SAINT AUGUSTINE
OF ENGLAND
CATHOLIC CHURCH
1 Herbert Road, Solihull, B91 3QE
0121 705 0228
www.staugustinesolihull.org.uk
admin@staugustinesolihull.org.uk
Registered charity No. 234216
Fr Dominic Kavanagh
Fr Sean McTernan
SIXTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR C 14th February 2010
Dear Parishioners,
‘Happy are those who trust in the Lord! We place all our trust in the resurrection of
Christ. If our hope in Him had been for this life only we are the most unfortunate of all
people. Christ is risen from the dead and this is the source of our happiness. In Him we
put our trust and ask for nothing more.’(Pope John XXIII Missal). Introduction to 6th
Sunday in Ordinary Time.
This Wednesday is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. Please note
that we have a 7.30am Mass in the Presbytery; a 10.00am Mass at the Methodist
Church and a 7.00pm Mass in the Parish hall. Ash Wednesday is a day of fasting and
abstaining from meat. The Blessing and imposition of ashes will take place at each
Mass. We will have Stations of the Cross on a Friday evening at 6.00pm. The Holy
Hour will take place between 5.00-6.00pm.Mass at 6.30pm (all of these will take place
in the Parish Hall). We are very grateful to Year 6 of St Augustine’s for illustrating the
‘Stations of the Cross’ to use for our Lenten devotions. Do please make sure you have
your Lenten ‘Walk With Me’ booklet and calendar for the children.
Next weekend we will be having a second collection for Survive-Miva, this is a
Liverpool based Catholic organisation that provides transport for the Missions. We
will welcome one of their speakers. Please pray for Daniel Herlihy who is to be
baptised into the family of the Church during the 11.00am Mass this Sunday morning.
The next two baptismal preparation evenings will take place on Wednesday 24th
February and Wednesday 3rd March at 8pm in the Presbytery. We will be holding an
enrolment Mass for those who wish to be confirmed this year. It will take place on
Sunday 28th February during the 9.00am Mass at St Peter’s School. Also we have
arranged a meeting for the parents of all those being confirmed. This will take place on
Monday 1st March at 7pm at St Augustine’s School, Whitefield Road.
Do please remember in your prayers the soul of Mr Chris Fuller who has died
tragically, that he may enter in to the fullness of life with Jesus in Heaven and please
pray for his wife, Annie and their two children Jonathan and Isobel, that they may be
greatly comforted by God’s love.
13th February
Saturday
Fr Joseph Mullen
14th February
SIXTH SUNDAY
OF THE YEAR
Fr Connor Murphy
15th February
Monday
Feria
Fr Robert D Murphy
16th February
Tuesday
Feria
Fr Robert T Murphy
Jeremiah 17: 5-8 1 Cor 15:12,16-20
Luke 6:17,20-26
12.30pm Michael Melody-RIP
6pm Marie Askew -RIP
Confession 11.00am-12.00 Noon.
AT METHODIST CHURCH 12.30pm
MASS AT METHODIST CHURCH
Tea/Coffee available after
12.30pm Mass
6pm MASS PARISH HALL
Jeremiah 17:5-8 1 Cor 15:12,16-20 BOTH MASSES AT ST PETER’S
Luke 6: 17,20-26
SCHOOL
9.00am Peter Connolly-RIP
11.00am Patrick John Brennan-RIP
James 1:1-11
Mark 8: 11-13 MASS AT METHODIST CHURCH
9.35am The Rosary
10.00am Alan Eaglesfield-Intention
CWL Meeting 7.30pm
James 1:12-18
Mark 8:12-18 MASS AT METHODIST CHURCH
9.35am The Rosary
10.00am Michael & Ingrid-Intention
Legion of Mary 6.30pm
17th February
Ash Wednesday
Day of Fast &
Abstinence
Fr Francis Murphy
18th February
Thursday
after Ash Wednesday
Fr Frank Murray
19th February
Friday after
Ash Wednesday
Fr Gerard Murray
Joel 2: 12-18 2 Corinthians 5:20-6: 2
Matthew 6:1-6,16-18
Mass in the Presbytery
7.30am Celebrant’s Intention
10.00am MASS AT METHODIST
CHURCH
Parents & Toddlers Group 9amNoon
9.35am The Rosary
10.00am All People of the Parish
4.00pm Solihull Hospital
7.00pm Mass in Parish Hall
Holy Souls
First Holy Communion
Preparation 4.30-6pm Parish Hall
Deuteronomy 30:15-20 Luke 9:22-25
9.35am The Rosary
10.00am Sister Celine MurphyIntention
MASS AT METHODIST CHURCH
Isaiah 58:1-9 Matthew 9:14-15
9.35am The Rosary
10.00am Natalie Loftus-RIP
10am Mass AT METHODIST
CHURCH
6.30pm Holy Souls(Wall Safe)
20th February
Saturday
Fr Joseph Narikuzhi
Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4:1-13
12.30pm Mary O’Sullivan RIP
21st February
First Sunday
of the Lent
Fr Philip Newbold
6pm Thomas Finneran RIP
Deuteronomy 26:4-10
Romans 10:8-13 Luke 4: 1-13
9.00am Steffen Vargo - RIP
11.00am Mary Nevin- RIP
Confirmation Preparation 6pm
Talks on the Faith 7.30pm
IN PARISH HALL-HOLY HOUR
5.00pm-6.00pm.Stations of the
Cross at 6.00pm followed by MASS
at 6.30pm
CONFESSION 11.00-12.00 Noon
12.30pm MASS BOTH AT
METHODIST CHURCH
6.00pm MASS IN PARISH HALL
BOTH MASSES AT ST PETER’S
SCHOOL
Offertory Collection last week: £780:37( Gift Aid £288:94 Loose £491:43)
Collection last week: The Catholic Education Council:£386:66
Second Collection next week: Survive-Miva
Standing Orders for the month of January:£804:00
NATIONAL PILGRIMAGE TO FATIMA 2010-July 9th-16th .See poster in porch for
details or telephone 0121 429 4145
WOMEN’S WORLD DAY OF PRAYER- St Alphege Church Friday March 5th 10.30am.
