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The Parish of Ss. Thomas & Edmund of Canterbury Erdington Abbey– Jubilee Church of Mercy 2016 The parish is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham: Registered Charity No. 234216 Served by the Redemptorists since 1922 Fr. Gabriel Maguire C.Ss.R. Rector and Parish Priest, Fr. Dickinson, Fr. Kieran Brady & Fr. Elias Gweme C.Ss.R. Tel: 373 0143 Fax: 0121 382 6854 Mobile: 07789 047446 Email: [email protected] Safeguarding Officer: Marie Donoghue www.erdingtonabbey.co.uk SUNDAY: 6.00pm (Vigil Sat) 8.00, 9.15, 10.30, 12.00, 6.00pm Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 10.00am. 7.30pm. Tuesday, Friday 10.00am Saturday 9.30am Confessions: Wednesday 10.30am-11.00am Saturday 10.00-11.00am and 4.30-5.00pm Novena Service: Wed: 7.00pm. Parish Office 9-11am and 1-4.30pm. Holy Shop Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10.30-12.00noon and 2.30-3.45pm Closed Wednesdays Mass Intentions Saturday 29 th October 6.00pm. Nora Mungovan & Eugene Lynch RIP Sunday 30 th October 8.00am. Betty, Tommie Cahill & Nora Mills RIP 9.15am. All Parishioners 10.30am. Bill M c Grath RIP 12.00 noon. Kathleen, Sean & John Snee RIP 6.00pm. Lorraine M c Guigan & Eileen Gordan Monday 31 st October 10.00am. Geri Murphy RIP 7.30pm. Denis & Michael O’Sullivan Tuesday 1 st November Solemnity of All Saints 10.00am. Holy Souls 12.00noon. All Parishioners 7.30pm. Margaret Creamer RIP Wednesday 2 nd November Commemoration of All Souls 10.00am. Mary McCarthy RIP 12.00noon. Holy Souls 7.30pm. Franciszek Skrakowski & Bronislarva Jalowiecka RIP Thursday 3 rd November 10.00am. Holy Souls 7.30pm. Michael Cusack RIP Friday 4 th November 10.00am. Holy Souls Saturday 5 th November 9.30am. Dec Redemptorists of Province & Region 6.00pm. Holy Souls Sunday 6 th November 8.00am. Holy Souls 9.15am. Pham Van PhamThiHoai 10.30am. All Parishioners 12.00 noon. Peter Sexton RIP 6.00pm. Bridget Leahy RIP Collection: £1,852.71 CAFOD: £26.79 Holy Souls: £12.40 Zimbabwe: £9.26 2 nd Collection: Upkeep of the Church Thank you for your generosity PLEASE PRAY FOR: Martin Whelan, Maureen Shiel and Luke Kilroy who are sick. S UNG EVENING PRAYER today at 5.00pm, you are invited to be with us in this devotion. How about a little extra prayer on a Sunday? HOLY HOUR: This Friday 4 th , from 3-4pm, please join with us in this special time of prayer. Welcome back after the half term Holiday I trust you all had a good rest! ALL SAINTS : Tuesday (1 st ) Holy Day of Obligaon :Masses (Vigil) Monday 7.30pm. Tuesday 10.00am, 12.00noon & 7.30pm. Please note the extra Mass on the feast of All Souls at 12.00noon. MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS: The Holy Souls box will be placed in front of the Lectern from Tuesday 1 st November . Please put the names and offerings of those you wish to be remem- bered into the box. A Mass will be said each day in November for the Holy Souls. A list of those who died during the past year will be displayed in the porch, and during the Mass on Monday 28th November at 7.30pm a Mass of remembrance will be celebrated for them. A DORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT starts again this Monday. We sll need more people to give a half hour if you can please, to watch before the blessed Sacrament on Fridays from 12-12.30pm, 1-1.30 and 1.30-2.00pm. Please contact the Parish Office. BLESSING OF GRAVES: here on Sunday 6 th . The service will begin in the Church at 1.00pm. Oscott: Saturday 5 th November at 3.00pm in the cemetery. See poster in porch. C HRISTMAS OCTAVE MASS CARD is now on sale in the Holy shop, 50p each. This year’s design features the Abbey Crib. This card promises an Octave of Masses for your relatives and friends from 25 th December to 1 st January. There is a box in the Holy Shop where you can place your list of intentions and your donations. COFFEE MORNING in the Hall after the 10.00am Mass. Please come and join us. A BBEY PARISH CHRISTMAS FAYRE: Will be on Saturday, 3 rd December 10.00am – 1.00pm in the Abbey Hall. We would welcome donations such as gift sets or vouchers suitable for our Christmas Raffle GRAND PRIZE DRAW RAFFLE TICKETS will be given out after Masses next weekend 1 st prize: £400, 2 nd prize: £100 voucher, 3 rd prize: Family tickets for Panto Sleeping Beauty at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre, plus many more prizes. Tickets 50p each or £2.50 per book. We will be handing out tickets in batches of two books. Please do your best to sell them. All counterfoils, money and unsold tickets must be returned to the Church at Sunday Mass or the Parish Office no later than 1 st December. A BBEY 500 + TOTE : No Jackpot winner. Winning numbers 5, 9, 19 & 24. N Cashin, Pat Smith, Mrs Warom and Malcolm Caston had three correct numbers and each receive £28.00. Teresa Kee is a bonus winner. Next Weeks Jackpot £1,000 Be in it to win it FLOWERS IN CHURCH IN MEMORY OF Audrey Fryer WORLD MISSION DAY—APF COLLECTION: £1,106.67. Well done and thank you. Thirty-first Sunday Year C Mass Book Page 157 30 th October 2016 Parish Priest’s Corner Parish Surgery Thursday 3 rd 4-6pm Pope Francis reflecng on the Samaritan women said: “Dialogue allows people to know them- selves and to understand one another's needs. ” It is both a sign of respect, an expression of charity, it allows us to see one another as a giſt from God. ♫♫♫On a lighter note A mother recently told me that her children are always on the defensive. One morning she said, I shook my ten year old and said, “Wake up. I want to show you something. The child said, “What?” I said, “The break of day”. He said, “I wasn’t near it”. Fr. Gabby C.Ss.R.
