26th June 2016 - Newsletter - The Catholic Parish of St. John`s

St John the Baptist Parish Newsletter
Parish Office: Sacred Heart Church, Silver Link Rd,
Tamworth, B77 2EA
Parish Office: 01827 769403
Parish Centre Bookings: 01827 288226
Priests: Fr Michael – [email protected]
Fr Mario - [email protected]
Centre Bookings: Rev Deacon Brian Cox and Mrs Nora Cox – [email protected] Tel. 288226
Admin: Wendy Quinn – [email protected]
Gift Aid, HOT, database (Tues & Wed): Rob Breeden – [email protected]
www.stjohnrctamworth.org.uk
St John’s Church is on St John St, Tamworth, B79 7EX
Thirteenth Sunday of the year (C) – 26th June 2016
Psalm Response: O Lord, it is you who are my portion
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Saturday 25 June Feria
Thirteenth Sunday of the year
Sunday 26th June
Thirteenth Sunday of the year
10.30am (S.H.)
6.00pm (S.J.)
9.00 am (S.H.)
10.30 am (S.J.)
12.00 noon (S.H.)
10.00 am (S.H.)
Bridget and Michael Hegarty
John Gallagher – Irene & Vincent Petricca
Martin & Peter Carney – Harry & Nellie Todd
Joe Hackett – Ray Howard
Rose Smyth – Garry Mills
Communion service
Monday 27th June
Feria
Tuesday 28th June
St Irenaeus 10.00 am (S.H.)
Patricia Kenny and family
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Wed 29 June
SS Peter and Paul 10.00 am (S.J.)
Nora O’Shea
Solemnity & Holy Day of Obligation 11.30am (S.J.)
Funeral Mass for Peter Fidoe
7.00pm (S.H.)
Dan Connell
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Thursday 30 June
Feria 10.00am (S.H.)
Linda Sweeney
Friday 1st July
Feria 9.15am (S.G.)
Vincent Charles Roberts
12.30pm (S.H.)
Mass for the sick and housebound of the parish
Saturday 2nd July
Feria 10.30am (S.H.)
Claire L’Amie
Fourteenth Sunday of the year 6.00pm (S.J.)
David Berriman – Val Jeffries
Sunday 3rd June
9.00 am (S.H.)
Margaret Eddy – Jimmy McDonald
10.30
am
(S.J.)
Sylvie Salmon & family – John Byrne
Fourteenth Sunday of the year
12.00 noon (S.H.) Stephen Mason – Fr Dan Fitzgerald
Confessions: Saturday 11 – 11.30 at Sacred Heart and 5.15 – 5.45 pm at St John’s
Please pray for the sick: Mick Evans, Chad Williams, Finn Lynch, Teresa Woodcock, Gill
Horsley, Margaret Thompson, Mary Pullen, Julie Orme, Nikolas Atkins, Sheila Brown, Stephen
Morley, Jaden Walker, Frank Ryan, Gillian & John Solanky, John Barrass, Betty Meehan, Mary
Miller, Winnie Claridge, Sarah Gillen, Conan Teyssou, Ann-Marie Purslow, Ann Bernes, Joan
Trevis, Nell Mattison, Tony Soden, Stan Merryweather, David Herbert, Maxine Beech,
Christopher Browne, Clifford Browne, Phil Crook, Pablo Claveria, Earle Laska, Adam Coxhead,
Tom Clibbery, Christopher Wheeldon, Peter Barnes, Lee Morrow, Eileen D’Arcy, Maureen
Jeffries, Sarah Spencer, Gladys Cuffe, Kingsley Simon Bayley, Beryl Smith, Sheila Mulligan,
Bill Bonser, Doreen Dowling, Mary Williams, Bridie Spicer, Margaret Knowles, Joyce Anderson,
Agnes Buckley, Sean McCauley, Michael Beggan, Tom Breeden.
Reflection: ……I will follow you wherever you go
In today’s Gospel Jesus is asking for consistency if we are to follow him. Jesus asks
that we place real and sincere love at the top of our priorities.
Sincere love will bring the greatest happiness possible – to live in love and for love, in
the big and the ordinary ways of life. How often we can be really happy at the end of
the day for what we done that helped others.
Lord, teach me to love as you do, to remain true to others and to you. May your
kingdom come in your people.
Na każdej niedzielnej mszy dostępne są polskie tłumaczenia czytań i
Ewangelii. Można je znaleźć w przedsionku kościoła. Miłej i owocnej lektury!
