News & Events

Covid-19

Father Broadley will say Holy Mass every day at 12 noon and recite a decade of the Rosary at 6:30 pm daily. He invites evryone to join him in spirit and prayer and to make a spiritual communion.

Food Bank Collections 

During this time of self isolation for the over 70s and people who are pregnant or with underlying health conditions and people on zero hour contracts not working, there maybe in the next couple of weeks, be people in need of food handouts.

Therefore our parish and other parishes in the Valley are trying to increase food donations to Rossendale RAFT that we have been doing.

Non perishable foods can to deposited daily at the church of the Immaculate Conception (St Mary's) Bury Road, between 9 and 11am and 6 and 7pm as Father John will open the outside door.

As RAFT have had diminished foods supplies (close to sell by dates) coming from the supermarkets, they are trying to bulk pallet buy goods with their funds, so parishioners can if they wish contribute towards this.  Any money contributions can be posted through the letterbox of the presbytery.

Finally 70% of RAFTs helpers are self isolating as over 70, so they are looking for additional volunteers to give a couple of hours of their time and help keep the charity going.

If you feel able to do this, please contact Gerard on 07890 596884

You can donate online to RAFT using the following details:-

The Raft Foundation account

The Nat West Bank

Rawtenstall Branch

28 Bank Street

Rawtenstall

BB4 8TS

Sort code: 01-07-29

Account No: 50158570

Thank you.

At this time of uncertainty when we need to ask  God for His grace we find ourselves in a position where we cannot enter our church even for private prayer. With this in mind and to give our parishioners an opportunity to partake in the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass the following links maybe useful:-

https://www.clonard.com/web-cam/ Redemptorists in the Falls Road (3 masses daily)

https://www.strabane-parish.com in Derry

Also this is the link to Vatican's own media outlet MondoVisione Vatican News :-

https://www.vaticannews.va/it.html

https://www.ewtn.com

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The Seventh Sunday of Easter

First Reading Acts of the Apostles 1:12 - 14

Psalm 26:1,4,7 - 8. R. v.13

Second Reading from the First Letter of St. Peter 4:13 - 16

Gospel Acclamation

Alleluia, alleluia

I will not leave you orphans, says the Lord;

I will come back to you, and your hearts will be full of joy.

Alleluia

Gospel John 17:1 - 11

The following important notice has come from the Vatican:

A Plenary Indulgence is granted to the faithful suffering from Coronavirus, who are subject to quarantine by order of the health authority in hospitals or in their own homes if, with a spirit detached from any sin, they unite spiritually through the media to the celebration of Holy Mass, the recitation of the Holy Rosary, to the pious practice of the Way of the Cross or other forms of devotion, or if at least they will recite the Creed, the Lord's Prayer and a pious invocation to the Blessed Virgin Mary, offering this trial in a spirit of faith in God and charity towards their brothers and sisters, with the will to fulfil the usual conditions (sacramental confession, Eucharistic communion and prayer according to the Holy Father's intentions), as soon as possible.

Health care workers, family members and all those who, following the example of the Good Samaritan, exposing themselves to the risk of contagion, care for the sick of Coronavirus according to the words of the divine Redeemer: “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends” (Jn 15: 13), will obtain the same gift of the Plenary Indulgence under the same conditions.

This Apostolic Penitentiary also willingly grants a Plenary Indulgence under the same conditions on the occasion of the current world epidemic, also to those faithful who offer a visit to the Blessed Sacrament, or Eucharistic adoration, or reading the Holy Scriptures for at least half an hour, or the recitation of the Holy Rosary, or the pious exercise of the Way of the Cross, or the recitation of the Chaplet of Divine Mercy, to implore from Almighty God the end of the epidemic, relief for those who are afflicted and eternal salvation for those whom the Lord has called to Himself.

Please find the following parishioner's letter from Father Broadley:-

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