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 Latin Extraordinary Form (Confessions during Mass) MONDAY - FRIDAY (The Church is open from 6.30am - 6.30pm) 7am Mass 12 noon Mass on Wednesday 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: 9.40am Confessions 10am Mass 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 Forthcoming Celebrations and Devotions Saturday 26th May Solemnity of St Philip Neri Solemn Mass at 11am  followed by a Garden Party (fingers crossed) *** *** *** On Sunday 27th May Plant Sale after each Mass Stock up your garden from our wonderful Plant Sale A range of annual, perennial and vegetables plants for sale, and hanging baskets that are garden ready!  All flora approved by the resident fauna *** *** Quarant'ore Forty Hours Solemn Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament Friday 1st - Sunday 3rd June  Opening Mass at 5.30pm on Friday 1st June continuously until Closing Mass and Procession at 11.30am on Sunday 3rd June 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. If you would like to support the work of the Oratorian Community at St Chad's,
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