Sunday 25th January
Third Sunday of Ordinary Time
NOTICES
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Thursday 29th January at 12:15 a requiem mass for Matthew Regan, can the choir please attend .
CARITAS COFFEE MORNING: Sunday, after Mass. Coffee morning including January development fund draw and planning for the 2026 social calendar.
CARITAS COLLECTIONS: These collections continue at the back of church. Many thanks for your continued generosity.
The Food bank finds that demand far outstrips supply, tins, dried goods toiletries, also THICK socks, thermal clothing jogging bottoms, waterproof jackets and trousers, jumpers, NEW underwear.
CARITAS 2nd Collection today, our Diocesan Caritas relies heavily on this annual collection throughout the Diocese.
GOSPEL JOY DISCUSSION GROUP: Monday, 2-3pm.
GARDENING GROUP: Tuesday & Saturday, after Mass. All welcome.
SACRAMENTAL PROGRAMME: Tuesday, 6pm for 6.30pm. A meeting for the parents and children involved in this year’s programme.
WEEKLY COFFEE MORNING: Friday, after Mass.
PARISH VISIT: Saturday 31st January. A parish visit to the relics of St Carlo.
Relics of St Carlo Acutis to Visit Diocese of Salford
This month, the relics of St Carlo Acutis will be hosted at two of our churches over five days, during which time the Diocese will welcome schools, parishioners and people from all over for veneration. Carlo is the first millennial saint and is celebrated for his profound faith and his use of the internet to log Eucharistic miracles from around the world. He was passionate about spreading the teachings of the Catholic Church up until his death from leukaemia at the age of 15.
The relics will be presented at St Mary’s Church, Burnley from 28th-29th January before they travel to St Patrick’s Church, Collyhurst from 30th January to 1st February 2026
We are booked in for 11.30am on Saturday, leaving here at 11am; List at the back of Church for those who want to go.
Hymns: 862 644 938 364
THE WORLD THIS WEEK
For St Carlo Acutis, the highest good of all was God and his will for his life. “Happiness is looking towards God,” he said. “Sadness is looking towards yourself.” One of his best-known pieces of wisdom says it all: “God and not me.” In Italian, the phrase has an even greater effect: “Dio, non io.” He also shared, “Money is only ragged paper. . . . What counts in life is the nobility of the soul, that is, the way that one loves God and loves one’s neighbour.” Here is a clarity of vision from the saint that encourages young people not to settle for something beneath their dignity or to pursue goods that fail to satisfy the longings of the human heart. 
The Holy Father has said “He saw that many young people, wanting to be different, really end up being like everyone else, running after whatever the powerful set before them with the mechanisms of consumerism and distraction. In this way they do not bring forth the gifts the Lord has given them; they do not offer the world those unique personal talents that God has given to each of them. As a result, Carlo said, ‘Everyone is born as an original, but many people end up dying as photocopies.’ Don’t let that happen to you!’” 
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Friday: 9.20- 9.45am
Saturday: 6pm to 6.20pm and at call
COLLECTIONS
17/18January: £320.40
Thank you as always for your generosity.
This week, Team B.
STEWARDS (24/25JAN)
Saturday: J Sweeney, J Whatmough, B Whatmough
Sunday: D Hibbert, C Timoney, B Rogers
STAY CONNECTED
hfdenton.wixsite.com/the-holy-family
see John Hesketh for details or posts.
Contact Pauline (07841712971) to join the parish WhatsApp group.
FUTURE EDITIONS
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