God, our loving Father, we thank you for blessing our parish WELCOME WITAMY KAABO BEMVINDO with all we need to respond to our vocation to be a missionary parish in our community. THE PARISH OF OUR LADY AND ST. , HEYWOOD, We thank you for all our parish members who, in response to your call, SUNDAY 19th JULY 2020, partner parish St. Martin’s, Ganye, Nigeria give of themselves so freely to enrich our parish life St Joseph’s Presbytery, Mary St, OL10 1EG Tel: 01706 369777 in ways of love and service. Fr Paul Daly Fr Bob Hayes Pour out afresh the gifts of your Spirit upon each of us that we may be inspired [email protected] [email protected] to serve you in new and creative ways as missionary disciples, Parish Office Mon—Fri 9am-1pm [email protected] bringing your Light to the world. We ask your blessing as we journey together in hope through Christ Our Lord. AMEN Livestreamed Masses on parish facebook page. You don’t have to be a FB member; This Week’s : Mon: St. Apollinaris, first Bishop of Ravenna, and a of google Our Lady and St. Joseph’s Parish, Peter at Antioch. Heywood, Facebook, and click on the link.

Tue: St Laurence of Brindisi, born in 1559, entered the Capuchin Order, where he taught www.catholicheywood.com theology to the students. As a renowned preacher he travelled throughout Europe and Twitter @CatholicHeywood wrote many works to explain the Catholic faith. He died at Lisbon in 1619. Instagram catholicheywood (Facebook) Our Lady and St. Joseph’s Parish Wed: St was one of Christ's disci- Heywood www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk ples and was present at his death. On the morning of At all public Masses there is a capacity of Easter day she was the first to whom the risen Re- 80 at two metres between them. deemer appeared, according to Saint Mark's Gospel. Baptisms, weddings and funerals the St. Philip Evans, born in Monmouth, became a Jes- capacity is currently 30. Please be patient uit at Saint Omer and after his ordination in 1675 with the stewards. ministered to Catholics in South Wales for four years. SIXTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME In the national frenzy occasioned by the Oates plot Church opens 8.30am, MASS 9am, he was arrested and imprisoned in Cardiff, where he MASS 11am, church closes after Mass was joined by St. John Lloyd of Brecon, a secular Church opens 5.30pm, MASS 6pm priest trained at Valladolid. They suffered the usual barbarous execution at Cardiff on July 22, 1679. MONDAY St. Apollinaris Fr. Bob’s first anniversary of priestly ordination Requiem Mass for Dilys Cameron, 10.15am, limited numbers only Thu: St Bridget, born in 1303; wife, widow, mother Church opens 6.15pm, MASS 6.30pm, church closes after Mass of eight, founded the Bridgettine Order. She wrote TUESDAY St. works describing the mystical experiences she had on a penitential pilgrimage to the Holy Church opens 8.45am, MASS 9am, church closes after Mass Land. She died in Rome in 1373. Requiem Mass for Joseph Kenneth O’Hara, 10.15am, limited numbers only

Fri: St Sharbel Makhluf was born in Lebanon, the son of a mule driver. Aged 23 he joined WEDNESDAY ST MARY MAGDALENE Fr. Paul’s 30th anniversary of priestly ordination the monastery of Saint Maron where he took the name Sharbel in Church opens 8.45am, MASS 9am, church closes after Mass memory of a 2nd century . He was ordained in 1859; after Requiem Mass for Marjanna Feerick, 10.30am, limited numbers only which he lived as a model monk, but became a hermit in 1875, dying 23 years later. He gained a reputation for holiness, and was THURSDAY ST. BRIDGET OF SWEDEN much sought for counsel and blessing. He had a great personal Church opens 8.45am, MASS 9am, church closes after Mass devotion to the Bl Sacrament. Bll , Robert Livestreamed Mass (church closed) 6.30pm Ludlam and worked in Derbyshire before FRIDAY St. Sharbel Makhluf Abstinence from meat their arrest; they were held in Derby gaol before their execution Church opens 8.45am, MASS 9am, church closes after Mass under in 1588. Bl Joseph Lambton, student of the Livestreamed Mass (church closed) 6.30pm Colleges in Rheims and Rome, was ordained aged twenty three, but was arrested on landing at Newcastle-on-Tyne; he was SATURDAY SAINT JAMES hanged, drawn and quartered in 1592. St John Boste, from Church opens 10.15am, MASS 10.30am Westmoreland, was ordained at Rheims, and worked in the North Followed by Confessions & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament till Benediction at 12noon East, before being arrested and executed at Durham in 1594. Church opens at 5.30pm, First Mass of Sunday 6pm SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Sat: St. James, born in Bethsaida, son of Zebedee and brother Church opens 8.30am, MASS 9am, of John, was killed by Herod in Jerusalem in about 42, and is es- MASS 11am, church closes after Mass pecially venerated at Compostella in Spain. Church opens 5.30pm, MASS 6pm

