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THE PARISH OF OUR LADY AND ST. PATRICK’S
THIS WEEK'S SERVICES

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

JUNE 22ND - 28TH
2025



WEEKLY SERVICES
SUNDAY: 10.00am.  12.30pm (Polish Mass)
6.00pm
MONDAY: 12 noon Mass
TUESDAY: 10.00am Mass
WEDNESDAY:
12 noon Mass
THURSDAY: No Mass today. It is Father Phil aunt’s funeral in Skipton.
Church will be open for private prayer.
FRIDAY: 12 noon Mass
SATURDAY:
12 noon Mass

LIVESTREAMING THIS WEEK

From now on we will be using Twitter to provide online Masses. Either download the Twitter App and search for @PhilipSumner13 or click the pic below

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Then either just watch from there. You can also click Follow if you have a Twitter account.

Weekday Masses and Saturday's 12 noon Mass will continue to be Livestreamed, as will Sunday's 10.00am Mass

Click here for Mass Livestream

The church will normally be open on Mondays to Saturdays from 10.00am for private prayer

Confessions
each Saturday 11.00am-11.50am

Baptisms & Weddings
by arrangement

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST
(YEAR C)
WEEK: JUNE 22ND - 28TH 2025

THE MOST HOLY BODY AND BLOOD OF CHRIST

“This is my body, which is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.”

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YOUR  CHARITABLE  PRAYERS are requested for our parishioners and friends, especially those whose names appear below.
SICK: John Green, Joan Killeen, Christine Clarke, Tony Kenny, Luke Burke, Dominic Boardman, Connie Marrone, Alexander Loughlin, Surya Duval, Margaret Lawless, Peter Barlow, Jean Barlow, Nynna Carpio, Terry Cummins, Elizabeth Flanagan, Margaret Emsis, Francis Doyle, Linda Solan, Fred Kibblewhite, Daniel Keane, Ethel Keenihan, Peter Bradbury, LATELY DEAD: Breeda Bradley, Michael Martindale, Sheila Woods (Fr. Phil’s Aunt; she was 101years old), Avelina Calilung Mercado, and the victims of the air disaster in India. ANNIVERSARIES, John Cartmell, Josephine Reeks, Des Tickle, Terry Mills Sr., Terry Mills Jr, Michael McGladdery, Raymond Wood, John O’Brien, Reynaldo Dante Eustaquio

LAST WEEK'S COLLECTION: £1,154.67

Standing Order: £572.00 a month

CHURCH BOXES / DONATIONS
Caritas (Homeless) £20.00; Flowers £45.00

Many thanks for your kind generosity.

If anyone needs the Bank account details to set up Direct Debit payments, please contact Father Phil.


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THIS SUNDAY'S MISSALETTE

Corpus Christi - Missalette


NOTICES:
All Masses will continue to be live streamed. A link is provided on the Parish website: www.smwsp.org.uk or via the Twitter App (@PhilipSumner13). 

Fr. Dermot Heakin formally of this parish and of Corpus Christi, Hollinwood, celebrated fifty years of priesthood last Friday (20th June) in his current parish of St. Osmund’s, Breightmet (Bolton). Congratulations to him!

BISHOP HUDSON SAYS PEACEBUILDING IS A VITAL ASPECT OF INTERNATIONAL SECURITY
In response to the government’s recently announced Strategic Defence Review, Bishop Nicholas Hudson, Chair of the International Affairs Department at CBCEW, expressed the strong hope that the government will not neglect international peacebuilding efforts. Bishop Hudson said: “I understand that the government has a very difficult decision to make given the current fiscal position and international environment.” “However, if defence spending is to increase, it should not be at the expense of other ways of promoting peace and justice. Peacebuilding is a vital aspect of international security that must not be sacrificed to an increased emphasis on defence.”

QUARANT'ORE - 40 HOURS WITH THE LORD
Salford Cathedral invites you to join a special period of prayer - 40 Hours of Adoration of Our Lord in the Blessed Sacrament. Join us between 25th and 28th June in our temporary church as they pray for a particular intention before the Blessed Sacrament each day. The sessions begin each day at 8am and they finish at 7pm (it’s not a continuous 40 hours) except for Saturday when it begins at 9am and finishes with Mass at 5.30pm. See the full schedule and further details at https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/quarantore-cathedral-25/

SYNODAL PROCESS AND THE SALFORD DIOCESE
There are six subgroups that have been formed to take forward the synodal process in this diocese. I have been asked to chair the sub-group for “Community and Outreach” and another of the priests of this deanery, Canon Michael Job, has been asked to chair the one on “Inclusion and welcome”. I have the first of the meetings on Community and Outreach this Tuesday in Wardley Hall.

