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CORONAVIRUS RULES
To give anyone who is concerned about being too close to others a bit of reassurance, the benches on the right side of Church (in front of the Lady Altar) will still be “distanced” - please respect people’s space in this section. The Bishops emphasise the importance of good ventilation, so please be prepared for Church being a little chilly if the weather is cold. The most important rule is that if you or someone in your household test positive for Covid-19 you should not come to Church. Similarly if you or someone in your household displays symptoms you should not attend.
BACK TO GREEN! On Monday we go back to green! After the sea-sons of Lent and Easter, we return to “Ordinary Time” which will take us all the way to the begin-ning of Advent on 27th November. We understand what to do with the seasons – fasting and stations in Lent, rejoicing and baptism in Easter – but Or-dinary Time can feel a little vague! It is meant to be a season where we concentrate on learning more of Jesus in the Scriptures, and deepening our relationship with him: the main thing we will do, Sunday by Sunday this year, is read through the Gospel of Saint Luke, so now might be a good time to dust off your Bible and have a look at Luke’s Gospel!
WORLD YOUTH DAY 2023
Young people between the ages of 16 and 30 are invited to join us next year as our diocesan Youth Ministry Team travels to Lisbon for World Youth Day 2023. Taking place between 31st July - 7th August 2023, World Youth Day will see young people from across the globe meeting in Lisbon to celebrate Mass with the Holy Father. Applications to join our diocesan trip are now open. You can find out more and apply by visiting https://tinyurl.com/h7enn9p8
SALFORD CATHEDRAL
QUARANT’ORE MISSION
Salford Cathedral will host Quarant’ore, an an-cient Church practice, consisting of Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for forty hours. The Sac-rament will be exposed and there will be adora-tion throughout the day. The cathedral will be open to all who want to spend some prayerful time with the Lord. Monday 13th—Friday 17th June, 10.00 a.m. –5:45 p.m. each day, at Salford Cathedral, Chapel Street, Salford M3 5LL.
HEYWOOD FOOD BANK
Heywood Food Bank, which is run by the members of Our Lady and Saint Joseph’s S.V.P. Conference, is moving to new premises in June. Their new home requires some basic joinery work including repositioning of existing, and supply and fix of
new racking. If you are a joiner, or you know of a joiner who would be interested in providing a quote for this work please contact Brian on 0788 788 0102 to discuss. Many thanks.
PARISH PILGRIMAGE
We are glad to announce that the Parish Pilgrim-age is back! This year a pilgrimage has been or-ganised to Lindisfarne—Holy Island—from 4th—7th July this year. The cost is £399.00 (sharing) or £469.00 (single room) and includes coach travel, dinner, bed and breakfast, and excursions to Holy Island, Seahouses, Bamburgh, Durham and York. Travel Insurance is not included. For more infor-mation or to book please contact Cath Naden or Northern Star Travel (0161 773 2115).
SAINT PAUL’S LADIES
The ladies of Saint Paul’s Anglican Church have invited the ladies of Saint Vincent’s to afternoon tea at 2.00 p.m.in Saint Paul’s Church Hall, Black-pits Road, Norden, on Thursday 16th June, in place of the Christmas Social. Please sign up on the list in the porch if you would like to attend.
NEW CATHOLIC NEWSPAPER
In the porch you will find copies of “The Catholic Post”, a new monthly national Catholic newspaper. We have been sent these copies free of charge to give people a taste: please take a copy and have a read over a Sunday cuppa!
HELP FOR THE HOMELESS
Please contact Jackie Heatley or Jennie Curran on 01706 517202 for enquiries
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