Sunday 13th April 2025
Palm Sunday
Masses & Liturgies for the coming week...
Friday 11th April
3pm Funeral Service for Thomas Wheelan RIP at Accrington Crematorium
5pm – 5:50pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
6pm Lenten Mass
6:30pm Stations of the Cross led by parishioners
Saturday 12th April
9am – 9:50am Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Sacrament of Confession
10am Lenten Mass (Celebrated in Lady Chapel)
6pm The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
6:30pm Vigil Mass of Palm Sunday
Palm Sunday 13th April
9:30am The Holy Rosary for Peace in the World
10am Mass of Palm Sunday
Tuesday of Holy Week 15th April
5pm – 5:30pm Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament & Confessions
5:45pm Lenten Weekday Mass
Wednesday 16th April
Today the Mass of the Sacred Chrism is celebrated at St. Patrick's, Collyhurst. At this Holy Week Liturgy all the priests gather, from around the diocese, to renew their priestly promises before the Bishop. It is also at the Liturgy that the Sacred Oils (Catechumen, Chrism, Infirm) are blessed by the Bishop for the coming year.
Maundy Thursday 17th April
7:30pm Mass of the Lord's Supper & Washing of Feet
8:30pm Watching at the Altar of Repose
9:30pm Night Prayer
Good Friday 18th April
(Day of Fasting & Abstinence)
8:30am – 10am Confessions
10am Stations of the Cross
3pm Solemn Liturgy of the Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ
Holy Saturday 19th April
8:30pm The Easter Vigil
Easter Sunday 20th April
9:30am The Holy Rosary
10am Easter Mass
Sanctuary Lamp
This week (12th April – 19th April), the Sanctuary Lamp is for Phylis Clayton.
Our Lady's Lamp
This week (12th April – 19th April), Our Lady's Lamp is for Doreen Robinson.
Last Week's Offertory Collection
£638.96. Thank you for your kind generosity.
Good Friday Collection
The Bishop has reminded us of the mandatory collection on Good Friday for the places of Palestine, which supports the life of the Church in the Holy Land.
Divine Mercy Sunday
Join us for Divine Mercy Devotions, Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, Confessions and Holy Mass on Sunday 27th April at 2pm.
Date for your Diary!
This year the Solemnity of St George, which falls in Easter week (23rd April), has been transferred to Monday 28th April. As St. George is the patron Saint of our country Mass will be at 10am followed by a late morning breakfast of coffee and croissants, very traditionally English refreshments! Don't worry, there will be tea as well. St. George patron saint of England pray for us.
Parish Easter Egg Raffle
Tickets are available from the stewards desk at the back of church - £1 a ticket or £5 a strip.
Diocesan Pilgrimage to Ladyewell
Join us for a prayerful pilgrimage this summer as we visit Our Lady's shrine at Ladyewell. Situated on the doorstep of our diocese, this day pilgrimage presents a wonderful opportunity to take up the Jubilee call to pilgrimage without travelling too far away from home. The pilgrimage will take place on Saturday 28th June. For more information and to register, please visit https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/ladyewell-pilgrimage-2025
Mass to Celebrate Jubilee Wedding Anniversaries
Are you celebrating a special anniversary this year? Join us on Tuesday 3 June at 7pm at St Bernadette's in Whitefield. Couples celebrating a Jubilee Wedding Anniversary during this Holy Year of Jubilee are invited to join us for this special celebration and to acknowledge this wonderful Sacrament. Friends and family are welcome and everyone is invited to join for refreshments after Mass. For more information please email: formation@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Lourdes Diocesan Youth Group
Are there any young people in your parish who might want to join this year's pilgrimage to Lourdes? The Salford Lourdes Coordination Team and the Diocesan Youth Ministry Team have set up a new "group" so that any young person can join the pilgrimage without having to set up a parish or school-based group. The pilgrimage dates are from 30th July to 7th August inclusive of travel, which is by coach, and will cost £669 including travel, hotel accommodation, and all meals.
Young people can join one of three age groups:
· 13-15 (aspiring volunteers)
· 16-17
· 18+
If you have any young people who might be interested, please ask them to send an email to youth@dioceseofsalford.org.uk and all the information they need will be sent back to them. Please promote this great opportunity in your parishes to help our young people grow in their faith and build community in this Jubilee Year as Pilgrims of Hope.
Diocesan Youth Ministry Pilgrimages
Our diocesan youth ministry team is organising two fantastic pilgrimage opportunities, led by Bishop John, for young people in Years 7, 8, and 9. The first pilgrimage will take place on Saturday 3 May with a pilgrimage to Walsingham, in conjunction with our main diocesan pilgrimage. The second is a pilgrimage to The Holy Island of Lindisfarne, taking place between 20-22 June. Find out more and register at https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/youth/ministry/prayer-and-pilgrimage
Two-Child Benefit Cap Survey
Caritas Social Action Network (CSAN) has recently launched a lived experience survey to better understand the impact of the two-child benefit cap on Catholic families in England and Wales and to explore how parishes are supporting families in need. Your responses will contribute to a short report/briefing, and insights gathered will inform further advocacy work to support families affected by the cap, as well as other financial hardship.
You can find the survey here: https://www.csan.org.uk/news/familysurvey/
God Bless and keep praying.
Our Lady of Oswaldtwistle, pray for us.
Saint Joseph, pray for us.
Fr. O'Brien