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Click  to read   Diocesan Mission Plan -  2026 - 2030

Bishop Patrick invites us all to pray a Novena to the Holy Spirit, from Ascension Thursday to Pentecost Sunday  Click to read more ...

Click  to read the Holy Father’s Message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications

There will be a 2ND COLLECTION this weekend for National Catholic Communications.

16th/18th May 2026  7th SUNDAY OF EASTER  Year A (II)

Adoration, Confessions & Anointing for 30 minutes before every Mass 

Saturday  16 - May 
11:00 am - 12 noon  Adoration and Confessions at Buxton
 4:00 pm Mass at Marple Bridge 
 5:00 pm Live streamed Mass at Chapel-en-le-Frith  

Sunday   17 - May 
  9:30 am  Mass at New Mills for Paul Bell RIP
10:00 am  Live streamed Mass at Buxton  First Holy Communion Mass
11:30 am  Mass at Marple Bridge  First Holy Communion Mass

Monday   18 - May
10:00 am  Mass at Buxton  for the intentions of Berni Power 

Tuesday  19 - May  
10:00 am  Mass at New Mills 

Wednesday 20 - May 
10:00 am  Service of the Word with Holy Communion at Chapel-en-le-Frith 
10:00 am  Mass at Marple Bridge

Thursday  21 - May 
10:00 am  Mass at New Mills 
10:00 am  Mass at Buxton Scripture Group at Angela's house. Phone Yvonne on 07892687017 for more details

Friday  22 - May  
10:00 am  Mass at Buxton  for Phyllis Goldstraw (birthday remembrance)
10:00 am  Mass at Marple Bridge

Saturday  23 - May   
11:00 am - 12 noon  Adoration and Confessions at Buxton
  4:00 pm  Mass at Marple Bridge
  5:00 pm  Live streamed Mass at Chapel-en-le-Frith   for Leo and Pat Feeney RIP

Sunday   24 - May    PENTECOST SUNDAY
  9:30 am  Mass at New Mills
10:00 am  Live streamed Mass at Buxton  for Julie Howard RIP
11:30 am  Mass at Marple Bridge  
 

Please pray for all who have recently died including  Antony Gray, husband of Shelley Gray, teacher at St Thomas More School. Also for Anne Dempsey whose funeral will take place at St Anne’s on 28th May at 2:00 pm. Please remember their families in your prayers

Fr Greg writes  The Seventh Sunday of Eastertide draws us into the beautiful prayer of Jesus in the Gospel of John 17:1–11. As Jesus returns to the Father, he prays for his disciples that they may remain faithful, united, and protected in God’s love. In this Easter season we are reminded that eternal life begins now, in knowing and following the Lord each day. 

This Sunday is also World Communications Day, when we pray that all forms of communication may always be used to proclaim truth, foster peace, and build up the dignity of every person. May our words, conversations, and online presence reflect the love and mercy of Christ. The theme for this year’s World Communications Day, as given in the Holy Father’s Message for the 60th World Day of Social Communications, is Preserving Human Voices and Faces. You can find a link to the Pope’s message on our homepage: Click to read more ... 
We offer our warm congratulations and prayers to the children of our parishes who celebrate their First Holy Communion this weekend in Buxton and Marple Bridge. We thank the parents, catechists, teachers, and parish communities for all their preparation and support. May this special day deepen the children’s friendship with Jesus in the Eucharist. 
Next Sunday we celebrate Pentecost Sunday, when the Holy Spirit descended upon the apostles and filled the Church with courage and joy. The liturgical colour is red, symbolising the fire of the Holy Spirit, and parishioners are warmly invited to wear something red to Mass as we celebrate the birthday of the Church.  
As we prepare for the feast of Pentecost and the birthday of the Church, we are reminded of our mission to be his witnesses in the world, carrying forward the work he has entrusted to us. This is the ongoing theme of our Diocesan Mission Plan, and the accompanying Missionary enabling fund. Thank you to those who have generously pledged to this venture as we strive to meet our parish targets spread over a period of 5 years.  £30K (New Mills and Marple Bridge) £75K (Buxton) and £40k (Chapel-en-le-Frith). 
Pilgrimages this year and next -  I once heard a pilgrimage described as a religious holiday, which I like. It’s all about the preparation, the journey, the people and the communal prayerful experience of being together. Next week we will be on pilgrimage to Walsingham. Perhaps next year you would like to join us? Please speak to Deacon Don. Later we will be joining the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes on a chartered plane from East Midlands Airport Monday 13th July - Friday 17th July. There will be a team of doctors, nurses and a full complement of health care professionals on the pilgrimage and we can provide very affordable travel insurance for anyone with any kind of medical need. You can book your place with our agent Tangney Tours 01732886666. If you are in need of medical assistance tell Tangney Tours that you would like to stay in the Hotel Padoue, otherwise stay in the Hotel Eliseo.  
 Our Lady of Lourdes and St Bernadette pray for us! 

