MASS TIMES: SIXTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 6.00pm Special int. (O’Donnell family). 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Sarah Bolton. MONDAY 10.00am Easter feria Don Nimmo. TUESDAY 10.00am Easter feria Thanksgiving (AN). WEDNESDAY 9.00am Easter feria Marion Osbourne. THURSDAY ASCENSION DAY 9.00am and 7.00pm Both Masses in Church Catherine Village & Special int. (MR). FRIDAY 6.00pm Saint John of Avila Special intention (ML). SATURDAY 9.00am Easter feria Kenneth Halford. SEVENTH SUNDAY OF EASTER 6.00pm Deceased Taaffe family. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Christine Evans.
CONFESSION – 5.15pm on Saturday or contact Father Neil (0121351 2161) or email fr.neil.bayliss@rcaob.org.uk to arrange a mutually convenient time and place.
ASCENSION DAY – Thursday is Ascension Day and is a Holy Day of Obligation.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R3 8.30am R9 10.30am R13
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNUION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM1 8.30am EM7 10.30am EM15
MASS ATTENDANCE April 27th / 28th – 6.00pm 176 8.30am145 10.30am 146
HOLY CROSS LUNCH CLUB – The next Fish and Chip Lunch will take place on Tuesday May 14th at 1.00pm in the Church Hall. Please sign the list in the porch if you wish to join us. Payment of £6.50 to be made when signing. Thank you.
HOLY CROSS SCHOOL VACANCIES – There are vacancies in Reception for this September 2024. If interested, please contact the school.
RACHEL’S VINEYARD HURT BY ABORTION – Contact Rachel on 07734 059 080 www.rachelsvineyard.org.uk
SUTTON CATENIAN CIRCLE – Sutton Coldfield Catenian Circle invites parishioners to join them at Moor Hall Hotel at 7.30pm on Monday May 13th to test their knowledge in a Quiz about Sutton Coldfield. Cost £25.00 which includes a three course meal. Bookings to Steve Broom thebroomies@hotmail.com or 07 879 002 551
SAINT OF THE WEEK – Saint John of Avila John was born in Spain around 1500. As a priest he travelled throughout Andalusia, drawing crowds by his preaching. His enemies, disturbed by his success and challenged by his teaching, denounced him for heresy, and he made no attempt to avoid imprisonment or trial, but preached the Catholic faith even more fervently. He played an important part in the setting up on the Council of Trent, where his voice was heard through the treatises he wrote for its guidance, even though he was not well enough to attend. He spent his last years in Montilla, and there he died on May 10th 1569.
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: Denis Lewis, Christopher Gough, William Dockery, Richard Harper, Charlotte McDonough, Patricia Knight, Doreen O’Connor, Maria Seggars, Tony Mann, John Bull, Lucy Cassidy, Irene Perryman and Sarah Mullan.
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the soul of James Fraser who died recently. Requiem Mass for James Fraser will be celebrated here on Thursday May 9th at 1.00pm.