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LOVE: THE FIRST FRUIT OF THE HOLY SPIRIT

The virtue of Love, in the Christian sense, is a fruit of the Holy Spirit. When God's Spirit

is at work in a person, amazing things happen. The person's whole life blossoms and bears

beautiful fruit; and the most wonderful fruit of all is the giving and receiving of true love. The

love which the Holy Spirit manifests in believers is called agape. This love is not a feeling, but

a choice. It is the choice to be kind, to sacrifice, to consider another's needs greater than one's

own (Philippians 2:3). This type of love is not something unattainable, but practical. Very

often we can find this in the love of the mother who sacrifices her own intentions and desires

for the child, in the love of a husband/wife for one’s partner or in the love of children for their

parents. In each of these, they all deliberately express themselves in loving ways and consider

the welfare of others. Biblical love is dependent on the giver’s character, not emotion. For

instance, a mature believer demonstrating

love will not exercise his or her freedom if

that action might harm another Christian

in some way. Rather than risking the

possibility of causing the immature

Christian to question and stumble, the

mature believer will not exercise his

freedom, out of love for his brother.

(Romans 14:1-15). Therefore, this fruit of the

Spirit chooses to set aside one’s own

preferences, desires and sometimes even

needs, to put the other person first.

(Philippians 2:1-3)

We need to pray to the Holy Spirit for this love. We need to cultivate a culture of moving

by the Spirit and in the Spirit. We need to practise it. God has instilled this in us; we should

nurture it and cultivate it.

“Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one's life for one's friends.” (John 15:13)

Archdiocese of Birmingham

ST MARY’S THE MOUNT

Roman Catholic Church

Vocationists WALSALL Diocese of Birmingham

www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk

Registered CharityNo.234216

Vocationists

www.vocationist.org

Registered Charity No. 1135796

Brothers: Nelson, SDV, Ritche, SDV

Bro. Antonious SDV

St. Thomas of Canterbury: Priest in Charge &

Manor Hosp. RC Chaplain: Fr. John Villarete SDV

Parish Priest: Fr. Salvatore Musella, SDV

Parochial Vicar: Fr. Justin Karakadu, SDV

Formator & Assistant Priest, Manor Hospital

RC Chaplain: Fr. Jobin Kollappallil, SDV

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Pastoral & social life of St. Mary’s the Mount

Blessed Sacrament Adoration and Prayer for

Vocations Saturdays after 10am Mass

until 11.15am Wednesdays at 6.00 pm.

(Details on page 4)

Reconciliation/Sacrament of Penance

Friday: 6.15-6.45pm Saturday: 9:30–9:55 & 10.30–11 a.m.

Also on request at any time. (Details on page 4)

Baptism Parent(s) are required to

attend Sunday Mass regularly. Please contact the

Parish Priest for the application form and to make

arrangements.

Anointing of the Sick Call the Parish or any SVP

member if a parishioner is ill at home or in the hospital.

Silence & Reverence Please maintain a respectful

silence in church. Thank you. Folk Group

On every 2nd & 4th Sunday of the month, please bring your musical instruments and join

with us. For more information contact Rebecca

Thompson: 07708580363

Weddings These must be arranged with

the Parish Priest at least 6 months in advance.

Repository The Repository is open

before and after Mass on Saturdays and Sundays.

Religious cards and other articles are available. If you require any specific item,

please contact Sheila Parker:

01922 633741

Parish Safeguarding Our co-ordinator is Karen Donnellan:

07711831462

Choir We rehearse on Tuesday evenings from 7:45pm to

8:45pm and sing at 11:00am Mass on 1st, 3rd & 5th Sundays

of the month, plus Easter, Christmas and other special

occasions. If you love to sing, please join us. For more

information, contact Mary Tomkins (07717046202)

Young Children

There is a box at the back of church, containing a

selection of religious books, suitable for young children.

Parents are welcome to borrow books for their young

children to read/look at during Mass.

Parish Membership Through Baptism we become

God’s sons and daughters, brothers and sisters to each

other in Christ. Every family is encouraged to register

properly, by filling in the census form, and to make a

regular offering. To enable us to reclaim tax on offertories

they have to be made either by standing order or numbered

envelopes. The Census and/or standing order form may be obtained from the sacristy.

