ORDER OF SERVICE AND NEWSLETTER
Sunday 13th September 2020

MASS TIMES
Saturday         17:30     Vigil of Sunday Mass 
Sunday           10:30      Sunday Mass
Monday          10:00     Weekday Mass
Tuesday          10:00     Weekday Mass
Wednesday    10:00    Weekday Mass
Thursday        10:00     Weekday Mass
Friday              10:00     Weekday Mass
Saturday         10:00      Weekday Mass
 
 

MASS OFFERINGS
 
Lately Dead: Marilyn Boyle, Andrew Boyle,
Georgina Doyle, George Caffrey.                                                                                           
 
Anniversaries: Edith Gray, Patrick Kinsley, Matt Brennan  


Others: Sayers, Riley family & Paul White,
Patricia Saunders (B/day), Our Lady & St. Peregrines Care


 
 

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time   (A)   
 
Order of Mass
 
The Gloria
Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to people of good will. We praise you, we bless you, we adore you, we glorify you, we give you thanks for your great glory, Lord God, heavenly King, O God, almighty Father. Lord Jesus Christ, only Begotten Son, Lord God, Lamb of God, Son of the Father, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us; you take away the sins of the world, receive our prayer; you are seated at the right hand of the Father, have mercy on us. For you alone are the Holy One, you alone are the Lord, you alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ, with the Holy Spirit, in the glory of God the Father. Amen
The Liturgy of the Word
First Reading:  A Reading from the book of Ecclesiasticus
Resentment and anger, these are foul things, and both are found with the sinner.  He who exacts vengeance will experience the vengeance of the Lord, who keeps strict account of sin.  Forgive your neighbour the hurt he does you, and when you pray, your sins will be forgiven. If a man nurses anger against another, can he then demand compassion from the Lord?  Showing no pity for a man like himself, can he then plead for his own sins?  Mere creature of flesh, he cherishes resentment; who will forgive him his sins?  Remember the last things, and stop hating, remember dissolution and death, and live by the commandments.  Remember the commandments, and do not bear your neighbour ill-will; remember the covenant of the Most High, and overlook the offence.
 
The word of the Lord.    Thanks be to God.
 
Responsorial Psalm:
Response:    The Lord is compassion and love, slow to anger and rich in mercy.     
 
Second Reading:  A reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Romans.
The life and death of each of us has its influence on others; if we live, we live for the Lord; and if we die, we die for the Lord, so that alive or dead we belong to the Lord.  This explains why Christ both died and came to life, it was so that he might be Lord both of the dead and of the living.
 
The word of the Lord.     Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation:
Allelulia! Allelulia!
Speak, Lord, your servant is listening: you have the message of eternal life. Alleluia!
 
The Holy Gospel according to Matthew
Peter went up to Jesus and said, “Lord, how often must I forgive my brother if he wrongs me?  As often as seven times?”  Jesus answered, “Not seven, I tell you, but seventy-seven times.  And so the kingdom of heaven may be compared to a king who decided to settle his accounts with his servants.  When reckoning began, they brought him a man who owed ten thousand talents; but he had no means of paying, so his master gave orders that he should be sold, together with his wife and children and all his possessions, to meet the debt”. At this, the servant threw himself down at his master’s feet. “Give me time,” he said, “and I will pay the whole sum.”  And the servant’s master felt so sorry for him that he let him go and cancelled the debt.  Now as this servant went out, he happened to meet a fellow servant who owed him one hundred denarii; and he seized him by the throat and began to throttle him.  “Pay what you owe me,” he said.  His fellow servant fell at his feet and
implored him, saying, “Give me time and I will pay you.”  But the other would not agree; on the contrary, he had him thrown into prison till he should pay the debt.  His fellow servants were deeply distressed when they saw what had happened, and they went to their master and reported the whole affair to him.  Then the master sent for him. “You wicked servant”, he said, “I cancelled all that debt of yours when you appealed to me.  Were you not bound, then, to have pity on your fellow servant just as I had pity on you?”  And in his anger the master handed him over to the torturers till he should pay all his debt.  And that is how my heavenly Father will deal with you unless you each forgive your brother from your heart.”
 
The Gospel of the Lord. 
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ
The Nicene Creed
 I believe in one God, the Father almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all things visible and invisible. I believe in one Lord Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God, born of the Father before all ages. God from God, Light from Light, true God from true God, begotten, not made, consubstantial with the Father; through him all things were made. For us men and for our salvation he came down from heaven, and by the Holy Spirit was incarnate of the Virgin Mary, and became man.
For our sake he was crucified under Pontius Pilate, he suffered death and was buried, and rose again on the third day in accordance with the Scriptures. He ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of God the Father almighty; from there he will come to judge the living and the dead.  I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Catholic Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and life everlasting.  Amen
 
Bidding prayers - Reader -:      Father, forgive us our sins
                               Response -:   “As we forgive those who sin against us”.
 
