Welcome to St. Mary of the Angels, Batley
Please click here for a welcome message from Fr. Eamonn
Weekly message from Father Eamonn,
Sunday 31st May 2020.
To read the message please click here.
Please pray for……
Those who are poorly
Maria Ashton, Kathleen Pawson (nee Rush), Fr Bernard Funnell, Patricia Scrutton, Lindsey Redgewick, Frank O’Neill, Ruth McMullen, Ann Leach, Elaine Richardson, Catherine & Jimmy McVeigh, Andy Swindells, Sheila Haigh, Michael Haigh, Cindy Carter, Leonie Briggs, Fr David Bulmer, Tolan Kilgallon, Geoff Holland & baby Sophia Taylor
and all the sick members of our parish and their family and friends.
Those who have died
Peggy Walker, Teresa Kelly & Terence Leach, Angie Ellis,
Richard Knowles & Philip Stephenson
Anniversaries / Remembrance
Margaret McLaughlin, Jim & Sally Conroy
Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord.
Let perpetual light shine upon them.
May they rest in peace.
To view Masses/Holy hour times for the week ahead please click here.
Mass on
Pentecost Sunday
31.05.2020
Today’s Hymns (click link for words)
Come down, O Love Divine
Be still (for the presence of the Lord)
Click here for today’s daily Mass reflection
To mark this month here you will find a new page dedicated to Mary, with – daily Marian reflections, a study of ‘Rosarium Virginis Mariae’, various papal documents on the Rosary, a letter from Pope Francis encouraging us to pray the Rosary and finally a recording of the Rosary from our 2 parish churches.
ARE YOU A CATHOLIC…and have lost touch?
I just want you to know that you are always welcome back to your parish of St. Mary’s.
It is still your parish.
Jesus said,
‘Come to me all you who labour and are over-burdened.’ (Matthew 11.28)
We would love you to be part of our future in this your parish, and I can assure you of a warm welcome, no matter how long it may have been. For more information please click here.
God bless you,
your Parish Priest
Fr Eamonn
Strong in the face of Tribulation
The Dicastery for Communication of the Holy See has made available a downloadable book entitled “Strong in the Face of Tribulation”, containing prayers, supplications and the Pope’s homilies as “a sure support in time of trial”. The book contains a collection of prayers, intercessions and homilies to help sustain the Church’s sense of communion amid the coronavirus pandemic. For more information and to access this precious resource please click here.
Message of his Holiness Pope Francis to mark International Nurses Day, available here.
Social Messaging Box
SPIRITUAL SUPPORT FROM MOUNT ANGEL ABBEY – WITH ABBOT JEREMY
Here you will find a series of excellent talks from Abbot Jeremy offering us advice,comfort and support at this time of Pandemic.
These talks include;
I – The Risen Life Within Us 5 talks
II – Stella Caeli Prayer 2 talks
III – Holy Week at Home 5 talks
IV – Blessings in Troubled Times 4 talks
For access to these talks, please click here.
Thank you to Arch-Bishop Arthur Roche for sharing these.
Daily virtual singing sessions from the Diocese’s Schools Singing Programme are now available at 2:00pm every weekday.
Aimed at primary school children, every session includes sacred music, RE and music curriculum learning, and lots of vocal fun and songs to keep children engaged in lifting their voices to God.
They are led by the Diocese’s expert Choral Directors, and sessions for younger and older children are also available. Please subscribe to the YouTube channel, found here.
This is a wonderful tool to reach children and families across the Diocese and beyond, so please share this information as widely as you can with your parish and school community.
PARISH OFFERTORY
Offertory envelopes and standing orders for offerings
TEXT GIVING
We now have the facility to take offerings using text messaging. To use this service and to contribute £5 to the Parish Offertory, please text CHURCH BATLEY to 70500
Please note that it is a feature of the text-giving facility that allows for no more and no less than £5 to be given to the Offertory via each text. If your regular weekly parish giving is either more or less than this amount, please feel free either to send more than one text – or maybe use this facility just once a month. Thank you for supporting the work of the Church: your generosity is much needed and particularly appreciated at this time
For further information, please see below, from the Diocese of Leeds website.
The Diocese of Leeds will receive 96% of your £5 donation. The money will come from your mobile network account. You only pay a donation if you receive a reply message back, some mobile phone accounts have text donations blocked on them because they are business phones or they are pre-pay phones with insufficient credit. You may (depending on network) have to pay to send a “standard rate” message which should cost about 10p. Always get the bill payers permission. If you have questions about this service call 03306600425 to speak to someone from the service provider Vir2.Text Giving
You can also make a donation to the parish offertory by card.
St Patrick's UCM Invitation to Prayer
The Year of the Word
in the Catholic Church in England and Wales
2020
“The God who Speaks”
The year 2020 sees the 10th anniversary of Verbum Domini, the Apostolic Exhortation of Pope Benedict XVI on The Word of the Lord. The year 2020 is also the 1,600th anniversary of St Jerome’s death. These are strong reasons for us to embark at this time on a creative and deeper engagement with the Holy Scriptures across the life of each diocese.
To download the brochure, where you will find the three themes and vision for the year, together with information about our key events, resources and activities, please click here.
DAILY MASS
