St Columba's & St Malachy's Catholic Churches

Welcome to the Parishes of

St Columba’s & St Malachy’s Catholic Churches Halifax

Parish Priest: Monsignor Michael McQuinn (Fr Michael)

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Online booking system NOW available

click ‘Book Mass St Columba’s’ or click ‘Book Mass St Malachy’s’

on the Menu bar above and press

SELECT A DATE to start booking.

Bulletin for this week (w/c 20th September 2020) – click link below:

BULLETIN – 20 SEPTEMBER 2020

Spiritual reflection for the 25th Sunday of the Church’s Year – click link below:

Reflection for the 25th Sunday of the Church’s Year

CORONA VIRUS – RE-OPENING OF OUR CHURCHES

We are now open for the celebration of Mass observing social distancing rules – see the bulletin (and below) for full details.

St Columba’s and St Malachy’s are open for the celebration of Mass

In order to attend Mass a place has to be booked and we have to keep a record of who attends Mass together with their contact details for 21 days which would be used by “Track and Trace” if required. These details will be taken at the time of booking. Bookings should preferably be made through the website (www.stcolumbascatholicchurch.com) once the system is installed early this week. Those without internet access should ring Fr Michael on 361682 being careful to leave their name and phone number and the Mass they wish to attend in any message. The booking system needs to be reasonably flexible to reflect the different sized groups in which parishioners come to church and so each ticket refers to a space which includes social distance –one ticket will accommodate a single person or a couple; two tickets will accommodate a family group. There is no need to reserve more than two tickets to reserve an appropriate space for your family.

Masses are being celebrated as follows:

Saturday 6.30pm St Malachy’s Capacity of up to 90 people

Sunday 9.00am St Malachy’s Capacity of up to 90 people

Sunday 11.00am St Malachy’s Capacity of up to 90 people

Wednesday 12noon St Columba’s Capacity of up to 24 people

Friday 12noon St Columba’s Capacity of up to 24 people

Don’t forget to reserve your place at your chosen Mass!!

ACCESS TO THE CELEBRATION OF MASS AND PRAYERS VIA THE INTERNET

St Mary’s Halifax

St Mary’s will continue to livestream Masses via their website, NEW times as follows:

Sunday – 11.00 am

Monday – no Masss

Tuesday – 7.00 pm

Wednesday – 9.30 am

Thursday – 9.30 am

Friday – 9.30 am

Saturday – 12.15 pm

www.stmaryshalifax.com and follow the link to their YouTube channel.

Pope Francis is to be found on the Vatican’s YouTube Channel: (Generally in Italian with English translation and commentary):

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxIsefyl9g9A5SGWA4FvGIA/featured

Bishop Marcus & Leeds Cathedral.

Visit the Cathedral’s YouTube Channel at:

www.leedscathedrallive.org.uk

The shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Norfolk offers a daily live-streamed Mass at 12 noon. Visit www.walsingham.org.uk/live-stream

EWTN (Eternal Word Television Network) streams and has recordings of daily Mass. To be found on: video.ewtn.com/daily-mass/

The readings for daily and Sunday Mass can be found on:

www.universalis.com/mass.htm

St Columba’s 200 Club – BIG DRAW – September

We would like to start the prize draws from September (Big Draw) and as many people have already paid up in advance we are suggesting having a ‘catch up’ prize draw within this year’s subscriptions to cover the missing months if the number of people still subscribing allows. The draws will be recorded and available for anyone to view (until the Hall has re-opened). The September Draw will be made after Mass on Wednesday 23^rd September to give sufficient time for people to pay and then on the 1^st of the month from October onwards.

If you haven’t yet paid your subscriptions up to date (due to the current situation) but would like to continue with the 200 club if you can please pass your payments to either Fr Michael, Julie, Marina, Pauline or Winifred asap, before the draw.

Catholic Care Community Response Service

In response to the impact of COVID-19 (Coronavirus) Catholic Care have launched a Community Response Service to support those in our Catholic communities who are sick, self-isolating, have been adversely financially impacted or are finding it difficult to cope.

The service will be available Monday – Friday, 8-6pm
A team of Catholic Care workers (we may expand later to incorporate volunteers) will be available to support parishioners and families in a number of ways:

• A telephone support service. This service will provide a listening ear and a friendly voice for those experiencing isolation in their community.
• A pick up and drop off groceries and pharmacy service.
• A dog walking service

• A hamper delivery service for those experiencing financial hardship.
Please contact us on 07739975001 or 7739975008 or 07739975009 or email janet.kent@catholic-care.org.uk or Jessica.price@catholic-care.org.uk if you would like to access this service or you would like to refer a person in your Parish or school community.