Heywood SVP Foodbank: are looking for someone with good money management skills to act as their treasurer. Role involves processing donations and payments, keeping good digital records of transactions and occasional reporting. If you would like to volunteer, please contact 07396071193 or speak to Brian Doyle for more details
If you would like to join it is only £5 a month which needs to be paid at the beginning of every month. The more members we have, the bigger the prize and more money going back into our church. Winners are on the Notice Boards
Our Jubilee of Jubilee series continues this August by following the journey of young adults of our diocese who travelled to Rome to celebrate the Jubilee of Youth. From radio broadcasts, to video reflections, and written articles, this month's resources invite you to journey with our young pilgrims as they learn more about discovering and sharing the hope of Christ throughout our pilgrimage of life. Begin reflecting with us today at https://dioceseofsalford.org.uk/news/jubilee-2025/calendar/
When we consider the Christian life, we often think in positive terms: peace, light, joy, goodness, life. And yet, as the Scriptures remind us today, that Christian life must be lived in the midst of a world which is filled with more negative terms: division, distress, cruelty and death. The words of the Gospel may appear shocking to us: Jesus says that he comes to bring division, not peace, and this seems totally contrary to the message of the Gospel! And yet, Jesus is not announcing his desire of course he wants peace, not division but showing his understanding of the world in which we live. He is inviting us to weigh up the cost of the Kingdom, a cost he was willing to embrace: as the second reading tells us: Jesus, for the sake of the joy which was still in the future, endured the cross Whatever weighs us down, let us endure and persevere, so that the fire of Gods love may blaze over the whole earth.
The Diocese of Salford's Pilgrimage Office has organised a day pilgrimage to Ladyewell Shrine in Lancashire to encourage all to take up the Jubilee call to pilgrimage this Holy Year. The pilgrimage takes place on Saturday 28 June and costs £26pp, including coach pick up from St Bernadette's, Whitefield at 10.30am. Call 0161 817 2209 or email pilgrimage@dioceseofsalford.org.uk to find out more and register
Wednesday 24th, Christmas Eve: Mass 5.30pm: Family Mass: Mass to be principally for families with (young) children Mass 7.30pm: Mass principally for families with older children and other parishioners. Thursday 25th Christmas Day : Mass 9.30am Mass 11am,
We welcome Sharon Whittle our new parish secretory, who has already resumed her duty in the parish. Sharon will be in the office on Mondays and Wednesdays.
Words of gratitude : I would like express my deep sense of gratitude to the entire parishioners for your generosity, support and presence at my 50th thanksgiving Mass. My thanks and appreciation also to all the volunteers of our parish, the sacristan, cleaners, the flower arranger, those who prepared the food, the Cake baker, those who helped to arrange the Hall and clean up and all those who contributed in various ways to make the evening so memorable one.
On Saturday 14 February , Bishop John will be celebrating a special Mass for engaged couples across the diocese. The Mass provides couples with an opportunity to seek God's blessing to guide and strengthen them during this time of preparation. Newly married couples are also invited to receive a blessing in their first year of marriage. The Mass will take place at St Patrick's Church in Collyhurst on Saturday 14 February 2026 at 1:30pm.
Discover more about what it means to live in the Holy Spirit with a series of seminars heading to Manchester this autumn. This series of Life in the Spirit Seminars will be taking place at Our Lady's Church, Moss Side, from Wednesday 24th September , 7.30pm
Join us in celebrating the Feast of Our Lady of Walsingham with a special Mass at St Luke’s Church (M6 7WR), in Salford, on Wednesday 24 September . Mass, which will be celebrated by Bishop John, will begin at 7pm. There will also be an opportunity to find out more about next year’s diocesan pilgrimage to Walsingham.
Gather the family together to celebrate God's creation with Family Forest Fun Mornings at the Diocese of Salford's Laudato Si' Centre. Taking place between 10am-12.30pm over the first three Tuesdays of August, these sessions are packed with a range of activities that teach us more about the wonder of creation. Find out more and register at https://laudatosicentre.org.uk/events/family-forest-fun-mornings/
Wednesday 24th, Christmas Eve: Mass 5.30pm: Family Mass: Mass to be principally for families with (young) children Mass 7.30pm: Mass principally for families with older children and other parishioners. Thursday 25th Christmas Day : Mass 9.30am Mass 11am,
Please contact the office to make your appointment with Fr Augustine.: Meetings will be Tue-Friday evenings 4pm –7pm. You must attend with your child, also with evidence of baptism. The final meeting will be Wednesday 29th October.
Do you want to learn more about our faith? RCIA is the process, and specific ceremonies, which leads adults to Christian baptism and into full Communion with the Catholic Church. ALSO, if you are already Catholic but would like to learn more about our beautiful Catholic Faith you are MORE than welcome to join us. RCIA sessions will start from Friday the 26th of September in the parish meeting room at 7pm.
Pope Francis
If peoples are to remain brothers and sisters, prayer must rise unceasingly to Heaven, and one single word constantly echo on earth: peace.