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

“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

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 8th May 2016 Vera Whyte Sunday 15th May 2016 Sarah Reynia Sunday 22nd May 2016 Bridie McConnell Sunday 29th May 2016 Bernard Cannon Sunday 5th June 2016 Ann 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 Third Thursday of every month at the Abbey Hotel and welcomes new members. For further information please contact Andrew Farrell on 07767831548 or Brian Green on 01527 543111 or visit our website on www.redditchcatenians.co.uk

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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Phantom of the Opera—Palace Theatre

Performed by the Harlequins Drama Group. Joseph McAuliffe, Altar Server, will be performing in this from THURSDAY 9th June to SATURDAY 11th June at the Palace Theatre. Performances 7.30pm each evening and a Saturday Matinee at 2.30pm. Tickets £15*/£13* from the Box Office 01527 65203 or on line at www.redditchpalacetheatre.co.uk. *Tickets inclusive of £1 booking fee up to a maximum of £4. _________________________________________________________________________________

Mount Carmel Seniors Group

Thursdays at 2.30pm St Benedict’s

26th May Trip to Windsor, coach leaving St Benedict’s at 9am. Few seats left on the coach. Cost: Windsor & Castle £36.00, Windsor only £18.00. 9th June Bowling, cake & chat 23rd June Fire Safety at home 30th June Day Trip to Llandudno 7th July Food 4 Thought Eating on a Budget (Jan Vale Age Concern) ? July Day trip to Lavender Fields 25th September Two day trip to Blackpool Illuminations & the Lake District. Cost £85.00.

Are you aged between 16 and 24?

Are you contemplating to volunteer for a project to

help and benefit other people?

This may typically be an unpaid teaching, nursing, building, caring or general assistance anywhere in the world.

There is a Bursary Fund available through the Catenian Associa-tion for young people to help support their efforts to raise mon-

ey. It can be claimed for any project of 15 days or more. It can be claimed for gap year projects.

For more information please contact Brian Green on 01527 543111

VACANCY Lucy Locket

Kindergarten has a vacancy for a full-time Nursery Nurse. Please

contact Lucia Skinner on 01527 61777 if interested

Altar Servers’ Trip to Westminster Cathedral

Mass for members of the St Stephen’s Guild of Altar Servers on Saturday 17th September, 2.30pm in West minster 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.

Deanery May Procession this Sunday

3pm at St Mary’s, Studley

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Please, Please, Please, ‘Do Not Touch’ the Padding on the Kneelers!!!

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 1709 SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST HOLY TRINITY YEAR C 22ND MAY 2016

Page 25 Proverbs 8:22-31 Psalm 8 Romans 5:1-5 Gospel John 16:12-15

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.

TERESA OF AVILA - SAT 4TH JUNE 2016 Teresa received the habit and became a novice on 2 March 1535. Five centuries on and Teresa remains a great source of inspi-ration to so many. Join us at Manchester Carmelite Spirituality Group and learn more about this powerful saint. Return fare only £20! For further details contact Caroline: cal.bobcalct@btinternet.com or Susan: ingeva@btinternet.com

THE HOLY TRINITY

The Holy Trinity is the foun-dational belief of Christianity. On Trinity Sunday we cele-brate the first and last hori-zon of the universe and history: the Love of God—the Father, Son and Holy Spirit—One God, Three persons. Jesus reveals the Trinity at His conception at the Annuniciation when the Angel Gabriel visits Mary—Jesus is conceived in her womb by the Holy Spirit for she is the Son of the Most High (Luke 1:28-38). Jesus reveals the Trinity to us at His baptism when the Holy Spirit descends upon Him and the Father says: “This is my Son the be-loved” (Matthew 3:13-17). In today’s Gospel Jesus reveals the Trinity at the Last Supper—the Holy Spirit will be sent from the Father that will complete all that was said by Jesus because the Father, Son and Holy Spirit are One (John 16:12-15). It is hard to understand how something can be three and one at the same time. Of course it is a mystery but we can use images from ordinary life to help us because from the visible things of the world the invisible things of God can be known (Romans 1:19-20). That is what Saint Patrick did with the shamrock. He would hold it up and ask: “Is it one leaf or three?” and the peo-ple would reply “It is one leaf and three”. Saint Patrick would then say: “So it is with God, He is three Persons and one God”. A modern example could be water. Water is one since it is essentially two hydrogen atoms and one oxygen atom but it is also 3—it is liquid, steam and ice. However, beyond these images is this truth of the Holy Trinity: God is not solitude (alone) but Communion (love among persons). Therefore, God is rich in relationships. The Trinity shows how love creates unity out of diversity. Thus Saint Paul will later write that out of our diversity, we may be rich, poor, tall, short, sick, healthy, we are all one in Christ. It is why the priest says, as he stands in the person of Christ, at every mass: “The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ the love of God and the fellowship of the

Holy Spirit be with you all” (2 Cor 13:14).