For more information, please contact Mr. David Dilkes:

07954255001

Change of Address Please let us know if you are

leaving the parish or changing your address.

Cemetery There is space available in

our church cemetery, for the burial of ashes.

For more information, please speak to Fr. Justin.

Parish Centre

For more information about the use of the parish hall,

please contact Mary Byers: 07818119208

Refreshments Everyone is invited to join us

for refreshments, in the Pastoral Centre:

Thursdays after 10am Mass Sundays after 9am Mas

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REMINDERS

➢ COLLECTIONS: Last Sunday’s collection - £1034.23. (Standing orders: £766, Offertory & Gift-Aid

envelopes: £368.23.). Third World collection: £28.42. The value of your donations is increased when it is gift-

aided. Counting Team this week: A. (Next week: B) Second collection for the Day for Life: £76. This weekend,

there is a second collection for Peter’s Pence.

➢ Mass Times: Please note that there will be no evening Mass on Tuesday, this week, because of a training

programme for the priests. There will be no morning Mass on Saturday, because the parish is making a

pilgrimage with our altar servers. Please check Page 4 of the newsletter for any changes to Mass times.

➢ Fr. Jaison, the parish priest of St. Patricks, will be returning to India in the next few days. Following his

departure, the Archdiocese of Birmingham has asked the priests from St. Mary’s to support the parishioners of

St. Patrick’s Church for a short while. During this time, there will be only one Mass in our church each weekday.

Fr. Jobin will be the contact person for St. Patrick’s Church during this interim period. More details about Mass

times will be on next week’s newsletter. Your support is greatly appreciated during this period.

➢ Holy Day of Obligation: This coming Friday, 29th June, is the Solemnity of Ss. Peter & Paul. It is a Holy

Day of Obligation. Please make every effort to attend Mass on Friday – in our church or in another

church, if that is more convenient to suit your working hours.

➢ First Holy Communion & Confirmation 2019: We are looking forward, with joy, to preparing our young

children for the Sacraments of Holy Communion & Confirmation during the coming year. Application forms

are available at the back of church; they can also be collected from school. (First Holy Communion – children

in Year 3 and above; Confirmation – children in Year 6.) Parents should return the completed application forms

to Fr. Justin by 10th September 2018.

➢ RIP: Let us remember in our prayers the family of the late Mr. Patrick Mullin, who passed away on 13th of June

in St. Giles Hospice. The funeral arrangements will be announced later.

➢ Year for Priests; Birmingham Archdiocese is celebrating, from 8th June 2018 to 28th June 2019. If you

have not already collected one, please take the prayer card home and say this prayer with your families – pray

for vocations, pray for your priests, pray for the priest who baptised you!

➢ Altar Servers’ Annual Pilgrimage: This year’s pilgrimage will take place on Saturday 30th June. First, we

will visit Harvington Hall, Kidderminster, where we will celebrate Mass. Following the Mass, we will travel to

the Cotswolds for the remainder of the day. We will leave Walsall at 8:30am and will be back in Walsall at

approximately 8:30pm. We have some seats available; if you would like to join with us, please put your name

on the form at the back of church.

➢ Parish Barbecue: The Vocationist Co-operators are organising a barbeque on Saturday 21st July, at 7:15pm.

Price – Adults: £7.50, Children: £3. Tickets will be on sale after each Mass from this weekend onwards.

➢ Church Cleaners: The new rota is available from the sacristy. If you have put your name on the list, please

come and collect a rota. Many thanks for your generosity.

➢ Maryvale Court - Day trip to Weston-super-Mare on 9th July, cost £15. The coach will leave Maryvale Court

at 9am. Everyone is welcome to join us. For more details, please contact Sr. Geraldine on 07826849438.

➢ Mary Kirby & Family would like to express their thanks to everyone for their prayers cards, donations and

expressions of support in memory of Alf.

➢ Thanks: Flowers on Our Lady’s altar, this weekend, are a gift from Ida in memory of her mother.

