MASS TIMES: THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6.00pm Muriel Lynam. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Frances Nicklin. MONDAY 7.00pm Saints Timothy and Titus Margaret and Mark Callus. TUESDAY 10.00am Feria Frances Nicklin. WEDNESDAY 9.00am Saint Thomas Aquinas Brendan Geary. THURSDAY 9.00am in school Feria Special intention (ET). FRIDAY 11.30am Requiem Mass for Frances Moloney. 6.00pm Ned Brunnock. SATURDAY 10.00am Saint John Bosco Patricia Lane. FOURTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6.00pm John Brown. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Annie and Brian Ward.
CONFESSION – 5.15pm on Saturday or contact Fr Neil (01213512161) or email fr.neil.bayliss@rcaob.org.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time and place.
CHURCH OFFERINGS – It may surprise parishioners to know that the weekly giving in 2015 was between £1,100 and £1,300 per week. Eleven years later, 2026, it remains much the same. Yet, in that time, inflation has meant that we are receiving some 30% less income each week. Father Neil knows that times are not easy but would encourage parishioners to think again about their offering especially if they give by Standing Order or by Direct Debit and have not amended it for years.
PART TIME SUPERVISOR FOR THE NEWMAN CENTRE – The Newman Centre is a charitable work of the Parish of Saint Nicholas, Boldmere. It offers resources of a community centre to groups and individuals in Boldmere and surrounding areas. There is a vacancy for a part time Supervisor, working 10 hours a week as required and offering regular opportunities for overtime. Wage £12.72 per hour. For further information please contact Kaye O’Keeffe, the Hall Manager. Email newmancc.boldmere@rcaob.org.uk or call 0121 321 2285
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R3 8.30am 7 10.30am R13
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM4 8.30am EM8 10.30am EM15
MASS ATTENDANCE January 17th / 18th 6.00pm 161 8.30am 123 10.30am 183
PARISH PILGRIMAGE 2026 – ROME, SAN GIOVANNI (PADRE PIO), LORETO AND ASSISI 10 days £1,450 00. September 22nd – October 1st 2026 Birmingham flights To book a place, please contact Northern Star Travel directly on info@northernstartravel.com Telephone: 0161 773 2115 … We are going to move the Pilgrimage by 1 day, to depart 22nd September and return 1st October, reason being the flight time on the return journey. Coming back on the 30th the flight departs Rome at 06.30hrs, check in is 04.30hrs, which would mean a departure time from Assisi at 01.30hrs. Coming back 1st October we could choose between a flight departing at 11.00hrs or a flight departing at 18.50hrs and lands at 20.50hrs, the outward flight on the 22nd Sept departs at 15.25hrs. I trust that you agree that this is a better option. Please let me know if there are any difficulties as a result. Fr Neil.
FORTHCOMING APPEAL – The Holy Family Sisters of the Needy are hoping to visit this parish later in the year to make an appeal for their work. The sister(s) will need overnight accommodation, dinner and breakfast. Is there a parishioner who would like to play host to them? Preferably it would need to be someone who can easily transport them to and from church. The parish will under write the cost to anyone who volunteers.
SAINT NICHOLAS’ WORLD DEVELOPMENT GROUP – This group supports the ‘Feed My Lambs’ school in Uganda and projects in Romania and Albania. The group extends an invitation to anyone who may be interested in attending their Annual General Meeting. The AGM will be held on Monday January 26th at 6.00pm in the Benedict Room situated at the rear of Saint Nicholas’ Church, Jockey Road.
THERE WILL BE NO VOLUNTARY RETIRING COLLECTIONS THIS OR NEXT MONTH
SAINT OF THE WEEK – Saint Thomas Aquinas (1224 – 1274) Thomas Aquinas was educated at the Abbey of Monte Cassino and at the University of Naples. In about 1244, he joined the Dominican Order. He is considered one of the greatest philosophers and theologians of all times. Saint Thomas gained the title ‘Angelic Doctor’. He had an undisputed mastery of scholastic theology and a profound holiness of life. Pope Leo XIII declared him Patron of Catholic Schools. His monumental work, ‘Summa Theologica’ was still unfinished when he died. His feast is celebrated on January 28th.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE SICK IN OUR PARISH – May the Lord grant them consolation, peace and healing and to all involved in health care in hospital or in the community, grace, strength and perseverance.
IN MEMORIAM – Please pray for the repose of the souls of parishioners whose anniversaries occur at this time: Daniel McEvoy, Annie Morton, Vera O’Connor, Tracy Reid, Celia Wells, Kathleen O’Connor, Michael Fernihough, Eileen Quigley, Nellie Langley, Nellie Fitzgerald, Harold Jupp, Henry Robinson, Father John Berry (former Parish Priest of Holy Cross), Rosanna Kesterson, Joseph Sutton, Nora Murphy, Mary Williams, Joan Boland, Margaret Day, Maria Emilia Dos Santos, Carole Roberts, Anna Preston, Joseph Gaffney, James Atkinson and Sarah Sangster
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the repose of the souls of Frances Moloney and Laura Walsh who died recently. Requiem Mass for Frances Moloney will take place this Friday January 30th at 11.30am.