The Catholic Parish of

St. John Henry Newman The churches of the English Martyrs & St. Monica

Parish Priest: Fr. Kieren Mullarkey (kieren.mullarkey@dioceseofsalford.org.uk)

The Presbytery, 5 Roseneath Road, Urmston, Manchester, M41 5AX,

0161 748 2328 www.ourparish.info

Assistant Priest: Fr. David Quiligotti

St. Monica’s Enquiries: Amanda Craven - Wednesday - Fri (9.30am - 1.30pm) (0161) 749 9197

(www.stmonicasflixton.com)

In Residence: Fr. Bernard Charnock (Pastor Emeritus)

FACEBOOK: Blessed John Henry Newman TWITTER: @padrekieren WEBSITE: www.ourparish.info

Christ the King - 24th November 2019

Dear Parishioners,

I don’t know about you but I’ve often wonder WHO (not what) Jesus saw as he was enthroned upon the cross on that

Good Friday afternoon. Of course we know the words that he said as the one and eternal sacrifice took place, he

spoke words of forgiveness, words of salvation, and words of completion … It is finished! I wonder if as his eyes nar-

rowed in pain, whether He saw beyond the faces of those in the crowd. I wonder if, at the moment when time and cre-

ation merged into one, did He see the faces of those that will and do belong to the Church? Did he see me? Did he

see you? Were all earthly borders and boundaries dissolved, as he was enthroned upon the cross, and as his ministry

was completed?

Well to be honest I don’t really need to wonder. Because the ancient and apostolic faith of the Church say’s that it

did. Catholic’s and our Orthodox brethren believe, just as the apostolic Church did that as we gather around the altar,

as we participate in the “sacrifice of the Mass” then we too stand with the crowd at the cross, our faces merge with

theirs, we ourselves become present to him, he sees us and we see him! We become a living part of his family, we be-

come true members of his Kingdom in the here and the now. Never forget that in the Mass, we enter the throne room

of the Lord. We enter into his presence, we bow (genuflect) in adoration before him. And in his presence we become

who we really are member of his Body part of his Kingdom.

The book of the Apocalypse reminds us: “Look I am standing at the door, knocking. If one of you hears me calling and

opens the door, I will come in to share his meal, side by side with him. Those who prove victorious I will allow to share my

throne …”

God Bless you & your families

Fr. Kieren

34th Week of Ordinary Time

Please note that due to funerals, weddings and school events weekday Mass Times are subject to change, and that on Tuesdays and Fridays some of our younger parishioners are likely to be joining us during Term Time.

The churches of English Martyrs’ & St. Monica’s are open for prayer Tuesday – Friday until 4.00pm

Tuesday 9.10am 9.30am

26 Morning Prayer (EM) Mass (EM)

Wednesday 8.45am 9.30am 2.30pm

27 Rosary Mass (SM) Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (SM)

Thursday 6.00pm 6.35pm 7.00pm

28 Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (EM) Evening Prayer (Vespers) Mass

Friday 8.45am 9.15am

29 The Rosary Mass - (SM)

Saturday 10.00am 11.00am

1.00pm

5.00pm 5.30pm

30 St. Andrew - Feast Sacrament of Reconciliation & Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament (EM) Mass

Baptism (EM)

The Sacrament of Reconciliation (SM) Sunday Vigil Mass (SM)

Sunday 9.30am

11.30am 1.00pm

1 1st Sunday of Advent Mass (EM) Mass (SM) Baptism (SM)

Masses & Prayers Received/Requested

Please ensure that all Masses are marked correctly

Lately Dead

Requiescat in pace

Margaret Jones, Kathleen Han-nen

Intention

The Holy Souls,

Anniversaries

John Prole, Jack Prole, Leo Thornton, James Fowler, Cathe-rine Kelly, Mildred Gorey, Nora McNamara, Maurice Windle, Molly Tildsley, Herbert Ford-ham, Sheila O’Dowd, Patrick McGuire, Kevin Allen, Marjo-rie Melody, Alice Hall, Alice Parker, Lucy Wheeldon

Sick Please send names to be included on

the sick list directly to Fr. Kieren. Please note that the sick list will be deleted at the end of each month.

