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. Dickinson C.Ss.R.

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

www.erdingtonabbey.co.uk

SUNDAY: 6.00pm (Vigil Sat) 8.00, 9.15, 10.30, 12.00, 6.00pm

Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 10.00am. 7.30pm. Tuesday, Friday 10.00am Saturday 9.30am

Confessions: Wednesday 10.30am-11.00am Saturday 10.00-11.00am and 4.30-5.00pm

Novena Service: Wed: 7.00pm.Legion of Mary: Monday 10.45am. Prayer Group: Thursday 8.00pm. Parish Office 9-11am and 1-5pm. Holy Shop Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday 10.30-12.00noon and 2.30-3.45pm Closed Wednesdays

Mass Intentions

Saturday 4th January

6.00pm. Eileen Gordan &

Lorraine McGuigan RIP

Sunday 5th January

Feast of the Epiphany

8.00am. John McCarron RIP

9.15am. Stephen Cronin RIP

10.30am.Margaret Brookes RIP

12 noon. Michael & Raymond

Sullivan RIP

6.00pm. All Parishioners

Monday 6th January

10.00am. St. Thomas’

Members RIP

Tuesday 7th January

10.00am. Bridie Ryan RIP

Wednesday 8th January

10.00am. Daughters of the

Holy Spirit

Thursday 9th January

10.00am. Nora Finnegan &

Family RIP

Friday 10th January

10.00am. Philip Leighton RIP

Saturday 11th January

9.30am. Rosaleen Cronin RIP

6.00pm. Breda Keane RIP

Sunday 12th January Feast of the Baptism

of the Lord

8.00am. Hanley Family RIP

9.15am. Gladys Connell RIP

10.30am. All Parishioners

12.00noon. Con McCauley RIP

6.00pm. Seamus McAuley RIP

Parish Priest’s Corner No Parish Surgery until Thursday 16th.

The celebration of the Epiphany, meaning “manifestation”, is like a second Christmas. It is, in fact, the Christmas of the Eastern Churches. It proclaims that the child Jesus belongs to and is given to the whole world as its Saviour. With the magi the world brings to him its variety of gifts: its culture, its many-sidedness, its different identities. And we here, like the people from other nations, bring him the gift of ourselves: our faith, our fidelity, our love, as we meet him in prayer and in people, especially the poorest.

♫♫ On a lighter note At a recent choir practice, a definition was sought for the musical term “syncopation”. Joe our organist defined this as a “rapid movement between bars”. Some of our choir agreed to try it out after the choir practice.

Fr. Gabby C.Ss.R.

Collection: £1,925.12

CAFOD: £87.31

Holy Souls: £20.04

Zimbabwe: £5.28

Thank you

for your

generosity

PLEASE PRAY FOR: Br idget Sullivan and Helen Hartley who are sick and for

David Grew, Pauline Richards, James “Christie” Kelly and Peter Branigan (formerly

Moorend Lane) who have died.

N O EVENING MASSES this week as Fr. Maguire and Fr Dickinson will be in

Hawkstone at the annual Redemptorist get-together. Fr. Francis Barrett C.H.S. will celebrate the morning Mass.

ADORATION OF THE BLESSED SACRAMENT: will resume on 13th January. The church will be closed after morning Mass this week. SCHOOL STARTS BACK: Welcome back to a new term and hopefully you are all well rested.

HELP NEEDED to take down the Christmas decorations after the 10.00am Mass on Monday 6th January. DON’T FORGET to visit the cr ib and see the visit of the Magi. HOLY SHOP back to normal opening hours from Monday 6th January. 10.30-12noon and 2.30 – 3.45pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, closed all day Wednesday.

LENT STUDY GROUPS 2014: Churches together in Erdington invite you to join in with this year’s Lent Groups. The Lent groups are held in volunteers’ homes and the groups are made up of an ecumenical mix of people. If you would like to share in the groups this year then please sign up on the list in the church porch. The list has to be returned by 19th January. Meetings begin week commencing 10th March SERVICE OF CHIRSTIAN UNITY on Sunday 19th January at 4.00pm, at Erdington Methodist

Church, Station Road. Theme: Christ Divided.

COFFEE MORNING will start again this Wednesday 8th January after the morning Mass. Please come along.

PRAYER GROUP start back again at the Abbey Hall on Thursday 9th January at 8.00pm. ABBEY 750 + TOTE : Winning numbers were 6,10,20 & 21. Just one winner GM Brookes receives £84 and three bonus winners A Kowalczk, J McDonald and F M Kelly.

Next Weeks Jackpot will be £550 Be in it to win it!

Solemnity of the Epiphany of the Lord Mass Book Page 115 5th January 2014