Liturgy of the Eucharist
May the Lord accept the sacrifice at your hands for the praise and glory of his name, for our good and the good of His holy church.
 
Holy, Holy, Holy Lord God of hosts,
Heaven and earth are full of your glory, Hosanna in the highest. 
Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest. Kneel.
 
Mystery of Faith
We proclaim your Death, O Lord, and profess your Resurrection, until you come again.
The Communion Rite
The Lord’s Prayer
Breaking of the Bread.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us. Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.  Kneel.
 
Invitation to Communion
Lord, I am not worthy that you should enter under my roof, but only say the word and my soul shall be healed.
 
Final Prayer and Blessing followed by Communion.
 
Notices
Memorial Book: The following names are included for September :
Marie Smith (Hamlet), Ted Corcoran, Lee Banister, James Cain, Michael McDonnell, Josephine Duxbury, Malachy England, Edith Gray, Thomas Earl, Matt Brennan, Alice Wrall, Norman Martin, Marjorie Kelly, Clair Cecelia Craig, Jean McDonald, Robert Bridgeman, William O’Connor, Denis O’Donnell
 
May their souls and the souls of all faithful departed through the mercy of God rest in peace, Amen.
 
Readings 1st
When you pray, forgive those who have sinned against you – then the Lord will answer your prayers.
 
Romans – If we live it is for the Lord.  If we die it is for the Lord, - Christ is Lord of the living and dead.
 
Matthew – you must forgive if you seek forgiveness.
 
COVID-19.  The Corona 19 Virus continues to be a threat to our lives and to our way of life:  Masks are not fashion items but a means to protect others and we must wear them in company, shops and Church.  Gatherings of more than 6 are illegal – however, in Church, if we take care, we will be able to continue to meet and pray.  We must not abuse this privilege – so take care!
Fr. Joachim sends a promise of prayer our way.  He has recently become Captain of his local Golf Club – we wish him well.
Droylsden Food Bank:  Tell us that they are short of the following items:  tinned tomatoes, biscuits, toothpaste and sanitary products.  Your continued support is most welcome.  Stella Chorlton is our contact rep.
Collection Envelopes:  Again, there are a good number that have not been collected to date, there are also lots of spare boxes not in use.  Should you wish to use collection envelopes, please see Peter Shaw or Frank Etchells.
Gift Aid:  Registration Forms are available at the back of Church.  Frank Etchells and Peter Shaw are our contacts.

