The Parish of Ss. Thomas & Edmund of Canterbury

Erdington Abbey 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. Francis Dickinson C.Ss.R.

Tel: 373 0143 Fax: 0121 382 6854 Mobile: 07789 047446 Email: Ppabbeyerdington@aol.com www.erdingtonabbey.co.uk

HOLY WEEK 2015

MONDAY: Masses: 10.00am; 7.30pm

TUESDAY: Mass:10.00am; CONFESSIONS: Penitential Service 7.30pm

WEDNESDAY: Masses 10.00am: Confessions 10.30-11.00am. Novena 7.00pm, Mass 7.30pm

HOLY THURSDAY: Mass of the Last Supper: 8.00pm. (Eucharistic Ministers: Re-Commissioning)

Watching before Altar of Repose until 11.00pm. Night Prayer 10.45pm

GOOD FRIDAY: Morning Prayer: 9.30am. Ecumenical W alk of W itness: 10.30am.

Solemn Liturgy of the Passion 3.00pm Preached Stations of the Cross 7.00pm

HOLY SATURDAY : Morning Prayer: 9.30am. Confessions: 10.00-11.00am

Solemn Easter Vigil: 9.00pm

Mass Intentions

Saturday 28th March

6.00pm. Michael Fair RIP

Sunday 29th March

Palm Sunday

8.00am. Bridget Gilligan RIP

9.15am. Richard & Mona

Murphy RIP

10.30am. All Parishioners

12 noon. Nello & Angela

Allegrini RIP

6.00pm. Seamus Finnery RIP

Monday 30th March

10.00am. Chris Reid RIP

7.30pm. Jenny O’Reilly RIP

Tuesday 31st March

10.00am. Tom Sullivan RIP

7.30pm. Penitential Service

Wednesday 1st April

10.00am. John W Birch RIP

7.30pm. Holy Souls

Holy Thursday 2nd April

8.00pm Mass of the Last Supper.

Eucharistic Ministers & Readers

Good Friday 3rd April

9.30am: Morning Prayer

3.00pm Liturgy of the Passion

7.00pm. Stations of the Cross

Holy Saturday 4th April

9.30am. Morning Prayer

9.00pm. Easter Vigil.

Jasmine Simmons

Easter Sunday 5th April

8.00am. All Parishioners

9.15am. Jim & Helen Duignan RIP

10.30am. Crawford Mullen RIP

12.00noon. Anne & Tony Holland RIP

6.00pm. Rory O’Sullivan RIP

Parish Priest’s Corner No Parish Surgery this week Today, on this Palm Sunday, and during the days of Holy Week we look at

Jesus with the people who saw him acclaimed with the palms they were

waving, carrying his cross, dying a shameful death on the cross. Where do

we stand? With whom do we identify? To us is he really the Son of God

who died

for us because he loved us? How different is our life because we know him?

And next Sunday, will we rejoice and acclaim him as our Lord who gives us life?

♫♫ On a lighter note Two policemen call the station on their radio. “Hello...is this the Sarge?” “Yes?” “We have a case here, Sarge. A woman has shot her husband dead for stepping on the floor she had just

mopped.” “Have you arrested the woman?. No sir. The floor is still wet.” Fr. Gabby C.Ss.R.

Collection: £1,985.07

CAFOD: £30.17

Holy Souls: £30.61

Zimbabwe £12.71

Good Friday

Collection: Holy Places.

Thank you for your generosity.

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Beryl Feeley and Charlotte Dalton who are sick.

P ENITENTIAL SERVICE this Tuesday at 7.30pm. Please make good use of this opportunity. Very limited time

for confessions later in the week. CHRISM MASS in St. Chad’s 11.30am Wednesday., will be attended by Fr. Gabby.

H OLY THURSDAY: During this Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Eucharistic Ministers will be re-commissioned and readers blessed.

GOOD FRIDAY WALK OF WITNESS Assemble outside the Library/Village green at 10.30am and walk to St Barnabas Church for a short service. Soup to follow at Six Ways Baptist for Christian Aid.

W ELCOME: At the Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday we will be welcoming one new

member into the Church, Jasmine Simmons. Please pray for her this week.

C HURCH FLOWERS FOR EASTER If you would like to sponsor flowers in the Church for Easter in memory of a loved one please leave their name and donation in the Parish Office by Thursday (2nd April). A list of those to be remembered will be placed in the church porch on Easter Sunday.

Help needed on Holy Saturday to decorate the Church from 10.00am Please.

G IFT AID ENVELOPES Will be ready for collecting next weekend. A big thank you to all those who are contributing to the gift aid, more tax payers needed.

PARISH OFFICE & HOLY SHOP will be closed on Good Friday. ABBEY PARISH LOURDES PILGRIMAGE 2015: Saturday 1st until Friday 7th August. Information Forms are available in the Church Porch. Booking forms are available from the Parish Office by personal application or telephone request.. ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT will resume again the new school term.

NO COFFEE MORNING until new school term. DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY at Ss Mary & John’s on Sunday 12th April from 2.00pm. See Poster in Porch. St EDMUND CAMPION CATHOLIC SCHOOL AND SIXTH FORM CENTRE have the following vacancies: Head of Mathematics, Head of Science, Head of Geography and Head of Business Studies. Closing date for all positions is Tuesday 14th April 2015 at 9.00am. Application packs are available on the school web-site, www.stedcamp.bham.sch.uk.

ABBEY 500 + TOTE: Winning numbers were 2, 5, 11& 16. A McDonald had three correct numbers and receives £36.00.

The jackpot next week will be £1,000 Be in it to win it!

Palm Sunday Mass Book Page 183 29th March 2015