READERS

Mass This Weekend Next Weekend

6pm Mr M Rose & Mrs A Longhi Mrs J Gribble & Mrs D Powell

9am Mrs L Bacallan & Mrs R Archer Mr J Kirke & Mrs D Petrova

11am Mrs L Darby & Mrs R Parkes Mr G Yoong & Mrs J Nduwimana

7pm Mr J Heavin & Miss A Vincent Miss V Fenlon & Mrs C Ayap

IMPORTANT DATES FOR YOUR 2018 CALENDAR

Thursday 4th October Parish Advisory Council Meeting: 7:30pm

Saturday 8th December Parish Patronal Feast Day

Saturday 1st December Christmas Fair/Bazaar

PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION

“O my God and my all, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, may your will be done, your love reign, your glory shine

always more in me and in everyone as in yourself, O my God and my all.” Bl. Fr. Justin

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C=Conversion, RIP=Rest in Peace, DA=Death Anniversary, S=Sick, B=Birthday, TH=Thanksgiving, WB=Well-Being,

SI=Special Intention, PC=Parish Centre, H=Healing, WA=Wedding Anniversary, Ch=Church, MV=Maryvale, Sch=School

Let us pray for those who are sick:

Annie Johnson, Michael Smith, Hazel McKenzie, Barbara Donnellan, K. Sheldon, Anna Morgan, Mary Kirby,

Ian Gault, Patricia Davies, John & Gwen Bush, Joan Collins, Lee Chit Wei, Rebecca Satchwell, Sister Mary

Mitchell, Doris White, Paul Fulford, Mary Poxton, Delia Quick, Peggy McGill, Eileen Moseley, Stan Thatcher,

Anne Jennings, Judith Dunthorne, Bea Humphries, Michael Duggan, Margaret Lloyd, Peggy Potter, Jack

Cameron, Margaret Williams, Bob Finney, Mary Gallagher, Ronen McDonagh, Margaret Hunt, Bryan Hunt,

Patrick Stokes, Darren Hathaway, James McGeough, Sheila Sadler, Paolina Adamo, Philip Donnellan, Jane

Boothman, Matthew McGill, Margaret Powell, Mary Stout, N Skrodelis, Margaret Abbot, Anthony Inns, Peggy

Doreen Phipps, Angela.

Saturday 23rd 6:00pm Ch Jerzy Szulkowski Family

Sunday 24th

Solemnity of the Nativity

of St. John the Baptist

9:00am

11:00am

7:00pm

Ch

Ch

Ch

Paul D’Souza RIP

Alf Kirby RIP

Deceased members of

Matheikel Family

A D’Silva

M & C Abbot

Sr. Diana

Monday 25th

10:00am

6:40pm

7:00pm

MV

Ch

Ch

Paul D’Souza RIP

Holy Rosary

Recently deceased members of

MSJ Community

A D’Silva

Sr. Diana

*Tuesday 26th

10:00am

Ch

Mary Paulose RIP

Sr. Diana

Wednesday 27th

St. Cyril of Alexandria

Bishop

9:00am

6:00pm

7:00pm

SCH

Ch

Ch

Year Y1 & Y2 Mass

Adoration for Vocations

Mass for Vocations

Thursday 28th

St. Irenaeus

Bishop & Martyr

10:00am

6:40pm

7:00pm

Ch

Ch

Ch

Anne Jennings SI

Holy Rosary

*Friday 29th

Ss. Peter & Paul

Apostles

Holy Day of Obligation

10:00am

2:00pm

6:15pm

6:40pm

7:00pm

Ch

SCH

Ch

Ch

Whole School Mass

Confession

Holy Rosary

*Saturday 30th

First Martyrs of the Holy

Roman Church

6:00pm

Ch

Alf Kirby RIP

Frankham & Price

Family

Sunday 1st July

13th Sunday in Ordinary

Time

9:00am

11:00am

7:00pm

Ch

Ch

Ch

Myra Scanlon RIP, DA

Christine Horton B

A Macintosh

S & J Parker

PRAYER FOR VOCATIONS Divine Jesus, Son of the eternal Father and Mary Immaculate, grant many of the faithful true generosity in

following your call, and bestow on them the grace of your Holy Spirit to persevere in overcoming all obstacles to

their vocations. Give the church in this Diocese and throughout the world many holy priests and fervent religious.

Through the intercession of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary, all the Angels, Blessed Justin and all Saints, we humbly

ask you to hear our prayers and multiply the ministries by which we may serve one another in faith and love. Hail

Mary…..