CORPUS CHRISTI Sat 29th/Sun 30th May

The Feast of Corpus Christi (meaning the Body of Christ) celebrates the Cath-olic belief that Jesus is truly present, Body, Blood, Soul and Divinity in the Holy Eucharist. After every mass in the Parish Church and Mass Centres

on Saturday 29th/Sunday 30th of June there will be a small procession by the priest in the Church whilst a hymn to Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament is sung followed by a short exposition and benedic-tion.

Mass Times & Intentions

Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Year C

Week beginning Sunday 22nd May 2016

Saturday Mount Carmel 5.00 pm Mary Carney Hadzor 5.00 pm People of the Parish

Sunday Mount Carmel 8.15 am Amanda Gemmill (sick) 9.45 am Mass in Polish 11.15 am Frank O’Gorman 6.00 pm Bridie O’Sullivan Alvechurch 9.45 am Holy Souls Feckenham 10.15 am Simon Ward Monday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Ints of Christine Conboy Michael Grady

Tuesday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Josephine & Henry McGowan 6.00 pm Pamela Edwards St Thos More Sch 9.10 am Mass in School Christine Burke

Wednesday Mount Carmel 9.10 am NB No Morning Prayer St Bede’s Sch 9.30 am Holy Souls in church 11.00 am Des Durr 5.00 pm Mass in Polish

Thursday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Christopher Srebniak 12.30 pm Funeral Mass Charles Doherty 6.30 pm Adoration 7.00 pm Dec’d McCormack Family (South Africa) St Augustine’s 9.20 am Mass in School (Yr 9 MH)

Friday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Private Intention (Christine Morrissey) 5.00 pm Mass in Polish

Saturday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Ulahannan Varghese (a) The following fulfils Sunday Obligation Mount Carmel 5.00 pm Richard Tobin Hadzor 5.00 pm Galton Trust

Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood

of Christ Year C

Week beginning Sunday 29th May 2016 Mount Carmel 8.15 am Kathleen McDermott 9.45 am Mass in Polish 11.15 am John McAuliffe & In Thanksgiving for prayers answered 6.00 pm Simon Ward Alvechurch 9.45 am People of the Parish Feckenham 10.15 am Holy Souls

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Parish Diary ….

Sunday Solemnity of the Most Holy Trinity Psalter Week 4

Monday 5pm Legion of Mary 6pm Parish FHC Class in church 7pm Choir Practice

Tuesday 6pm MCS FHC Meeting ‘Final Preparation’ SVP Soup Kitchen

Wednesday 6pm STM FHC Meeting ‘Final Preparation’ 7pm Summer Fete Meeting in Parish Centre

Thursday SVP Outreach

Saturday

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

Sunday Solemnity of the Most Holy Body & Blood of Christ Psalter Week 1 __________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

What’s on ……...

Redditch Welcomes Refugees

Open Public Meeting Tuesday 24th May at 7.30pm in St Stephen’s Church, Church Green, Redditch.

Novena to the Sacred Heart at Maryvale

Every evening beginning Thursday 26th May at 8pm finishing with Mass & Procession on Sunday 5th June at 3pm.

Sacred Heart, Droitwich Feast Day Mass

Celebrated by Mgr John Moran on Friday 3rd June at 7pm. All parishioners within the Deanery are invited to attend, refreshments and shared table afterwards.

Intercultural Mass 2016 Christ the Good Shepherd Saturday 18th June at 3pm, St Catherine of Siena, Bristol St, Bham B5 7BE Followed by Refreshments & Entertainment. More information from Fr Jeremy Howard, 0121 622 4049 or email stcathsiena@gmail.com

Jo Boyce & friends in Concert Saturday 25th June

At St John Fisher Catholic Church, West Heath at 7.30pm, fol-lowed by refreshments. Tickets £6/£4 please ring 0121 475 3194

Choirathon Wednesday 8th July

St Augustine’s choir will be singing in St Peter’s Bromsgrove 6.30pm, Mount Carmel Church at 7pm & St Peter’s, Crabbs Cross at 7.30pm

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

SAINTS & FEASTS FOR THE WEEK …

Wednesday Saint Bede the Venerable

(673-735) St Bede was born in England. As a Benedictine Monk, he was ‘the most observant and the happiest of all monks’. His writings were full of sound doctrine so he was called ‘Venerable’ while still alive. He wrote commentaries on Holy Scripture and treatises on theology and history. He died at Jarrow, England.

