15TH SUNDAY OF ORDINARY TIME
(YEAR C)
WEEK: JULY 13TH - 19TH 2025
“Which of these...proved to be a neighbour…The one who showed mercy.”
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, Terry Cummins, Elizabeth Flanagan, Margaret Emsis, Francis Doyle, Linda Solan, Fred Kibblewhite, Daniel Keane, Ethel Keenihan, Peter Bradbury, LATELY DEAD: Josephine O’Connor, Norma Hill, Fe Jardell ANNIVERSARIES: Rose McGladdery, Phil McDermott, John Rigby, Paul Lawless, Margaret Hywell. Mick McGinn, John Wilson, Cheri Mulryan
LAST WEEK'S COLLECTION: £1,048.65
Standing Order: £572.00 a month
Many thanks for your kind generosity.
If anyone needs the Bank account details to set up Direct Debit payments, please contact Father Phil.
THIS SUNDAY'S MISSALETTE & HYMNS 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Missalette 15th Sunday of Ordinary Time - Hymns
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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).
ST MARY AND ST PAUL'S PARISH, DUKINFIELD IS CELEBRATING ITS 200 YEAR ANNIVERSARY with a Parish Heritage Day at St Mary's Church, Dukinfield, today, on Sunday 13th July, from 12 noon to 3pm and would like to invite the parishioners of Our Lady and St Patrick to join us. There will be an exhibition in church, including the display of the original Parish Registers going back to 1825 and a picnic and games in the church garden. St Mary's Dukinfield has a close connection with our parish in Oldham. The mission was started in 1825 by Fr James Fisher. Rev. James Fisher was not just serving Dukinfield. He also used to go to Oldham for Mass, which was said in a room over the General Cornwallis Inn. In 1829 Oldham became its own Mission and had its own priest, although when he fell ill in 1830, Fr Fisher again had to look after the congregation in Oldham, until a new priest arrived in 1835.
VISIT OF CARDINAL STEPHEN CHOW FROM HONG KONG |
PARISH TEAM MEETING
The team were informed that, despite our own assessment not to install a digital collection point in the church, the Diocese had now decided that every church is going to have such collection point installed. We are to be contacted to arrange a date. The team were also informed that our last Gift Aid claim was turned down because the system for making the claim was changed and the Diocese would have to make the claim for us again using the new system. This could not now take place until August this year. The finances continue to be dire. We currently have £2,726.23 in the bank (across all three of our accounts). We just had to pay £2,270.31 to the Diocese for both the insurance and for our monthly diocesan tax (a percentage of what we get in the parish collections). If it had not been for the £5,000 legacy we recently received, we would be in debt. The delay in our Gift Aid claim has certainly not helped this situation. As has been said before, in recent times we have had to pay substantial amounts for a new boiler in the church and for the solar panels, but also for the demolition of St. Mary’s and the removal of fly tipping. The Team asked that I write to the Diocese again to ask about the sale of the St. Mary’s site. That should enable us to be much more financially stable. Information on what was the Parish Hall: There was still no movement on the repair of the drains. Christine Wilson had been asked to remove all the parish belongings from the area behind the bar. The cups and saucers will come and be used at the back of church. But there’s the drinks cooler cabinet. Does anyone know of someone who might be interested in that? I also informed the Team about the copyright issue which I have referred to elsewhere in this newsletter. Finally, some concern was expressed about readers at Mass on Sunday morning reading too fast and not loud enough. It was agreed that each community would give some extra training to these readers.
THE USE OF PHOTOGRAPHS IN THE NEWSLETTER AND ON THE WEBSITE Last week I received an email demanding compensation for the use of a photograph on our website on the Third Sunday of Lent this year. Steve has since removed the offending photograph, but we will probably still have to pay some ‘compensation’ even though we clearly made no money through its use! This will mean that, from now on, I will have to be far more circumspect about using photographs from the internet. It’s not always clear which are images that can be used free, and which are not. So, bear with us on this one. |
SPECIAL DAYS THIS WEEK
Monday14th July – St. Camillus of Lellis. -. He was born on 25th May 1550 in Naples. As a young man he had a very quarrelsome nature and was somewhat of a gambler. However, through the patience and forgiving nature of a Capuchin Friar, he completely changed his way, and he entered the novitiate to become a Capuchin Friar. However, a serious injury to his leg, sustained some years previous, prevented him from continuing. He eventually became a priest with the aid of St. Philip Neri and established a religious order to care for the infirm. He died in Rome in 1614. Tuesday 15th July – St. Bonaventure – He was born in Italy in 1221, entered the Franciscan Order in 1243 and studied at the University of Paris. He was later elected as Minister General of the Franciscan Order. He became the Cardinal Bishop of Albano. He died suddenly in 1274. Wednesday 16th July – Our Lady of Mount Carmel. This, of course, is our Parish Feast and, Our Lady of Mount Carmel is also the Patron of the Diocese of Salford.
THIS SUNDAY’S READINGS |