HOLY CROSS & SAINT FRANCIS WALMLEY IS A PARISH WITHIN THE CATHOLIC SUTTON COLDFIELD CLUSTER – For latest information about the cluster go to https://catholicsuttoncoldfield.wordpress.com
MASS TIMES: SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE 6.00pm Brigid Moyles. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Anne Lambe. MONDAY 7.00pm Memoria St Andrew Dung Lac & Comp Brigid Moyles. TUESDAY 10.00am Feria Rose Tomkins. WEDNESDAY 9.00am Feria Frances Nicklin. THURSDAY 9.00am in Church Feria Margaret Hey. 7.00pm Annual Requiem. FRIDAY 6.00pm Feria Monica Hickey. SATURDAY 10.00am Feria Heath & Lipsett Families. FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT 6.00pm Father Owen McGreal. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Brigid Moyles.
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.
OSCOTT SEMINARIANS – Our Oscott Seminarians will be holding a Charity Fund Raiser a ‘Coffee morning’ after the 10.00am Mass next Saturday November 29th. Please support them if you are able.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY GROUP – The Liturgy Group is holding a sale of ‘Mince Pies and Hot Chocolate’ (plus other cakes and refreshments) in the Church Hall, following the 10.30am Mass next Sunday November 30th. £2.50 per head, capped at £5.00 per family. All welcome.
MASS INTENTIONS – FULLY BOOKED – Fr Neil is unable to accept any Mass requests until mid-February. However, if you are happy for another priest to say the Mass it can be arranged, just not at Holy Cross.
ANNUAL REQUIEM – A special Mass will be celebrated here this Thursday November 27th at 7.00pm for all deceased parishioners and remembering by name those who have died in the past year.
ENERGY BILLS & SUPPORTING OUR CHURCH – Maria Webb (a parishioner and one of our school governors) works in partnership with Utility Warehouse. She might be able to save you money on your energy bills.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R3 8.30am R7 10.30am R13
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM4 8.30am EM7 10.30am EM15
MASS ATTENDANCE November 15th / 16th 6.00pm 148 8.30am 122 10.30am 187
PARISH PILGRIMAGE 2026 – These are a few suggestions that I have received for our 2026 Parish Pilgrimage. More suggestions will be welcome. Holy Land: October 5th 2026 7 nights £1,500. Rome: 4 nights £1,399. Knock: 4 nights £1.095. Please let Father Neil know if you may be interested in any of the above.
GOING IN TO HOSPITAL – If you have a scheduled operation or time in hospital, please inform Father Neil before you are admitted. He will contact the relevant Chaplain. If you or one of your family is admitted to hospital in an emergency, please inform Father Neil, who can then either inform the relevant Chaplain or if local, attempt to see you / them himself. Protocols have once again, recently changed.
CHILDREN’S LITURGY – To all parents / carers of children from Reception to Year 3. We would love to welcome your children to join us in the Children’s Liturgy Group at 10.30am Mass on Sunday. “Your children, our Church’s future” We would welcome parents / carers who could become Liturgy Group helpers / leaders. A perfect opportunity to give something back to your church. Call Dawn on 07989 213029 for information.
COLOUR AND LIGHT – This is an Art Group meeting at Saint Nicholas Church, Boldmere. A gathering for all from the Catholic Sutton Coldfield Cluster who want to enjoy making art (of all sorts and at all levels). Wednesday afternoons from 1.00pm – 3.00pm. (Apart from the first Wednesday of the month). For more information, please contact Geraldine Foster on gfoster4941@gmail.com
SAINTS OF THE WEEK – Saint Andrew Dung-Lac and Companions, Martyrs. Saint Andrew Dung-Lac was a Vietnamese priest martyred in 1839. He was one of a group of one hundred and seventeen martyrs put to death in the nineteenth century. They were canonised in 1988. Altogether between 130,000 and 300,000 Catholics were martyred in Vietnam from the seventeenth to the nineteenth centuries. Their feast is celebrated on November 24th.
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: Arthur Morton, Blanche Guillot, John Joseph McMullan, Robert Purcell, Anita Poole, Edward Parkes, Mabel Suter, Major Kenealy Penney, Anne Deshmukh, Marie Therese McCluskey, Eveline Houston, Frances Smyth, Ian O’Connor, Eileen Bateman, Mary Clarke, Michael Fitzgerald and Leslie Francis.
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the repose of the souls of Marguerite McCall, Patricia Green and Desmond Murphy who died recently.