Judith Lee, Marie Burns, Mon-ica Bescoby, Bridget Caunce, Nicholas Behan, Catherine Burke, Maureen Ashton, Mar-garet Sweeney, Sid Byrne, Pat-rick McGuihen, Tom Kennedy, Stewart Mooney, George Web-ster, Jose Afonso, Luke Durham

Sanctuary Candles

If you would like to donate a candle in memory of a loved one please fill in a yellow envelope available at the back

of English Martyrs’ Church.

Tabernacle Candle

Philip Ronan

Our Lady candle

Sean Mortell

NEWSLETTER all items for the newslet-ter must be sent to Fr. K (via email) be-fore 9.00am Thursday morning or sent to Amanda at STM before 12.00pm

Wednesday evening.

If you are a UK tax payer, can I invite you to consider joining the Parish Gift Aid scheme. Gift Aid costs you nothing extra but allows the Parish to make a little more on your weekly donation. (e.g.) If you would like to help the Parish please take a form from the back of Church.

Please keep in your prayers those

preparing to celebrate the Sacrament

of Marriage:

21.12.19 Lauren & Paul

25.01.20 Victoria & Robert

13.04.20 Suzanne & Dominic

For those waiting to start the pro-

gramme to share the sacrament in 2020

(in the Parish or in the Catholic Church

abroad), please can you touch base

with Fr. K, if you haven’t as yet, to dis-

cuss the process before the New Year!

FORMATION LECTURE SERIES - St. Gabriel’s RCHS, Bury, BL9 0TZ

Wednesday 4th December - The Eucharist, Food for the Journey - Marianna Miller

Wednesday 8th January 2020 - The New Evangelisation - Bishop Philip Egan

To register your place (suggested donation £5) visit www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/

parishes/events or call 0161 817 2214

Further lectures will take place in the New Year.

SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME

A little reminder of the upcoming im-portant dates!

1. Celebration Mass - Christ the King, Sunday 24th November (11.30am) at St. Monica’s.

2. Celebration Mass - 3rd Sunday of Advent , Sunday 15th December (11.30am) at St. Monica’s - with the blessing of the Bambino’s.

All children on the Programme must attend both Celebration Masses.

Apparators for St Monica’s If anyone who attends the church services on a regular basis would like to help with for example the collection please talk to Peter Carlon for the Saturday 5:30 mass or Tom Parry for the Sunday 11:30 mass for more

details… Many thanks

SVP The next meeting of the SVP will be on Monday 25th No-

vember at 7pm at the Parish Centre.

Urmston Choral Society - “The Manchester Carols” Wednes-day 18th December (7pm), St. Monica’s Church. Tickets cost £8, students and children £2. For tickets please call 0161 748

0903

Advent Prayer Service - The Parish Hope in the Future Team are preparing to organise an Advent Prayer Service which will take place on 10th December in St Monica's Church. If you can help in any way there is a meeting on Monday 2nd December

at 6.30pm in the Jubilee Room.

Charity Event - 80’s Night Saturday 30th November - John Alker Club (Fancy dress is optional) - Tickets cost £10 please

contact Umesh on 07729860417

Advent Series at Wardley Hall As we begin “The God Who Speaks: The Year of the Word,” there will be Advent reflec-tions held at Wardley Hall which will focus on praying with three voices: Isaiah, John the Baptist and Matthew in his Gos-pel account of the Christmas Story. Each event will run from 10:30 - 12:30 at Wardley Hall. 29 November: The Voice of the Prophet Isaiah 6 December: The Voice of John the Baptist 1 3 D e c e m b e r : T h e V o i c e o f M a t t h e w To book your place or for further information, please contact: Marie Sartini, Bishop's PA, 0161 794 2825, ma-rie.sartini@dioceseofsalford.org.uk

Festive Post Box! A special Christmas post box will be at the back of English Martyrs Church over the next few weeks - until Friday 6th De-cember. If you or your children would like to send a letter to St. Nicholas. Please post it here. The Post Box will move to St. Monica’s Church for the school Mass - Nursery & KS1 (9.15am) on

6th December, the official feast day of St. Nick.

Fr. Kieren: “Super Winter/Christmas Survival Hamper” raffle tickets will be available to purchase the opportunity of winning this hamper; which contains all the essentials … a vast assort-ment of chocolates, biscuits, cakes, booze and coffee! Tickets will cost £1.00/strip and will be available after all weekend Masses. The winning ticket will be drawn on the day of the

Christmas Fair. You have to be in it to win it!!