Thursday Saint Philip Neri

(1515-1595) St Philip Neri was born in Florence, he was or-dained a priest in 1551 and founded the Congregation of the Oratory. He is noted for his zeal in converting sinners through the Sacrament of Penance. He was a catechist and a spiritual guide of extraordinary talent. He died at the age of 80..

Friday Saint Augustine of Canterbury

(+605) St Augustine was sent by St Gregory the Great to England to convert the English people to Christianity. He baptised King Ethelbert of Kent and many of his subjects. At Canterbury, he erected a monastery and there established his Episcopal See.

VACANCIES …….

St Thomas More Catholic First School

Site Manager Part-time, 25 hrs per week term time only + 3 wks 5hrs per day split shift. Contact School office for application pack. Closing datge Wednesday 8th June 12 noon, Interviews Monday 27th or Tuesday 28th

Our Lady of Mount Carmel Catholic First School

Finance & Estates Officer Required ASAP. Part time Mon-Fri 20hrs per week term time only, plus 5 Inset days and 5 days non term time. For application pack and further information phone school office, Mrs Rita Kennedy on 01527 546398 or visit www.mountcarmelfirstschool.co.uk or email office@mountcarmel.worcs.sch.uk.

St Bede’s Catholic Middle School

Could you be an Academy Representative? St Bede’s is currently seeking to appoint a Foundation Academy Representative. Your personal experi-ence, knowledge and passion are just what they need. If you would like to know more please contact Jean Hardcastle at school on 01527 525916

Pilgrimages

For further information on all pilgrimages below contact Andrew Oldnall either by phone 0121 440 8623 or mobile 07733 226063, or email an-drewsoldnall@gmail.com.

Lourdes

Thursday 28th July-Friday 5th August 9 day luxury pilgrimage £520.00 per person (£125 single room supplement extra). Pick up from centre of B’ham, staying in Hotel Basilique, just 120 yds from St Joseph’s Gate.

Rome (Jubilee Year of Mercy)

Monday 24th-Saturday 29th October. Flying from Birmingham £725.00 per person (sharing). Single room supplement £155.00. Instalment plans available.

Weekend to Rome (Closing of the Holy Door in St Peter’s)

Friday 18th-21st November, flying from Birmingham, £399.00 per person (sharing) Single room supplement £66.00. Instalment plans available.

Fatima (Centenary of Apparitions) Monday 29th May-Friday 2nd June,

4 star hotel, cost £590.00 per person sharing (single room supplement £155.00. Instalment plans available.

Lamp at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt Carmel

This week the lamp burns for the INTENTIONS OF CHRISTINE CONBOY ... Next week the lamp burns for CHARLIE & ISABELLA TIMMINS & FAMILIES

Lamp at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart

This week the lamp burns in loving memory of NED & NORA MORRISSEY ... next week the lamp burns in loving memory of CHRISTOPHER AVERN (ANNIVERSARY)

For the dead ...

Your prayers are asked for CHARLIE DOHERTY Funeral Mass Thursday 26th May at 12.30pm DAVID SIMPSON Funeral Service Friday 10th June at 11.45am in the Abbey Chapel, DES DURR in Ireland, relative of parishioners. 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 Gran-tham, 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 Heat-ley, Winifreda Olga Hall, Kathleen Donovan, Brian & Devan Dixon, James Vaughan, Jill Bennett, Kerry Boyd, Andrew Berry, Pat Conner, Aidan & Ita Hayes, Margaret Beddows, Helen Hard-wick, Kate Shenton, Martin & Margaret Daly, Clifford & Christo-pher 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 Bur-ford, 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, Teresa Mooney

Congratulations to ……

We welcome into God’s family CAOIMBE & FLYNN JENKINS baptised last Sunday at Mount Carmel

WEEKLY STATISTICS

Weekend 14/15 May 2016 1st Collection £779.39 2nd Collection £ 418.11 Attendance 857 (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.

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

First Saturday of the month