Any woman who wishes to sing in the choir at the service is invited to attend a
Choir Rehearsal on Monday 1st March at 2.45pm
PARISH MAGAZINE-Letters, article, comments for the Parish Magazine need to be
received by 19th February. Either drop material into the Presbytery or give to
one of the Priests after Mass, or email the Editor Bernard McHalebpmchale@hotmail.com Thank you.
CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY-This year is the 50th anniversary of CAFOD’s Family
Fast Day, which this year falls on Friday 26th February. Next weekend we will
distribute a selection of CAFOD envelopes and co9llection boxes in preparation
for the Fast Day and for the season of Lent.
CWL MEETING-Monday 15th February at 7.30pm.
Readers this week
Saturday 6pm Richard Bird
Bernard Concannon
Sunday 9.am CHILDREN
Anthony Killeen
Sunday 11.am Ray Nicholson
Kath Brown
Eucharistic Ministers this week
Saturday 6pm Joan & Dan Doyle
Madeleine & Gerry Coburn
Sunday 9.00am Anne & Michael Hallissey
CarolynMcGonigle & Ken Bolton
Sunday 11am Dasan Nettikkdan/Annette Kelly
Dasan Nettikkdan & Annette Kelly
Next week’s rota in italics.
Please remember in your prayers the sick of the Parish
Anita Giblin
Michael Hyland John Thorneycroft
Patricia Baker
Raymond Tarplee
Michael O’Connor
Helen Oldfield
Ann Warren
Caroline Burke
Samuel Neal
Doreen Waite
Margaret Jones
James Moran
Pat Cettler
Dennis Oxley
Joseph Rushe
Damian Crowe
Mary Topping
Anne White
Jayne Hemming
Irene Sutton
Jane Farmer
Michael McAvinney Gary Law
Marie Francis
Philip Jones
Kathleen Burke
Susan Joyce
Kathleen McLoughlin
James Wall
Kevin O’Connor
Ann Tyndell
Agnes Carroll
Thomas Mahon
Martha Sheridan
Sister Pauline
Patricia Jones Mary Connolly
Tony Farmer
Michael & Kathleen Farmer
Veronica Jordan
Agnes Carol
Sue Fields
Blessed are you,
O Lord our God, the all-holy one,
who gives us life and all things.
PRAYER FOR ASH WEDNESDAY
As we go about our lives,
The press of our duties and activities
Often leads us
To forget your presence and your love.
We fall into sin and fail
To live out the responsibilities
That you have entrusted
To those who were baptized into your Son.
In this holy season,
Help us to turn
Our minds and hearts back to you.
Lead us into sincere repentance
And renew our lives with your grace.
Help us to remember that we are sinners,
But even more, help us
To remember your loving mercy.
As we live through this Ash Wednesday,
May the crosses of ashes
That mark our foreheads
Be a reminder to us and to those we meet
That we belong to your Son.
May our worship and prayer and penitence
This day be sustained
Throughout these 40 days of Lent.
Bring us refreshed and renewed
To the celebration
Of Christ’s resurrection at Easter.
We ask this through your Son, Jesus Christ,
Who lives and reigns with you
and the Holy Spirit for ever and ever. Amen.
LENTEN DEVOTIONS
FRIDAY PENANCE;
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By abstaining from meat
By abstaining from alcohol or tobacco
By fasting
By helping someone who is poor,sick,old or lonely
By going to Mass, visiting the Blessed Sacrament, saying Family prayers or the Stations of The
Cross
Please pray for: Chris Fuller and Daniel McGeoghan who died recently. Chris Fuller’s Requiem
is on Friday 19th February at 11.30am at St Ambrose Barlow Church. Reception Thursday 18th
February at 5.00pm. Daniel McGeoghan’s Requiem will take on Friday 19th February at 10.45am
at Our Lady of the Wayside Church. Also Anna and Bernard Czepukujc, Tony Roberts,
Thomas Finneran, Joan Maughan, Kathleen Walters, Susan Addis, Mary Ann Callaghan,
Valeria Wahall, Sean C Cushenan and Mary O’Sullivan whose anniversaries are at this time.
Protection Representatives are:
Anne Ryder 0121 705 3067
Teresa Cund 0121 733 2143
anne.ryder@staugustinesolihull.org.uk
tcund@stjudercbham.sch.uk