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Praying the Rosary in May, the Month of Our Blessed Lady - The Holy Rosary is a rich and powerful prayer. Firstly, the Rosary is vocal prayer in that, the fixed words can be prayed aloud, but it also lends itself to meditative prayer as we reflect on each of the mysteries. This enables personal insights that can change our lives and meditation can lead to loving contemplation when our mind is seized by the depth of the mystery we are praying. That’s why Pope St John Paul II wrote:“The Rosary belongs among the finest and most praiseworthy traditions of Christian contemplation.” The words of the Rosary also contain prayers of praise and petition and the faithful often offer up each decade of the Rosary for a special intention. Countless believers, down through the ages have born witness to the fruitful results of praying the Rosary. How could it be otherwise when, as Pope St John Paul II says: “To recite the Rosary is nothing other than to contemplate with Mary the face of Christ.”
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Praying the Rosary in May, the Month of Our Blessed Lady - The Holy Rosary is both Trinitarian and Christ-centred but it is also a Marian prayer. In the Rosary, we are happy to praise the mother of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the words of the Archangel Gabriel and her cousin Elizabeth: “Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is with thee; blessed art thou among women.” And in the Rosary, we meditate and reflect on the important events in Our Lord’s life through the eyes of Mary. Another prayer that makes the Rosary Marian is the concluding prayer - the “Hail Holy Queen.” But the two most important prayers of the Rosary are the Lord’s Prayer and the Hail Mary. As St. Louis de Montfort said: “How could there possibly be any more pleasing prayers to Almighty God and the Blessed Virgin, or any that are easier, more precious or more helpful than these two prayers?”
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Praying the Rosary in May, the Month of Our Blessed Lady - the Holy Rosary is a rich and complete form of prayer. In the first place it is “Trinitarian.” We begin the Rosary with the sign of the Cross as we invoke the Three Persons of the
Most Holy Trinity: “In the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.” We then recite the Apostles Creed, which calls to mind each of the Divine Persons in turn: “I believe in God the Father Almighty…and in Jesus Christ his only-begotten Son…I believe in the Holy Spirit.” And each decade of the Rosary concludes with the Trinitarian prayer: “Glory be to the Father and to the Son
and to the Holy Spirit.” The Rosary is also Christ-centred for the mysteries of the Rosary upon which we meditate are the mysteries of Christ’s life. And in every “Hail Mary” prayed, we honour Christ by saying: “Blessed is the fruit of thy womb, Jesus.”
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Praying the Rosary in May, the Month of Our Blessed Lady - The Holy Rosary is a form of prayer which has been practiced and encouraged by saints and Popes down through the ages. More importantly it is a prayer that has been urged by Our Blessed Lady herself. Mary appeared to St Dominic and instructed him to use the Rosary in combating heresy. In the apparitions in Lourdes in 1858, Our Lady appeared with the Rosary in her hand and recited it together with Bernadette. And in Fatima, in 1917, she appeared again holding the Rosary and encouraged the faithful to be diligent in praying the Rosary. It was at Fatima that Mary identified herself as “the Lady of the Rosary” and asked for the “Fatima prayer” to be said after each decade: “O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save us from the fires of Hell and lead all souls to Heaven, especially those in most need of your
mercy.”
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Today is Divine Mercy Sunday. Humankind not only receives and experiences the mercy of God, but is also called to practice mercy towards others. “Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy.” It is to this end that we receive the transforming Spirit of God - the Holy Spirit, who through the power of God’s great loving mercy, transforms our interior life in order that it might radiate outwardly and be a transforming power in the world.
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Christ has risen. I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all the joy of Easter. Today, with the Holy Church of God throughout the world, we proclaim and celebrate the truth which is foundational to our Christian faith, that on the third day Christ rose from the dead. And Christ, the Risen One, does not depart from us but returns to greet us with his peace and to remain with us until the end of time. And we share his peace and rejoice in his presence in the Mass.
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Holy Week begins today with Palm Sunday when the Church recalls the entrance of Christ the Lord into Jerusalem to
accomplish his Paschal Mystery. The Paschal Mystery, the passage from death to life, is the heart of our faith. The account of the
Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus forms the oldest part of the Gospels. It is what the evangelists recorded first. For them,
it was the heart and nucleus of the Lord’s witness to the loving purposes of God. That is why the Paschal Mystery is at the heart
of our communal celebration as the Church and is at the heart of our lives as Christians and this is why the liturgies of Holy Week
and Easter are so important. Through the Easter Triduum of Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday we celebrate the
greatest mysteries of our redemption keeping, through very special celebrations, the memorial of our Lord’s crucifixion, burial and
resurrection. I hope as many of us as possible will gather for these key celebrations in the Church’s calendar.
