ARCHBISHOP EMERITUS PATRICK

April 3rd 2024 marked 40 years since Archbishop Patrick's Episcopal ordination in Salford Cathedral. 

We thank him for his service and the friendship and support he has given to our Redemptorist Community.

 Photo taken during our 9 day Novena to Our Mother of Perpetual Succour in 2015.

AS EASTER DAWNS - FROM OUR RESIDENT POET

As Easter Dawns

As Lenten days

Draw to their sombre close,

Spring bursts forth.

Our world prepares for rebirth.

Vibrant colours erupt

From the depth of the cold, dark earth,

Birds joyously flirt.

Lengthening days entice all

From centrally heated nests –

To enjoy the freedom of the outdoors.

On the nearing horizon,

The miracle of Divine Love

Prepares, once again,

To reveal to all, irrespectively,

Eternal Redemption.

As this Easter Day dawns,

May the Light of the Risen Christ

Shine joyously around our world,

Filling hearts with hopes for a future

When all can live,

Not in a Garden of Eden –

But an earthly, sustainable environment,

Where understanding and respect

Harmoniously flourish.

Eileen Murray © March 2024

THANK YOU FROM THE AHEARNS

Raymond Ahearn and his family wish to thank all of the parishioners and friends for their prayers, cards and expressions of consolation following the death of his brother, Fr Beverley.

LIVE SIMPLY AWARD - CONGRATULATIONS

Congratulations to all that helped in anyway in helping us to achieve the LiveSimply Award.    We have received a letter  (click here) and a presentation certficate. The parish will also receive a plaque. 

Thank you to the hard work of the LiveSimply team across both parishes.   If you have other thoughts/ ideas/ activities that you would like to share please contact them at : . 

FLAME CCR

A local Merseyside Christian and  Community radio station providing music, discussion and Christian teaching, is now available on DAB+ and via the  Flame Radio App flameradio.org.

ARCHDIOCESAN SYNODAL COUNCIL RESULTS

The ASC report is now ready to read.  It can be accessed by clicking here.

ARCHBISHOP'S STATEMENT ON THE KING'S HEALTH

The Archbishop has released a statement following the announcement of the King's cancer diagnosis.  Click here to read it.

FROM OUR RESIDENT POET - CLOSE DOWN OR WAIT

CLOSE DOWN OR WAIT

Quietly I sit in contemplation,

Waiting for words of inspiration

To fill my brain, in preparation

So words will flow - no meditation!

Shall I write about the weather?

Deep snow, fierce storms - together

Killers of incipient leisure,

Destroyers of the hours of pleasure.

These darkling days need joy,

Not mundane facts used as a ploy.

A sideways glance through window spies

One sight that makes the spirits rise.

Inquisitive robin, 'neath brightening skies,

Unearths some food - to his surprise.

Twittering sparrows join the quest.

Robin repels unwanted guest.

Now, his realm is repossessed.

Macho robin has passed the test!

Think not, protagonist is coy,

Just inspiration to enjoy.

 robin has passed the test.

Eileen Murray © January 2024

A THANK YOU FROM THE WHITECHAPEL CENTRE

We have received a thank you from the The Whitechapel Centre for the magnificent amount of money raised at our Christmas by Candlelight Event.

A MESSAGE FROM FR HUGH SEENAN MAFR (MISSIONARIES OF AFRICA)

I  write firstly to thank you, and all your priests for the wonderful welcome given to me and our team as we travelled through the Archdiocese. Your priests and deacons are quite extraordinary in their work and kind and generous in their welcome. 61 parish priests responded positively to our request for an appeal date. The appeals covered 103 parishes. £37,009.70 was raised through the collections.

To your people in all pastoral areas, thanks simply is not adequate. The scale of generosity in this difficult time is quite humbling. We are all working for the Mission of the Gospel. To be welcomed and treated in such a way as your parish communities did makes our mission that much easier.

Yours faithfully,

Fr Hugh Seenan MAfr,

Missionaries of Africa