ORATORY CHURCH OF ST CHAD CHEETHAM HILL ROAD MANCHESTER, M4 4EX Telephone 0161 834 4104
email: pippo@manchesteroratory.org
Weekly Timetable Masses, Confessions and Devotions
SUNDAY (The Church is open from 7am - 6pm)
8am Mass (Confessions before Mass) 11.30am Solemn Mass (Confessions before Mass) 4pm Solemn Vespers and Benediction 4.45pm Mass in the Traditional Latin Form (Confessions during Mass) MONDAY - FRIDAY (The Church is open from 6.30am - 6.30pm) 7am Mass 12 noon Mass on Wednesdays in St Raphael's Chapel at North Manchester General Hospital
4.45pm-5.15pm Confessions
5pm Rosary 5.30pm Mass 6pm - 6.30pm on Mondays - Devotions to St Philip and Silent Prayer
6pm - 6.30pm on Weekdays - Silent Prayer and Intercessions
6pm - 6.30pm on Feast Days - Sung Vespers
Bank Holidays: 7am Mass 10am Mass (Confessions at 9.40am)
11am Requiem Mass at St Joseph's Cemetery, Moston (May and August) (NB. No evening Confessions or Mass)
SATURDAY (The Church is open from 8am - 8.30pm)
9.30am Mass at St Joseph's Cemetery Chapel, Moston
11am Mass 11.30am-12.30pm Confessions 4pm Mass in St Luke's Chapel at North Manchester General Hospital (Vigil Mass of Sunday)
7pm-8pm Eucharistic Adoration and Benediction 7pm-8pm Confessions Virtual Tour of the Church
St Chad in Manchester
 St Chad's popularity and influence has lived on, not only in the dedication of many ancient churches in the region, but also in the place names of Manchester that were associated with him. "So much did Chad endear himself to those whom he converted, that even to this day we find traces of his missionary labours in the numerous place-names in the Manchester district that have been given in honour of the Mercian Bishop. The valley of the Irk, along which he must have toiled repeatedly, is particularly rich in these name memorials. Chadderton is simply Chad's town, Chadkirk is Chad's church, Cheetham is Chad's dwelling-place, Cheetwood is Chad's wood, Chat Moss is Chad's moss, Cheadle is Chad's hill, Cheadle Hulme is the meadow by Chad's hill, and so forth" (from John O'Dea, 1910, The Story of the Old Faith in Manchester).
His kindly presence and his faithfulness to Christ and His Church won many souls to God in his day. We pray that his personal influence will still be found today as the Catholics of Manchester work to build the Kingdom of God; to hand on what has been given to us from our Fathers and Mothers in the Faith.
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Bits and Pieces November Month of the Holy Souls Thursday 1st - All Saints Day (Holy Day of Obligation) 7am - Low Mass 10am (with school) - Sung Mass 12noon (at the Hospital) - Low Mass 5.30pm - Solemn Mass - Haydn, Little Organ Mass (1775) Friday 2nd - All Souls Day 7am - Requiem Mass 5.30pm - Solemn Requiem Mass - Victoria, Missa pro Defunctis (1605) Devotions for the Holy Souls, etc. Monday 5th Vespers of the Dead Friday 9th Vespers of the Lateran Basilica Monday 12th Vespers of the Dead Friday 16th Stations of the Cross for the Holy Souls Monday 19th Vespers of the Dead Friday 23rd Stations of the Cross for the Holy Souls Monday 26th Vespers for the Dead Friday 30th Vespers of St Andrew Rosary for the Holy Souls every weekday at 5pm Daily Requiem Masses weekdays at 7am and 5.30pm (unless a saint is kept) Saturday Requiem Mass at St Joseph's Cemetery, Moston at 9.30am ********************************************************************* Julian of Norwich - Revelations of Divine Love  Sundays 2.30-3.30pm Sundays until Advent - a bit at a time come and go as you like (continuing after Christmas if people feel up to it) Refreshments at 3.30pm Vespers and Benediction at 4pm see Fr Christopher for details |