St. Vincent de Paul
RC Church
Norden, Rochdale

NEWSLETTER
Download our latest Parish Weekly Newsletter.
Please see the Noticeboard and our News & Events page for further information.
Bishop John’s Monthly Newsletter is well worth a read by young and old

TODAY’S MASS
Click HERE for Readings and the Order of Mass

SAFEGUARDING
Click HERE for contacts and further information and HERE for the Guidance Procedure

HARD OF HEARING
If you wear a hearing aid, set it to T for the Induction Loop System

GOING ON HOLIDAYS?
Need local Mass Location and Times in England & Wales?
Need a Mass Leaflet in English?
Speak to Fr. Paul.
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Does any of the following apply to you?
Are you New to the Parish?
Do you know someone, who is sick or in Hospital?
Would you like a visit?
Do you think the Parish may be able to help you?
Do you think you may be able to help the Parish?
If so, please speak to Fr. Manock

Alternatively, try our Parish Groups page for information.

At all Sunday Masses we have Welcomers to greet and offer Hymn books, Newsletter or Mass Leaflet. They are also available to answer pertinent questions or help in whatever way possible

LITTLE CHURCH AT ST VINCENTS
Our eagerly awaited launch of Little Church for KS1 children here at St. Vincent's Church is hopefully coming soon.  The team of volunteers is still waiting for necessary paperwork to be completed.  We will keep you informed and let you know when we will hold a drop in session at the parish centre for you to find out more, prior to our first session. 

ADVENT / CHRISTMAS APPEAL
Congratulations and Well Done. Your contributions have reached our target to raise £4,000 for a new Community Health Centre in the developing world through CAFOD World Gifts. The money is being sent to Cafod - more next week

SVP EPIPHANY PARTY- SUNDAY 5th JANUARY
Many thanks to all the SVP members and friends who hosted another wonderful celebration.
We highlight again the discreet help given by the SVP to many individuals and families in need from regular visits, running people to medical appointments, collecting the parish donations to the Foodbank and much more. If you can help in any way however small please get in touch.

MASS IN SPANISH
Next Sunday 19th January at the Cathedral, 250 Chapel St., Salford. M3 5LE at 2.00pm.
For further details see the Newsletter or contact 07947 613721

CHURCHES TOGETHER -  CHRISTIAN UNITY
The Week of Prayer commences next Saturday.
There will be a United Service for all our Churches at Norden Methodist Church on Sunday 19th at 2.30pm.
All are warmly invited and encouraged to attend.

THE GOD WHO SPEAKS THROUGH MATTHEW.
Fr. Chris Lough will lead an introduction to this great teaching Gospel which will be used for much of the coming year at Sunday mass. The session is on Monay 20th January at St. Annes Parish hall 1537 Ashton Old Road, Higher Openshaw, M11 1GR 7.00 for 7.30pm until 9.00pm Further details on the Newsletter

PARISH PILGRIMAGE 2020
Meeting in the Parish Centre on Wednesday 29th January at 7.30pm to discuss ideas for our pilgrimage this year and meet with a representative of the travel company.

CATHOLIC HUB
This new monthly event continues on the Second Saturday of the month (7.30 to 10.00pm) at Salford Cathedral. It  features prayer, music and fellowship for young people (over 18s). Come along to spend some time before the Lord in prayer, hear and join in praise and grow in your faith with other people.

VOLUNTEERING ABROAD : FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE FROM THE CATENIAN ASSOCIATION 
Are you (or is your child or grandchild) between 16 and 24? Are you thinking about helping at Lourdes or going abroad to help with a Charity? Did you know that each year the Catenian Association, through the Catenian Bursary Fund gives cash grants (nothing to repay) totalling over £100,000 to young Catholics to help with their expenses?
If you would like more information please pick up a leaflet at the back of church. To see the few simple criteria and the wide range of projects we support and/or download an application form from www.thecatenians.com/bursary . There are leaflets at the back of church giving information about the Catenian Association.  Local contacts are Graham Sivills  868697, Brian Lillis 658543.

CATHOLIC SINGLES
Is an organisation which helps single adult Catholics of all ages meet, either one to one or through social events.
Please tel. 0161 941 3498, visit the website http://www.catholicsingles.org.uk or
email info@catholicsingles.org.uk

YOUTH MASS AND SOCIAL
On the third Sunday of each month, a Mass is celebrated with and for young adults at the Cathedral at 5.30pm followed by some input and a social. The monthly Masses and get-togethers take place under the title of Reignite

PRAYER REQUESTS
Just a little reminder that we have a board in the narthex on which you are able to place requests for prayer. It is good for us to pray with and for each other, so please always feel free to ask for prayers by placing any needs on the prayer board.

PARISH GROUP LIST
On our Groups page we have a list of groups together with their contact details. We did think it was quite comprehensive until the Hope in the Future group examined it in detail. We need to update the list on that page and we should be grateful if all group organisers could confirm to Brian Lillis (0797 4455 305 or BTLillis@gmail.com) their permission for their phone numbers (as printed in the list issued on the First Sunday of Advent) to be shown on the Parish Website and if willing provide an email address to be shown as well. Thank you all.

HOSPITAL CHAPLAINCY
During If you are (or a relative) is in hospital, you will need to ask the ward staff to ask a priest to visit: and if you move from one ward to another, you will have to ask again! There is always a Chaplain attached to hospitals, who will visit if requested, and there is always a priest on call.

ARCHIVES
We have moved the links to the pages on the ordinations of Fr. Frank Mulgrew and Fr. Richard Howard as well as the conferring of a Papal Knighthood on Jimmy Cricket- all members of our parish here at St Vincents - to our Archives page.

GROUND MAINTENANCE
We do need volunteers and, if you have any spare time however little, please feel free to come along at any  time to suit yourself. The periphery of the car park area needs regular weeding with some clipping of bushes and general tidying. You will need only a few gardening tools.
We have just a small team to keep the ball rolling and we are looking for any skills from road sweeping to weeding and shrub pruning to keep things up to scratch. If you think you can help, please contact Brian Lillis (BTLillis@gmail.com or 07974455305). We will be very grateful.  

 OUR WEBSITE
Our principal need at the present time is for input for a youth page. If we had the suggestions, then we will do our best to implement them.
We do need suggestions for improvements to the site. Just because we have managed to produce a website, it does not make us professionals. So we would be very grateful for help and assistance from IT professionals with internet expertise; we will do what we can but guidance is what we need.
If you come across any ideas on other Parish websites please let us know and we will see what we can do. If you spot any errors, don’t leave us in blissful ignorance.
Please help!
Contact us at BTLillis@gmail.com   

FOODBANK
A HUGE THANK YOU for your amazing generosity and please do continue as the need remains .
The Foodbank is a Christian based organisation, which works from premises in Rochdale town centre. Their website www.rochdale.foodbank.org.uk is now updated regularly with lists of food products which are in short supply and those of which there is a surplus. To find this, from the home page, click on Give Help and then Donate Food. The collection box is at the back of church near the Notice board.
Please continue to help!

Now that you are here, please have a look around and why not visit the outstanding daily prayer website produced by the Society of Jesus at SACRED SPACE.