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

PALM SUNDAY

MARCH 24TH - 30TH
2024


WEEKLY SERVICES
SUNDAY: 10.00am.  12.30pm (Polish Mass)
6.00pm
MONDAY:

12 noon Mass

TUESDAY: 12 noon Mass
WEDNESDAY:
12 noon Eucharistic Service Father Phil will be at the Chrism Mass at St Patrick’s, Livesey Street to collect the Holy Oils)
MAUNDY THURSDAY: 8.00pm Mass of the Last Supper followed by ‘watching’ (for those who wish) before the Blessed sacrament at the altar of repose till 10.00pm.
GOOD FRIDAY: Good Friday Service at 3.00pm
HOLY SATURDAY:
No Mass or Confessions today. The Easter Vigil Service will be at 8.00pm and will include the first Mass of Easter.

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
No Confessions on Easter Saturday

Baptisms & Weddings
by arrangement

MAGGIE'S CULTURE CRAWL 2023

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MAGGIE’S CULTURE CRAWL
The Filipino community did us proud again, welcoming the people on the Culture Crawl and entertaining and feeding about 200.

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We also received the following message from Maggie's

“What a fantastic night we had at Culture Crawl last Friday.  Everyone absolutely loved their visit to St Patricks – it was by far a crowd favourite, yet again!  The Choir, WOW!  You guys are just so FAB!!!  I hope you all enjoyed yourselves just as much as we all did 😊 Everyone loved you!
I honestly can’t thank you all enough for giving up your Friday evenings for us, for welcoming us with such open arms, and for your generous hospitality. 
We’ve already raised £12,500, and we’re still counting!  It’s by far our biggest and best ever Culture Crawl, and every penny raised will make the biggest difference here at Maggie’s. “

Well done everyone that took part!

CORNERSTONE DONATION 2023

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St. Patrick’s YCW representatives presented a cheque, last Thursday, for £2,579 to Cornerstone.

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Four of our YCW members went with Father Phil to Cornerstone and saw the work being carried out there for the homeless. They had a brief tour of the place and of the ‘Morning Star Hostel, which is in an adjoining building. They asked questions of the Manager of Cornerstone and saw quite a few of the clients, without, hopefully, intruding too much on their privacy.

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Festival of Light 2022

Our young people, from the YCW Impact group, were ‘top of the bill’ at the Festival of Light in December 2022 and they did us proud yet again. It was a very cold night, but they warmed it up with their enthusiastic performance. There were several of our parishioners who also attended the event. A photographic report is given here.

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International Music Festival 7

On Saturday 3rd December, the Parish celebrated its annual ‘International Music Festival for the seventh time’. While not many unparticipating parishioners attended the event, one who did attend, said ‘People don’t know what they missed; this was a fantastic afternoon’s entertainment!’

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Masquerade Ball 2022

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On Saturday 19th November the St. Patrick’s YCW Impact Group put on a further event to raise money for the homeless. Their choice of event, this time, was a masquerade ball. The music for the evening was mixed, with group dances like ‘Macarena’ and ‘Jerusalema’, music from our talent show artists (and others – we have so much talent!), a little ballroom, and even Gangnam style.

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YCW Talent Show 2022

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Our first ever YCW Talent Show 2022 took place last weekend on Saturday 3rd September at St Edward's Parish Hall. It was a charity event hosted to raise money for the homeless.


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YCW Car Wash for the Homeless

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The Car wash event, by our YCW group, was a great success. The weather was fantastic. The young people made £268.20p.

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Young People's Week Away

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The Our Lady and St. Patrick’s YCW group returned from Wales after having a week together. One young person wrote, “It has been an amazing week filled with laughter and lessons to learn…We learnt how to work together with other cultures and people.”

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Father Phil's 70TH Birthday

Unknowningly to Father Phil, certain members of our Parish; in fact, pretty much all of the members of our parish, had been planning the a very special party for a very special person. He thought that he was going to a celebration of the anniversary of Filipine Independance but thanks to his eagle eye and a couple of stray parishioners, and a certain person asking way too many questions, he began to suspect that maybe he wasn't.

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Youth Mass 2022

On 15th May 2022, the young people of the parish took on all the liturgical roles, apart from that of the priest!

YOUTH MASS

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The 6th Annual International Music Festival 2019

Click the picture of the Youth Choir to reach our 6th Annual International Music Festival page. Lots of pics and videos of the event.

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The New Stained Glass Window

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Here is the proposed design for the stained-glass window. We are aware that the dates are wrong; for St Patrick’s, it should read 1858, not 1852. But that will be changed, and a date added for St. Mary’s (1836).