DURING THE VIRUS AS WE ALL KNOW OUR CHURCH HAS BEEN CLOSED AND ALL SERVICES SUSPENDED. THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THESE RULES COULD BE RELAXED AND HOPEFULLY THINGS WILL GRADUALLY GET BACK TO NORMAL.DUE TO THESE CHANGES, THIS PAGE WILL NOW GIVE NEWS OF ANY CHANGES THERE ARE AND WILL BE UPDATED WITH NEWS AS SOON AS WE RECEIVE IT FROM THE DIOCESE. ADDITIONALLY,REFER TO THE DIOCESE SECTION FOR WEEKLY UPDATES OF NEWS AND JOB OPPORTUNITIES WITHIN THE DIOCESE.
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Parish and Diocesan Finances Coronavirus Pandemic – April 2020 A note from the Moderator of the Curia Clearly the unexpected and unprecedented closure of our churches in March presented issues for us in relation to many aspects of parish and diocesan life. Naturally, our first concern was to see how we could continue to serve our people in terms of access to the Mass and this has been successfully achieved both by the ability to stream servicesfrom the Cathedral or a good number of churches and by the fact that people know that their priests are continuing to offer Mass for them even if this has to be done privately. It was good that this could be established speedily, especially in regard to celebrating the Easter Triduum. Alongside the closure of our churches, we took the decision to close Cathedral Centre just slightly ahead of the government imposition of lockdown. By that stage, we had already established that a good number of staff could (or should) work from home and we were making provision for others to also be able to do this. We have continued to monitor this situation and I will say more about that in a moment. Parish Income One significant consequence of our churches being closed is the drop in weekly income that parishes will be experiencing. This will largely be through the lack of offertory collections but also other sources of regular income such as monthly draws (where subscriptions have not been collected in advance), sales of votive candles and piety stall items, rental from the hire of parish facilities by various groups, stole fees for baptisms and weddings (though these may come in later when we can celebrate these sacraments again). Even a few weeks without these regular sources of income will have a big impact on the ability of most parishes to meet their annual expenditure which is likely to remain much the same as in previous years. Thankfully, a good number of parishioners will be aware of this impact and will be concerned to see how they can continue to support the parish financially even when unable to attend church. I know that some have taken to dropping off their offertory envelopes at presbyteries whilst out for their permitted exercise. Some might (hopefully) be saving up the envelopes to bring along whenever we return to using our churches. Others will have enquired about donating by standing order. It’s important that we recognise that many individuals and families will also have been financially affected by the present situation and may not be able to continue contributing or may need to reduce their normal contribution. So, in a sensitive way which respects the financial state of various parishioners at the present time, it would be good to encourage them to think about what they can afford to give and how they might best go about making their contributions. Standing orders are of course the best way of guaranteeing a regular income, so perhaps you might want to have a push on that (however gentle) and getting them to gift aid it if they are taxpayers. To provide for more ad hoc donations, we are in the process of setting up a means for individuals to give online. This will be through the diocesan website, where it will be possible for someone to donate to a specific parish or to a particular diocesan fund. The donations will come into one central account but with a breakdown of who they are intended for and so they will be re-distributed as appropriate. There will be a slight charge by the organisation providing this service but we have explored a number of such options and we believe this one is reasonable. The system should be up and running in the next week to ten days, as it requires our website creators to do some work in the background of the site. If you have a parish website, then you could put a link on there to the relevant section of the diocesan website in due course. If you are still producing a parish newsletter (perhaps distributed by email) then you could give the details on it over the coming weeks. We are also exploring whether parish Facebook pages or other social media platforms might provide a means for parishioners to make donations and we will advise you about that when we have the relevant facts. We won’t recoup all our lost income but, as they say, “every little helps”. Restricted Income Another victim of the closure of our churches is of course the range of charities and organisations that we normally support by our special collections throughout the year. Pope Francis has already decreed that the annual collection for the Shrines of Palestine, which we were unable to take on Good Friday, will be transferred to the weekend of 12/13 September, the nearest weekend to the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross. The Bishops’ Conference are looking at dates in the autumn to which they can transfer the various special collections we would normally be having during this forthcoming period of the year and there may be a knock-on effect for some that normally take place in those later months. We will need to do the same for our own diocesan collections, the Ecclesiastical Education Fund (which clearly won’t be taking place on the weekend of 2/3 May) and the Retired Clergy Fund in November (which might be impacted by the changes made nationally), though there will be the option to donate to these diocesan funds via the online giving we are developing at the moment. The director of Missio has already been in touch with diocesan bishops, explaining that the Holy Father has established an emergency fund to come to the aid of those people and communities who are being tragically impacted by the Coronavirus pandemic. He has designated US$750,000 as an initial contribution to this fund and has asked the Church in each country to contribute what they can through Missio. Whilst there is no specific appeal at present, Missio will be in touch again over the next few weeks, to invite Catholics to take part in this initiative through their prayer and solidarity with our sisters and brothers in greatest need. They will also be inviting people to support the work of their partners, the Mill Hill Missionaries, many of whom are serving in Coronavirus hotspots around the world. Again, we could add an online donation button for this appeal in due course. Whilst being alert to that specific appeal (in due course) we also need to bear in mind the impact on the work of Missio if funding from parishes/dioceses was to be severely reduced this year. We should no doubt give the same consideration to our normally generous support of CAFOD and Caritas and there may be other specific charities your parish supports. Then there are the mission appeals that have been arranged but cannot at present take place. Given that this year’s income for many of these charities and organisations may well be reduced or at the very least delayed, can I ask that if you have any restricted income in your parish accounts, either from 2019 or from the early part of this year, that you make arrangements to pay it over to the appropriate body as soon as possible. Many of the collections go through our Finance Office and so you can simply email your list of amounts to be passed on (to finance@dioceseofsalford.org.uk) and they can be deducted from your parish account and transferred on your behalf. Our own diocesan charity Caritas Diocese of Salford is of course very much on the front line in terms of continuing to provide services to people in need at this time. They are very grateful for the ongoing support of so many parishes and individuals, either through the donation of goods that can be distributed or money that can be used to purchase what is needed. They are also becoming aware of the increase in destitution and so are looking to establish a relief fund, jointly with the diocese and perhaps some other Catholic charities, so there may be some further information about this shortly. Furloughing of Employees I noted above that, in the run up to the closure of Cathedral Centre, we had thought carefully about whether or not our staff would be able to work from home and we have continued to monitor that situation over the past few weeks. Once the decision to close Cathedral Centre had been made, we implemented the decision of the diocesan trustees (made in anticipation of that event) that we would guarantee all our employees 100% of their salaries for the first 12 weeks regardless of whether or not they were able to work from home. We also informed staff that we would be reviewing that decision after 8 weeks in order to plan what will happen beyond the 12 weeks. At the time that we implemented that decision, there was no mention of the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (CJRS) but this is something which, like many charities and businesses, we are able to benefit from. The scheme pays 80% of an individual’s salary (up to a maximum of £2,500 per month) provided that they agree to be furloughed. This means that they cannot do any paid work and nor can they volunteer for the charity/organisation that normally employs them. The scheme was introduced with effect from 1 March and has currently been extended through to the end of June. The whole purpose of the scheme is that it is designed to help protect employees’ jobs and help employers to stay afloat. Our HR department have worked hard to help us implement this CJR scheme across both the central diocesan staff and those employed in our parishes. Our subsidiary companies (SDC and CTS) and our sister charity (Caritas Diocese of Salford) have also taken this matter seriously and sought to furlough staff wherever possible. The table below shows that, as a result of this action, some 63% of those employed by the main charity and its subsidiaries have been furloughed. I am grateful to parish priests who responded so speedily and at short notice in Holy Week to the request to consider furloughing parish employees; that meant we were in a strong position to make our submission to the government once the portal for applications opened on 20 April.