Please pray for those whose anniversaries occur around this time: Charles Inskip, James
Treanor, James and Catherine Larvin, Mrs. Sheldon, Margaret Wear, George Lees, John Cafferty,
James Bradley, Daniel Murphy, Thomas Roulledge, Francis Gavin, Phyllis McGinty, Michael Morrisroe,
Catherine Phillips, Charles Ward, George Wood, Annie Tooley, Elizabeth Dow, Christine Cope, Doris
Gensberg, Ray Baines, Jim Flanangan, Margaret Cockeram, James Collins, Thelma Vind, Dorothy
Rowbottom, John & Julie Kelly, Thomas Wood, Joseph Kesik, Elizabeth (Dolly) Croke, Denis O’Connor,
Florence Vickery, George Geddes-Smith, Madeline Tanner, Theresa Evans, Etan Douglas, Sydney
Naylor, Johanna Hedwig-Smith, Margaret (Peg) Baker, Josephine Harper, Veronica Stait, Gerald Byrne,
Caroline Burke, Daniel Kelly, Paula Lyons.
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Alan Arris, the
funeral service will take place at 1.00pm on the 30th June at
Sutton Coldfield Crematorium, Peter Fidoe, whose funeral
will be at St John’s on Wednesday 29th June at 11.30 am, Dan
Connell, who will be received into St John’s on Sunday 3rd
July at 1.30pm, with the funeral Mass the following day,
Monday, 4th July at 10.00am, Erneslena Weston, funeral
service will take place at Sutton Coldfield Crematorium on
Thursday 7th July at 12.00 noon, Therese Eckert, funeral Mass will take place on Friday 15th July at
10.00am in St John’s and Ann Fisher, funeral details to be confirmed. May they rest in peace.
Joe Martin – Vera and family would like to express their thanks for the compassion shown at the recent
passing of Joe. Special thanks to everyone involved in the organisation of his beautiful funeral Mass. All
donations will be passed to the Tamworth Boxing Club for the good work they do with the community.
Summer Scheme: Forms due in this weekend. This will
be on the first two weeks of the school holidays, beginning on
Mon 25th July and finishing on Friday 5th August. We are
planning some exciting new activities and trips. You may need
to book a place early. It is for children who are currently in yr
2 to yr 9. There are just a few places left, if you have
taken Booking Forms and haven’t yet returned them, please do so immediately or you could be
disappointed.
New Centre in St Johns: thank-you to all those who have worked over the
weekend. Some great work was done.
We have now broke through into the new kitchen upstairs and are getting
ready to install a new staircase. We are also expecting the lift to be
delivered any day now.
The electrics are tricky since the cabling for the whole Church runs through
the old sacristy. The building needs a new 3 phase supply installed and new
fuse boards throughout. DMReid is doing a great job with this. Thank-you to
all.
Cleaners needed. Please ring Dorothy on 01827 51320. St John’s only
stays open at weekends because of this essential work. Please do help if you
are able.
St Gabriel's Summer Fayre - you are all invited on Saturday 9th July 11am - 2pm. There will be plenty
of fun and games including soak the victim, go-karts, bouncy castle, tombolas and more. Keep yourself
topped up with Crepes, hot dogs and burgers or cakes. See a demo from a West
Midlands Police dog handler, plus the gunge tank will be making its appearance
again!
St Elizabeth’s Summer Fayre TODAY, SUNDAY 26th JUNE 2-4pm: Come and
join us for an afternoon of fun! Activities for all the family include target golf, a
treasure hunt, bouncy castle, Topscore penalty shoot-out and much more or try
your luck on the raffles and tombolas. Enjoy the BBQ, refreshments and cakes.
Admission: Adults 50p, children free.
Come and enjoy the fun at St Elizabeth’s RC Primary School, Claremont Road, Tamworth, B79 8EN.
Journey In Faith If anyone is interested in coming on the
journey next year, please contact clergy, Frances or Kathleen.
Congratulations to all the Children Confirmed during the
week – over 50 in total. Ceremonies on Monday and Friday
were beautiful. Please pray for our children that they will always
be receptive to the work of the Holy Spirit in their lives. We see
a selection of them here.
Drivers and Escorts needed – to take elderly people to
Sainsburys and Asda once a week. The Carnegie centre that operated this service needs drivers for the
mini bus to enable the service to resume. The escorts are needed to assist with carrying bags of
shopping to the person's home when they return from shopping.
The centre are also looking for drivers, with their own vehicle, to go on their list for taking people to
Hospital appointments, mileage will be paid.
If you feel you can help with either of the above please contact Sheila Scott on 01827 709661 on a
Thursday from 9am to 3pm for more details.
YOSH Thursdays 7pm-8:30pm.
[email protected]
For updates check parish website, or tel Stephen 251197 Bereavement Support Service which provides a place to come
along for a cup of tea and a chat. We meet at Sacred Heart every
Friday (10 am – 12.00 noon). If you know of anyone grieving,
please take them a leaflet from the porch & invite them to come.