Lourdes Volunteer Information Meeting Cathedral Centre, 3 Ford Street, Salford, M3 6DP Wednesday 27th November, 7.30pm. Find out more about our friendly and welcoming Sal-ford family at our Volunteer Information Meeting. There's no hard sell and you don't have to commit to anything. Get a brew, sit down, listen to our presentation and chat with some of our existing volunteers. We'll be happy to answer any ques-tions that you may have. As a volunteer with the diocesan Lourdes pilgrimage, you’ll be assisting the sick, vulnerable, infirm and lonely from our diocese. Helping them to fully par-ticipate in, and be at the centre of, all that we do in Lourdes. We’ll give you all the preparation and support that you need. It’s hard work but it’s one of the most rewarding experiences you’ll have. Many volunteers make decisions about future ca-reers when in Lourdes. Find time to explore your faith, to learn about yourself and to find friends that you’ll have for life. It is often said that you don’t ‘go’ to Lourdes, you are ‘called’.

Answer the call in 2020.

Lourdes Charity Event - Are you looking for a good evening out before Christmas begins? Why not come to the Parish Centre on Friday 6th December (8pm to late). Live band - The Small Weller, and professional DJ. Late night supper of hot barms and chips; Christmas Cocktail Bar by Meadows Gin, fully licensed bar. Tickets cost £20/person and will be available from Darby’s Coffee Shop, Salon Pierre and directly from the Centre (07595540613), all monies raised will support the Urm-

ston & Stretford Lourdes group.

Shawe Hall drama group proudly presents Dick Whittington & his cat Friday 6th & Saturday 7th December @7.30pm. Shawe Hall Community Centre, Church Road, Flixton. Tickets available via Jackie - TEXT only 07980128657 or 01617474456. Tick-

ets £3/adult and £2/child.

50+Group. (Our Lady & the English Martyrs’) The next meet-ing is on Thursday 28th November, when we will be entertained by our Lady of the Rosary school choir, followed by bingo and the raffle. This meeting will be your last opportunity to book a place and pay for the Christmas Lunch on December 5th at 12 noon. We will have a three course lunch with wine provid-ed, followed by coffee and mince pies. We will be entertained

by Wayne Devin. The cost is £15.

NIFTY 50+ (St. Monica’s) The coach for the Christmas party lunch at Lytham St Ann’s will pickup at St MONICAS at 10:30am Tuesday 26th Nov, don’t forget your Christmas party hats and

don’t be late.

Walk with Me Books for Advent They are a great resource

for pray and reflection during the season of Advent. £1 each.

Cake Sale There will be a cake and wreath sale after all the Masses on weekend 7th & 8th December. To raise funds for the garden group. If anyone would also like to donate cakes to sell, please contact Amanda in the parish office or email her on amanda.craven@dioceseofsalford.org.uk. If you would like to be part of the gardening group please ask Amanda for more

details.

Extra Ordinary Minister of Holy Communion (St. Monica’s) I would like to trial a new way of bringing the Blessed Sacrament to our sick and housebound after the Sunday Masses—from the 1st Sunday of Advent). If - as a minister - you bring the Blessed Sacrament from Mass can I ask you to do the following: (1) wait until everybody has received the Blessed Sacrament in Holy Communion (2) come forward and stand behold the Altar with your empty pyx (3) you will then receive the Blessed Sacrament and be sent out from the community -

through prayer - to bring Our Lord to our brothers and sister.

Finance Committee can I invite members of the Parish Finance Committee to attend a meeting on Wednesday 11th December

(6.30pm) in the Kershaw Room.

SVP Charity Event - Talbot Community Annual Social Friday 29th November 7.30pm until late (The Parish Centre). Mixed Buffet (including Concannon, Bacon & Cabbage), music by JIB Disco and a Mega Raffle. Adult Tickets £10,. Accompanied

children £5. Tickets available from Larry 07718768804.

Financial Matters New Bank Details If you have a standing order at St. Monica’s, please contact Amanda in the parish of-fice on 0161 749 9197 for the new bank details. ALL cheques to the Parish should now be made out to: St. John Henry New-

man.

Lunch Club - Thursday 28th November, 12.30, Jubilee room. Please add your name to the list in the porch at St Monica's if you are able to attend.

Cleaning at St Monica's - Friday 29th November after Morning Mass. Anyone who is able to offer an hour to help with the cleaning of the Church. All help welcome.

