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; 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