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We see in the Gospel today how the Jewish Law was interpreted at the time of Jesus such that it prescribed the death penalty for the sin of adultery. Jesus rejects the lack of humility and lack of mercy, shown in the story, by the woman’s accusers. “Let him who is without sin among you be the first to throw a stone at her.” Jesus’ just authority made her accusers, all men, walk away. Jesus forgives the woman taken in adultery and rejects the cruelty and double standards of her accusers.
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Jesus’ parables invite us to reflect on where we find ourselves in the story he is telling. So in today’s Parable of the
Prodigal Son who do we most identify with? With the Father, having a care and concern for those in need and having a good nose
for when a party is needed? Or do we identify more with the reckless, but eventually repentant, younger son? Do we see something
of ourselves in his destructive self-centredness? Or do we see more of our self in the elder son - are we more like him in being full
of resentment and making other people pay for our loveless faithfulness? Perhaps we see a little of all the characters in us. Wherever
we find our self in the story, Christ invites us to reflect on the journey we have to make to be one with him.
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In today’s Gospel Christ calls us to repentance. It is a call for us to come to our senses - to realise who we really are and to be those people - and through Baptism we are children of God. Repentance is about turning away from all that prevents us from realising our true identity and a turning towards the God who wants us to live in a loving relationship with him and with one another. Repentance is about us realising the abundant life God created us for. It’s the reason Christ came to proclaim his message of repentance - for as he said: “I have come that they may have life and have it to the full” and to that end he calls us to, “Repent, and believe in the Gospel.”
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Today in the Gospel we hear how the apostles Peter, James and John were given a glimpse of Christ’s glory on the Mount of the Transfiguration - the same glimpse of glory that we are all given when we gather for the Mass, for in and through the sacred mysteries of the Eucharist we ascend to the heavenly places where, with Angels and Archangels and all the host of heaven, we worship the Beloved Son of God who sits at the right hand of the Father. God, the Holy Spirit, gathers us into the cloud of his glory. We listen to him in the scriptures. We feed on him in the Sacrament of the altar. No wonder the disciples “kept silence.” “Master,
it is wonderful for us to be here.”
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Holy Week and Easter are the climax of the Christian liturgical year. The time of the Passion and Resurrection is proceeded by Lent, a lengthy period of preparation for these saving and illuminating mysteries. Lent is a time of penitence. It is a time for us to examine our conscience and seek reconciliation with the Lord. Lent is also a time for spiritual growth and enlightenment. In Lent we are invited to listen, and respond, ever more faithfully to the voice of God. Lent also commemorates Israel’s liberation from slavery in Egypt and their forty years of wandering in the wilderness. Lent relates this to our own spiritual journey, to our liberation, our pilgrimage, our feeding on divine manna and of our meeting with God. And, as we see from today’s Gospel, Lent also recalls the forty days that Jesus spent in the desert during which he contended with Satan, the tempter. And our Lent must be a period of fighting against temptation. From this one can see that Lent is a very rich, a very deep mixture of elements which serve to purify and enlighten us. During the time of Lent the Church leads us towards the radiant glory of the Paschal feast. The more serious our Lenten preparation has been, the deeper we shall enter into the mystery of Easter and gather its fruits.
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In today’s Gospel Jesus says: “A man’s words flow out of what fills his heart.” Lent begins on Wednesday - Ash Wednesday - with the Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes. The Church’s season of Lent is an opportunity for us to go deeper into what is at the heart of our lives and what should be first in our hearts. It’s a season in which we are invited to grow in our awareness of those things that blind us to the truth about ourselves and the truth about Christ. Lent is an opportunity to notice the “plank” in our own eye that prevents us seeing clearly how to love God and how to love our neighbour as our self. And it is only by seeing clearly that we can act and speak lovingly. On Ash Wednesday, a day of penance, abstinence and fasting, we enter into the joyful season of Lent - joyful because it is a time established for the purification of our souls and the renewal of our hearts.
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In today’s Gospel Jesus calls us to love our enemies - to love like the God in whose image and likeness we were originally created. Humanity has made itself the enemy of God through its sinfulness - our turning our backs on the way of God’s love. This is seen most keenly in the way humanity treated God’s beloved Son. Yet God loves us. He loves us as we are, but he loves us too much to let us stay as we are. His love wants to transform us, more and more, into the likeness of Jesus, who is true the image of God and who loved his enemies - praying for those who crucified him: “Father, forgive them, they don’t know what they are doing.”
