St Ann's RC Church - Cheadle Hulme

13/06/2026

Sunday 14th June
Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass: Saturday Vigil 5pm, Sunday 11am.
The Lord says to Moses: “You yourselves have seen…how I bore you on eagles’ wings and brought you to myself.” Today, “when Jesus saw the crowds, he had compassion for them.” The Lord was moved with pity because he wanted each person in that crowd to respond to his love. So Jesus summons the Twelve to be the labourers for the harvest. They are to proclaim: “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Speaking on behalf of the Lord, their words mean, “you shall be my treasured possession among all peoples”. Or, as Saint Paul expresses it after the Resurrection, “God shows his love for us in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us”.

12/06/2026

Saturday 13th June

The Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin
Mary
“The mysterium of the Heart of Jesus is projected onto and reverberates in the Heart of his Mother, who is also one of his followers and a disciple…. The memorial of the Immaculate Heart of Mary is a celebration of the complex visceral relationship of Mary with her Son’s work of salvation: from the Incarnation, to his Death and Resurrection, to the gift of the Holy Spirit” (Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy 174).

11/06/2026

11/06/2026

The Solemnity of the
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
Mass 10am
“The term ‘Sacred Heart of Jesus’ denotes the entire mystery of Christ, the totality of his being, and his person…. Devotion to the Sacred Heart…calls for a fundamental attitude of conversion and reparation, of love and gratitude, apostolic commitment and dedication to Christ and his saving work” (Directory on Popular Piety and the Liturgy 166, 172). “The essential nucleus of Christianity is expressed in the Heart of Jesus; in Christ the whole of the revolutionary newness of the Gospel was revealed and given to us: the Love that saves us and already makes us live in God’s eternity. Even our shortcomings, our limitations, and our weaknesses must lead us back to the Heart of Jesus. His divine Heart calls to our hearts, inviting us to come out of ourselves, to abandon our human certainties to trust in him and, following his example, to make of ourselves a gift of love without reserve” (Pope Benedict XVI).

11/06/2026

Saint Barnabas
Memorial
Barnabas, the “son of encouragement”, was the first man fully to appreciate the change wrought in Paul, inviting Paul to accompany him to Antioch. Thus began the great mission to the Gentiles. Together Paul and Barnabas preached to the people there and elsewhere in Asia Minor. John Mark joined them, but left halfway through the mission. After the Council of Jerusalem, Paul refused to preach alongside Barnabas over the issue of circumcision and the behaviour of John Mark. Barnabas is considered the patron saint of quarrels for the way he resolved the dispute with Paul, taking John Mark under his wing. He died sometime before the year 63, probably at Salamis in Cyprus.

08/06/2026

A couple of photos from our Corpus Christi Procession yesterday.

05/06/2026

Sunday 7th June Mass: Saturday Vigil 5pm , Sunday 11am with Procession after and Benediction.

The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
Saint John Paul II reminded us that the Church “does not only celebrate the Eucharist but solemnly bears it in procession, publicly proclaiming that the sacrifice of Christ is for the salvation of the whole world.” We rejoice in this expression of our Eucharistic faith and devotion in order to deepen our attachment to the unique and unending event that transforms our lives: “Out of the darkness of my life, so much frustrated, I put before you the one great thing to love on earth: the Blessed Sacrament…. There you will find romance, glory, honour, fidelity, and the true way of all your loves on earth” (J.R.R. Tolkien). As the Sequence for Corpus Christi begs: “Jesu, of your love befriend us,/ You refresh us, you defend us,/ Your eternal goodness send us/ In the land of life to see.” The Solemnity of the Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ.

04/06/2026

Friday 5th June Mass 10am
Saint Boniface
Highborn and well educated, young Boniface set out from his native England on a mission to the pagan tribes in Friesland (now the Netherlands) in 716. This first mission failed, but Boniface received a commission from Pope Gregory II to bring the Gospel to the north German peoples. With unflagging perseverance, he founded monasteries, established centres of learning, and fought heresies and abuses. He convened the first German synod and was named Primate of Germany. At the end of his life he was permitted to return to Friesland. He was murdered there in 754 by tribal warriors as he prepared to confirm a group of converts.

03/06/2026