Tamworth Foodbank - Your Foodbank donations continue to be
very much appreciated, thank you.
Our Sacred Heart Starfish ‘breakfast club’ runs at Sacred Heart
every Sat from 10 till 12.00 noon.
Irish Dancing Classes every Saturday for all ages.
Katie [email protected].
Just contact
Pilates Classes – A set of exercise performed in standing, seated and lying positions. Pilates exercise
can be beneficial for everyone whatever their fitness. Thursday 6.45pm – 7.45pm. £6 per session - pay
as you go.
A.A. meet in St John’s Church (temporarily) on Mon and Fri at
8.00 pm.
Senior Citizens’ Socials: every Tues at 1.30 pm at Sacred
Heart.
Homestart Parents and Tots – Meet on a Wed 9.15am –
11.30am at Sacred Heart. £1 per family which includes tea,
toast, biscuits, juice. Come along for a chat and play!
Multiple Sclerosis Society & Tai Chi – Meet on a Tues at
11.30am in the Modwen room. Tai Chi class is open to all. The
M.S. Society meets after class at 12.30pm.
Giving to Charities – These are some of the charities that take clothes and toiletries, you can deliver
them yourselves.
St Chad’s Sanctuary – Tel: 0121 233 3127, wedsite www.stchadssanctuary.com
Brush Strokes Tel: 0121 565 2234 email: [email protected]
Sifa Fireside Tel: 0121 766 1700 Email: [email protected]
The 24/7 prayer room is an ongoing prayer vigil taking place
from 3rd - 10th July at Holy Trinity, Wilnecote - so it is just
over one week away! The room will have a theme of the Lord's
Prayer and as well as the usual praise, repentance and petition
areas
will have seven prayer stations to reflect on the Lord's Prayer, an area for prayer
about world hunger and an area for prayer for the persecuted/secret church. The sign-up sheet is now
available at:www.24-7prayer.com/emailredirect/0533a888904bd4867929dffd884d60b8/
Caritas Archdiocese of Birmingham:
as part of its mission to support this
work and to share good practice, Caritas
has invited four different groups from
around the Archdiocese that are all
volunteer led to share their experience
with others.
the morning of Sat 2nd
Sheldon, B26 2HU.
We want to make this as accessible as
possible and have designed an event on
July 2016 to take place in St Thomas More, 130 Horse Shoes Lane,
The four groups will be placed at four tables and those who come will have the opportunity to move
around each of the tables to listen to and talk to those who run the groups.
The groups are:
 The Solihull Welcome – where volunteers offer hospitality and support to destitute asylum
seekers and refugees.
 A new Bereavement support group – working ecumenically, and with local funeral undertakers
and a local hospice, this group based in a church centre offer support to those recently bereaved
 Tuesday Club in a the parish of St Anthony’s Kingshurst – started by local parishioners and
running for some time this group of volunteers provide a much needed service that supports
isolated older people.
 St Mary’s Dementia Group, Harborne – a group of local volunteers helping dementia suffers and
carers.
Our Parish Finances are in a much better position than they were. In
the last few days, thank God, we have actually come out of debt! It is
all right to have some debt so long as we have the capacity to pay it
back. Some think debt can somehow be a good thing but that’s a
dangerous attitude and can result in an outlook that leads us to live and
operate irresponsibly as a parish.
Spending our money on things that help establish God’s Kingdom is
important, but again - only when we can afford it, otherwise we
jeopardise the future of the whole parish. We establish God’s Kingdom
by i/. Drawing people into the prayer life of the Church (Sacraments and
prayer). ii/. Proclaiming the Good News (evangelising and socialising)
and iii/. Helping the poor and weak. This should shape how we spend
our time and money.
Money Matters
Envelopes
149.05
Standing Order
750.00
Loose
389.38
Total:
£1288.43
Building Fund
286.39
Thank-you.
Gift Aid: Please increase your
giving by 25%; sign a Gift Aid
form. Call Rob on 769403 or
[email protected]
We need the people and the facilities to do this. You are
the people and thank God, many of you are deeply
involved in this, with more people committing themselves
all the time. The time we spend each year serving God
and his people must run into hundreds of thousands of
hours. We do thank God for your commitment.
At the same time, we are spending money developing our
facilities (Church and meeting spaces). This will mean
going into debt again later this year, but it will be
responsible borrowing and wise spending, alongside
fundraising efforts and careful budgeting.
So, well done to our volunteers and supporters who are
making all the difference. Well done to all our fundraisers and donors. The parish has a great history of
being enterprising in its charity work and outreach, in the involvement
of many parishioners and in generous fundraising. But it’s not just our
history, it should also be the hallmark of a bright future. Maybe we
could look to the year 2020 as a time when we can review what we
have done and where we are going.
If you can help develop that future as a parish in any way, please let us
know.
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