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We were made by God and created for God - to know him and love him forever. So we are happy now if we are poor - poor in the sense of knowing our poverty with regard to the riches of the life for which God has created us. We are happy because this knowledge of our poverty allows us to realise our absolute need of God which leads us to turn to him in trust - trusting in his power to save us. And God does not disappoint those who turn to him in trust.
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After the miraculous catch of fish, which we hear about in the Gospel today, Peter realised, as never before, his own sinfulness and the holiness of Jesus. He asked Jesus to depart from him but Christ showed him that his sins and weaknesses would not prevent him from sharing in his work. While our sinfulness humbles us we should not let it get us down or make us feel that we do not belong to the company of Christ. Christ came to “call sinners.” He is known as the “friend of sinners” - he comes to help us to overcome our sins. That is why, with confidence, we can come before him in the Mass to confess our sins.
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Mary the Mother of Jesus lovingly and willingly united herself to her Son’s sacrifice on the Cross, sharing
in his self-giving for our salvation and redemption. That is why several Popes have called Mary Co-Redemptrix. Mary
teaches us to have faith. If our faith is week, we should turn to Mary. Jesus dying on the Cross bequeaths his mother
to all mankind and especially to all his disciples.
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In today’s Gospel Jesus says: “A man’s words flow out of what fills his heart.” Lent begins on Wednesday - Ash Wednesday - with the Blessing and Imposition of the Ashes. The Church’s season of Lent is an opportunity for us to go deeper into what is at the heart of our lives and what should be first in our hearts. It’s a season in which we are invited to grow in our awareness of those things that blind us to the truth about ourselves and the truth about Christ. Lent is an opportunity to notice the “plank” in our own eye that prevents us seeing clearly how to love God and how to love our neighbour as our self. And it is only by seeing clearly that we can act and speak lovingly. On Ash Wednesday, a day of penance, abstinence and fasting, we enter into the joyful season of Lent - joyful because it is a time established for the purification of our souls and the renewal of our hearts.
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Can we trust the Gospel accounts of what Jesus said and did and of who he claimed to be? Luke, Gentile doctor, Christian convert and missionary companion to St Paul, seems to have no doubts. In the prologue to his Gospel he describes the received teaching as “well founded.” and his confidence is in no small part due to the fact that the accounts of Jesus’ life and mission which had been handed down, were the work of those who, from the outset, were “eyewitnesses.” So we can reliably learn what Jesus said and did, and about who he claimed to be, by attending to the Gospels.
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Love and marriage are very much in the air in our readings today. The scriptures reveal how God created us in order that we might know and love him. God delights in us or, as Isaiah in our first reading puts it: ‘As the bridegroom rejoices in his bride so will your God rejoice in you.’ Two become one in marriage and God created us so that we might be united with him in love - and our God is passionate about our being made one with him - So passionate that he gives himself totally for us in Christ who is born among us to win our love and devotion. This is the greatest love story ever told. Christ reveals the God of love to us in order that we might fall in love with him and so, like him, be prepared to leave all to be wedded to him.
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Safeguarding
The Parish follows the safeguarding standards advised by The Archdiocese of Birmingham. You can view these standards by following the link here.
A link to the Archdiocese safeguarding website can be found here.
Safespaces is a free and independent support service, providing a confidential, personal and safe space for anyone who has been abused by someone in the Church or as a result of their relationship with the Church of England, the Catholic Church in England and Wales or the Church in Wales. If you have been affected, however long ago, Safe Spaces can provide you with support. You do not have to have told the police or the church authorities, and you do not have to still be involved with the church. Your information will not be shared without your consent unless you or someone else is in immediate danger. To contact Safespaces, please follow the link to their website here.
The Isaiah Journey The Isaiah Journey is a working group of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales which has grown out of the need for a pastoral-spiritual response to the suffering of victims and survivors of abuse in the Church. It provides A Guide for Survivors of Abuse that can be found here.
The Safeguarding Rep for our Parish is Monica Green and she can be contacted via email at sg.brg.balsallcommon@rcaob.org.uk.
The Parish follows the safeguarding standards advised by The Archdiocese of Birmingham. You can view these standards by following the link here.
A link to the Archdiocese safeguarding website can be found here.
