St Nicholas , Boldmere Address: 243 Jockey Rd., Boldmere, , B73 5US Telephone: 0121 354 1763 Email: [email protected] Website: www.stnicholasboldmere.co.uk Blog: www.stnicholasboldmere.wordpress.com Parish Facebook: search for ‘St Nicholas, Boldmere’ Parish Priest: Fr Allen Morris E-mail: [email protected] Parish Safeguarding contact: Mrs Ann Foulds (0121 355 7892) Our Parish is part of the Archdiocese of : Registered Charity No. 234216

Thank you and the law already allows leeway to not Annual Harvington Pilgrimage to everyone who in any way assisted at prosecute tragic cases. Please act – real Sunday 6th Sept. Mass at 3pm. the splendid celebration on Friday to lives are at stake. Confessions 1.45–2.30pm. Take a chair! give thanks for Fr Van and his ministry McMillan Nurses Birmingham Catholic Youth Service here. Please keep him in your prayers! If anyone needs to pay up their Parish Leaders Retreat Day, Handsworth Assisted Suicide proposals sponsorship pledge to David Mcilree, Convent, 26th Sept. See Fr Allen for This horrific subject is to be debated in please do so in the porch today. more information. Parliament on 11th Sept. Please write to Cancer Research Proud2Profess Rt Hon Andrew Mitchell MP, andrew. To raise money for Cancer Research UK, 17th Oct, 10-6pm Fellowship, music, [email protected] or House of in memory of her brother-in-law Mike teaching, inspirational talks and FUN! An Commons, London, SW1A 0AA. There are Stanley (our diocesan musician for many annual event for 14-25 year olds. Cost is postcards or letters at the back of church a year), Fiona Duffy-Sheehan, recently £5, but see Fr Allen if you are going, as but best is a hand-written one from you completed the ‘Outlaw’ – 2.4 mile swim, the parish will be happy to pay your fee! - you need only make one point. Life is 112 mile bike ride and 26.2 mile marathon http://bit.ly/1JlZGlr precious - ‘quality of life’ arguments all Donations more than welcome www. Fairtrade Stall will be back on 12/13th tend to seeing only ‘useful’ life as precious! justgiving.com/fionatuffyduffy/ Sept. Thanks to all involved! When people are suffering they are more vulnerable and need love to overcome fear, Deepening understanding and faith Thank you! not pressure to give in to it. And we are all Fr Stephen leading reflection on Fertility, Last week’s offering £787-30. Planned the better for that. Britain has a fantastic Work and Money. 7:30-8:30pm. Wed Giving £479-20 (87% Gift Aided); loose hospice movement restoring real dignity 2nd Sept, in Benedict Room. giving £308-10. to the dying precisely because we haven’t Knit&Natter The English Catholic Church and gone down a path of death. The medical Back on Thurs 3rd Sept, 2-4pm in the First World War. Day Conference. profession don’t welcome the proposals Benedict Room. All welcome. Details at www.oscott.net Mass The Eucharist is “the source and summit of the Christian life.” Catechism 1324 Sat 29th Aug 6pm 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Freda Gateley RIP (Gateley) SUNDAY 30th Aug 9am For The People of the Parish 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 11am Alan Brookes RIP (Brookes) Mon 31st Aug 9.30am St Aidan Alan Egan RIP (Mel & Alwyn) Tues 1st Sept 10am Feria Sean Keenan RIP (Hanley family) Weds 2nd Sept 9.30am Feria Thurs 3rd Sept 9.30am St Gregory the Great Intentions of Eva Deen Fri 4th Sept 7pm St Cuthbert Sat 5th Sept 6pm 22nd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME Alice Connolly RIP (Hempenstall) SUNDAY 6th Sept 9am For the People of the Parish 23rd SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 11am Virginia and Robert Hamson RIP Other Liturgy and Prayer ‘Prayer is a surge of the heart, a simple look turned toward heaven.’ St Therese of Lisieux Morning/Evening Prayer Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament on Saturday offered 15 mins before weekday Mass. All welcome! morning from 10.30 to 11.30am Sacrament of Reconciliation Sacraments of Baptism, Matrimony, Anointing of Sat. 10-30-11.20am and 5-5.40pm, and on request the Sick: by arrangement with the parish priest. Nourishing prayer at home: The Scriptures, the word of God, are a traditional source of nourishment for our private prayer. Two helpful supports for such prayer are Living Eucharist - a daily blog, based on the Sunday readings and Day by Day. Living Eucharist is published on the parish blog. Free copies of the September edition of Day by Day are available in the porch - do take a copy for yourself or others, especially the housebound. Please pray for sick parishioners including Tess Carneiro; Tess Dines; Anna Smith; Conleth Maher; Anne Gallagher; Fr Patrick Shanahan; Sean Finnegan; Mary Williams; Bernie Morton; Joan James; Bridie Moffitt; Lea Burke; Mary Burgess; Kathleen Cecil; Ron & Elfreda Walk; Audrey Waterson; Brenda Davies; Sarah Johnston; Doreen Jones; Simon Gallagher; Tony Lawlor; Timothy O’Regan; Michael McDermott; Rachael Gallagher.