St Benedict’s Social Club Rowan Rd Batchley

Available for hire Baptisms, Weddings, Funerals and other occasions.

Telephone the Club on 01527 60345

BINGO Every Sunday 2.30pm & Monday 8pm

Hadzor Prayer Group Friday mornings 11am-12.30pm to reflect on the Gospel for the coming Sunday. Refreshments provided

St Mary’s Alvechurch Ecumenical Faith Group On the third Wednesday of every month at 10.30 am – all welcome

New LIFE Care Service in Redditch EVERY FRIDAY 10.30am-12pm

in the Parish Centre - telephone 07516 257409 Free National Helpline 0808 802 5433

In the porches there are some LIFE cards which we would ask you to take and place in your doctor’s surgery

Statue Visitation for the Consecrated Life

Parishioners are invited to receive the statue of Our Lady for one week and place her with flowers and candles in a prominent position in the home. Each day you are committed to praying the rosary to which parishioners can be invited to join in if you so wish. If you would like to participate in this, please see one of the clergy or contact the parish office.

ROTA SO FAR ......... Sunday 17th July 2016 Susan Salam Sunday 24th July 2016 Sarah Reynia Sunday 31st July 2016 Bridie O’Connell Sunday 7th August 2016 Bernard Cannon Sunday 14th August 2016 Anne Glennon If your date is not convenient for you, please either swap with someone else or let the parish office know. Could you welcome the statue of Our Lady into your

home? - Yes? - please contact the parish office!

If you wish to contact the parish St Vincent de Paul group, please telephone

07531 818731 (the SVP phone) and leave

a message with your contact details so we can

return your call.

THE SHRINES OF OUR LADY & THE SACRED HEART To have the lamp burn for your intentions or loved ones, please contact the parish office, suggested donation £5.

Fellow Catholic Parishioners please come and join us

The Catenians - a Catholic men’s association

‘Strengthening family life through friendship and faith’ The Redditch Circle meets on the 3rd Thursday of every month at the Abbey Hotel and welcomes new members. In July we welcome our Ladies for dinner & also our National President & his wife. For further information please contact Andrew Farrell on 07767831548 or Brian Green on 01527 543111 or visit our website on www.redditchcatenians.co.uk

YOUR PARISH SVP GROUP NEEDS

YOU - are you able to spare an hour every other week to

work with a small number of parishioners to help prepare soup and hot dogs to use at the soup kitchens in Birmingham city centre? Fr Tony has kindly agreed for the parish centre to be make available each 2nd Friday and 4th Tuesday of the month to help prepare enough food for the homeless men and women. All ingredients will be supplied so if you can help please leave your details with the parish office or call the SVP mobile—thank you!

GOING INTO HOSPITAL—IMPORTANT

Please let us know if you are going into hospital. It is ESSENTIAL that you ask for a Catholic Chaplain when in hospital. Chaplains are no longer given names of patients. Many health care providers (Hospitals, Nursing Homes) appor-tion resources for chaplaincies in line with how many requests are made, so you are actually doing the Church a favour by requesting the Catholic chaplain and the sacraments. The Catholic Chaplain for the Alexandra Hospital is Father David.

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Mount Carmel Seniors Group

Thursdays at 2.30pm St Benedict’s

28th July Tea, Cake & Chat 4th August Afternoon Tea 18th August Stratford River Trip & Fish & Chips £16 for non members, places available. Coach leaves at 9.15am 25th August Community Safety Officer (talk from Redditch Council) 8th September Shared Table 15th September Day out at the Black Country Museum 25th September Two day trip to Blackpool Illuminations & the Lake District. Cost £85.00. ______________________________________________________________________________

CAFOD

Are you interested in CAFOD’s campaigning work? Would you like to know more? Then come along to the diocesan cam-paign evening at St Mary’s the Mount, Walsall this Thursday (14th), 6-9pm. Hear from Takura Gwatinyana, manager of Caritas Harare and Sarah Hagger-Holt CAFOD’s Campaign Manager. Refreshments provided. For more details telephone 01922 722944. If you need a lift, contact Jim Quinn on 01527 402500.

(Syro Malabar Rite) Monthly Mass 6.15pm Rosary followed by Mass,

First Saturday of the month

St Benedict’s Social Club Subscriptions If any members haven’t yet paid their subscriptions for this year, please could they do so as soon as possible. Thank you.

Thank you!!