Safespaces is a free and independent support service, providing a confidential, personal and safe space for anyone who has been abused by someone in the Church or as a result of their relationship with the Church of England, the Catholic Church in England and Wales or the Church in Wales. If you have been affected, however long ago, Safe Spaces can provide you with support. You do not have to have told the police or the church authorities, and you do not have to still be involved with the church. Your information will not be shared without your consent unless you or someone else is in immediate danger. To contact Safespaces, please follow the link to their website here.
The Isaiah Journey The Isaiah Journey is a working group of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales which has grown out of the need for a pastoral-spiritual response to the suffering of victims and survivors of abuse in the Church. It provides A Guide for Survivors of Abuse that can be found here.
The Safeguarding Rep for our Parish is Monica Green and she can be contacted via email at sg.brg.balsallcommon@rcaob.org.uk.
Parish Events
Looking for the rest of the Parish Event List? We have archived the list from our old site but you can still view them here.
Date
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| 29.06.2025 | Father Hudson’s Caritas altar talk | Following mass on Sunday June 29th Father Hudson’s Caritas will give an informative talk on their extensive work in the community |
| 24.06.2025 | Kenilworth Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes | The Kenilworth Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes is on 24th-28th June 2025. For further details and booking contact Peter Rand on 01926 852163 or peter.rand@btinternet.com. Bookings and deposits required by 9 March to guarantee flights. |
| 22.06.2025 | First Holy Communion | First Holy Communion will be held at BRG at 9.30am mass on Sunday 22nd June, pray for the parents and families of: Ewan Hocking, Teddy Lawley, Maoilín Scallan, Noah Traynor, Wyatt Chesshire-Ramon, Aoife Wick, Jack Power, Ava Menzies, Patrick Noonan, Adeline Blewitt, Ava Reilly, Rory Reilly, Annabelle Trengove, and Sophia Stevens. |
| 15.06.2025 | Day for Life | This year’s Day for Life will take place on 15 June. In preparation for this, we are inviting the faithful to pray the Novena for Life from 23 May to the Feast of the Visitation on 31 May. Information will be available on the Bishops’ Conference website as well as at: https://prayforlife.ie/ The Bishops’ Conference Secretariat has also prepared a wide range of resources to mark Day for Life, which will be soon be uploaded to the website: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/day-for-life/. |
| 07.06.2025 | Quiet Morning at Temple Balsall | “Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest” Mark 6 v 31. Meet at the Old Hall, Temple Balsall (adjacent to the church). Coffee will be available at 9.30am as you arrive for a prompt 10am start, finishing at 12 noon. Revd Jenny Dyer, Methodist Minister, will help direct our thoughts before we find our ‘own individual space’ within the beautiful grounds and buildings. 30 places only, please submit your name to Doug Timmis (01676 534346) as soon as possible. |
| 07.06.2025 | Churches together coffee morning | The Churches together coffee morningtakes place on the first Saturday of each month (7th June) – 10:30-12:00 at the Jubilee Centre, all welcome |
| 29.05.2025 | Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord | Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord will be celebrated at St.Francis at 9.00am mass on Thursday 29th May |
| 29.05.2025 | Parish Prayer Group | There will be no prayer group meeting this Thursday 29th May. Our meeting will resume again on Thursday 5th June, at the usual time of 4pm to 5pm. Everyone is most welcome. |
| 28.05.2025 | Funeral Mass for Dorothy June Ward (RIP) | The Funeral Mass for Dorothy June Ward (RIP) will take place on Wednesday 28th May 2025, 11.30am at Blessed Robert Grissold Church. Please pray for Dorothy, her friends and family |
| 27.05.2025 | Weekday mass | Midweek mass will be held at 7pm Tuesday evening in Blessed Robert Grissold, celebrating the Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury. |
| 25.05.2025 | A Message from Archbishop Bernard Longley | I welcome the wonderful news of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. As he prepared to give us his first blessing as Pope in St Peter’s Square he also gave us a message of joyful encouragement, calling us to be bridge-builders who are the light of Christ in the world. As the first Pope from the United States of America he also remembered the people of Chiclayo in Peru where he had served as bishop until 2023. I have just spent the last few days at Buckfast Abbey with all the Bishops of England and Wales as we prayed for the Cardinals in Conclave and as we waited to hear whom the Holy Spirit would identify as the Successor of Peter. It will be a great joy to serve the Church’s mission inspired by the guidance of Pope Leo. All the lay faithful, the Religious and clergy of our Archdiocese are praying for our new Holy Father that he may serve the Church for many years and be richly blessed in his apostolate. |
