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26th April - 3rd May 2026 |
Fourth Week of Easter |
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Fourth Sunday of Easter 26th April Act 2:14,36-41 1Pt 2:20-25 Jn 10:1-10 9.00 People of the parish living and deceased 11.00 People of the parish living & deceased also Danielle Mc Skeane RIP 6.00 Mass People of the parish living & deceased Exit Collection Diocesan Clergy Training Fund |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, Today is Good Shepherd Sunday, when we pray for all the shepherds of the church, and for an increase in those who hear the call to be pastors to the flock. ******************************* Archbishop Bernard writes to us today: “Dear friends, today is Good Shepherd Sunday, when the Church prays especially for vocations to the priesthood. I want to ask you to join me in praying that all those whom Our Lord is calling will respond with & generosity to his invitation to serve their brothers & sisters as priests in our Archdiocese. If you feel the Good Shepherd might be calling you (and if you are 18 or over) I would ask you to write to me directly at archbishop@rcaob.org.uk. I shall be happy to meet you, with our Vocations Director, Fr Craig Szmidt, & hear your story as you discern what the Lord is asking of you today & in years ahead. Please pray for me & all our priests. With my prayers & kindest wishes +Bernard Longley Archbishop of Birmingham ************************************ This week we’ve a host of famous saints: St.Louis de Montfort (Monday) founder of the Montfort fathers & brothers who work closely with us SCJs in Thailand. St.Catherine of Sienna (Wednesday) the enclosed Dominican nun who had such powerful influence on popes & bishops far & wide, unafraid to reprimand both! St.Pius V (Thursday) who reconvened the stalled 16th century Council of Trent, and brought it to a successful conclusion. St.Joseph the Worker (Friday) patron saint of all manual workers, husbands & foster parents. Because of his flight into Egypt he is also patron of refugees. St.Athanasius (Saturday) patron saint of orthodoxy, since he defended divinity of Christ against popular preachers who denied it, suffering exile in the desert on two lengthy occasions. |
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Monday - 27th April Act 6:8-15 Jn 6:22-29 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Mass Laura Crouch, Elliott, Phobe & James |
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Tuesday –28th April St.Louis de Montfort & St Peter Chanel Act 7:51-8:1 Jn 6:30-35 7.00 Mass Bridie Dillon 10.15 Communion Sevice 10.45 Rosary of the unborn |
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Wednesday - 29th April St.Catherine of Sienna Act 8:1-8 Jn 6:35-40 7.00 Mass Susie 10.15 Mass mary’s Honour Prayer Group 11.00-12.00 Prayer Group (day chapel) 6.00pm Vigil Caroline Louise Sparling |
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Thursday - 30th April St.Pius V Rev 12:10-12 2Tm 2:8-13,3:10-12 Lk 9:23-26 7.00 Mass James Fay RIP 10.15 Requiem Caroline Louise Sparling 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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First Friday - 1st May St.Joseph the Worker Act 9:1-20 Jn 6:52-59 7.00 Mass Mary Waldron Healy 10.15 Mass Mark Hurley RIP also Katie McDonagh 11.00-12.00 Prayer before Blessed Sacrament |
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Saturday 2nd May St.Athanasius 1Pt 5:5-14 Mk 16:15-20 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Una & Gavin Buckley also Hazel Scott |
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Fifth Sunday of Easter 3rd May Act 2:14,36-41 1Pt 2:20-25 Jn 10:1-10 9.00 May Mary Walsh RIP (100th birthday) 11.00 Norah & Francis McGreal 6.00 Mass People of the parish also Bridget Green Exit Collection Carlo Acutis Youth Leaders training |