Holy Week (A)

 

Download a Holy Week Poster

Whilst we are unable to celebrate the Mass in our churches as we normally do,
Fr Paul is streaming the Masses he celebrates via
Facebook and  YouTube.

The Redemptorists have Sunday Mass online available from 12pm on Saturdays, celebrated by Fr Denis McBride C.Ss.R.

Other streamed masses are also available, click below for more

Fr Paul will be live-streaming several services over the next few days. You can follow them by clicking on the Facebook links below:

Parish Facebook page

Thursday 19:30 - Mass of the Lord's Supper

Friday 15:00 - Service of the Lord's Passion

Saturday 20:00 - Easter Vigil

Sunday 9:30 - Mass of Easter Day

The YouTube channel for these masses is:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdiZm6Nq-14daTz6Q9ZcRLQ/featured

To choose the service you are looking for.

Most recent is below

 

Easter Sunday

First Reading – Acts 10:34.37-43
We have eaten and drunk with him after his resurrection.

Second Reading – Colossians 3:1-4
You must look for the things that are in heaven, where Christ is.

Gospel Reading – John 20:1-9
He must rise from the dead.

Archbishop's Reflection for Good Friday

Archbishop's Easter Message

Archdiocesan Resources for Holy Week

Fr Denis McBride C.Ss.R. and others accompany us through the services of Easter

 

In prayerfully being present at a Mass being broadcast to you, obviously physically receiving the Eucharist is not possible. However, Spiritual Communion is.

So what is Spiritual Communion? The common practice of making such a spiritual communion indicate our desire to join with the Lord when in a situation that makes unable to sacramentally receive the Body and Blood of the Lord in Holy Communion at Mass.

The Archdiocese has published a Stations of the Cross booklet for reading and praying at home.

The Redemptorists share a video of the Stations of the Cross for you to pray and meditate.

 

(Click on the text in red to view)

This section will have details for the most recent links to websites which have been passed on to me or I've come across.

Click on each link to be taken to the relevant site. Older items can still be accessed on the useful links page below

Taize

Each morning a meditation will be published on YouTube
Evening prayer with a small group of brothers will be published on facebook live from Taize. More details may be found here

Music

A YouTube channel which features Celtic Worship Music

 

Prayer

Further to the comment below, an easier way to access Five ways of sustaining faith in difficult times.

Resources

Copies of leaflets for services during Holy Week may be downloaded from the Bishop Eton website

Read The Tablet online - some articles are free to view

 

Some resources for families who would like to celebrate the Liturgy of the Word with their children.

Easter Triduum Resources for Children - Used with permission and with thanks to St Mary's High Green, Sheffield

Various inspiring and heart warming items and pictures to reflect on:

St Joseph's Centre - 01942 673517

Fr Paul Seddon - 01942 883395 (St Richard's & Sacred Heart.)
Fr Paul Grady - 0161 790 2390 (Holy Family, St Ambrose Barlow & St Gabriel's)
Fr Kieran O'Grady - 01942 673517 (Sacred Heart & St Joseph's)
Fr Gordon Abbs - 01942 273851 (St Lewis, St Catherine's & All Saints)

St Margaret Clitherow Enquiries: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

St Edmund Arrowsmith Enquiries: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

 

Palm Sunday (A)

Reflect

Listening to the Passion of Jesus, we are all able to identify to some extent with the different  people who appear in the Gospel. The end event leads us to wonder at the love that God has for us to send his Son to be our saviour. And the total commitment of Jesus to live his life fully to the end trusting in God's promise of love and redemption.

There are three newsletters published weekly in the Deanery, you can access current and past editions here:

St Edmund Arrowsmith Newsletters

Sts John Rigby & Margaret Clitherow Newsletters (new joint newsletter from 1st September 2019)

St Lewis, St Catherine's & All Saints Newsletters

(Sacred Heart, Hindley Green Newsletters (to 4th August 2019)

 

( Newsletters download as pdf files in a new window.)