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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Synod Thoughts
Here is a Pastoral Letter written by Bishop Joseph Strickland of the Diocese of Tyler in the USA. Definite food for thought and prayer not just for the universal Synod and also our own upcoming Diocesan Synod. My Dear Sons and Daughters in Christ: May the love and grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ be […]
Queenship of Mary
From a homily by St Amadeus of Lausanne, bishop Queen of the world and of peace Observe how fitting it was that even before her assumption the name of Mary shone forth wondrously throughout the world. Her fame spread everywhere even before she was raised above the heavens in her magnificence. Because of the honour due […]
Pope Pius X
Today Holy Mother Church celebrates the Feast of St Pius the Tenth (1835-1914)He was born in the village of Riese, near Venice, one of ten children of a very poor family. He was ordained to the priesthood at the age of 23. He was successively bishop of Mantua and of Venice, and was elected Pope, […]