WALSINGHAM PILGRIMAGE -  the final payment of £60.00 is now due. Please pay this into the St. John Fisher and TM bank account REF. WALSINGHAM 2026. We will hold a short meeting after Mass today in the Hardwick Room, Parish Centre to discuss the final details.

From Ascension Thursday to the day of Pentecost, Bishop Patrick is inviting us all to do something very simple: to pray, together, as one diocesan family. Every parish, every chaplaincy, every school, every Religious community, every household, every housebound parishioner and every retired priest. One diocese, nine days, united prayer. A novena is simply nine days of prayer for a particular intention. It is one of the oldest patterns of prayer in the Church. Its roots are in the very first novena, prayed by the apostles and Mary in the Upper Room as they waited for the Holy Spirit. Two thousand years on, we are being invited to wait and pray in the same way, asking the Holy Spirit to breathe afresh 
through the life of our diocese. Click to read more ...

LIVE-STREAMING OF MASSES - For parishioners who are housebound or unable to attend Mass in person, our Masses are live-streamed. The camera is carefully positioned to focus on the Sanctuary, ensuring that members of the congregation are not filmed. You can watch the livestream at https:/www.facebook.com/StAnnesRCBuxton 
Please note that, during Mass, children will not be filmed or photographed, except on special occasions when express consent has been provided.

HOLY COMMUNION      Poem from Anne Shimwell 
I gaze on God, held high, and murmur my belief.  
Confirm, O Lord, my faith in me and heal my unbelief. 
I hold God in my hand, a wafer crisp and white,  
a wafer that is bread no more,  
but Way and Truth and Light. 
I take God on my tongue, the mystery complete,  
a pure and holy nourishment, my life in what I eat. 
I keep God in my heart, but keep to give away,  
I take him with me to the world, in all I do or say. 
Emboldened by his love, I dare to stand and pray  
that seeing me they may see him,  
and walk with me his way. 

ST ANNE’S REPOSITORY - a selection of gifts and cards, including First Communion gifts, is available at the back of St Anne’s Church. If you’d like to order a specific item, you can browse the catalogues or visit https://www.cbcdistributors.co.uk/ Order forms are available in the repository cabinet. For any questions or assistance, please contact Trish Bothamley on 07964 235659.   

ST ANNE’S Pastoral Parish Council meeting will be held this Thursday, 21st May, at 7:00pm in the Presbytery. If you have any matters you would like to bring to the council’s attention or suggestions to make, please speak to one of the council members. Their names can be found at the end of this newsletter or at the back of the Church. 

A FIRE DRILL will take place in St Anne’s at the end of the 10:00 am Mass on Sunday 31st May to practice safe evacuation of the church and ensure everyone's safety in the event of a fire. 

IF YOU ARE A UK TAXPAYER, PLEASE CONSIDER GIFT AIDING YOUR COLLECTION as it increases the value of your offering by 25% at no extra cost to yourself. It would greatly help the parish if you are able to set up a regular direct payment from your bank into the parish account; the details are below. Please find Gift Aid forms at the back of church and on the website.  In the meantime, you may wish to use the yellow Gift Aid envelopes available on the pews.      
 Thank you for your continued generosity and support of the parish

EVERYONE IS WELCOME TO JOIN US FOR TEA AND COFFEE AFTER SUNDAY MASS IN ST. ANNE’S PARISH COMMUNITY CENTRE

If you would like to include anything in the newsletter, please ensure that we receive it by Wednesday of the week before to allow sufficient time for printing.