| 25.05.2025 | CAFOD - Thank you | Thank you so much to everyone who donated to CAFOD in the Lent Collection. Whether you donated in church or directly through the website, it will make an enormous difference to many lives. The total donation at church came to £404.55, but as so many of you gift aided the donation, the final total will amount to close to £500, which is an enormous effort for such a small church. Thank you very much, Chris Lynn. |
| 25.05.2025 | Jubilee 2025 | Pilgrims of Hope: To find out more about how your parish, family or school can celebrate the Jubilee Year in our Archdiocese, and how you can participate in events nationally and internationally, visit our Diocesan website: www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/jubilee-year |
| 25.05.2025 | Devotions in the Month of May | May is the month of Our Blessed Lady. We can honour her, pray for the Church and for the world by saying the Rosary every day - especially in her month of May. |
| 24.05.2025 | Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes | Every year, hundreds of pilgrims from across the Archdiocese of Birmingham join together for the Lourdes Pilgrimage. 2025 is the Year of Jubilee and Archbishop Bernard invites you to come with us on this very special occasion in the life of the archdiocese: “It’s a great experience to be together with upwards of 700 fellow pilgrims.” The pilgrimage dates have been announced: Saturday 24 – Friday 30 May 2025, and you can now express your interest in a place or get more information by visiting www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/lourdes. |
| 22.05.2025 | Funeral Mass for June McArdle | Funeral Mass for June McArdle will be held on Thursday 22nd May 2025, 11am at St. Thomas More Church (where June and Vince were married), Horse Shoes Lane, Sheldon, B26 3HU; and 1pm at Woodlands Crematorium, Coleshill, B46 1DP; followed by a gathering at the Cameo Suite, The Coleshill Hotel, B46 3AY. As per June’s request, wearing bright colours preferred. Flowers or donations to Walsgrave Hospital, special care baby unit or NSPCC. |
| 18.05.2025 | Kenelm Youth Trust | Kenelm Youth Trust are seeking a Bookings Coordinator for their retreat centres based in Alton, ST10 4TT. Please visit their website to apply: www.kenelmyouthtrust.org.uk/kenelmvacancies.html. |
| 11.05.2025 | Parish Coffee Morning | Please note there will be no coffee morning this month (regards Madeleine & Fran) |
| 10.05.2025 | Diocese Day Pilgrimage to Walsingham | The Diocese Day Pilgrimage to Walsingham is on 10th May 2025: For further information please contact the pilgrim organizer, Fr Philip Griffin on 01384 395308 or email olas.stourbridge@rcaob.org.uk |
| 03.05.2025 | Thanksgiving Mass for Marriage 2025 | Married couples, those celebrating a milestone anniversary and those preparing to marry this year, are invited to the annual Mass for Marriage at St Chad's Cathedral on Saturday 3rd May at 12 Noon, followed by light refreshments. Please visit www.vocations.org.uk/marriage-mass to confirm your attendance by 13th April. |
29.06.2025
Following mass on Sunday June 29th Father Hudson’s Caritas will give an
informative talk on their extensive work in the community
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24.06.2025
The Kenilworth Parish Pilgrimage to Lourdes is on 24th-28th June 2025. For further details and booking contact Peter Rand on 01926 852163 or peter.rand@btinternet.com. Bookings and deposits required by 9 March to guarantee flights.
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22.06.2025
First Holy Communion will be held at BRG at 9.30am mass on Sunday 22nd June, pray for the parents and families of:
Ewan Hocking, Teddy Lawley, Maoilín Scallan, Noah Traynor, Wyatt Chesshire-Ramon, Aoife Wick, Jack Power, Ava
Menzies, Patrick Noonan, Adeline Blewitt, Ava Reilly, Rory Reilly, Annabelle Trengove, and Sophia Stevens.
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15.06.2025
This year’s Day for Life will take place on 15 June. In preparation for this, we are inviting the faithful to pray the Novena for Life from 23 May to the Feast of the Visitation on 31 May. Information will be available on the Bishops’ Conference website as well as at: https://prayforlife.ie/ The Bishops’ Conference Secretariat has also
prepared a wide range of resources to mark Day for Life, which will be soon be uploaded to the website:
https://www.cbcew.org.uk/day-for-life/.
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07.06.2025
“Come with me by yourselves to a quiet place and get some rest” Mark 6 v 31.
Meet at the Old Hall, Temple Balsall (adjacent to the church). Coffee will be available at 9.30am as you arrive for a
prompt 10am start, finishing at 12 noon. Revd Jenny Dyer, Methodist Minister, will help direct our thoughts before we
find our ‘own individual space’ within the beautiful grounds and buildings. 30 places only, please submit your name to
Doug Timmis (01676 534346) as soon as possible.
