MASS TIMES; SOLEMNITY OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE LORD 8.00pm Ann. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Mary and John Casey and daughters. EASTER MONDAY NO MASS AT HOLY CROSS 10.00am Men’s Mass at St Chad’s Cathedral The McCormack family. EASTER TUESDAY 10.00am Brendan Maher. EASTER WEDNESDAY 9.00am Deceased Hynes and Johnson families. EASTER THURSDAY 10.00am Philomena Green. EASTER FRIDAY 6.00pmRose Chow. EASTER SATURDAY 10.00am Special intention MACR. SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 6.00pm People of the Parish. 8.30am Rita Glendon. 10.30am Anne and Tony Holland.
CONFESSIONS 5.15pm on Saturday or contact Fr Neil on 0121 351 2161 or email fr.neil.bayliss@rcaob.org.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time or place.
EASTER OFFERINGS – Collections taken at the Easter Vigil Mass and Masses on Easter Day will be your clergy offering for your Parish Priest.
EASTER THANKS Many things have to be done to prepare for the Holy Week Liturgies – the church cleaned, the grounds maintained, flowers arranged, servers trained, music and hymns practised and readers prepared …We owe our thanks to those few who have so generously given their time. They surely deserve a Happy Easter.
MASS ATTENDANCE March 28th / 29th 6.00pm 152 8.30am 137 10.30am 283.
SPECIAL YEAR OF SAINT FRANCIS AND PLENARY INDULGENCE – The year 2026 marks the 800th anniversary of the death of St Francis of Assisi. Pope Leo XVI has proclaimed the year of Saint Francis a special Jubilee Year with attached plenary indulgences. (Read Catechism of the Catholic Church nos 1471 – 1473). Archbishop Bernard Longley has granted permission to include the Sisters’ Convent ChapeL at 192 Hawthorn Road, Kingstanding, B44 8PU, among the Franciscan Jubilee sites of the Archdiocese where pilgrims may be welcomed throughout the Jubilee Year.
SPONSORED WALK – Tony McGuigan a parishioner here at Holy Cross as well as a SVP member for this parish is undertaking the Camino de Santiago Pilgrim Walk into the shrine of the apostle James in the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The pilgrim walk will be 119km and will be over 6 days. Tony is fundraising for the SVP and would welcome any donations with all donations given in full to the SVP. If you would like to donate the link is here: https://www.justgiving.com/page/tony-mcguigan-1
RACHEL’S VINEYARD HURT BY ABORTION – Contact Rachel on 07734 059 080 www.rachelsvineyard.org.uk
CHURCH CAR PARK – Parishioners who use the Church car park, kindly use all the spaces,
not leaving empty the middle row or the back row by the hedge.
ANNUAL DIOCESAN THANKSGIVING MASS FOR MARRIAGE – An invitation is extended to married couples, those celebrating a mile-stone anniversary and those preparing to marry this year, to our Diocesan Thanksgiving Mass for Marriage at Saint Chad’s Cathedral on Saturday May 2nd 2026 at 12 noon, followed by light refreshments. For more information and to register your attendance, please visit www.vocations.org.uk/marriage-mass
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: Vincent Ashton, Kenneth Howard, Eric Spooner, Josephine Neaves, Lena Moore, Kathleen Latham, Frank Jarvis, Francis Tuite, Karan McCormick, Mary Eileen McCall, Eileen Owen, Elizabeth Logan-Shah, John McMahon, Jeanette O’Donnell, Annie Smith and Barbara Beason.
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the repose of the soul of Sheila Hayes who died recently.