Fr Tony would like to thank everyone who came to the celebration of his 40th Anniversary of Ordination to the Priesthood last Friday evening and for your generous offerings, the many gifts and good wishes received from you all. A special thankyou to all those who helped in any way to make it such an enjoyable evening. A great time was had all.

Parish Aid to the Church in Need

Sponsored Walk Sunday 24th July

The walk will start at 9.15am at Mount Carmel and go around the Arrow Valley Lake and back to the Church Garden for refreshments! If you would like a SPONSOR FORM contact the Parish Office/Sacristy. If you want to DONATE on line use the Just Giving option on the Parish Website: www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk. You may make donations via the parish office too.

Annual Pilgrimage to Harvington Hall

Shrine of the English Martyrs

Sunday 4th September

Principal Celebrant Archbishop Bernard Longley Mass at 3pm, Confessions from 1.45pm-2.30pm. Free Parking, Teas, Picnic Area. Free timed tours of Harvington Hall are available and may be booked on the day at the table in the courtyard. IT IS ESSEN-TIAL THAT YOU BRING YOUR OWN CHAIRS. If you want to make it a ‘WALKING PILGRIMAGE’ to Harvington on this day, then the pilgrimage starts at BATTLEFIELD FARM at 10am B61 9AG (Ample Parking). It will take about 3 hours. For more information visit http=//tinyurl.com/h9n473k or telephone 07789505406.

Altar Servers’ Trip to Westminster

Cathedral

Saturday 17th September, Mass at 2.30pm St Stephen’s Guild Mass for all altar servers at 2.30pm in Westminster Cathedral - if any Servers would like to go, please let one of the priests know or the Parish Office and we can then arrange transport to Westminster.

Messy Church

Messy Church is on at Mount Carmel Church, in the garden or marquee if raining, on MONDAY 8TH AUGUST, 2pm-4pm. This

is a FREE activity for children of all ages, with craft activities from bubble painting to food activities. The theme this time will be ‘Green Church’. No need to book, just turn up on the day!

Please note

Weekday evening Masses will cease during the month of August and resume at the beginning of September when schools return after the Summer Holidays.

Happy Holidays to all!

Mary, Mother of the Church pray for us

OUR LADY OF MOUNT CARMEL, REDDITCH

Beoley Road West, Redditch, Worcestershire, B98 8LT (01527) 63096

Email: office@mtcarmel.co.uk Website: www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk

The Parish is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham: Registered Charity No. 234216

Parish Clergy: Fr Anthony Rohan, Fr David Doran & Fr Cornelius Safe

Permanent Deacons: Revs Des Chilton & Peter Griffiths

NEWSLETTER 1718 SEVENTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME 24TH JULY 2016

Parish Mass Book Page 53 Ecclesiastes 1:2;2:21-23 Psalm 94 Colossians 3:1-5.9-11 Gospel Luke 12:13-21

www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk PARISH WEBSITE UPDATE: Twitter—Please follow us! @frdaviddoran Journey in Faith, Baptism Enquiries, Wedding Enquiries etc, Vacancies can now be made via the Parish Website.

Mass Times & Intentions

Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C

Week beginning Sunday 24th July 2016

Saturday Mount Carmel 5.00 pm Maurice Snow (a) Hadzor 5.00 pm Galton Trust

Sunday Mount Carmel 8.15 am Thanksgiving (Heath) 9.45 am Mass in Polish 11.15 am Rachel Hemming (a) 6.00 pm Fred Dawson Alvechurch 9.45 am Marcie Sole & Intentions of the Sole Family Feckenham 10.15 am People of the Parish

Monday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Mr Varghese Thanksgiving

Tuesday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Con Herlihy 6.00 pm Margaret Towey

Wednesday

Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Kay Morton (a) 1.00 pm Funeral Service Marie Palmer 5.00 pm Mass in Polish

Thursday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Christopher Srebniak 12 noon Funeral Mass Stan Carney 6.30 pm Adoration 7.00 pm All souls in Purgatory esp. dec’d members of FOSS

Friday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Mary King 5.00 pm Mass in Polish

Saturday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Ints of T.G. The following fulfils Sunday Obligation Mount Carmel 5.00 pm Paddy Slattery (Wedd A) Hadzor 5.00 pm Sheila Leahy

Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr C

Week beginning Sunday 31st July 2016 Mount Carmel 8.15 am Lady Jeanne Hunt 9.45 am Mass in Polish 11.15 am Christopher Srebniak 6.00 pm People of the Parish Alvechurch 9.45 am Intentions of Eddie McGinnity & family Feckenham 10.15 am Thanksgiving (Cannon)

Parish Diary ….

