10th May 2015 - longdendale

Bishop. That title goes into abeyance during the sede vacante. Fr John was
elected as Moderator to the Curia during these waiting days. Our candidates :
Hollie Wilde, Jack Ginnis, Phoebe Brind, Anne-Marie Street : St Charles; and
Emily Wood and Lorna Carrick : Immaculate Conception church. We wish them
well as they journey into full and adult membership of the church. Parish councillors next!
Catholic Church in Longdendale
PARISH NEWSLETTER
NEXT WEEKEND is denominated as World Communications Sunday; there will be a second collection at all Masses.
EASTER VI (B)
10th May 2015
BRADBURY HOUSE COFFEE MORNING Hearty thanks to those who laboured with
familiar energy to make such a success of last weekend’s BB/GAM occasion. £424 was
added to the parish fund-raising account.
WEDNESDAY GROUP met during the week and as ever looked towards future occasions. On Wednesday the group and its friends trip off to Nostell Priory (please note
the parish-Mass time : 8am); on 2nd July the group looks forward to a gentle canal-trip
from Whaley Bridge to Marple & back; and on 1st August a garden party at Nuala S’s
home.
5pm (GAM) private int
Sun 10th
MISSIO RED BOXES It has taken a while to receive the list of parish returns for last
year. But now we can acknowledge that St Mary’s Glossop (£2791) and our parishes
(£2579) both were comfortably within the top-ten parish contributors of the 120 parishes of the diocese. Hearty thanks to all to fill, empty and account for the boxes!
EASTER VI (B)
9.15 (BB) private int
ROYAL REJOICING How sensitive of the Duke & Duchess of Cambridge to place their
new-born daughter under the watchful care of St Charles (by one gender-remove!). I’m
sure that he will not fail the royal princess.
May procession
2pm BB/GAM par. Council mtg
GENERAL ELECTION We live in interesting times, as the wall-to-wall coverage on
Thursday and beyond revealed. Whatever the delights or disappointments, the expectations or disillusions, may the Holy Spirit guide the hearts of those elected to serve.
11am (HAD) for the parish
BB/GAM parish council meets on Sunday afternoon in church at 2pm.
ST CHARLES PARISH COUNCIL celebrates its anniversary at Pentecost—
next Sunday. The birthday of the church coincides with the birthday as t’were
of the parish. After Hadfield Mass next Sunday the various members of the
council will be on hand to chat about past, present & future initiatives. The
Chair both of the council and the finance team will present a brief report on
the last year. All parishioners are welcome to linger longer to share this moment—and some refreshments too.
‘FAITH IN FAMILIES’ BOXES are due for emptying. Val G asks that you bring any
boxes to church for emptying.
MAY DEVOTIONS Our custom in May & October is publicly to pray the rosary before
parish morning Mass.
Particular devotion is offered this Sunday at BB and next Sunday at St Charles in May
Processions.
Cn D Bowdren
St Charles Rectory
Woolley Bridge Rd
Hadfield SK13 1PQ
Tel 852351
St Charles Primary
Hadfield SK13 7PQ
Head :
Steve Williamson
Tel : 852692
daniel.bowdren@gmail.com
St Philip Howard
Secondary
SK13 8DR
Head : sede vacante
Tel : 853611/861022
St Margaret’s & All
Saints Federation
Gamesley SK13 6HB
Head : David Hickey
Tel : 855818
longdendale-catholics.co.uk
DATE
MASS
St John Houghton & the Notts martyrs
9.30 (HAD) Sp int
Tues 12th
Ss Nereus & Achilleus; St Pancras
no parish Mass today
11am (HAD) funeral service : Beryl Rawlinson RIP
Thurs 14th
Our Lady of Fatima
8am (HAD) D Byrnes RIP (TL etc)
Easter feria
9.30 (BB) pr int
Sat 16th
Easter feria
9.30 (HAD) pr int
2nd - £20 : Charlie
READER
B PRAYERS
E MINS
TEA
MUSIC
GAM
B Hodson
B Hodson
R Thackeray
-
-
BB
T Travis
Michael W
J Fallon, D Norton
SB
HAD
T Berry
K Holtom
PP DW JB
JM
var
SICK AND HOUSEBOUND and ANNIVERSARIES OF DEATH
confessions 10.30
Please remember to support and pray for those listed as sick and housebound in
our parish:
Barbara Moore, Tim Killeen, Sheila Berry, Joan Bone, Marie Davies, Delia Pyke, Mary
Perry, Angela Kelly, John Staton, Brian Ellison, Mary Whitham, Mary Baldwin, Jan
Slugocki, Neil Appleton, Alice Canning, Dorothy & Cliff Yarwood, Margaret Durman.
ASCENSION (B)
9.15 (BB) Maria Handysides RIP
11am (HAD) Madge Garlick RIP
LAST WEEKEND’S TOTE WINNERS
HAD : 1st - £40 : D Handley
Weds Gp trip : 9am depart
5pm (GAM) for the parish
Sun 17th
BB/GAM
Envelopes : £185.50
Loose : £146.46
Standing Orders : £103.85
Total £435.81
DUTY CALLS : Next weekend : May 17th: ASCENSION 2015
St Matthias (“Ascension Day” transferred to Sunday)
9.30 (HAD) sp int
Confirmation : 7 pm St Mary’s Glossop
Fri 15th
Hadfield
Envelopes : £239.45
Loose : £155.38
Standing Orders : £216
Total £610.83
Mon 11th
Weds 13th
MONEY MATTERS - Last weekend`s collections
OTHER
May procession
Please recall in prayer our deceased priests and parishioners whose
anniversaries occur about this time : FrsJoe Wakefield, Pip Morris, Michael Quigley,
Thos Godley, Jas Cantwell; Mary Smith, Madge Garlick, Sheila Keegan, Frank Ellison, Fred
Woolley:
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord : May they rest in peace : Amen
VI EASTER (B)
psalter wk 2
Introduction: We continue to celebrate the Risen Lord, who laid down his life for his friends.
First Reading : Acts 10 : Anyone who keeps God`s commandments is eligible for the gifts of the Spirit.
Resp
THE LORD HAS SHOWN HIS SALVATION TO THE NATIONS
Second Reading: 1 Jn 3 : God is Love!
Gospel: Jn 15: A man can have no greater love than to lay down his life for his friends.
PARISH NOTES
MAY SHE REST IN PEACE We pray for the happy repose of the soul of
Beryl Rawlinson (68) who died recently. May her sorrowing family &
friends be comforted. Beryl’s funeral rites will be conducted by Fr Robert
Thacker at St Charles on Tuesday.
THIS WEEK is an important one for our local-parishes Confirmation candidates who have prepared over many months for Thursday evening’s celebration. Whilst we still wait for Pope Francis to nominate a Bishop for our
diocese, Fr John Guest plans to travel to St Mary’s Glossop for the 7pm
occasion. Fr John was of course one of the Vicars General when we had a