Getting Your Child Baptised As a Parish we follow the Diocesan Baptism Policy. In order to be baptised the Catholic family (resident in the Parish) if not already practising their faith must attend Sunday Mass for a minimum of 6 weeks before a date is discussed. After confirmation of a date a Baptism Prepa-ration meeting must be attended. Please contact Fr. Kieren via the Presbytery or contact the office at St. Monica’s.

Getting Married in the Church

In order to get married in the Catholic Church 6 months notice must be given. If you have been married outside the Church and would like to have the civil marriage con-validated, please contact Fr. Kieren for further infor-mation. “And that is what marriage is! Hand in hand, always

and for the rest of your lives”. Pope Francis

SAFEGUARDING: The Diocese of Salford is committed to the protec-

tion of young people and vulnerable adults. If you have any concerns

please contact our Parish Representative - Bill Smith - 01617484165

PARISH CENTRE

Available for all your family & so-cial events.

For bookings of Parish Centre or Hall Filippa Martin 07866583870 or via

email: martin_filippa@yahoo.co.uk Check out the website to see what is going on:

www.urmston_parish_centre.com

CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE STRETFOOD FOOD BANK Please place

any of the above items in the grey bin at the back of church. If any-

one would like to donate directly then detail are as follows Stretford

Food bank Co-op Bank a/c 65855834 Sort code: 089299.

OUR CATHOLIC SCHOOLS - DIOCESE OF SALFORD

English Martyrs Wycliffe Road, Urmston.

Headteacher: Mrs Carole Partington (0161) 748 7257

Our Lady of the Rosary Davyhulme Road, Urmston. Headteacher: Miss S. Molloy (0161)748 4626

St. Monica’s Woodsend Road South, Flixton Headteacher: Mrs. Louise Davies (0161) 748 3353 St. Antony’s Catholic College

Bradfield Road, Urmston Headteacher: Mrs. F. Wright

(0161) 911 8001

Parish Groups & Activities

Children’s Church: During ALL the Sunday Masses

SVP: Monday (PC) Mothers Prayers: Monday 9.45am (JR) Serra: Every 1st Tuesday 2.00pm (PC) Lectio Divina: Every 3rd Tuesday, 7.15pm (KR) Craft Group Tuesday, 2.00pm (KR) Toddlers Group: Tuesday 9.30am (JR) Prayer Group: Tuesday 7.30pm (JR) Nifty 50’s Tuesday (JR) Sewing Group: Wednesday9.45am-11.45am (JR) OLEM +50 Every 2nd Thursday (PC) UCM: 1st&3rd Thursday 1.00pm (JR)

Tea & Coffee: After ALL Sunday (a.m.) Masses

IMPACT: Sunday 6.00pm - 7.30pm (JR)

KR: Kershaw Room (EM Presbytery) PC: Parish Centre: Davyhulme JR: Jubilee Room (SM)

Sacramental Programme 2019-2020 (Parent meetings and Celebration Masses only)

Parent Meetings (Parish Centre - Davyhulme - 7.00pm) 15th January 2020 - Introduction to the Sacraments 19th February - Understanding Reconciliation 25th March - Holy Week & Easter 22nd April - Understanding the Eucharist (The Mass)

Celebration Masses (St. Monica’s Church - 11.30am Mass) 24th November - Christ the King (Youth Sunday) 15th December - Gaudete Sunday (3rd Sunday of Advent) 19th January - The Word 15th March - The Cross

Reconciliation Services 4th March - St. Monica’s (6.00pm) 10th March - English Martyrs (6.00pm) 11th March - English Martyrs (6.00pm)

First Holy Communion Masses (Noon) 25th April - St. Monica’s - children from St. Monica’s 16th May - English Martyrs - children from Our Lady of the Rosary 13th June - English Martyrs - children from English Martyrs 28th June - St. Monica’s - Parish Thanksgiving Mass

LITURGY & MINISTRY - TRAINING DAYS

EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS with the Irenaeus Project Saturday 18th January (9.15am-4pm), St. Vincent de Paul Church, Rochdale.

MUSIC & LITURGY with Jo Boyce Saturday 8th February 2020 (10am-6.30pm), St. Thomas of Canterbury Church, Bolton.

CHILDREN’S LITURGY with Linda Pennington Saturday 28th March 2020 (10am-3pm), Salford Cathedral. To register call 0161 817 2214 or email: hope@dioceseofsalford.org.uk