Sunday Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Psalter Week 1 Aid to the Church in Need Sponsored Walk

Monday—Summer Holidays! 5pm Legion of Mary

Saturday Teas & Coffee after 5pm evening Mass Teas & Coffee in the Newman Room after 5pm Mass at Hadzor

Sunday Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C Psalter Week 2 _____________________________________________________________________________

GRAND RAFFLE WINNERS

unclaimed prizes

7th Prize Spanish Red Ticket No 02625 Janet Farris 759831 13th Prize Red Wine Ticket No 02043 M Simons 14th Prize Italian White Ticket No 01525 Lucy Locket Nursery 19th Prize Roses Chocolates Ticket No 00914 Des Smyth 435266

Other Winners

Treasure Map Prize (Minions) Millie Flynn Class 2EB MCS ‘Test your Dexterity’ Adults—1st Curtis, 2nd Zoe (Chocolates & Tea Set 07709667273) ‘What’s my Name’ ‘Ella’ won by Olivia Machado 07790667273

“My house shall be called a house of prayer”

Please be sensitive to those who want to pray in silence before Mass. Before Mass Talk to God During Mass Listen to God After Mass Talk to each other

Confessions at Mount Carmel

During Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Benediction Saturdays 10-10.50am

On the 1st Saturday of the month the Rosary will be said

after Devotions

Parish Bereavement Group Grief can be very lonely even when you have loved ones around. The Bereavement Support Group offers help to those who are

experiencing difficulties in coping with the death of a loved one. This includes miscarriages and still births. We also offer

support to those suffering from terminal illness, and support to their loved ones.

For details please contact the parish office.

TREE OF HOPE

The tree of hope is near the shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for anyone who wishes to hang a leaf for their own particular petition or sorrow. Feel free to take a leaf any-

time and write a name or message on it to hang on the tree and spend sometime in prayer

SAINTS & FEASTS FOR THE WEEK …

Monday Feast of Saint James, Apostle

He is called the ‘Greater’ because his vocation to serve Christ preceded that of the other apostle of the same name. He was the son of Zebedee, and was called by Jesus together with his brother John. James was one of the three apostles, along with Peter and John, who witnessed the Transfiguration and the agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. He was condemned to death by Herod Agrippa and beheaded in the year 44, the first martyr among the apostles.

Tuesday Saints Joachim & Anne

It was in the home of Joachim and Anne where the Virgin Mary received her training to be the Mother of God. Thus devotion to Anne and Joachim is an extention of affection Christians have always professed towards our Blessed Mother.

Wednesday Blessed Robert Sutton

(1588) Blessed Robert Sutton was born at Burton upon Trent in 1547. As a clergyman of the Established Church he was Rector of Lutterworth. He was converted to Catholicism through the influence of his younger brother and they were ordained as priests with a third brother. He was arrested in Stafford in 1588 and executed there.

Friday Saint Martha

Our Lord liked the home of Saint Martha, her brother Lazarus, and her sister Mary. As our Lord’s friends in Bethany, they took loving care of him.

Saturday Saint Peter Chrysologus

(Fifth Century) As Bishop of Ravenna, Italy, he was outstanding in his apostolic zeal, for his preaching and his writings.

Day of Pilgrimage

Sunday 21 August from 12 noon at Aston Hall,

Nr Stone.

Open Air Mass 3pm, Holy Door & Veneration of the Relic of Blessed Dominic Barberi, Confession available, Proces-sion of the Blessed Sacrament after Mass.

Thank you …

Redditch Catholic Fellowship would like to thank St Benedict’s for their kind donation of £161.00 raised through the ‘Cards on the Bar’. Many thanks for your continued support.

Lamp at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt Carmel

This week the lamp burns for I & B JONES & FAMILY ... Next week the lamp burns for ….. Free at the moment

Lamp at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart

This week the lamp burns in loving memory of TESS & PACKIE ELLICOTT……Next week the lamp burns for …….. Free at the moment

For the dead ...

