Message from Fr Jim
Congratulations to Motunrayo (Mary) Ainenehi of Sacred Heart on winning the Aya Hachem 2026 Young Person of the Year Award. Mary is a former Head Girl of Sacred Heart School and is currently a Governor of the School. She is also an Intern in my office at THOMAS. This recognition reflects her outstanding leadership, dedication, and positive contribution to the community. The award celebrates young people who demonstrate exceptional character, service, and commitment to making a difference. As Mary prepares to begin her journey at medical school this autumn, we wish her well.
As a Chartered Fellow of the CIPD, I am always encouraged to see leadership potential emerging in young people, particularly when it is demonstrated through service, resilience, and a commitment to making a positive difference in the lives of others.
In a world that often associates leadership with power, status, or authority, the example of Jesus offers a different perspective. Jesus taught that true leadership is rooted in service, humility, compassion, and a genuine concern for others. His model of leadership was not about being served, but about serving others and helping them to flourish.
With that in mind, we are launching a new group for young adults aged 18–25 called Young & Chosen, cultivating faith, resilience and leadership. We are looking for young adults to be part of a working group. Please email me at james.mccartney@dioceseofsalford.org.uk.
Newsletter
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Vatican News
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Contributions to Sacred Heart & St Anne
Donations can be made via the collection plate in Church or direct from your bank account, the details of which can be found here
If you pay tax please consider adding gift aid to your contribution which would enable the parish to claim an extra 25% courtesy of the taxman at no cost to yourself. If this is something you would like to consider please contact me here with your phone and email address and I will ask Margaret, our gift aid co-ordinater, to get in touch.
Current gift aid donors can ignore this paragraph as we will pick up the information from their names if they donate online.
St Anne’s Church Corpus Christi 2026
The Church looking beautiful decked out for the First Holy Communion Celebrations
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Parish Facebook
In order to be able to keep parishioners informed whenever Father Jim makes any communications or when the website is updated with newsletters etc we have created a Parish Facebook page.
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For those parishioners without a facebook account I have embedded a feed from it below so everyone will be able to access the latest 5 postings to the page
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