The Catholic Parish of

St. John Henry Newman The churches of the English Martyrs & St. Monica

Parish Priest: Fr. Kieren Mullarkey (kieren.mullarkey@dioceseofsalford.org.uk) The Presbytery, 5 Roseneath Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5AX

Phone: (0161) 7482328

Parish Mobile: 07735817972 Emergencies ONLY

Assistant Priest: Fr. David Quiligotti

Parish Admin: Amanda Craven: Wed - Fri (9.30am - 1.30pm). Amanda.Craven@dioceseofsalford.org.uk

In Residence: Fr. Bernard Charnock (Pastor Emeritus)

Safeguarding Rep: Mr. Bill Smith - 01617484165

Parish Centre: Mrs. Filippa Martin 07866583870 or www.urmston_parish_centre.com

FACEBOOK: Blessed John Henry Newman TWITTER: @padrekieren WEBSITE: www.ourparish.info

19th Sunday of Ordinary Time Sunday 9th August 2020

Year A, Weekday Cycle 2, Psalter Week 2

Dear Parishioners,

Above is one of my favourite painting by the late Dutch Catholic artist and priest, Fr Sieger Köder. As an artist he had the gift to grasping the heart of the Gospel. I encour-age you all to discover more of his art work. But most importantly never be afraid to reach out and let God - Jesus - grasp you by the hand!

God Bless you all! Fr. Kieren

Face coverings will be mandatory in Places of Wor-

ship from Saturday 8th August 2020.

All those who are attending churches must wear a

face covering unless they are exempt from doing

so. This is for the good of all who gather in the

Church for Mass as it is an enclosed public space

where there are people from differing households

who they do not normally meet.4 Priests in the sanc-

tuary providing they are sufficiently distant (2m or

more) from the congregation do not need to wear

a face covering except when distributing Holy Com-

munion (please see below). Other ministers in the

sanctuary should wear face coverings and remain

socially distant from the celebrant. Readers may re-

move their face coverings at the lectern to read

and should replace them before stepping away

from it providing the lectern is sufficiently distant

from the congregation. You do not need to wear a

face covering if you have a legitimate reason not

to. This includes (but is not limited to):

• young children under the age of 11 (Public

Health England do not recommended face

coverings for children under the age of 3 for

health and safety reasons)

• not being able to put on, wear or remove a

face covering because of a physical or men-

tal illness or impairment, or disability

19th Week of Ordinary Time (A)

English Martyrs’ Church (EM)

St. Monica’s Church (SM)

Tues

9.30am

11 St. Clare - Memorial

Mass - St. Monica’s

Wed

9.30am

12

Mass - St. Monica’s

Thurs

9.30am

13

Mass - St. Monica’s

Fri

9.30am

14 St. Maximilian Mary Kolbe - Memorial

Mass - St. Monica’s

Sat

10.00am

11.00am

5.30pm

15

Sacrament of Reconciliation - before the statue of Our Lady.

Mass - English Martyrs’

Vigil Mass - St. Monica’s

Sun

9.30am

11.30am

1.30pm

16 The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Mass - St. Monica’s

Mass - St. Monica’s

Baptism - English Martyrs

Masses & Prayers Received/Requested

Lately Dead Requiescat in pace

John Close

Intention a special intention, Helen Robinson Povey, David Elliott

Anniversaries Masses Michael Haugh, Kevin Prendergast, James Sheehy, Christina Fairclough

Sick Please send names to be included on the sick list directly to Fr. Kieren. Please note that the sick list will be deleted at the end of each month.

Maureen O’Connor, Judith Lee, Marie Burns, Bridget Caunce, Nich-olas Behan, Colette Keck, Michael Donnelly, David Brock, John Nolan, Michelle Clegg, Mary Hughes, Syl-via King, Maureen Whalley, Kath Royle, Anne Tumbelty, Kathleen Connors, Maureen McCarthy

Sanctuary Candles

Tabernacle Candle

Our Lady’s candle

The Prayer Group of the St John Henry Newman Par-ish meets on Tuesdays at 7.30pm via Zoom. The prayer time is an opportunity to encounter Jesus through praise and worship, reading the Sunday Gospel and discussion, quiet meditation and personal sharing, interceding to-gether. Once you have downloaded the Zoom app, please email one of the prayer group members at the email addresses given below. When contact and your names have been received , you will be sent the link for entering the prayer meeting. bryanmawn@hotmail.com (or) rcd.ocv@gmail.com

Catholic students in Yr 6 & the Sacrament of Confirma-tion On behalf of the Deanery Fr. Michael Deas will be writing to your parents (via our primary schools) soon, inviting you to register your interest in participating in the programme leading up to the celebration of the Sacra-ment of Confirmation, please return completed forms to Fr. Michael.

We have been working with a charity called ‘The Bread & Butter Thing’. Their objective is to ensure no food goes to landfill and make that food of use to fami-lies in Flixton. We are looking for volunteers to help hand out the food and would welcome your support. They visit us at St Monica’s church car park every Friday between 1.15 until 2pm. If you are interested please call Lisa Cooke on 07793721924.

Sacrament of Confirmation registration forms are now available. If your child is currently in Yr7 and would like to receive the sacrament in April 2021 please email Fr. Kieren and he will send you a registration form for com-pletion.

