Parish Priest: Fr. Stephen Pimlott St. Joseph’s Reg. Charity No. 234216 182 Thimblemill Lane, Nechells, B7 5HT

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Reg. Charity No. 234216

th Sunday 18 October 2015 Twenty-ninth Sunday of the Year

Today we pray for… Saturday 17th 12.30pm People of the Parish ‐ Mass at Sacred Heart Church Sunday 18th 10.00am Father Crean ‐ Mass at Sacred Heart Church 12.00pm Henry McErlean ‐ Mass at St Joseph’s Church Monday 19th 9.30 am Elizabeth & Thomas Dunne ‐ Mass at St Joseph’s Church 12.45pm Funeral Mass of Elizabeth (Lily) Griffin –at Sacred Heart Church Tuesday 20th No Mass Weds 21st 9.30am Fr. John Steward – Mass at St Joseph’s School Thursday 22nd No Mass Friday 23rd 9.30am Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament – at Sacred Heart Church 10.00am Michael Murphy ‐ Mass at Sacred Heart Church 11.45am Eucharistic Service – at St Joseph’s Church Saturday 24th 12.30pm Tony Deehan ‐ Mass at Sacred Heart Church Sunday 25th 10.00am Gerald Flyn ‐ Mass at Sacred Heart Church 12.00pm People of the Parish ‐ Mass at St Joseph’s Church

Parish Groups Feast/Saint Days Wednesday 12pm AA Group Saturday 17th St Ignatius of Antioch Friday 12pm ‘Come as you are’ Prayer Group Monday 19th Ss John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues 7.00pm (Last Friday of every month) and Companions; St Paul of the Cross Church Cleaning Thursday 22nd St John Paul II, Pope

8.00pm Family Music Group Friday 23rd St John of Capestrano th Sunday (after Mass) Choir Rehearsal Saturday 24 St Anthony Mary Claret (new members always welcome!) (after Mass) Credit Union Weekly Collections The collection from last weekend was Sick of the Parish Loose £64.51 Please remember in your prayers those Gift Aid £32.00 who are sick in our Parish, especially… TOTAL £96.51 Yvette Scandrett, Pete Rodway, Ellen O’Brien, Sarah Cummins, Bethany Kerr, Rose Today is World Mission Sunday (APF). This special day is an opportunity for Catholics McLoughlin, Shirley Davis, Christopher Brown, Teray McTerran, Mary Freeman, Anne Doyle, worldwide to join together to pray for the Tony & Diane Donaghue, Mary Parsons and missionary work of our Church and to give what we can to missionaries and churches overseas Violet. that need our help. St. Joseph’s ‘Come as You Are’ Prayer Group The World Mission Sunday Collection takes place would like to welcome you to come and pray today – one of just three personally requested with us at our Friday meeting, between by our Holy Father each year. It supports young 12.00pm and 1.00pm. The Prayer meeting and poor churches overseas. Please give as takes place at St. Joseph’s Church, with a generously as you can. Eucharistic Service beforehand at 11.45am if Next weekend Mr. Tony Stevens will be coming you wish to attend that too. We look forward to make an appeal on behalf of Aid to the to welcoming you. Church in Need World Youth Day 2016 Cathedral Parish Visitations World Youth Day takes place between 19 July Archbishop and Bishop Robert – 2nd August 2016 at Krakow in Poland. Byrne will be visiting the parishes of the Cathedral Deanery between October 2015 and Minimum age 17 at departure. I now have someone offering a World Youth Day March 2016. pilgrimage to Krakow in July 2016 for £450 Bishop Robert Byrne will be in our parishes inclusive. If you are interested, please let Fr. doing the visitation on the weekend 7th/8th Stephen know. November. Please put this date in your diary

Sacred Heart Church Roof and try to make sure you are here that We hope to be able to get on with a new roof weekend. on Sacred Heart Church next year. We have been given the approval to borrow the 40 Days for Life money, but it means we need to start a runs until Sunday 1st November. Please try to spend some time praying outside the Abortion massive fund raising programme. We hope to have a Gift Day, probably next summer and Clinic in Arthur Road, Edgbaston between 8 am invite people to come to the Church from all and 8 pm during these 40 days. It is a great over and bring a gift. For this we shall need to help to the organisers if you can book in a slot set up exhibitions in Church about the Sacred on the 40 days for life website (make sure you Heart Church and its history and indeed get Birmingham UK) so that they can ensure about Aston. Therefore we need to appeal to there are always people there. you to look out any memorabilia which may Legion of Mary be of interest for the exhibition. We are all called to witness to the Gospel. One

FAMILY INTER‐CULTURAL DAY on Saturday of the ways of doing this is through the Legion 14th November starting with a special Mass of Mary. To find out more phone Peter at 12.30 pm, and then in the Club. Tickets are McKernan on 07473 555002 or Shelia on sale from this weekend. £3 adult, £2 child McKernan on 07821 419874 or Francis Prom or £10 Family tickets for families with up to on 07462 425452 or come to the meeting on four children. Monday nights at 7.30pm in the Presbytery. St. Joseph’s Music Ministry New RCIA The new St. Joseph’s music ministry under The new RCIA is meeting on Thursdays at the leadership of Jobe Baker‐Sullivan will be 6.00pm at Sacred Heart Presbytery. All singing on Sunday 18th at St. Joseph’s at the welcome, especially people already Catholics. 12 noon Mass. You will not only find it very helpful personally, Fr Gerry Memorial Fund but you will also help those preparing for entry As you know, we have had to purchase a new into the Catholic Church. Ring the Presbytery organ recently. We have decided to dedicate door bell, 85 Prestbury Road. this to the memory of Father Gerry McArdle. Birmingham Walsingham Association This is particularly fitting given Father Gerry’s October Devotions take place at 7pm on love for music. Thursday October 22nd in St Catherine of

We have launched the Father Gerry Memorial Siena Church Bristol St Birmingham B5 7BE. Fund to raise the £2000 that is needed to pay Preacher Fr. Neil Bayliss. Followed by light for the organ. Any contributions towards this refreshments. For more information contact would be gratefully received. Please give as Fr. Jeremy Howard 0121 622 4049 generously as you can [email protected]