Oldham Deanery

(St. Mary's Deanery) Dean: Fr. Peter McKie

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Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament in St. Patrick's Church Oldham from 10.30am. - 11.45am. on the last Saturday of each month

Eucharistic Exposition
Dedicated to the Year for Priests

Monday to Saturday
10.00am until 4.00pm

St Mary's ('The Hidden Gem')
Mulberry Street
Manchester M2 6LN

Lent 2010

“Faith, Hope and Love” is the topic for Bible studies each Thursday in Lent at Corpus Christi presbytery, Derby St., Hollinwood, 7.15 – 9.00pm. Take a Bible and a friend – tea, coffee and biscuits provided free!  The topics are:
February 25th – “Belief and Trust”;
March 4th – The Peace of God;
March 11th – Faith into Love;
March 18th – The Greatest of These;
March 25th – All Shall Be Well.

DEANERY  LENTEN  STATION  MASSES
The Deanery Station Masses during Lent this year are all on a Tuesday commencing at 7.30pm (please note change of time from previous years) – they are at the following churches:
Tuesday 23rd February   -   Ss. Aidan & Oswald’s, Royton;
Tuesday 2nd March         -   St. Joseph’s, Shaw;
Tuesday 9th March          -   St. Michael’s, Abbeyhills;
Tuesday 16th March        -   St. Joseph’s, Mossley   (a new church in the deanery);

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On line Lent resources

Lenten Reading Plans has four collections of readings for every day in Lent.

The Church Fathers plan has substantial readings taken from the Fathers. For this, you would need to set aside a significant (though not unreasonable) amount of time. There is also a "Lite" version with shorter readings.

The readings in the Lives of the Saints plan are taken from the Wednesday General Audience addresses of Pope Benedict. There is a plan for the Year of the Priest with readings from St John Vianney, and a plan with readings from Father Faber and Cardinal Newman. The collections are made available in pdf files, except the Saints plan which links to the texts on the Vatican website.

Lenten Holy Hours A Holy Hour for each week of Lent. Arranged and hosted by the parish of The Sacred Heart and St. Francis, Gorton, Manchester. Each will follow the theme of Priesthood set before us this year by the Holy Father, Pope Benedict XVI. The Most Reverend Patrick Kelly, Archbishop of Liverpool, and the Right Reverend Terence Brain, Bishop of Salford, will each be giving one of the lenten talks.
Archbishop Patrick Kelly Thurs 25th February Father Philip Brady Thurs 4th March Bishop Terence Brain Thurs 11th March
Canon Anthony McBride Episcopal Vicar for Formation Thurs 18th March Father Christopher Gorton Thurs 25th March Each Holy Hour starts at 7.30pm

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World Youth Day 2010 Palm Sunday Celebration 28th March 2010 Salford Cathedral Centre (2-5pm) In the presence of the Right Reverend Terence Brain Young adults from around the Diocese are invited to join together to share their youth, culture and Faith   Maryvale Certificate in Catechesis A course for all those who wish to pass on the Faith. Commencing 17th April 2010 Salford Cathedral Centre

Canon T Anthony McBride, Episcopal Vicar for Formation, recently spoke about this exciting development in the local training and formation of catechists. He said: "Following a number of administrative and pastoral developments in the Diocese of Salford as part of the Faith in the Future initiative, we are now looking more closely at the way in which the lay faithful can collaborate with clergy and religious in renewing the spiritual and pastoral life of our parish communities. The Diocese welcomes the Maryvale Catechetical Course because I have every reason to believe that it will produce Catechists who are fully grounded in the faith and ready to share that faith with others. Such education in the faith is necessary if a genuine collaborative ministry is ever going to emerge in the diocese." Course details: Maryvale Certificate in Catechesis (pdf) For further information or to register your interest, please contact:- Canon Anthony McBride Tel: 0161 834 0333

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Pilgrimage to Walsingham

Led by the Right Reverend Terence Brain

Saturday 1st May 2010

Everyone, of all age groups, are invited to join us on the
Day Pilgrimage.

The Office for Youth Ministry invites Young People (13-17)
to join them for the Youth Pilgrimage Weekend
which runs from the Friday to the Sunday.

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Year For Priests

According to a decree signed by Cardinal James Francis Stafford and Bishop Gianfranco Girotti, O.F.M. Conv., respectively penitentiary major and regent of the Apostolic Penitentiary, Benedict XVI will grant priests and faithful Plenary Indulgence for the occasion of the Year for Priests, which is due to run from 19 June 2009 to 19 June 2010 and has been called in honour of St. Jean Marie Vianney.

The period will begin with the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, "a day of priestly sanctification", says the text, when the Pope will celebrate Vespers before the relics of the saint, brought to Rome for the occasion by the bishop of the French diocese of Belley-Ars. The Year will end in St. Peter's Square, in the presence of priests from all over the world "who will renew their faithfulness to Christ and their bonds of fraternity".

The means to obtain the Plenary Indulgence are as follows:

(A) All truly penitent priests who, on any day, devotedly pray Lauds or Vespers before the Blessed Sacrament exposed to public adoration or in the tabernacle, and ... offer themselves with a ready and generous heart for the celebration of the Sacraments, especially the Sacrament of Penance, will be granted Plenary Indulgence, which they can also apply to their deceased confreres, if in accordance with current norms they take Sacramental Confession and the Eucharist and pray in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. Priests are furthermore granted Partial Indulgence, also applicable to deceased confreres, every time they devotedly recite the prayers duly approved to lead a saintly life and to carry out the duties entrusted to them.

