THE NINETEENTH WEEK OF ORDINARY TIME
(YEAR C)
WEEK: AUGUST 7TH - 13TH 2022
“Watch and be on your guard against avarice of any kind.”
YOUR CHARITABLE PRAYERS are requested for our parishioners and friends, especially those whose names appear below.
SICK: Vivien Higgins; Margaret Lawless; Michael Guilfoyle; Dominic Boardman. Kath Green: Cyril Clarke; Elizabeth Flanagan, Pete McNamara, Angela Marshall, Joseph McConnon, Michael Tootill, Breda Barret, Joan Killeen, Michael Walsh, Jean Bentley, Therese Passenger, Celia Worthington
LATELY DEAD: Lee John Carter, Helen McMahon, Reynaldo Dante Eustaquio
ANNIVERSARIES: Lilian Lees, Trevor Bowden, Eileen McGinn, Noel Lyons
LAST WEEKEND’S COLLECTION: £777.93
Standing Order: £744.00 a month
CHURCH BOXES / DONATIONS: Comboni Missionary Sisters: £561.30 (I expect this figure to rise further over the next two weeks); Donation £116.26 (remainder of a legacy)
Many thanks for your kind generosity.
ONLINE FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE PARISH:
Our Bank: Barclays Bank - Account Name: TSDT St Mary and St Patrick Oldham; Sort Code 20 55 34; Account Number 50949825; Reference: Contr.
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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).
The Obligation to attend Mass on Sunday is still suspended until further notice.
GAP YEAR VOLUNTEERING WITH JUST YOUTH, SALFORD |
THE READINGS THIS SUNDAY
Vigilance: we wait for glory or ruin, salvation or disaster. This is the choice that faces the Christian each and every day, as we wait for the Lord to return, as he promised he would. We often live our lives leaving such things to a distant, shadowy future - like the person who is going to fix that faulty lock or window-frame, but in the end doesn’t get round to it before the burglar comes. The lamps of our lives should be lit and shining, filled to the brim with the oil of prayer and charity, singing the hymns of the fathers as we wait for the Master to return.
DEADLINE APPROACHING TO SIGN UP TO NEW DAY-RETREATS |
THIS WEEK’S FEASTS OR SPECIAL DAYS
Monday 8th August – St. Dominic. – He was born in 1170 in Spain and became a priest. After strenuous preaching against the Albigensians, he founded the Order of Preachers (the Dominicans) to continue his work. He died in 1221.
Tuesday 9th August – St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross. She was born into a Jewish family called Stein in Germany in 1891 and given the name Edith. As a teenager, she became an agnostic. Moved by the tragedies of World War 1, she worked as a nursing assistant in an infectious diseases hospital. She completed her doctoral thesis at Freiburg University in 1916. Then, after reading about the life of St. Teresa of Avila, she became a Catholic. She then became a postulant with the discalced Carmelites and took perpetual vows in April 1938. She was moved by her order to the Netherlands after the even greater rise of Nazism in Germany, but Germany then occupied the Netherlands. She was convinced that she would eventually be arrested, and she began preparing herself for life in a concentration camp by depriving herself of warmth and food. After the Catholic Bishops of the Netherlands condemned the Nazi party in a pastoral letter, Edith and many others were arrested. She and her sister Rosa were taken to Auschwitz where they were killed in the gas chambers in 1942.
Wednesday 10th August. – St. Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr. He was a Deacon in Rome at the time of Pope Sixtus II. He was responsible for the charitable work of the Roman Church. When he was arrested, he was asked for the treasures of the Church. He is said to have pointed to the poor of Rome and claimed that they were the treasure of the Church. Tradition tells us that he was martyred by being roasted on a grid.
Thursday 11th August – St. Clare. She was born in Assisi in 1193. She was very much influenced by St Francis of Assisi and founded the Order of the Poor Clares. She led a very austere life, abounding in works of piety and charity. She died in 1253
YOUNG PEOPLE’S WEEK AWAY - BRIEF REPORT |
LIVESTREAMING In trying to solve the problems with the quality of the livestreaming, I have bought a new and more UpToDate phone and I have had the computer Wi-Fi from the Parish Office extended into the sacristy. There may have been a minor improvement but it’s still not what I would like. Sorry!
CAR WASH IN THE PARISH CAR PARK |
THE PARISH HALL
I’m afraid that all bookings for the Parish Hall will have to be suspended till further notice. This is for health and safety reasons. The toilet area was flooded a few weeks ago, and the drains could not cope. This will have to be addressed before we can honour any bookings. Sorry! The school has organised for cameras to be sent down the drains to investigate this long-term and serious problem, but, so far, nor solution has been found!
BANK HOLIDAY MASS AT ST MARY'S CEMETERY |