Baptisms can now take place From the Catechism of the (2093-6) although the number of guests is currently limited to Faith in God's love encompasses the call and the obligation to respond with sincere love to 30. If you would like to arrange divine charity. The first commandment enjoins us to love God above everything and all crea- a Baptism please contact Fr. tures for him and because of him. Paul or Fr. Bob. The next Bap- tism preparation meeting will be One can sin against God's love in various ways: on Sunday 16th August at 4pm. - indifference neglects or refuses to reflect on divine charity; it The meeting will be held via fails to consider its prevenient goodness and denies its power. Zoom and parents will be - ingratitude fails or refuses to acknowledge divine charity and emailed the zoom link before- to return him love for love. hand. You do not need to have - lukewarmness is hesitation or negligence in responding to di- a zoom account to take part. vine love; it can imply refusal to give oneself over to the prompting of charity. It is very unlikely that large - acedia or spiritual sloth goes so far as to refuse the joy that gatherings, such as First comes from God and to be repelled by divine goodness. Communion Masses, will be allowed in the next few months. If families would like to - hatred of God comes from pride. It is contrary to love of God, whose goodness it denies, arrange a First Communion Mass for one or two children, with the number of guests limited and whom it presumes to curse as the one who forbids sins and inflicts punishments. to 30 people, please contact Fr. Paul. These Masses will begin towards the end of August. When and if communal celebration is permitted, it will be held. However, if the children The theological virtues of faith, hope, and charity inform and give life to the moral virtues. are ready now to receive the Bread of Life, why deprive them of such a gift? Thus charity leads us to render to God what we as creatures owe him in all justice. the vir- tue of religion disposes us to have this attitude. Thank you to our teachers and all the staff at our schools for their extra hard work since March. Thank you to parents for becoming teachers of their own children. The Church re- Adoration is the first act of religion. To adore God is to acknowledge him as God, as the Cre- fers to parents as the ‘first teachers of their children’. School staff, parents, children, enjoy ator and Saviour, the Lord and Master of everything that exists, as infinite and merciful the summer holiday. Remember it’s not a holiday from Church or from God. Love. "You shall worship the Lord your God, and him only shall you serve," says Jesus.

Church is now open for Mass. Please follow the advice of the stewards so that we can Together with time, talent, treasure Many thanks for your generosity last Sunday celebrate Mass safely. There is a short (no more than 30 minutes) catch-up meeting with £584.43 (GiftAid) & £635.31 (Loose), as well as £80 per week in Standing Orders. Please the stewards on Saturday at 12noon, please. post your offerings through the Presbytery Door or in the basket at Mass in church. Please take out a Standing Order or ask how to do it; email the parish office. Given the Fire Detec- Please note: tion system our parish is now formally in debt of £17 000. The obligation on Catholics to attend Mass on Sundays is still suspended. Alternatively you can donate via the Diocese of Salford website. Click on the site Numbers will be limited. We are working on www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk and in the top right corner you will see a button marked DO- an assumption that c80 people may be al- NATE. Click on that, scroll down to the parish name and go from there. lowed in church for a Sunday Mass. Government restrictions only allow 30 people CAFOD CORNER: CAFOD has joined forces with the at baptisms, weddings, funerals. Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC) to help millions If you display symptoms or are self-isolating, of vulnerable people whose lives are at risk as the you should NOT attend. coronavirus pandemic spreads across refugee camps If you are vulnerable, please make a careful and countries suffering conflict. decision as to whether to attend or not. Families who have been forced to flee their homes in TRACK AND TRACE is optional when attend- places including Syria, South Sudan, and Democratic ing places of worship. However, it is in every- Republic of Congo, now face another deadly threat as one’s interest, if someone is tested positive, coronavirus takes hold in new areas. There are not that those at that particular Mass be contacted. Of course, given the two metre social dis- enough hospital beds or supplies to treat those who fall tancing and the hygiene regime in force, it is unlikely that the virus will be passed on in ill, and families face hunger as a result of lockdowns, price rises and losses. church. But it is better to be prudent. Therefore, if you use the offertory envelopes, please write on the envelope your phone We need to reach and protect the most vulnerable who have already lost everything. number and the Mass time you attend. If you don’t use the envelopes, or at weekday CAFOD Director, Christine Allen, said: “In the UK our struggle against coronavirus has en- Mass, write your name and phone number on a piece of paper together with the date and tered the next phase, but in many of the world’s poorest communities the fight has only Mass you attend. In both cases, please place the piece of paper in one of the collection just begun. We need your support to reach these communities and help people to cope as baskets at the church doors or on the altar rails. best they can when an outbreak of the virus strikes."

For Adults: What weaknesses in your life can the power of the Holy Spirit overcome?