Your prayers are asked for those who have died, THOMAS ’STAN’ CARNEY Funeral Mass Thursday 28th July at 12 noon, EDWARD ’TED’ O’NEILL Funeral Service Monday 1st August, 1.30pm at Robin Hood Cemetery, CHARLES THOMPSON, MGR TONY PHILPOTT, TRINIDAD, BABY MARTIN PATRICK JOSEPH WALL, MARIE PALMER Funeral Service Wednesday 27th July at 1pm May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed through the mercy of God, rest in peace

Please pray for the sick...

Deacon Des Chilton, Kathleen Kavanagh, Thomas Adams, Alison Cole, Johannah White, Selina Kilker, Carmel Fiolka, Anna Byrne, Fred & Pauline Clarke, Mark Collins, Mary Grady, Delia Bree, Matthew Smith, Paul Hart, Anne McVicker, Ruby Urka, Jane-Christina Thomson, Bob & Caroline Holland, Mick Halloran, Sr Catherine Devaney, Allan Barber, Chris Figgett, Peggy Woods, Joseph Curtagar, Cynthia Williams, Gina (SVP), Teresa Grantham, Edwin McGlynn, Dave Pugh, Francis Latchford, Simon Taylor, Lilian Lee, Lottie Hatcher, Fiona Short, John Gannon, John Gill, Phyllis O’Brien, Mary Hillier, Margaret Hughes, Lily Robinson, Kitty Fanning, Thomas Henry Burnside, Bridget Heatley, Winifreda Olga Hall, Kathleen Donovan, Brian & Devan Dixon, James Vaughan, Jill Bennett, Kerry Boyd, Andrew Berry, Pat Conner, Aidan & Ita Hayes, Margaret Beddows, Helen Hardwick, Kate Shenton, Martin & Margaret Daly, Clifford & Christopher Browne, Michael Smith, Michael Burke, Andrea Ferguson, Loretta Burns, Charlie Walker, Maureen Reavey, Lynda Rose, Ann Lowe, baby Ellis Morbey, Emma Martin, Jim Gallagher, James Cull, Daisy Mae Williams (aged 3), Pat O’Boyle, Sas Burford, Jackie Gallagher, G Smith, Megan Collier, Cee Sheriden (Hadzor), Thelma Edwin, Martin Twomey, Gregory & Linda Daniel, Maura Lee, Sheila Nicholson, Gordon Taylor, John Laugharne, Dick Bell, Tony Gillespie, Chris Whyte, Margaret Clarke, Paul Kearns, Joyce Tremeer, Philip Broom, Alan Purvis, Brigit Broom, Oscar Rees, Monty Breslin, Judy Mitten, Nellie Gilbert, Sean Harkin, Anthony Obinna, Margaret Leonard, Ann Barratt, Kobie Boggis, Nora O’Connor, Lucia Galleo, Jacquie Barker-Dean, Norah Hughes, Mary Hickey, Duncan MacInniss, James Hopper, Bill Cosgriff, Kath Harkin, Ken Harler, Rt Rev Christopher Jones, Bishop Emeritus of Elfin, Rita Wilson, Pat Gordon, Jane Elliott, Theresa Price, Marion Furey, Bill Hopkins, Peter Daniel, Rita Wilson, Martin Brand, Pat Davis, Margaret Maddison, Sr Patricia Cooney, Brother Michael, Grazina, Margaret Wheeler

Congratulations to ……

We welcome into God’s family LILLIE ROSE COTON, VICTORIA ZAJAC, ISABELLE COTTON & ELLA-MAY REED baptised last weekend at Mount Carmel

WEEKLY STATISTICS

Weekend 16/17 July 2016 1st Collection £774.67 2nd Collection £398.97 Attendance (No Polish count) These figures do not include Standing Orders

Baptism To arrange for the baptism of your child/children you will need to contact the parish office on 01527 63096 or visit the parish website to find out when the next available Baptism Meeting is for you to attend. At this meeting you will be given the Baptism Form to take away with you for completion. Once completed please bring it with you to the parish office on either a Monday or Friday morning between 10am—11am when one of the priests will be able to see you and book the date for baptism. Baptisms normally take place on a Sunday at 12.45pm in Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church. There is an administrative fee of £30 for Baptism which should be paid at the time of arranging the date.

Third Order Carmelites Year of Mercy Event

Saturday 10th September ‘Rich in Mercy, Joy in Forgiveness’ at St Catherine’s

Catholic Church, Bristol Road, B5 7BE, 1pm start finishing with 5.30pm Mass. Teas/Coffee provided