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6th September - 13th September 2026 |
Week Twenty Three |
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Twenty Third Sunday 6th September Ez 33:7-9 Rm 13:8-10 Mt 18:15-20 9.00 Deceased of Morton & McGarry families 11.00 Jean Barrile RIP 1st anniversary 12.30 Baptism 6.00 Mass People of the Parish Exit Collection: Parish Hall Refurbishment |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, Birthday of Our Lady (Tuesday) a very ancient feast that is tradition’s way of saying that from the very first moment of her life Mary was holy, full of grace and destined for a special purpose. In catholic tradition we usually celebrate the day a holy person dies, but with Mary we mark the day she was born. In our Friary Church we also honour her parents St.Joachim & St.Anne. Though not named in scripture they are cited in the apochryphal gospel of Saint James. St Peter Claver (Wednesday) was an early Jesuit who studied in Mallorca, where door keeper St.Alfonso Rodriguez advised him to go to the New World. So he became the apostle of Columbia, be-friending & defending slaves arriving on ships from Africa. Churchmen & politicians opposed this work, but today his feast is a national holiday in Colombia. St.Osburg (Wednesday) was an 11th century abbess of a Coventry monastery founded by King Cnut after he became a Christian. The Catholic Church on the Coventry ring road bears her name. St.Ambrose Barlow (Thursday) was a Lancashire man who converted to the catholic faith in the turbulent 17th cent. He joined the Benedictines in France & volunteered for the English mission. Serving 24 yrs in Lancashire he was arrested in 1641 & executed at Lancaster. His feast is kept in Salford & Hall Green. The Holy Name of Mary (Saturday) an optional memorial, is a counterpart of the Holy Name of Jesus, and has been celebrated for centuries. St John Chrysostom (Sept. 13) is eclipsed this year by next Sunday, but he was a spirited and combative 4th century Bishop of Constantinople, who won fame as an able and distinguished preacher. ‘Chrysostom’ means ‘golden mouth’.
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Monday 7th September 1Co 5:1-8 Lk 6:6-11 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Mass Fr.Andrew Franklin-ordination anniv. also Ann Elliot RIP |
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Tuesday 8th September Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary Mi 5:2-5 or Rm 8:28-30 Mt 1:1-16,18-23 7.00 Mass Jo Duffield 10.15 Mass Patricia Ganderton RIP also Jack Hogan 10.45 Rosary of the unborn 7.00 Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday 9th September St.Peter Claver & St.Osburg 1Co 7:25-31 Lk 6:20-26 7.00 Mass Folk in Enerhodar & Dnipro Oblast 10.15 Mass Shay Donohoe RIP also Henry O’Leary 12.15 Ashes burial Henry O'Leary-Robin Hood |
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Thursday 10th September St.Ambrose Barlow 1 Co 8:1-7,11-13 Lk 6:27-38 7.00 Mass Adam Carl Breeze (birthday) 10.15 Mass Caroline Louise Sparling also Danny C 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Friday 11th September 1Co 9:16-19,22-27 Lk 6:39-42 7.00 Mass Our Lady Of Medjugorje 10.15 Mass Stella Minihan RIP also Fenola Whittle |
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Saturday 12th September Most Holy Name of Mary 1Co 10:14-22 Lk 6:43-49 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Paula Fish RIP also Ann Elliot RIP |
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Twenty Fourth Sunday 13th September Ez 33:7-9 Rm 13:8-10 Mt 18:15-20 9.00 Mass Fr Peter Eccles 11.00 Mass Alistair Plummer RIP 12.30 Baptism 6.00 Mass People of the Parish also Robert Hardy RIP (anniversary) Exit Collection: Catholic Education Service |