HOLY FAMILY
PARISH NEWSLETTER
Sunday 29thJune
Saints Peter & Paul– Year C
Parish Priest: Fr. Peter Hapgood-Strickland
07948 755912 – (0161) 223 2930-hapgoodstrickland@gmail.com
67 Thornley Lane North, Reddish, SK5 6QR
NOTICES
PARISH FAMILY BBQ This Sunday- Good weather promised , 3pm. Come and share an afternoon of food, fun and fellowship in our grounds. Tickets £5 each, family ticket £10.
ITALIAN PROCESSION, properly known as Madonna Del Rosario Procession Next Sunday 6th July, 1pm (with our new parish banner). The largest religious procession in the country. An amazing spectacle right through the middle of our city. Stewards and banner carriers needed
SUMMER FAIR: Sunday 13th July, after Mass. Please tell everyone about it. Details of how you can help are available at the back of church. The raffle prize will be a hamper which is being put together by 'the Ladies'. Tokens for sale, two for £1. There will be a list of items for donations on WhatsApp and at the back of church asap. The bottle /gift tombola stall is always very well supported, both with donations of items to win and by those trying to win! Please help by donating a bottle, gift of books. There will be a box at the back of church for any donations. Thank you in advance for your support.
GOSPEL JOY DISCUSSION GROUP: Monday, 2pm. All welcome.
SEWING GROUP: Monday 3pm. In the church.
GARDENING GROUP: Tuesday & Saturday, after Mass. All welcome.
Cleaning Group Next clean Tuesday 8th July 2025. Alterations will be notified via WhatsApp
CAFOD COFFEE MORNING: Friday, after Mass.
CORNERSTONE DONATIONS: These collections continue. Your generosity is gratefully received as always by those less fortunate than ourselves.
PETER’S PENCE SPECIAL COLLECTION. This annual collection takes place today, the Solemnity of SS Peter & Paul, Apostles. The collection is sent to the Vatican and is used as a fund that the Holy Father can activate on your behalf in response to a humanitarian or environmental emergency anywhere in the world. Thank you for your support of this essential work of
the Church.
Hymns: 837 379 846 367 371
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THE WORLD THIS WEEK
The elected House of Commons approved it on 20 June by a margin of 23 votes and it has now passed to the House of Lords for further review. Should their Lordships now try to kill it, either by refusing to return it to the Commons for final approval, or by adding so-called wrecking amendments? And how should steadfast defenders of the principle that all life is sacred, notably the Catholic Church, continue to witness to that truth? The two cases are not the same, as the Lords may defer to the Commons for constitutional reasons whereas the Catholic Church has no such obligations. But the House of Lords is entitled to say that, while accepting that the principle of “assisted dying” has been conceded by the elected chamber, this bill is not a good way of implementing it. It should, for instance, refuse to enforce this change in the law on those who may oppose it, such as residential homes for the disabled, nursing homes, hospices and any other institution working to provide palliative care for the dying. It should be made clear that the bill does not create a “right to die” which obliges others to cooperate, whether they wish to or not. Many of the organisations involved in caring for the dying or seriously ill are Christian in their inspiration.
SACRAMENT OF RECONCILIATION
Friday: 9.20- 9.45am
Saturday: 6pm to 6.20pm and at call
COLLECTIONS
21/22June: £341.60
Thank you as always for your generosity.
This week, counting team C.
STEWARDS (28/29 June)
Saturday: J Sweeney, J Whatmough, B Whatmough
Sunday: D Hibbert, C Timoney, B Rogers
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FUTURE EDITIONS
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