MASS TIMES: ELEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 6.00pm Private intention. 8.30am People of this Parish. 10.30am Private intention. MONDAY – WEDNESDAY NO MASS THURSDAY 10.00am in Church Feria Special intention (MR). FRIDAY 6.00pm Saint Irenaeus Joan Johnston. SATURDAY 10.00am Feria Angela Davies. SOLEMNITY OF SAINTS PETER AND PAUL 6.00pm Lipsett and Heath families. 8.30am 50th Wedding Anniversary (J&C). 10.30am People of this Parish.
RETIRING COLLECTION NEXT WEEKEND – for Peter’s Pence
CHILDREN’S LITURGY SUMMER PARTY – Sunday June 30th following Mass at 10.30am Holy Cross Church Hall / Garden £2.00 per child. To ensure we have sufficient adult/child ratios, please comp[lete the form which can be found on the table in the porch. It should be returned in an envelope with payment, to a Liturgy Group Leader asap.
RACHEL’S VINEYARD HURT BY ABORTION Contact Rachel on 07734 059 080 www.rachelsvineyard.org.uk
READERS AT THIS WEEKEND’S MASSES are: TEAMS 6.00pm R1 8.30am R7 10.30am R16
MINISTERS OF HOLY COMMUNION are: TEAMS 6.00pm EM4 8.30am EM8 10.30am EM13
MASS ATTENDANCE June 15th / 16th 6.00pm 146 8.30am 127 10.30am 161
OSCOTT MUSEUM VOLUNTEERS – Oscott College is looking for about 6 – 12 volunteers to help with the Museum Tours and other events at Oscott. You may be aware of recently retired parishioners or others to whom this might appeal.All relevant information can be found on the Oscott Website http://oscott.net/about-us/staff/current-vacancies/
CHRISTIAN CANCER RETREAT DAY JULY 13th – There will be a Christian Retreat Day at Sutton Coldfield Baptist Church on July 13th for people affected by cancer. This is run by Firm Roots Cancer Support, an organisation that provides cancer prayer and support online and in various locations in the UK. It is led by Firm Root founder, Rev. Helen Jones, a curate who has had cancer herself and worked with Macmillan and NHS cancer care. The Reatreat Day is free and runs from 10.00am – 4.00pm. To register go to www.firmroots.org.uk
SAINT OF THE WEEK Saint Irenaeus Bishop, Doctor of the Church, Martyr (130 – 202) Irenaeus was a disciple of Saint Polycarp of Smyrna. At a time when Gnostic sects threatened to undermine Christianity by perversion of Christian thought, Saint Irenaeus vigorously denounced all heresies and safeguarded unity of belief. He succeeded the martyred Saint Pothinus in the See of Lyons. His feast is celebrated on June 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: Thomas McGurk, Annie Murray, William Morrissey, Bernard Kinsella, Amelio Rollo, Mary Tubb, Mary McNamara, Thomas Cowley, Alice Morrissey, Margaret Hirons, Patricia Brambani, Maureen Hand, Colin Hodgson, Carmel Maher, Sylvia Taylor and Gerald Guest.
+ REST IN PEACE + Please pray for the repose of the soul of Mary Tansey who died recently. Mary will be received into church on Thursday July 4th at 4.00pm. Her Requiem Mass will be celebrated here on Friday July 5th at 11.30am.