The First Mass of Christmas 2018

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Christmas 2018 saw the very first 'First Mass of Christmas' of our new parish; The Parish of Our Lady and St Patrick. The church was standing room only and there was not a lot of that.
The Folk Group and the Filipino, African and Indian choirs sang parts of the Mass while 'Nostro Coro', our parish choir, sang carols before Mass and also sang 'Silent Night' in german with a guitar accompaniment by our Parish Organist to celebrate its 200th anniversary.
We also had a duet from two of our younger parishioners. They sang 'O Holy Night' as Father Phil and the atlar servers processed into church.

The 5th Annual International Music Festival 2018

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For the last 5 years the various groups within our church community have gathered to celebrate the diversity of our community. This year's festival saw a growth in the work done with our youth groups and highlighted some real talent among our younger parishioners. Next year's will be on the 30th November. Put the date in your diary now!

Maggies Cultures Walk 2018



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Wow, just wow!  I’m actually a little lost for words – you absolutely blew us all away on Friday with your stunning church and you magnificent and moving performances. 

I really can’t thank you enough for your generosity of giving up your evenings to support our event, providing such a delicious spread, and for just being so incredibly welcoming.  Not to mention, the incredibly kind donations made to Maggie’s by you and your parishioners – I’ll let you know once we’ve counted up and have a grand total for the amount raised.  I’ll also send a thank you note that you can share with everyone.    

I have to tell you that our visit to St Patricks was by far a crowd favourite!  It also went down very well on Facebook, we took a live video whilst you were performing and it’s been seen by 2500 people and has received a lot of love!  I think everyone can’t believe that you’re right on their doorsteps and yet they have never stepped inside and seen the beauty of the church or heard the glorious sounds of your choir. 

I’m delighted to share that the evening was a really big success for us on many levels – we have a lot of very happy supporters and we’re on track to raise £10,000 from the event too, which is just an amazing sum of money for our Centre.  This all really wouldn’t have been possible without your generous support – so thank you!

Family Funday

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Many thanks to so many people, too numerous to mention individually, who organised and helped in any way to make the day another success. The warm and dry weather was a perfect setting for another afternoon of fun events and food. The highlight being the Tug of War. A great time was had by all.

The last Mass at St Mary's

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The 3rd June 2018 saw the last Mass being celebrated at St Mary's. Bishop John Arnold concelebrated the Mass with Father Phil. While it was sad to see the church close, it was uplifting to see the parishioners supported by those from the surrounding parishes.

The Redecoration of St Patrick's Church - July 2017

Our sincere thanks to the decorators, Bernard Watson, Clare Watson and their team, and to Neil Blake and his team from Anthony J. Smith, Ltd., who have carried out the electrical installation. Both the decorators and the electricians have gone the extra mile to accommodate our existing commitments as a Parish. In the face of many problems, they have also all done an amazing job, of which they can be truly proud. Our thanks also to John Cowdall and Joe Burke from the Historic Churches Commission. They have rightly always insisted on high quality schemes or projects, but have given so generously of their time to speed through our applications. Finally, our thanks to Vicky Saunders and Amy Jones from the Bernard Taylor Partnership (our architects), who have guided us through the whole process with good humour and considerable professionalism.

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The 4th Annual International Music Festival 2017

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For the fourth of our music festivals we had the pleasure of listening to our various groups that perform regularly at services. We were also pleased welcome a new friend, Mohibur Miah who played a specially composed piece on Sitar for us.

March 2015

New Bishop

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Things got a bit busy in March with the planned Deanery Lenten Station Mass on St. Patrick's Day and the last minute visit from our new Bishop, on the Sunday before it. Did we panic? Not at all.

Oldham Carnival 2014

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On the 22nd June 2014 the Filipinos community took part in the 114th Oldham Carnival. They entertained the crowds with their music and dancing.

Sister Eileen's Retirement

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In May 2013 Sister Eileen made the difficult decision to retire. She had served the Parish and the Local Community for over 10 years. Even though she didn't want any fuss at all it didn't quite happen that way and while there were lots of smiles it was very sad to see her leave.

150th Anniversary

150th Anniversary

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2008 saw the 150th Anniversary of Catholic Worship on St Patrick's Site. below are some pictures from the Anniversary Mass and Jubilee Ball.

The BBC come to St Patrick's

Sunday Worship

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On Sunday 9th September 2007 the parish made history when the BBC came to record their Sunday Worship broadcast from St Patrick's. The programme was recorded on the previous tuesday evening and a great vote of thanks is due to all who participated.