MASS TIMES: FOURTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Saturday 6.00pm Jean Hassell. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Special intention (SD). MONDAY 7.00pm Easter feria Ann Conneely. TUESDAY 10.00am Easter feria Marie Turner. WEDNESDAY 9.00am Saint Catherine of Siena Mary Murray. THURSDAY 9.00am in school Easter feria Carole and Ian Beauchamp. FRIDAY 6.00pm Easter feria George Green. SATURDAY 10.00am Saint Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church Special intention (PW). FIFTH SUNDAY OF EASTER Saturday 6.00pm Tom Smith. 8.30am Frank Tuite. 10.30am People of the Parish.
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.
RETIRING COLLECTION THIS WEEKEND – Clergy Training Fund
FORTHCOMING RETIRING COLLECTIONS – Poor Parishes May 9th / 10th. Catholic Communications May 16th / 17th.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R3 8.30am R7 10.30am R15
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM4 8.30am EM8 10.30am EM15
MASS ATTENDANCE April 18th / 19th 6.00pm 131 8.30am 142 10.30am 189
CAMINO de SANTIAGO PILGRIM WALK – SOCIETY OF ST VINCENT de PAUL – Tony McGuigan, has successfully completed the Camino completing the 119km in 6 days.
Tony thank all parishioners who have kindly supported him and donated funds for the SVP. You can still give, please use the following link:
https://www.justgiving.com/page/tony-mcguigan-1
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
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.
SAINT OF THE WEEK – Saint Catherine of Siena (1347 – 1380) Saint Catherine was a responsible instrument for the return of Pope Gregory XI from Avignon to Rome. Indeed and in truth, she showed her love for God’s Church and the Roman Pontiff. With her short life she gave us a lesson in courage: the courage of telling the truth for love of the Church and souls. Imprinted with the sacred stigmata, she died in Rome at thirty-three years of age. She was proclaimed Patroness of Italy on June 18th 1939. In 1970, Pope Saint Paul VI proclaimed her Doctor of the Church. Her feast is celebrated on April 29th.
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: Thomas Sorroll, Gertrude Whelan, Agnes (Netta) Foster, Marcella Gennoe, James Sweeney, Robert Foster, Julia Doherty, Marie Turner, Mary Beggan, Patrick Griffin, Christine Morgan, Mary Margaret Taylor, John Gibson and Thomas Smith.
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the repose of the souls of Doctor Judith Champ and Graham Johnston who died recently.