our 10am parish Mass where they were to bring forward to the Altar their Book of Remembrance. However, there is now a Requiem Mass that day so we are waiting for the school to confirm a new date.

Parish Requiem Mass
On Friday 18th November at 6pm there will be Requiem Mass for all those who have died in the parish and for all those whose names are in the Holy Souls box in front of the Altar. All are welcome.

Parish Grounds
The drop in temperature and the darker nights can only mean one thing – autumn has arrived! This also means that trees begin to shed their leaves and as we all know we have plenty of trees on the parish grounds. Volunteers are always greatly appreciated with this yearly task and all help is gratefully accepted. Maintaining the paths and keeping them free from leaf debris isn't the most glamorous of jobs but it's an important one for health and safety reasons. If there is a day you are free, or a time you can pop down to church, which is convenient for you, please contact Navada Keenan who helps to facilitate all our parish garden volunteers – email: keenannavada@gmail.com  
I would also like to take this opportunity to thank all those who do so much to keep our church gardens looking pristine and tidy. It is much appreciated. Thank you.     

Sacred Heart School
The school and nursery would like to invite people to come and visit them on their Open Days:  
Tuesday 8th November 10am, 1pm, 4pm
Tuesday 22nd November 10am, 1pm, 4pm
If these are not convenient for you please contact the school to make and appointment.
Tel: (01254) 233 382  or  Email: bursar@sacredheart-church.lancs.sch.uk  

Volunteer Information Evening for Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes
Are you interested in joining our incredible team of volunteers for our 89th diocesan pilgrimage to Lourdes? We're hosting an online information session on Wednesday 30th November  (7pm – 8pm) for anyone who may be interested in volunteering with us when we travel to Lourdes next summer.
You can sign up to the information session by visiting https://tinyurl.com/SalfordLourdes23
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact the Lourdes office on: Lourdes.Pilgrimage@dioceseofsalford.org.uk

Laudato Si' Centre launches #hearthecry campaign ahead of COP27
As we welcome the start of COP27, our very own Laudato Si' Centre is leading a digital campaign to enable schools and families to send a powerful message to world leaders about caring for our common home.
Find out more about how to get involved at www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/hear-the-cry/
 
Independent Listener at Stonyhurst College - Volunteer role
Appointment Type: Voluntary
Location: Stonyhurst College, Stonyhurst, Clitheroe, BB7 9PT
Salary and benefits: Unpaid, voluntary position
About: Stonyhurst College and Stonyhurst St Mary's Hall are looking for an empathetic individual to volunteer as an Independent Listener at our School. Stonyhurst has a system whereby any child who wishes to talk to an independent adult can do so.
For more information about this position, please visit www.stonyhurst.ac.uk/work-at-stonyhurst

Young Adults Mass
Sunday 13th November, 5.30pm, St Augustine's Church, Grosvenor Street, Manchester
Our next Young Adults Mass will take place on Sunday 13th November at St Augustine's, in Manchester. This month, we are delighted to welcome Bishop John Arnold as our main celebrant. Bishop John will also be staying after Mass for a Q&A session at our social Mass will begin at 5.30pm and will be followed by a social. As always, the Sacrament of Confession is available between 4.45 and 5.15pm before Mass. All are very welcome to attend.

Sanctuary Lamp
Prayer is so important and it works! One of the traditions at St. Mary's is to sponsor the sanctuary lamp, that burns for seven days continuously, before the Real Presence of the Lord in the Tabernacle. The prayers behind each lamp are varied and different. Sometimes it burns in memory of a loved one, other times its for somebody who is sick or waiting for results and at other times it's a prayer of thanksgiving or help for a particular situation or person. If you would like to sponsor a lamp to burn in prayer before the Blessed Sacrament then please see one of the stewards at the back of church. They will have a list of dates from December until April next year where you can choose to sponsor a £5 lamp for the week. I will bless each lamp and light it before the Vigil Mass on a Saturday and it will burn for the whole week. Please give your £5 to the stewards on duty when you choose your week.
The new list is now available  

Remembrance - A Light in this World
At certain times of year, such as an anniversary or special occasion, or during November the month of remembrance, we may wish to remember a departed loved one by paying tribute to the legacy they left behind. Why not make a dedication to someone you love , someone you miss, or someone who has no-one else to pray for them at the Caritas Salford 'A Light in this World' dedication page online? A Light in this World (dedicationpage.org) Dedications and tributes received no later than Sunday 20th November will also be included in a book of condolence and prayed for as we celebrate the Caritas Annual Mass of Remembrance on Friday 25th November at St Ann's RC Catholic Church, Stretford.  

Would you like to volunteer at the Laudato Si Centre, Wardley Hall?
The Laudato Si Centre at Wardley Hall is looking for volunteers.  The centre is a statement of environmental hope, rooted in the belief that we can all make a difference through the actions we take.  The work we do at the centre provides the tools and learning needed to enable all to hear and respond to the cry of the earth and cry of the people. We have opportunities to volunteer in our walled garden and woodland, including general gardening activities, maintenance and supporting school and community activities.  We would also love to hear from any retired teachers who would be interested in developing material for our school visits. Please contact laudatosi@dioceseofsalford.org.uk to express an interest.

Volunteering Opportunities
Did you know that Caritas Salford has 263 amazing volunteers, supporting work in local communities across Greater Manchester and Lancashire?  Would you be interested in joining them?  Perhaps you may consider becoming part of our team of Caritas Parish Reps, supporting your parish in its local social action mission?
If you have a few hours to spare each week and would be happy to help Caritas to support people in your community, please get in touch.  There are a range of different opportunities available to meet individual needs and skillsets, and full training and support is given every step of the way.
If you're interested in finding out more, please contact Sashi Thapa on 07939 995 952 or email s.thapa@caritassalford.org.uk

Diocesan Job Vacancies
Parish Administrator (St Charles', Swinton)
Appointment Type: Part-time, permanent
Working hours: 15 hours per week, working pattern to be agreed with Parish Priest
Location: St Charles' Presbytery, Moorside Road, Swinton, M27 9PD
Salary and benefits: £10.23 per hr, 25 holidays, plus statutory bank holidays and 5 Diocesan closure days (subject to pro-rata).
About: The parish of St Ambrose Barlow are looking for a Parish Administrator to provide administrative support to the parish including office administration, secretarial and basic accounting duties.
Please visit www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/news/vacancies/ to apply.

Caritas Job Vacancies
Allotment and Food Bank Coordinator (Lalley Centre)
Appointment Type: Full-time, fixed-term contract for 12 months
Working hours: 37.5 hours per week
Location: The Lalley Centre, Collyhurst, Manchester M40 7RG
Salary and benefits: £27,000, and casual car allowance
About: Caritas are looking for a candidate who, using knowledge of environmental issues, food poverty and growth, will expand existing projects and develop new programmes run within our allotment and food bank to benefit the overall wellbeing of the community. The role will involve working with local organisations in the health, environmental, corporate and voluntary fields to increase the awareness of environmental issues and Caritas projects.
Please visit www.caritassalford.org.uk/careers/ to apply.


God Bless and keep praying.
Our Lady of Oswaldtwistle, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.

Fr. O'Brien