Mobile Phones
Mobile Phones in the Confessional Following discussion at the Bishops’ Conference, it has been advised that, due to the sacred nature of the confessional, clergy and penitents are requested not to have active mobile phones with them in the confessional. They should not just be put on silent/airplane mode but should be turned off completely […]
Lourdes Social Evening
We invite you to join us on Friday 20th October for the first of our Pilgrimage Social evenings this year. The evening will be held at St John Henry Newman Parish Centre, Urmston. Entry is £5 per person which will go to the Centenary Pilgrimage Fund. A chance to have a reunion with friends old […]
Pastoral Letter
DIOCESE OF SALFORD Pastoral Letter of the Right Reverend John Arnold Bishop of Salford To be read and distributed in all Parishes on the weekend of 14th/15th October 2023 Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ, What is God asking of us, as the community of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Salford? How should […]
Our High School
We are happy to arrange a personal tour of our school Mount Carmel High during a normal school day. Just call us on 01254 233458 to make a prior appointment.
Choir Practice
Takes place after 6:30pm Mass at St Anne’s this Thursday. Do come along and help with choosing the music for our Sunday Mass. All welcome
Food Bank
Many thanks to all who supported our appeal for the Food Bank this weekend. A total of £429.67 was raised. Many thanks also to those who have donated food in the boxes for this purpose at the back of our churches. Thank you for your kindness. Please continue to support the food bank. In case […]
Sunday Evening
Tonight, Lord, I am alone.Little by little the soundsdied down in the church.The people went away,And I came home,Alone. I passed people who werereturning from a walk.I went by the cinemathat was disgorging its crowd.I skirted cafe terraces where tired strollerswere trying to prolong the pleasureof a Sunday holiday.I bumped into youngstersplaying on the footpath,Youngsters, […]
Catholic Education
On 10th September we celebrate Education Sunday when Catholic Church congregations commemorate their predecessors of the 19th century, many of whom were living in poverty, paying for schools to be built. Our parishioner forebears and their bishops rightly saw education as the principal means of handing on the faith and improving the spiritual, moral, social […]
St Augustine of Hippo
From the Confessions of St Augustine O Eternal Truth, true love and beloved eternity Urged to reflect upon myself, I entered under your guidance the innermost places of my being; but only because you had become my helper was I able to do so. I entered, then, and with the vision of my spirit, such […]
Our Lady of Częstochowa
Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Czestochowa – The Black Madonna – The Queen of Poland. Northeast of the ancient city of Krakow, Poland, is the small town of Czestochowa. To every Pole the name means but one thing – Mary’s Sanctuary. On a nearby hill – the Bright Hill, Jasna Gora […]