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

The Diocese of Salford has launched an iPhone app updated daily with Mass readings, a thought for the day and a saint of the day. The app, created by Manchester-based Cuckoo Design company, has a four out of five star rating and is free for all iPhone users. The diocese’s website features a video of Fr Anthony Kay VG, financial secretary, trying out the app Full details

"Awakening Faith, Reconnecting your Catholic faith"

The Department for Evangelisation is offering an introductory evening to a new six-week course to help awaken one's faith. Date: 9th September Time: 7.30pm Place: Guardian Angels Parish Centre, Leigh Lane, Elton, Bury BL8 2RD There is no cost to the evening. More details

Mancunia Travel have organised a one-day pilgrimage to Lourdes for Wednesday 8th December (the Feast of the Immaculate Conception) at a cost of £239

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