HOPE FOR OUR COMMON HOME PILGRIMAGE
The Diocese of Salford's Laudato Si' Centre is teaming up with the Columban Missionaries in Britain for a special pilgrimage opportunity to celebrate the Season of Creation in this Holy Year of Jubilee. Taking place on Thursday 25 September, this prayerful experience offers opportunities for everyone, whether taking on our nine-mile pilgrimage walk, joining us for our liturgies throughout the day, or receiving our virtual pilgrimage pack to explore in your own time. To find out more and to register, please visit https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/hope-for-our-common-home/

MADONNA DEL ROSARIO PROCESSION
The annual Madonna Del Rosario procession, organised by the Manchester Italian Association, will take place on Sunday 6 July. The procession will begin at 1.15pm from The Halle St Michael’s, George Leigh Street, in Ancoats. It will continue through Manchester City Centre to St Peter’s Square, where Mgr Anthony Kay will lead a short service. All are welcome to join this celebration.

DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LADYEWELL
The Diocese of Salford's Pilgrimage Office announces a prayerful pilgrimage to Our Lady’s shrine at Ladyewell, taking place on Saturday 28th June. “Join us”, they say, “as we take up the Jubilee call to pilgrimage by visiting this beautiful shrine right on the doorstep of our diocese. For more information and to register, please visit https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/ladyewell-pilgrimage-2025

SPECIAL DAYS THIS WEEK
Tuesday 24th June – Nativity of John the Baptist
Friday 27th June - Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Saturday 28th June – Immaculate Heart of Mary

THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS
St Paul, in his first letter to the Corinthians, gives us the earliest known written account of the Eucharist; his letters were written before the Gospels. In his account, it is noticeable that after taking the bread Jesus invites his disciples to “Do this in remembrance of me.” He then does the same after taking the wine. Now, in our celebration of the Mass, we make this invitation only once, after taking the chalice. The word ‘remembrance’ is perhaps not a good translation of the Greek word ‘anamnesis’. That translation suggests something like what people might do to celebrate VE or VJ day. There we simply remember a past event. But an ‘anamnesis’ is where we re-live the event and become present in the event itself. It’s important to remember that the first eucharist (the Last Supper) took place in the context of the Passover, which was itself a ‘memorial’ (the Hebrew word is ‘Zicharon’). The Book of Exodus requires the Jewish people to celebrate the Passover every year as a ‘memorial’ (Exodus 12:14) when they would gather as families in the same way that the Hebrews did in Egypt prior to their liberation. There, they would tell the story of that liberation and consume a lamb, bitter herbs, unleavened bread and wine. It’s in the listening to the story and re-living it that they are affected. It’s the same with the Eucharist. The principal dynamics of the Eucharist are listening to the story, placing ourselves around the table with Jesus and the disciples, and placing ourselves at the foot of the cross. There we partake of the story and partake of communion so that we become one with him as we are made whole so as to form the Body of Christ together. The Gospel takes us to the miracle of Jesus feeding the multitude with five loaves and two fish. It’s a miracle that is recounted by all the evangelists. Of course, there are Eucharistic elements to this story too. Once more, we are pointed back to the Old Testament and to God feeding the multitude in the desert with manna. On both occasions, the physical hunger of those involved is satisfied but Jesus points to a different type of hunger that we all have but often fail to recognise. St. Augustine, in his book, ‘Confessions’, wrote: "You have made us for yourself O Lord & our heart is restless until it rests in you." There is a spiritual hunger in each of us that yearns to be satisfied. To be moved by the ‘memorial’, that is the Eucharist, begins to feed that spiritual hunger. This requires us not simply to focus on the miracle on the altar but also, perhaps even more, on the miracle involving us and transforming us into the Body of Christ.

DIOCESAN JOB VACANCY: Cathedral Site Officer
Appointment Type: Full-time, permanent Working Hours: 35 hours per week, Tuesday – Saturday with some flexible working. Location: Salford Cathedral Estate including the Cathedral, Cathedral Presbytery (Cathedral House) Salary: £26,232 – £32,246 per annum For full details see: https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/news/vacancies/