MASS TIMES: THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6.00pm Philomena Shaylor. 8.30am People of the parish. 10.30am Brigid Moyles. MONDAY 7.00pm Feria Tom Walsh. TUESDAY 10.00am Saint Simon and Saint Jude Brigid Moyles. WEDNESDAY NO MASS THURSDAY 10.00am Feria Johnson Fund. FRIDAY 11.00am Requiem Mass for Tony Turfrey. 7.00pm Feria Brigid Moyles. SATURDAY 10.00am Feria Special intention (ET). SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS 6.00pm Holy Souls. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Holy Souls.
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.
Remember to put your clocks back one hour this weekend.
BLESSING OF GRAVES 2025 – Oscott – Saturday November 1st at 3.00pm. New Hall & Erdington Abbey – Sunday November 2nd at 2.00pm. Sutton Rectory Rd. & Witton – Sunday November 9th at 2.00pm.
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.
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. She will be at the 8.30am Mass on Sunday or you could use the QR code in the Church for more information.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R2 8.30am R7 10.30am R14
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM4 8.30am EM7 10.30am EM14
MASS ATTENDANCE October 18th 19th 6.00pm 139 8.30am 123 10.30am 185
SAINTS OF THE WEEK – Saint Simon and Saint Jude. Saint Simon was from Cana in Galilee and known as the zealot. Saint Jude, also known in the gospels as Thaddeus, is the author of a short epistle in the New Testament. They preached in Mesopotamia and Persia and were martyred. Their names appear in the Roman Canon. Their feast is celebrated on October 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: Placid Perks, William Bierd, Isobelle Black, Father John O’Dwyer (First Parish Priest of Holy Cross), Geoffrey Tetstall, Alan McMaster, Frances Rose, George Taylor, Edward Beddoe, Stefano Bugni, Winifred Sroczynska, Nita Jones, Michael Roy, Peter Bird, Philip Young, Evelyn Raitt, Agnes Hope, Bernadette Aucott, Salvatore Cassisi, William Campbell, Stephen Turner, David James, Terence Fitzpatrick, Lorraine Henderson, Margaret Griffin, Joseph McCormick, Brendan Compton and Catherine Calnan.
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the souls Frances Nicklin, Tony Turfrey, Agnes Bowes and Kwan Yung Anita Chow (Rose) who died recently. Tony’s Requiem Mass will be celebrated here on Friday 31st October at 11.00am. Rose’s Requiem Mass will be celebrated here on Monday November 3rd at 10.00am. Frances’s Requiem Mass will be on Thursday November 6th at 11.00am. Agnes will be received into church on Thursday November 6th at 4.00pm. Her Requiem Mass will be celebrated here on Friday November 7th at 11.00am.