Weekly Diary

25th October - 1st November 2026	Week Thirty
Prisoners Sunday (Thirtieth) 25^th October Ex 22:21-27 1 Th 1:5-10 Mt 22:34-40 9.00 Mass People of the Parish also Jo Turner 11.00 Patrick Warren RIP 6.00 Mass Patricia Williams Exit Appeal PACT (for ministry in prisons)	Dear Brothers & Sisters, Prisoners Sunday today - delayed 2 weeks - is chosen by the Church & organised by PACT (Prison Advice & Care Trust) to pray for & support prisoners, their families, & affected children. Prisoners have fewer friends in politics than refugees, so this ministry is a vital part of our mission. St. Cedd (Monday) isn’t as well known as his brother Chad our Diocesan patron (feast March 2). Born in Northumbria & educated at Lindisfarne he was missionary to the Saxons and founded a Diocese in Essex. He died in a 664 AD plague having witnessed a peaceful accord between Latins & Celts at the Whitby Synod. Sts. Simon & Jude - Apostles (Wednesday) re two of the not-so-famous apostles. But Simon was known as one of the Zealots, a 1st century guerrilla group, while Jude has a devoted following today as patron saint of hopeless cases. St Alphonso Rodriguez SJ (Saturday) was a 16th century, lay brother door-keeper of the Jesuit college in Palma de Mallorca. His humble service was fêted by Gerard Manley Hopkins in the poem ‘Honour’. Olton Companions of Betharram prayed at his tomb in Palma during their 2018 pilgrimage to Mallorcan Holy Places All Saints Day (Next Sunday), is the day we honour all the many Saintsin heaven who are our role models and our intercessors for us. This is a Holy Day with Sunday mass times. *Halloween traditions Saturday Night* are not an official part of Christian tradition but they seem to have taken on a life of their own, especially since ‘trick or treat’ games were imported from the USA. *The Johnson Fund* (collection next week) is for retired Birmingham Diocesan Clergy ******************************************************** Respoose to today's psalm: I Love you Lord my strength
Monday 26^th October Saint Cedd Eph 4:32-5:8 Lk 13.10-17 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Mass Aniela Jablonska RIP also Jane Crouch & Maria Hartigan
Tuesday 27^th October Eph 5:21-33 Luke 13:18-21 7.00 Mass Doreen Margaret Sampson RIP 10.15 Mass Kathleen Comer RIP also Mary Savage RIP 10.45 Rosary of the unborn 7.00 Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament
Wednesday 28^th October Saints Simon & Jude apostles Eph 2:19-22 Luke 6:12-19 7.00 Mass Christina Foley RIP 10.15 Mass Pat & Esther Murphy RIP also Maria Hartigan
Thursday 29^th October Eph 6:10-20 Luke 13:31-35 7.00 Mass Christopher Grogan 10.15 Mass Fr Austin Hughes SCJ also Graham Smith
Friday 30^th October Phil 1:1-11 Luke 14:1-6 7.00 Mass Mary Savage 10.15 Mass Stella Minihan RIP also Jean Whelan RIP
Saturday 31^st October St.Alphonso Rodriguez SJ Phil 1:18-26 Luke 14:7-11 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Marion Smyth also Miles McInerney
All Saints Day 1^stNovember Rev 7:2-4, 9-14 1Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:1-12 9.00 Mass People of the Parish also Rebecca Lo RIP 11.00 George Carmichael 6.00 Mass Kathleen Comer RIP Exit Appeal: Johnson Fund (diocesan clergy)

25th October - 1st November 2026

Week Thirty

Prisoners Sunday (Thirtieth) 25^th October

Ex 22:21-27 1 Th 1:5-10 Mt 22:34-40

9.00 Mass People of the Parish

also Jo Turner

11.00 Patrick Warren RIP

6.00 Mass Patricia Williams

Exit Appeal PACT (for ministry in prisons)

Dear Brothers & Sisters,

Prisoners Sunday today - delayed 2 weeks - is chosen by the Church & organised by
PACT (Prison Advice & Care Trust) to
pray for & support prisoners, their families, & affected children. Prisoners have
fewer friends in politics than refugees, so
this ministry is a vital part of our mission.

St. Cedd (Monday) isn’t as well known
as his brother Chad our Diocesan patron
(feast March 2). Born in Northumbria &
educated at Lindisfarne he was missionary
to the Saxons and founded a Diocese in
Essex. He died in a 664 AD plague having
witnessed a peaceful accord between
Latins & Celts at the Whitby Synod.

Sts. Simon & Jude - Apostles (Wednesday) re two of the not-so-famous apostles. But Simon was known as one of the Zealots, a 1st century guerrilla group, while Jude has a devoted following today as patron saint of hopeless cases.

St Alphonso Rodriguez SJ (Saturday) was a 16th century, lay brother door-keeper of the Jesuit college in Palma de Mallorca. His humble service was fêted by Gerard Manley Hopkins in the poem ‘Honour’. Olton Companions of Betharram prayed at his tomb in Palma during their 2018 pilgrimage to Mallorcan Holy Places

All Saints Day (Next Sunday), is the day we honour all the many Saintsin heaven who are our role models and our intercessors for us. This is a Holy Day with Sunday mass times.

Halloween traditions Saturday Night are not an official part of Christian tradition but they seem to have taken on a life of their own, especially since ‘trick or treat’ games were imported from the USA.
The Johnson Fund (collection next week) is for retired Birmingham Diocesan Clergy

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Respoose to today's psalm: I Love you Lord my strength

Monday 26^th October

Saint Cedd

Eph 4:32-5:8 Lk 13.10-17

7.00 Mass Private Intention

10.15 Mass Aniela Jablonska RIP

also Jane Crouch & Maria Hartigan

Tuesday 27^th October

Eph 5:21-33 Luke 13:18-21

7.00 Mass Doreen Margaret Sampson RIP

10.15 Mass Kathleen Comer RIP

also Mary Savage RIP

10.45 Rosary of the unborn

7.00 Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament

Wednesday 28^th October

Saints Simon & Jude apostles

Eph 2:19-22 Luke 6:12-19

7.00 Mass Christina Foley RIP

10.15 Mass Pat & Esther Murphy RIP

also Maria Hartigan

Thursday 29^th October

Eph 6:10-20 Luke 13:31-35

7.00 Mass Christopher Grogan

10.15 Mass Fr Austin Hughes SCJ

also Graham Smith

Friday 30^th October

Phil 1:1-11 Luke 14:1-6

7.00 Mass Mary Savage

10.15 Mass Stella Minihan RIP

also Jean Whelan RIP

Saturday 31^st October

St.Alphonso Rodriguez SJ

Phil 1:18-26 Luke 14:7-11

9.30 Confessions

10.15 Marion Smyth

also Miles McInerney

All Saints Day 1^stNovember

Rev 7:2-4, 9-14 1Jn 3:1-3 Mt 5:1-12

9.00 Mass People of the Parish

also Rebecca Lo RIP

11.00 George Carmichael

6.00 Mass Kathleen Comer RIP

Exit Appeal: Johnson Fund (diocesan clergy)