Resources for this Sunday Mass https://mcusercontent.com/76e219dab8653b775ba8aac4c/files/233009ed-6ce2-4d88-b86d-e3734940d0c8/

LDAC_Ordinary_19A_2.pdf

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LIVE-STREAMED MASSES Live streamed Masses (both Weekday and Sunday) will continue.

Attending Sunday Mass Please do consider joining us for Weekday or Sunday Mass. In order to attend Mass, please register your interest and your preferred Mass time, by emailing Amanda (only) by 12 noon on Wednesday or phoning the Presbytery on Wednesday morning. This will help me get an idea of who might want to attend. Those who live in the same household may share a bench as a family. Please note that you do not have to register to attend weekday Mass.

Catechists for the Sacrament of Confirmation over the last year a number of parishioners have registered an interest in becoming a catechist, sadly due to the Lockdown we have been unable to move forward. However, we would NOW like to actively recruit catechists and offer them some training.

If you are interested please email your details so that I can forward them to Fr. Michael Deas who will co-ordinate the training. If you would like to begin some informal training you might like to click on the following link and explore the course we hope to follow, as well as downloading the 'Decision Point' App: https://dynamiccatholic.com/confirmation. You can also watch the videos, and download the workbook and leader's guide, and it's all free. Provisionally, we are especially focussing on Sessions 1, 3, 7, 8, 10 and 12.

Catechists for 1st Ho-ly Communion - Sac-ramental programme if you are interested in helping form in their Catholic faith our young parishioners and prepare them to receive the Lord in the

Blessed Sacrament for the first time, please contact Fr. Kieren, Bernie Lomas or Charlotte Morrison.

Gift Aid can I remind all those who have generously do-nated to the Parish that UNLESS you have filled in a new Gift Aid form for “St. John Henry Newman” we will not be able to claim on your donations. Please contact Amanda (via email or during office hours for further in-formation).

Parish Social Media can I politely ask that parishioners refrain from sending stickers etc to my messenger page. I use this page as a means of contact only.

New Parish Registrars many thanks to the parishioners who has come forward to join our registrar team. I have now the forms for you to fill in, please collect from me after Sunday Masses. If you contact me to arrange pick up that would be great - please return them to me.

Getting Your Child Baptised

The Code of Canon Law

states: “Parents are

obliged to see to it that in-

fants are bap-tised within

the first weeks after birth”

(867)

This canon, although not practical for many reasons, reminds us of the importance and urgency of the sacrament of Baptism.

As a Parish we follow the Diocesan Baptism Poli-cy:

In order for a baby/child (under the age of 7) to be baptised, the Catholic family, (resident in the Parish of St. John Henry Newman) if not already practising their faith, must begin to attend Sunday Mass for a minimum of at least 6 weeks before a baptism date can be discussed.

To discuss this further please contact Fr. Kieren or speak to him after Sunday Mass. After confirmation of a date for Baptism, a Preparation meeting must be arranged.

For children over 7 and for adults considering be-coming a Catholic please contact Fr. Kieren via the Presbytery Office (0161) 7482328 or via email (see front of newsletter).

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STRETFOOD FOOD BANK Please place any of the

above items in the grey bin at the back of church. If anyone would like to donate

directly then detail are as follows Stretford Food bank Co-op Bank a/c 65855834

Sort code: 089299.

NEWSLETTER all items for the newsletter must be sent to Fr. K (via email) before 9.00am Thursday morning or sent to Amanda before 12.00pm Wednesday

afternoon.

OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS - DIOCESE OF SALFORD

English Martyrs Wycliffe Road, Urmston.

Head teacher: Mrs Carole Partington (0161) 748 7257

Our Lady of the Rosary Davyhulme Road, Urmston. Head teacher: Miss S. Molloy (0161)748 4626 St. Monica’s Woodsend Road South, Flixton Head teacher: Mrs. Louise Davies (0161) 748 3353 St. Antony’s Catholic College

Bradfield Road, Urmston Head teacher: Mrs. F. Wright

(0161) 911 8001

Parish Groups & Activities

Children’s Church: During ALL the Sunday Masses

SVP: Monday (PC)

Mothers Prayers: Monday 9.45am (JR)

Serra: 1st Tuesday 2.00pm (PC)

Lectio Divina: 3rd Tuesday, 7.15pm (KR)

Toddlers Group: Tuesday 9.30am (JR)

Prayer Group: Tuesday 7.30pm (JR)

Nifty 50’s Tuesday (JR)

Sewing Group: Wednesday9.45am(JR)

OLEM +50 Every 2nd Thursday (PC)

UCM: 1st&3rd Thursday 1.00pm (JR)

Tea & Coffee: After ALL Sunday Masses

IMPACT: Sunday 6.00pm - 7.30pm (JR)

Understanding the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

According to Pope Benedict XVI:

“By contemplating Mary in heavenly glory, we understand that the earth is not the definitive homeland for us either, and that if we live with our gaze fixed on eternal goods we will one day share in this same glory and the

earth will become more beautiful.

Consequently, we must not lose our serenity and peace even amid the thousands of daily difficulties. The luminous sign of Our Lady taken up into Heaven shines out even more brightly when sad shadows of suffering and

violence seem to loom on the horizon.

We may be sure of it: from on high, Mary follows our footsteps with gentle concern, dispels the gloom in moments of darkness and distress, reassures

us with her motherly hand.

Supported by awareness of this, let us continue confidently on our path of Christian commitment wherever Providence may lead us. Let us forge ahead in our lives under Mary's guidance” [General Audience, August 16,

2006].