Dear Father
We are looking at ways that we can help parishes deal with some of the impact of the pandemic and ways to help parishes function more effectively with any longer-term impacts.
One of our immediate priorities was to make online donations easier for those who wish to continue to support our parishes and their work. We have done this by putting a ‘donate’ button on the Diocesan Website, anybody will be able to donate to their own parish or a number of the other funds we have.
You can access the diocesan website via this link:
https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/
The donate button is found in the right-hand corner of the main page when on a desktop and it directs you this this page.
https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/supporting-your-parish-financially/
On a mobile device the donate button is listed in the main menu. We are currently working on improving the access and making the button more prominent when on a mobile device.
Visitors to the donations page will find two options:

1. Setting up a standing order
2. Make a donation

Setting up a standing order
This button takes you to a page on the website where parishioners can access a standing order form for each parish. This page is currently being populated and will be ready next week.
To help with this work please send a copy of your current standing order form to communications@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
Make a donation
This button is already live and accepting donations.
Visitors to this page with see five options.
 
Four picture options for specific diocesan funds and the ability to search for a specific parish and make a donation to that parish.
 
Details of transactions for every parish will be recorded and on a monthly basis the relevant funds from online donations will be transferred into parish accounts.
Each online transaction will have a small fee attached and there is also an opportunity to gift aid every donation.
You will notice when searching for your own parish that the address listed on the forms is the Cathedral Centre. This is for administrative purposes to meet the requirements of the financial services authority.
How can you share in your parish?  
The best way to promote is to do so by sharing this link https://www.dioceseofsalford.org.uk/supporting-your-parish-financially/
You can send this directly to any parishioner who has asked how they can continue to give their offertory donation, add the link to your website or mention (if you feel appropriate) during your live streams.  
When promoting the donation function, we must remain mindful of the changing financial position many of our parishioners find themselves in during this time. You may make the decision that circumstances in your parish mean you do not want to actively promote this option.
If you would like to discuss the options for having a button integrated into your parish website please email communications@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
If you would like to discuss anything to do with your parish finances please email finance@dioceseofsalford.org.uk
If you have any further questions please let me know.

​Fathers,
Despite the current low risk to the public from coronavirus, Bishops’ Conference have issued guidelines to enable Catholic churches and organisations to find the relevant information in one place. The complete document – which will be amended in the future if necessary – is attached but please note the following key messages:
 

• At the time of writing there is no need to take special measures on suspending the Chalice or Sign of Peace. Should that become necessary, more detailed pastoral care guidance will be issued.

 

• Ask anyone with cold or flu symptoms to refrain from taking communion from the Chalice and receive the host on the hand only. (We should be doing this anyway, every ‘flu season.)

 

• Ensuring ministers of the Eucharist wash their hands before distributing communion or sanitise them is a good practice to encourage always.

 

• The best way of protecting us from spread is for everyone to use universal good hygiene, which will effectively disrupt spread of the virus. We should be doing this all the time for ‘flu:

§ Catch it - sneeze into a tissue
§ Bin it - bin the tissue
§ Kill it - wash your hands with soap and water
§ Do not touch your face unless you’ve washed your hands
§ Ensure good regular cleaning of surfaces lots of people touch regularly

• There is a government campaign on hygiene and posters can be downloaded and placed in parishes. It would be sensible to place these in churches and premises and alert people to this in newsletters and bulletins. The link can be found in the further materials section in the document.

 

• Pastoral care remains important

 
o Chaplains and others working in institutions where people with coronavirus are being cared for should seek and follow hygiene guidance from that institution
 
o Those who have been asked to self-isolate in the community as a precaution by medical staff will understandably be anxious but equally it is important not to breach this isolation. “In person care” should be kept to a minimum and advice taken from NHS 111 or call NHS Direct Wales on 0845 4647 on any precautions needed.