What’s happening at the Catholic Chaplaincy and the Holy Name this week
Tuesday talk:
Carlo Acutis: A Saint in Sneakers
6pm, Tue 19 Nov, in the Chaplaincy Portakabin
With Fr Phil Harrison SJ
We will be exploring the life and devotion of Blessed Carlo Acutis as the process of this young man’s canonisation continues. What can we learn from his kind of holiness?
Red Wednesday
20 November
Red Wednesday is the day when we are asked to remember and pray for persecuted Christians all over the world. Holy Name church will be lit up in red that evening.
Pray with us at 12.30pm Mass and 6pm Rosary
Wed 20 Nov Church open only 11.45-1pm & 5-6.30pm
Thirty concrete beams each weighing one tonne will be lifted to the roof of the Tower by a crane in Ackers Street from 7am- 5pm on Wednesday.
For safety reasons, the Church will be open on that day from 11.45-1pm for Adoration, Confessions and Mass, then from 5-6.30pm for the Rosary
CathSoc Invites: Film Night
Thu 21 Nov, 6pm
The CathSoc Committee presents a mystery film! Come and watch it with them!
Online Book Club
Thursdays 7-8 pm
On 21 November The Book Club will start reading Pope Francis’ Dilexit Nos - On the Human and Divine Love of the Heart of Heart of Jesus Christ available here. New participants are welcome! Ask Sr Alicia for the zoom link
Visit of the Jesuit Provincial
Fr Peter Gallagher SJ is the Provincial Superior of the Jesuits in Britain. He will be in Manchester next weekend 23-24 November for his annual visit to the Jesuit community and the Chaplaincy and will be presiding at the Sunday 11am Mass. Please greet him if you see him!
Countdown to Advent with the Foodbank
A few items are still needed in our Foodbank donations calendar: pasta sauce, cereal, instant mash, shampoo, tinned potatoes/vegs/soup/meat, UHT milk, curry sauce and... chocolate!
Collection will finish at the end of November. They will make up food parcels for people experiencing financial hardship. Please sign up below for one day, or ask Sr Alicia if you have any questions.
Mark your calendars!
Wednesday 20 Nov, 8pm Rebirth concert featuring Ventis Vocal Ensemble, at Holy Name church.
Tuesdays 3 and 10 Dec 6pm Advent Vespers (Evening Prayer) in Holy Name church.
Tuesday 10 Dec, 12:30pm Mass for the intentions of the staff of the universities followed by a light festive lunch in the Chaplaincy Portakabin for staff only.
Wednesday 11 Dec, 7pm Our annual Carols by Candlelight in Holy Name church.
Aspects of Faith
Weekly meetings to deepen your awareness and practice of the Catholic faith. Meet Fr Paul in the church at 1.05pm after lunchtime Mass.
The Background
to Mark’s Gospel
5pm every Monday in the Chaplaincy building.
We will explore with Fr Phil, the social and historical background to Mark’s Gospel in our series of scripture workshops this term. Come and join us for input, sharing and prayer.
Sign Language for Mass.
Each Tuesday at 1pm in the Church Fr Paul will lead us through the BSL (British Sign Language) responses for Mass.
In this short video Fr Paul, shows how to sign HolyHoly:
Litter Picking
Every Tuesday 1.30-3pm
Come and do your bit for the city of Manchester by helping on our weekly clear up of Whitworth Park.
Meet at the Chaplaincy to collect the tools.
Rosary
Every Wednesday at 6pm in the Church
Join us even if you don't know how to pray it! And if you can't come you can still send us your prayer intentions.
Online Bible Study
Every Friday 1.10-2pm
Our regular Bible Study has restarted. We discuss the readings for the coming Sunday. Give it a try! Ask Sr Alicia for the zoom link and the handout with the readings and commentary.
Pope’s prayer intention November 2024
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE LOST A CHILD
Let us pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community, and may receive peace of heart from the Spirit of Consolation.
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