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Don't forget Fr Sean's Ordination is this Sunday afternoon at 3.00 pm and you can join in by logging onto the Cathedral livestream channel https://www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-chads-cathedral-birmingham You can also participate in his First Mass at St Mary the Mount in Walsall on Monday Evening at 7.00 pm through their website https://stmarysthemount.co.uk/live-stream-channel Please keep him in your prayers as he begins his ministry as a priest in our parish under such strange circumstances.
 Now that we have developed a good system for regular cleaning of St Michael's and SS Peter's & Paul's,we can begin the celebration of Baptisms in October. Before you child can be baptised you will need to attend a Baptism Class. This will, however, be a virtual class so that you do not need to leave home in order to attend.
The next Baptism Class will be online on Saturday 19th September at 12.30 pm. If you will to attend, please email mgr.mark.crisp@rcaob.org.uk You will then be sent an information leaflet, the Registration Form and the link to join us for the class on Saturday 19th. Please spread the word to your families and friends about all of this!  The cave where the first Dead Sea Scrolls were found in 1946 The bulletin is now ready. Download it from the "Mass times and Bulletin" page.
 This week's bulletin is now ready, please go to the "Mass Times and Bulletin" page to download a copy.
As you will have seen at the top of the Home Page we have had trouble with people receiving emails from me making strange requests about money. Please do not respond to these emails and ring me at once. It is always important to check the actual address from where the email comes. My own email address is now one of the new diocesan addresses, so it ends rcaob.ork.uk. Eventually all the parish email addresses will end in this way. We had to wait for a parish name before we could sign up to the new parish system. As we now have a name for the parish, we will be moving over to new email addresses very soon.
The live-streaming at SS Peter & Paul's is now working. The latest camera is now reliable, in that it always comes on when we switch the system on. (The previous one seemed to have a mind of its own!) The new one does not show the whole of the sanctuary and we will look into improving this eventually. For the moment, however, it is a relief that we have picture that is reliable. Once again, thanks so much to all the generous people who provided for the live-streaming fund. Your donations were not just towards the camera, but for the computer, all the wiring that connects it back to the house and all the work that was done to ensure a strong enough internet connection to the property.  We have been celebrating Public Mass now at SS Peter & Paul for the last two weeks at 10.15am on Sunday Mornings. There is no need to book in advance this Sunday, just come along and join us! God Bless, Fr Mark
 Elijah's Cave 1 Kings 19 DON’T FORGET, YOU NEED TO BOOK FOR A PLACE AT MASS. FOR ST MICHAEL please ring Sr Lydwin on 01902 341343 between 10.00 am to 5.00 pm on Monday to Friday. FOR SS PETER & PAUL please ring Val on 07934905283 between 6.00pm and 7.00pm on Monday to Friday. If you cannot print off your ticket, you can collect it from a steward outside the church when you arrive for Mass. LIVE STREAMING APPEAL. This was to provide a decent Internet signal by 5G to SS Peter and Paul’s, which has no cable connection from the road, and to cover the cost of all the equipment for live streaming. An amazing £4,012.98 was raised! THANKS SO MUCH TO ALL OF YOU WHO GENEROUSLY CONTRIBUTED. We are using the new equipment this Sunday, Please bear with us if there needs to be any tweaking to get the best results. We still need to work on the antenna for the 5G so the reception might still be variable at times. THERE IS STILL NO OBLIGATION FOR PEOPLE TO ATTEND MASS ON SUNDAYS. You can choose any day of the week to go to Mass and the Bishops fully encourage you to continue praying the Mass by watching it online. DEC Coronavirus Appeal In the UK our struggle against coronavirus has entered the next phase, but in many of the world’s poorest countries the fight has only just begun. CAFOD has joined forces with the Disasters Emergency Committee to help millions of vulnerable people whose lives are at risk as the coronavirus pandemic spreads across refugee camps and countries suffering conflict. You can contribute at cafod.org.uk/coronavirus or 55 Westminster Bridge Road, SE1 7JB or 0303 303 3030 FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS This is a difficult time for many people but if you are able to continue giving an offering, please consider paying directly into the parish account. Please follow the directions on our website. It is now possible to make donations to any of our three churches directly through our Website. Click the ‘ MY CHURCH OFFERING’ the button on the Home page for more details. SVP support - if you or anyone you know is in need of support particularly during this pandemic please contact Sr Lydwin or David Spinks at 07544960402. 'Free School Meal' (FSM) Children A car with its boot open will be parked outside St Michael's Church for one hour EVERY Tuesday 1-2, Thursday 10-11 and Saturday 10-11. All donations will be gratefully received by The Well (Wolverhampton Food Bank). Alternatively, much-needed supplies can still be taken to the Good Shepherd Ministry via 2, Richmond Rd WV3 9HY or Food Bank via The Vicarage 21A, St Jude's Rd WV6 0EB. For further information please phone 340479. This week 70kg of food/ toiletries and £30 cash have been given to The Well. Thank you so much! If anyone needs a food parcel please phone 07932 609625 between 1pm -5pm and speak in confidence to a member of the Catholic Women's League to make arrangements. FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Cliff Whittall, David Souberry, Ben Sherry, Holly Burke, Mason Kavanagh, Paula Box, June Abbiss, Peter Holmes, Alice Stevens, George Brown, Chris Starkey, M Mary, Thomas Mackin, Stephen Briggs, Hilary Elsden, Katherine Poole, Teresa Mitchell, Ann Bayley, Helen O’Brien-Coleman, Mary Abbiss, Peggy McHale, Patrick Quinn, Fred & Celia Norton, Jean Hollingshead, Margaret Stokes, Leah Nixon, Pat Pool, John Dolan, Liam Dolan, Marie Looker, Lorna Ciraulo, Pat Eades, Helen Porter, Mary Kirby, Sheila O’Toole, Tony McGinn, Brendan Bleakley.
FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED RECENTLY: Marie Therese Lennox, Taofik Sekoni, Jenner Martin, John Barratt, John Stanley, Dorothy Stephenson May they rest in peace. |
