MASS TIMES: SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER 6.00pm People of the Parish. 8.30am Rita Glendon. 10.30am Anne and Tony Holland. MONDAY NO MASS Easter feria. TUESDAY NO MASS Easter feria.
WEDNESDAY NO MASS Easter feria. THURSDAY NO MASS Easter feria. FRIDAY 6.00pm Easter feria Mary and Bill Murphy. SATURDAY 10.00am Easter feria Mary King. THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 6.00pm Michael Doherty. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Joe and Peter Houston.
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.
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
EASTER THANK YOU – Father Neil thanks everyone for their cards and many kindnesses at Easter.
MASS ATTENDANCE April 4th / 5th 8.00pm 208 8.30am 271 10.30am 395
CAMINO de SANTIAGO PILGRIM WALK – SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT de PAUL – Tony McGuigan, a parishioner and 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 walk begins on April 11th and is 119km over 6 days. Tony is fundraising for the SVP and would welcome any donations. All donations will be given in full to the SVP. If you would like to donate, please use the following link:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/tony-mcguigan-1
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 X1V 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.
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.
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL – There are vacancies for pupils in Reception and in Year 1 and Year 2 classes. If interested, please contact the school
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: John Joseph Killoch, Rose Paviour, Edward Butler, James Stewart, Susan Butler, Paul Barrs, Michael Doherty, Catherine Campbell, Olive Sperduti, Alan Calnan, Oakley and Willow Lacey and Lillian Swinnerton.