Let’s Talk about DONA

We are due to trial a DONA machine.  This will allow people to give their church offerings, or a retiring collection donation at the swipe of a card or the tap of your phone, just like Tesco!

This will be a four-month trial.  If it proves to be successful, we will keep the machines (there will be 2), if not they will be returned. Staying up with the times? Maybe this is the church trying to keep up with changing technology, as it seems many people no longer carry cash with them.  I have thought long and hard about this and have decided to go with the trial.

Are your children into "Podcasting?"

 I am looking for some young people who would like to engage in a parish Podcast, every once in while.  The subject can be about anything really; something that interests you, might interest others as well.   No expertise or experience is necessary, there is no age limit, young or old, we have all the equipment we need here in the parish.

See Fr. Jim

Whit Friday

Walk

We need a couple of volunteers to help organize  the Whit Friday procession.  If you can help, please see Fr Jim as soon as possible.

Please note – My email has been hacked, please use the new email below.

james.clarke@dioceseofsalford.org.uk

Thank you.

 Relatives in hospital

For your information

if you, or a relative is in hospital and would like to see a priest, you must ask the staff to send for a member of the chaplaincy team; due to the new rules on confidentiality the staff will not automatically inform the team that you are in hospital. Therefore, it is your responsibility to let them know you want to see the priest.

From Bishop Marcus  to the people of the Diocese of Leeds; but this is also from the Bishops of England and Wales, which means the Salford Diocese will also be affected.

RECEPTION OF HOLY COMMUNION UNDER BOTH KINDS - I attach a document about the reception of Holy Communion under both kinds from the General Secretary of the Bishops’ Conference. I am pleased to give permission for the distribution of Holy Communion under both kinds to be resumed from Maundy Thursday onwards. Please note that this is permissive but not obligatory.

"Come and See" Enquirers Group for Vocations to the Priesthood
Our vocations team is pleased to announce the return of the "Come and See" Enquirers Group, beginning this month. The group is for serious enquirers about a vocation to the priesthood to come together for Mass, breakfast, fellowship, and some input to help with discernment. 
Our first gathering will begin at 10am with Mass on Saturday 11th March at St Augustine's Church, Grosvenor Square, Manchester. 
If you know of anyone who would like to come along, please get in touch with our vocations promoter Fr Michael Deas by emailing michael.deas@dioceseofsalford.org.uk, or our vocations director Fr Mark Paver at 

mark.paver@dioceseofsalford.org.uk

We have been invited for lunch.

Invitation from St Damian's Science College (Lees Rd, Ashton-under-Lyne OL6 8BH )

The event is to welcome members of our local community for lunch with our pupil GIFT teams

To book a place please call -  01613305974

 Friday 24th March  2023  

Lent 2023

LAST CHANCE TO AND JOIN US.

Each Friday during Lent, I will be running a “simple soup Lunch”. 

The idea is to give up your main meal of the day and join us for a light

lunch of homemade soups and bread. 

The money from your main meal is then donated to the Lunch.  All proceeds will   be going to The Good Life Orphanage in Kenya. 

Each lunch will be from 12 noon, to 1:30pm. I have run these soup lunches for

over 20 years and they have been very popular.  If you are able to join

us you would be most welcome, as well as helping to look after some of the

world’s poorest and most vulnerable children.

Thanks to all who came last Friday we made £128 + £50 in

        donations = £178 in total.

If you would be able to make a home-made soup for one of these lunches, please see Fr. Jim