For Children: Where will you need the Ho- ly Spirit to help you this week? The ’s prayer for July that today’s families be accompanied with love, respect, guidance. Pope Francis on the Amazon & Care for our Earth (Querida Amazona 89-93)

We pray for the people of the parish of St. Kentigern, Fallowfield and English , Whal- In the specific circumstances of the Amazon re- ley Range with Canon Cleary, their parish priest, for its parish primary school and gion, particularly in its forests and more remote St. ’s College. places, a way must be found to ensure this priest-

ly ministry. The laity can proclaim God’s word, For all who live on Arran Wk, Brechin Way & Benmore Crt. teach, organize communities, celebrate certain

sacraments, seek different ways to express popu- For all with Coronavirus, and all the sick lar devotion and develop the multitude of gifts that

the Spirit pours out in their midst. But they need For Joseph Kenneth O’Hara, Dilys Cameron, Mar- the celebration of the Eucharist because it “makes janna Feerick, Annie O’Reilly, James Latimer and the Church”. We can even say that “no Christian all who have died recently together with Michael community is built up which does not grow from and Mary Thornton, Eileen Thornton, Bill and Alice and hinge on the celebration of the most holy Eu- Thornton, Mary and Sam Mullins, John Schofield, charist”. If we are truly convinced that this is the Trudi Scholes, Ernest Leach, Brian Leach, Colette case, then every effort should be made to ensure that the Amazonian peoples do not lack Leach, Clara Taylor, Bill Hargreaves, Ethel and Pe- this food of new life and the sacrament of forgiveness. ter McHugh and all remembered at this time.

This urgent need leads me to urge all bishops, especially those in Latin America, not only May marked 100 years since the birth of Ka- to promote prayer for priestly vocations, but to be more generous in encouraging those rol Wojtyła, Pope St. John Paul II. who display a missionary vocation to opt for the Amazon region. The structure and content During his Pastoral Visit to Great Britain in 1982, of both initial and ongoing priestly formation should be thoroughly revised, so priests can he spoke to the Bishops: The principle of collegiali- acquire the attitudes and abilities demanded by dialogue with Amazonian cultures. This ty shows us how Christ’s own conviction about formation must be preeminently pastoral and favour the development of priestly mercy. himself - “I am not alone” - applies to ourselves. Through the action of his Holy Spirit, Christ is with you and in you, as you preside, as his vicars, over the Churches entrusted to your The Eucharist is also the great sacrament that signifies and realizes the Church’s unity . It pastoral care. He is also close to you through the ministry of him to whom the Church attrib- is celebrated “so that from being strangers, dispersed and indifferent to each another, we utes in a special way the titles of Vicar of Christ and Servant of the Servants of God. may become united, equals and friends”. [The one who presides at the Eucharist must fos- As members of the worldwide College of Bishops , you know that you have the support ter communion, which is not just any unity, but one that welcomes the abundant variety of of the Successor of the Apostle Peter who was made “a permanent and visible source and gifts and charisms that the Spirit pours out upon the community. foundation of unity of faith and communion”, precisely “in order that the Episcopale itself might be one and undivided”. In the past weeks the Pope has been close to you, as he has The Eucharist, source and summit, re- been close to your Argentine brothers in the Episcopate, in the great pastoral need that has A Poetic Reflection on Psalm Three quires the development of that rich va- been experienced by both your peoples as the result of armed conflict in the South Atlantic. III Domine Quid Multiplicati? riety. Priests are necessary, but this by Malcolm Guite does not mean that permanent deacons Pope Francis to young people (Christus vivit 215-6) (of whom there should be many more Any youth ministry should clearly incorporate various means and resources to help young That you may find your peace in his good will in the Amazon region), religious women people grow in fraternity, to live as brothers and sisters, to help one another, to build com- Call out to him, and tell him all your fear and lay persons cannot regularly as- munity, to be of service to others, to be close to the poor. If fraternal love is the “new com- For he will hear you from his holy hill sume important responsibilities for the mandment”, “the fullness of the Law” and our best way of showing our love for God, then it growth of communities, and perform has to have a primary place in every project of youth formation and growth to maturity. He knows how many ills both far and near those functions more effectively with Oppress your soul and how they multiply, the aid of a suitable accompaniment. All our institutions need to be better equipped to welcome young people, since so many These obstacles and problems, how you veer have a real sense of being orphaned. I refer to something experienced by boys and girls, It is not simply about facilitating more young people and adults, parents and children alike. To all these orphans – including per- From one side to the other, from one lie ordained ministers who can celebrate haps ourselves – communities like a parish or school should offer possibilities for experienc- To yet another till there’s nothing true. the Eucharist. That would be a very ing openness and love, affirmation and growth. Many young people today feel that they Just let it go for now. Don’t even try. narrow aim, were we not also to strive have inherited the failed dreams of their parents and grandparents, dreams betrayed by in- to awaken new life in communities. We justice, social violence, selfishness and lack of concern for others. In a word, they feel up- Lie down and rest. Let him look after you need to promote an encounter with rooted. If the young grow up in a world in ashes, it will be hard for them to keep alive the And in the morning when you rise again God’s word and growth in holiness flame of great dreams and projects. If they grow up in a desert devoid of meaning, where Then let him lift your head and change your view through various kinds of lay service that will they develop a desire to devote their lives to sowing seeds? The experience of disconti- call for a process of education – biblical, nuity, uprootedness and the collapse of fundamental certainties, fostered by today’s media Replenish, renovate you, and sustain doctrinal, spiritual and practical – and a culture, creates a deep sense of orphanhood to which we must respond by creating an at- His long slow blessings in your growing soul, variety of programmes of ongoing for- tractive and fraternal environment where others can live with a sense of purpose. Till troubles cease and only joys remain. mation.