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07.06.2025
The Churches together coffee morningtakes place on the first Saturday of each month (7th June) – 10:30-12:00 at the Jubilee Centre, all welcome
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29.05.2025
Solemnity of the Ascension of the Lord will be celebrated at St.Francis at 9.00am mass on Thursday 29th May
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29.05.2025
There will be no prayer group meeting this Thursday 29th May. Our meeting will resume again on Thursday 5th June, at the usual time of 4pm to 5pm. Everyone is most welcome.
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28.05.2025
The Funeral Mass for Dorothy June Ward (RIP) will take place on Wednesday 28th May 2025, 11.30am at Blessed Robert Grissold Church. Please pray for Dorothy, her friends and family
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27.05.2025
Midweek mass will be held at 7pm Tuesday evening in Blessed Robert Grissold, celebrating the Feast of St. Augustine of Canterbury.
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25.05.2025
I welcome the wonderful news of the election of Cardinal Robert Prevost as our new Holy Father, Pope Leo XIV. As he prepared to give us his first blessing as Pope in St Peter’s Square he also gave us a message of joyful encouragement, calling us to be bridge-builders who are the light of Christ in the world. As the first Pope from the United States of America he also remembered the people of Chiclayo in Peru where he had served as bishop until 2023. I have just spent the last few days at Buckfast Abbey with all the Bishops of England and Wales as we prayed for the Cardinals in Conclave and as we waited to hear whom the Holy Spirit would identify as the Successor of Peter. It will be a great joy to serve the Church’s mission inspired by the guidance of Pope Leo. All the lay faithful, the Religious and clergy of our Archdiocese are praying for our new Holy Father that he may serve the Church for many years and be richly blessed in his apostolate.
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25.05.2025
Thank you so much to everyone who donated to CAFOD in the Lent Collection. Whether you donated in church or directly through the website, it will make an enormous difference to many lives. The total donation at church came to £404.55, but as so many of you gift aided the donation, the final total will amount to close to £500, which is an enormous effort for such a small church. Thank you very much, Chris Lynn.
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25.05.2025
Pilgrims of Hope: To find out more about how your parish, family or school can celebrate the Jubilee Year in our Archdiocese, and how you can participate in events nationally and internationally, visit our Diocesan
website: www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/jubilee-year
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25.05.2025
May is the month of Our Blessed Lady. We can honour her, pray for the
Church and for the world by saying the Rosary every day - especially in her month of May.
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24.05.2025
Every year, hundreds of pilgrims from across the Archdiocese of Birmingham join together for the Lourdes Pilgrimage. 2025 is the Year of Jubilee and Archbishop Bernard invites you to come with us on this very special occasion in the life of the archdiocese: “It’s a great experience to be together with upwards of 700 fellow pilgrims.” The pilgrimage dates have been announced: Saturday 24 – Friday 30 May 2025, and you can now express your interest in a place or get more information by visiting www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/lourdes.
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22.05.2025
Funeral Mass for June McArdle will be held on Thursday 22nd May 2025, 11am at St. Thomas More Church (where June and Vince were married), Horse Shoes Lane, Sheldon, B26 3HU; and 1pm at Woodlands Crematorium, Coleshill, B46 1DP;
followed by a gathering at the Cameo Suite, The Coleshill Hotel, B46 3AY. As per June’s request, wearing bright
colours preferred. Flowers or donations to Walsgrave Hospital, special care baby unit or NSPCC.
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18.05.2025
Kenelm Youth Trust are seeking a Bookings Coordinator for their retreat centres based in Alton, ST10 4TT. Please
visit their website to apply: www.kenelmyouthtrust.org.uk/kenelmvacancies.html.
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11.05.2025
Please note there will be no coffee morning this month (regards Madeleine & Fran)
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10.05.2025
The Diocese Day Pilgrimage to Walsingham is on 10th May 2025: For further information please contact the pilgrim organizer,
Fr Philip Griffin on 01384 395308 or email olas.stourbridge@rcaob.org.uk
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03.05.2025
Married couples, those celebrating a milestone anniversary and those
preparing to marry this year, are invited to the annual Mass for Marriage at St Chad's Cathedral on Saturday 3rd May
at 12 Noon, followed by light refreshments. Please visit www.vocations.org.uk/marriage-mass to confirm your
attendance by 13th April.
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