MASS TIMES: FIFTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6.00pm Special intention (MT). 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am Maureen & Patrick O’Donnell. MONDAY 11.00am Requiem Mass for Laura Walsh. 7.00pm Madeleine Atherley. TUESDAY 10.00am Saint Scholastica, Virgin Ethel and Albert Goodwin. WEDNESDAY 9.00am Our Lady of Lourdes Bridie Callan. THURSDAY 9.00am in church Feria Yung and family. FRIDAY 6.00pm Feria Special intention (MB). SATURDAY 10.00am Saints Cyril and Methodius, Patrons of Europe. PJ and Louise Driscoll. SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6.00pm Barney McFadden. 8.30am People of the Parish. 10.30am David Scott.
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.
STATIONS OF THE CROSS IN LENT – Lenten Stations of the Cross will take place in church at 12 noon every Friday. These will be followed by a ‘’Soup and Roll’’ lunch in the Church Hall. Volunteer soup makers are needed. Will volunteers please sign the list in the church porch. 2 soup makers required for each Friday in Lent. For parishioners who work during the week, is there a wish for a further Stations of the Cross to take place at some time during the weekend? If so, please let Father Neil know.
T20 CRICKET – This year there are three possible dates all Sundays – 24th May, 31st May and 5th July, Fr Neil is tempted by 31st May please let him know asap which date you would prefer.
VACANCY AT HOLY CROSS SCHOOL – Holy Cross Catholic Primary School is currently advertising for a KS2 Level 3 Teaching Assistant position. The deadline for applications is Wednesday 4th March 2026. For further information, please visit: https://johnpaulii.co.uk/vacancies/ If you would like to see the school, please contact the school via email at enquiry@holycross-sch.net. .
PART TIME SUPERVISOR FOR THE NEWMAN CENTRE – The Newman Centre is a charitable work of the Parish of Saint Nicholas, Boldmere. It offers resources of a community centre to groups and individuals in Boldmere and surrounding areas. There is a vacancy for a part time Supervisor, working 10 hours a week as required and offering regular opportunities for overtime. Wage £12.72 per hour. For further information please contact Kaye O’Keeffe, the Hall Manager. Email newmancc.boldmere@rcaob.org.uk or call 0121 321 2285
ANNUAL DIOCESAN THANKSGIVING FOR MARRIAGE – An invitation is extended to married couples, those celebrating a milestone anniversary and those preparing to marry this year, to our Diocesan Thanksgiving Mass for Marriage at St Chad’s Cathedral on Saturday 2nd May 2026 at 12 Noon, followed by light refreshments. For more information, and to register your attendance, please visit www.vocations.org.uk/marriage-mass
FISH AND CHIP LUNCH – The next Fish and Chip Lunch will be in the Church Hall at 1.00pm this Tuesday February 10th. If you wish to join us, please sign the list in the porch. £7.00 per person to include lunch, dessert and tea/coffee. Payment due when signing. Thank you.
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R2 8.30am 9 10.30am R14
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM2 8.30am EM8 10.30am EM14
MASS ATTENDANCE January 31st / February 1st 6.00pm 146 8.30am 114 10.30am 190
BISHOP WALSH SCHOOL – Currently one of the most successful Secondary Schools in our diocese is suffering from a lack of foundation governors – 1 is still needed. Could you step into this role? See Fr Neil if you are interested.
THANK YOU – Thanks to those parishioners who kindly volunteered to accommodate the future visiting sister(s).
SAINT OF THE WEEK – Our Lady of Lourdes February 11th marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen-year-old Marie Bernarde (Saint Bernadette) Soubirous. There were eighteen apparitions in all, the last of which was on July 16th1858. The message of Lourdes is a call to personal conversion, prayer and charity.
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: Patricia Donson, Mildred Kirk, Bernadette O’Donnell, Patrick Gannon, Ronald Wragg, Mary Wheatley, Edmund Trochowski, Reginald Meers, Timothy Calnan, Arthur Adams, Mary Ann Brennan, James Dunne, John Roberts, Anne Purcell, Lawrence Collett, Eileen Tynan, Timothy Felles, Bernadette Power, Bridget Whelan, John Grimes, Patrick Murphy, Patricia Dawson, Marilyn Latham and Concepta Tracey.