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St Martin's, Wythenshawe
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The Parish of St Martin with St Francis serves the communities of Baguley and Newall Green. St Martin's Church and Hall are situated on Blackcarr Road. From December 31st 2017 all our services have moved to the Church Hall.
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Service Times
Please note that services now take place in the Church Hall. Sundays 08.30 Holy Communion (BCP) 11.00 Morning Worship Thursday 09.30 Holy Eucharist followed by coffee and cake Contact Details Team Vicar: Vacant - other clergy contact details here. Find Us 
The nearest stop is:
Martinscroft This map shows the location of St Martin's Church. To find out if you are in our parish please visit A Church Near You website and enter your postcode.
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Our Patron Saints
ST. MARTIN: Martin was a Roman soldier, whose father was an officer in the army, who had risen from the ranks, and Martin was forced to join the army at the age of fifteen, against his will. It was whilst he was stationed at Amiens that he met a poor man in the middle of winter, almost naked, and trembling and shaking with cold. He was begging for alms. Martin had nothing but his sword and his clothes. He drew his sword, cut his cloak in two, and gave half to the beggar, wrapping himself in the other half. That night, in a dream, he saw Jesus Christ dressed in the half that he had given away. Martin was called to Bishop of Tours by the popular request of the people. He served well in the diocese. When he died in November 397, his successor had a chapel built over the spot where he was buried. This was later replaced by a magnificent basilica. Today a modern basilica stands on the spot. Our LOGO drawn by Mr. Hall is taken from the picture of St. Martin and the beggar at Amiens, which is featured on the Bishop’s chair in our church.
St. Martin the Patron Saint of Horses, equestrians, calvary soldiers, beggars, geese, poor people (and those who help them), alcoholics (and those who help them), people who run hotels, and people who make wine.
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: Francis was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit and without a mite of self-importance. Serious illness brought the young Francis to see the emptiness of his frolicking life as leader of Assisi's youth. Prayer—lengthy and difficult—led him to a self-emptying like that of Christ, climaxed by embracing a leper he met on the road. It symbolized his complete obedience to what he had heard in prayer: "Francis! Everything you have loved and desired in the flesh it is your duty to despise and hate, if you wish to know my will. And when you have begun this, all that now seems sweet and lovely to you will become intolerable and bitter, but all that you used to avoid will turn itself to great sweetness and exceeding joy." From the cross in the neglected field-chapel of San Damiano, Christ told him, "Francis, go out and build up my house, for it is nearly falling down." Francis became the totally poor and humble workman.
St. Francis the Patron saint of animals and the ecology.
St. Martin the Patron Saint of Horses, equestrians, calvary soldiers, beggars, geese, poor people (and those who help them), alcoholics (and those who help them), people who run hotels, and people who make wine.
ST. FRANCIS OF ASSISI: Francis was a poor little man who astounded and inspired the Church by taking the gospel literally—not in a narrow fundamentalist sense, but by actually following all that Jesus said and did, joyfully, without limit and without a mite of self-importance. Serious illness brought the young Francis to see the emptiness of his frolicking life as leader of Assisi's youth. Prayer—lengthy and difficult—led him to a self-emptying like that of Christ, climaxed by embracing a leper he met on the road. It symbolized his complete obedience to what he had heard in prayer: "Francis! Everything you have loved and desired in the flesh it is your duty to despise and hate, if you wish to know my will. And when you have begun this, all that now seems sweet and lovely to you will become intolerable and bitter, but all that you used to avoid will turn itself to great sweetness and exceeding joy." From the cross in the neglected field-chapel of San Damiano, Christ told him, "Francis, go out and build up my house, for it is nearly falling down." Francis became the totally poor and humble workman.
St. Francis the Patron saint of animals and the ecology.