(B) All truly penitent Christian faithful who, in church or oratory, devotedly attend Holy Mass and offer prayers to Jesus Christ, supreme and eternal Priest, for the priests of the Church, or perform any good work to sanctify and mould them to His Heart, are granted Plenary Indulgence, on the condition that they have expiated their sins through Sacramental Confession and prayed in accordance with the intentions of the Supreme Pontiff. This may be done on the opening and closing days of the Year of Priests, on the 150th anniversary of the death of St. Jean Marie Vianney, on the first Thursday of the month, or on any other day established by the ordinaries of particular places for the good of the faithful.

The elderly, the sick and all those who for any legitimate reason are unable to leave their homes, may still obtain Plenary Indulgence if, with the soul completely removed from attachment to any form of sin and with the intention of observing, as soon as they can, the usual three conditions, "on the days concerned, they pray for the sanctification of priests and offer their sickness and suffering to God through Mary, Queen of the Apostles".

Partial Indulgence is offered to all faithful each time they pray five Our Father, Ave Maria and Gloria Patri, or any other duly approved prayer "in honour of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, to ask that priests maintain purity and sanctity of life".

Marriage Preparation
The diocesan Office for Marriage and Family has announced the dates and venues of courses:-
Marriage Preparation Courses

Chadderton section of the Catholic Women’s League (ST. HERBERT’S CWL)

If you would like to join the League which meets on the third Thursday of the month, contact Elsie on 0161 652 3930.

Prayer Group You are warmly invited to Prayer Group which meets at Werneth Convent, Grange Ave., Oldham, every Saturday evening 7.30 - 9.00pm. to praise God, meditate on Holy Scripture and Prayers of Intercession, followed by refreshments. Everyone welcome. For further information contact Cath Taylor on 682 8660.

.Hospital Chaplaincies

Hospital patients desiring visit/s from the chaplain need to register their request with the hospital's chaplaincy. Full contact details now available on the website. Click Here

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill

MPs have now voted on the upper time limit for abortion, retaining the need for a father, mixing human and animals to create hybrid embryos for experimentation and creating saviour (or spare part) siblings. All the votes went against the wishes of the majority of people in the country, and the objectives of the Passion for Life campaign.

See links at Passion for Life for how your MP voted, and write to them to let them know if you didn't agree. Remember to consider this information when you come to vote at the next general election.

The Mental Capacity Act and 'Living Wills'
The new Mental Capacity Act has a number of far reaching implications and will affect anyone unable to make decisions for themselves.

A Practical Guide for Catholics
The Bishops' Conference has produced a short guide:
MCA Guide (pdf, 308kbytes)

PUBLICATION OF THE APOSTOLIC LETTER "MOTU PROPRIO DATA" SUMMORUM PONTIFICUM ON THE USE OF THE ROMAN LITURGY PRIOR TO THE REFORM OF 1970

Letter to Bishops

Apostolic Letter (non official English translation)

Salford Liturgy Office

Statement from the president of the Bishops’ Conference, Cardinal Cormac Murphy-O’Connor 20 July 2006 Holy Days of Obligation which are Solemnities of the Lord (other than Christmas Day) are to be moved to Sundays. This means that the Epiphany, the Ascension of the Lord and Corpus Christi will now be celebrated on Sunday. The Bishops of England and Wales have decided to transfer these Holy Days of Obligation to Sunday in response to requests from theDiocesan Council of Priests and many others. The Holy See approved these changes to the calendar on 13 July 2006 and they take effect on 3 December 2006, the First Sunday of Advent.

Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies
RE Centre
Plymouth Grove
Longsight
Manchester M13 0AS

The CCRS is important to anyone intending to enter Catholic Education. In the majority of Catholic Schools the CCRS is a requirement of employment and/or promotion. A course is currently running and comprises a number of stand-alone modules which may be commenced at any time.
Further details:
Bernard Stuart, 0161 256 6207, RE Centre.

Listen to the Family-

The website "Everybody's Welcome" is a response to needs expressed during the Listening 2004 initiative

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PARISH & DEANERY RE-ORGANISATION - Development Framework

Proposals affecting St. Mary's Deanery are:

St. Patrick's Oldham has been identified as a "Gem Church". That is, a building which will be developed as a focus for prayer and devotion within the deanery.

St. Patrick's Oldham and St. Mary's Oldham

Our Lady's Moorside and Sacred Heart Derker

Holy Family Limeside and Holy Rosary Fitton Hill (1 priest to serve 2 churches)

1. Sts. Aiden & Oswald Royton and St. Joseph's Shaw
2. St. Herbert's Chadderton and Corpus Christi Hollinwood
3. Our Lady's Moorside with Sacred Heart Derker, St. Anne's Greenacres, St. Edward's Lees with St. Michael's Abbeyhills

SAFE IN OUR CARE  In January 2002 Bishop Brain set up the Salford Diocese Child Protection Commission. Fr. Barry O'Sullivan has been appointed as Child Protection Coordinator and Patricia Gilligan, a social worker, has been appointed as the Child Protection Advisor.

The Commission has the responsibility to help parishes implement child protection guidelines (Safe in Our Care guidelines) Each parish has been asked to appoint a Child Protection Representative to act as a link between parish and commission.  St. Edward's Parish  Child Protection Representative is Eileen O'Toole and her role will be to help our parish volunteers, who are working with children, to implement the "Safe in our Care" guidelines. The  Diocesan Child Protection Commission are refining their delivery of training to parish based representatives in 2006. Training will focus at deanery level groupings so that constituent parish reps may meet and form mutual and collective support for the deanery. See website for further details