BANK DETAILS
St Anne’s Buxton RCP: Sort Code 30-96-18: Account No. 00420334

Fr Gregory Tobin 
I was born in Derby City Hospital in September 1958, and Baptised the following month at St Albans Church, Chaddesden.
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Fr Gregory Tobin (47kb)

ST ANNE’S, TERRACE ROAD, BUXTON, SK17 6DU
Buxton Mass times:
Sunday 10:00 am
Monday & Friday 10:00 am
Saturday 11:00 – 12:00 Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament
Telephone Buxton (01298) 23777  

Parish Priest: Fr Greg Tobin - greg.tobin@dioceseofnottingham.uk
Serving the churches of St Anne's Buxton SK17 6DU. St John Fisher and St Thomas More Chapel-en-le-Frith SK23 9ST. Church of The Annunciation New Mills SK22 3BW. St Mary's Marple Bridge SK6 5BB.
Serving the schools of St Thomas More Senior Buxton SK17 6AF. St Anne's Primary Buxton SK17 7AN. St Mary's Primary New Mills SK22 3BL. St Mary's Primary Marple Bridge SK6 5BR.

Assistant Priest: Fr Benjamin Sunder - benjamin.sunder@dioceseofnottingham.uk
Tel Buxton (01298) 23777  

Fr. Benjamin Sunder. MSFS 
I was born in May 1983 and was baptised at St. Mary’s Church, Kadapakkam, in the Chingleput Diocese in India. 
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Fr. Benjamin Sunder. MSFS (44kb)

St. Mary's Church, 1 Hollins Lane, MARPLE BRIDGE, SK6 5BB 

Marple Bridge Mass times:
Saturday 4:00 pm Confessions from 3:30 pm
Sunday 11:30 am Confessions from 11:00 am
Wednesday 10:00 am
Friday 10:00 am

The Church of the Annunciation, St. Mary's Rd, NEW MILLS, High Peak, SK22 3BW

New Mills Mass times:
Sunday  9:15 am Confessions from 8:45 am
Tuesday 10:00 am
Thursday 10:00 am
 

ST ANNE’S DROP-IN PLAYGROUP For families with children aged 0-5, come and join Marion, Gráinne and Liz at St Anne's drop-in playgroup every Wednesday from 9.30 am to 11.15 am (term-time only) in St Anne's Community Centre. Please join us, you’ll be very welcome!
Follow us for updates on www.facebook.com/StAnnesDropIn

St Anne’s Voluntary Academy, Lightwood Road, SK17 7AN Tel: 01298 23589 Email: enquiries@ann.srscmat.co.uk Headteacher: Mrs Julia Wiggins

St Thomas More Catholic Voluntary Academy, Palace Fields, SK17 6AF Tel: 01298 23167 Email: enquiries@stm.srscmat.co.uk Headteacher: Mr David Redfern

Church safeguarding contacts:
Buxton: Margaret Swift: Margaret.SwiftPSR@dioceseofnottingham.uk Tel: 07513 725529
Chapel-en-le-Frith: Sue Thornhill: Susan.ThornhillPSR@dioceseofnottingham.uk Tel: 07513 725269

St Anne’s Pastoral Parish Council  stannesbuxton@diocesofnottingham.uk
Rob Aldous, Maggie Baldock, Gemma Day, Thomas Langer, Mark McCabe, Yvonne Ripley, Margaret Swift, Chris Uddoh, Fr Greg

Chapel-en-le-Frith Pastoral Parish Council: Joan Matthews, Pat Dawson, Lucia McLean, Jacqui Lavery, Barbara Hindley, Anne Lomas, Frank Frost, Peter Barnes, Sue Thornhill, Deacon Don, Fr Greg

Centre Management Committee (CMC): stannesparishcentrebookings@gmail.com  Sue Hardman, Iwona Lukasik, Clare O’Neill, Marion Redman
Click to see the new St. Annes Community Centre website
 

BUXTON PLANNED GIVING FORMS

Buxton - Gift Aid Declaration Form (151kb)
Buxton - Standing Order Form (183kb)
Buxton - 100 Club standing order (86kb)

Payments can also be made by BACS:

Please pay: Sort Code: 30-96-18   Account: 00420334

Name of account:  St Anne's Buxton RCP

Please use reference  ‘ChurchCollection’  or  '100 Club'
 

CHAPEL-EN-LE-FRITH PLANNED GIVING FORMS

Chapel - Gift Aid Declaration Form (151kb)
Chapel - Standing Order Form (137kb)
Chapel - 100 Club Standing Order (85kb)

Payments can also be made by BACS:

Please pay: Sort Code: 30-92-59    Account: 03351306   

Name of account: SS John Fisher & TM Chapel FR RCP

Please use reference ‘ChurchCollection’ or '100 Club'

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