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 By appointment

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 23rd July 2017 Sarah Reynia Sunday 30th July 2017 Bernard Cannon Sunday 6th August 2017 Ann Glennon Sunday 13th August 2017 Caroline Holland Sunday 20th August 2017 Vincent Sampays 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. For further information please contact Andrew Farrell on 07767831548 or Brian Green on 01527 543111

Mount Carmel Seniors Group

Thursdays at 2.30pm St Benedict’s

August 10th Afternoon Tea NB 1.30pm August 15th Trip to Moreton-in-the-Marsh Market and Steam Train ride in the afternoon August 24th Bingo September 7th Shared Table

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Visit St Chad’s Cathedral ..

A Victorian Gothic masterpiece by AWN Pugin, St Chad’s was the first Catholic Cathedral to be built in England after the Reformation. Opening times: Thursday/Friday 7th/8th September 10am—12 noon Tours begin at 10am. Saturday/Sunday 9th/10th September 1.30pm—3.30pm Tours begin at 1.30pm (Maximum 40 people per day) To book contact Karla Lowes on 0121 230 6215 or email cathedral.visits@rc-birmingham.org Bookings close Monday 4th September at 3pm NB This event is not suitable for children under the age of 10

Vacancy at Maryvale Programmes Administration Assistant to provide organisation-al, administrative and secretarial support to assist in the suc-cessful delivery of the Institute’s Higher Education courses. Full-time post, non-residential. For full job description & further information contact Mrs R Bannister, Academic Registrar, Maryvale Institute, Old Oscott Hill, Birmingham B44 9AG registry@maryvale.ac.uk Completed applications should be accompanied by a copy of applicant’s CV and a covering letter indicating how their quali-fications, skills and experience match the requirements of the post. They should be sent to Mrs Rita Bannister at the above address. The closing date for receipt of applications is Thurs-day 31st August and interviews will be held during the week commencing 11th September.

The Parish Safeguarding Representatives are

Mrs Jane Craig & Mrs Linda Gordon

Coffee Shop

at St Benedict’s,

Batchley

Wednesdays

10am—12noon

Legion of Mary Mondays 10am Parish Centre All welcome

Thought for the day ….

Today, the liturgy invites us to focus our gaze on this mystery of light. On the transfigured face of Jesus a ray of light which he held within shines forth. This same light was to shine on Christ’s face on the day of the Resurrection. In this sense, the Transfiguration appears as a foretaste of the Paschal Mystery. The Transfiguration invites us to open the eyes of our hearts to the mystery of God’s light, present throughout salvation history. God’s light henceforth illumines defini-tively human life and the course of history: ‘I am the light of the world’, he says in the Gospel, ‘he who follows me will not walk in darkness, but will have the light of life’ (Jn 8:12) Pope Benedict XVI

St Benedict’s Social Centre

The continuing decline in the use of St Benedict’s club at Batchley gives rise to the need to examine how we might make more use of this resource in the future. To this end the Parish is making an application for a Lottery Grant in order to carry out a feasibility study in relation to local requirements for such a facility.

Outstanding Membership Payments

Those wishing to bring their membership payments up to date can make payments directly to the club or at the Parish office.

Committee Members

The Constitution of the Club requires a minimum of 2 practicing Catholics to be on the committee. We urgently need at least one other parishioner to put themselves forward for consideration for this role.

Exploring the

World of the

Bible

Beginning Friday September 22nd, 11am-12noon in the Parish Centre, thereafter the first

Friday of each month, 11am-12 noon, during school term time

Annual Pilgrimage to Harvington Hall

Shrine of the English Martyrs

Sunday 3rd September

Principal Celebrant & Preacher Rt Rev Robert Byrne Auxiliary Bishop of Birmingham. 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 essential that you bring your own chairs

Mount Carmel 500 Club July Winners

1st Prize £140 No 345 Vilma Willis 2nd Prize £40 No 382 John & Ann McNaughton 3rd Prize £20 No 110 Trevor Jarvis

Monday 14th August 2pm—4pm Mount Carmel presbytery garden A free event, this time exploring the theme of ‘feet’!

We will be using paint, jelly, water and more—come and have fun getting messy! Check for more details on the Messy Church Redditch Facebook page.

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 Craig Davies, Fr Cornelius Safe

Permanent Deacons: Revs Des Chilton & Peter Griffiths

NEWSLETTER 1772 FEAST OF THE TRANSFIGURATION SUNDAY 6TH AUGUST 2017

Parish Mass Book 101, Daniel 7:9-10.13-14, Psalm 96, 2 Peter 1:16-19, Gospel Matthew 17:1-9

PARISH WEBSITE UPDATE: www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk Journey in Faith, Baptism Enquiries, Wedding Enquiries etc,

Mass Times & Intentions

Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord

Week beginning Sunday 6th August 2017

Saturday Mount Carmel 5.00 pm Fr Bede Moore Hadzor 5.00 pm Theodore Howard Galton

Sunday Mount Carmel 8.15 am Peggy O’Connor 9.45 am Mass in Polish 11.15 am People of the Parish 6.00 pm Audrey Stott Alvechurch 9.45 am Stella Griffiths Feckenham 10.15 am Martin Daly

Monday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Sean O’Brien Norah Hughes

Tuesday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Danuta Daniak 11.00 am Funeral Mass James Doyle 6.00 pm Latin Mass (EF) Holy Souls

Wednesday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am All the Holy Souls in Purgatory esp. members of FOSS 12 noon Funeral Mass Sandra Fitzpatrick 5.00 pm Mass in Polish

Thursday

Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Martha Wegrzyn (b’day a) 6.30 pm Exposition 7.00 pm Michael Gorman

Friday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Gerard Porter (b’day a) Kath Harkin 3.00 pm Memorial Mass for Joe O’Donnell 5.00 pm Mass in Polish

Saturday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Annie Dooley

(The following fulfils Sunday Obligation) Mount Carmel 5.00 pm Alice Edwards Hadzor 5.00 pm People of the Parish

Nineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr A

Week beginning Sunday 13th August 2017 Mount Carmel 8.15 am Aidan Hayes 9.45 am Mass in Polish 11.15 am Mary Rogers (b’day a) 5.00 pm Reception of Body Amy Kearney-Armburst 6.00 pm Ints of Biddy Smith & family Alvechurch 9.45 am Ints of Cara Hooper Feckenham 10.15 am Margaret Dix

Parish Diary ….

Sunday Feast of the Transfiguration of the Lord Psalter Week 2

Counting Team E Monday 10am Legion of Mary in Parish Centre 7.30pm Narcotics Anonymous in Parish Centre

Wednesday 6pm Aid to the Church in Need Prayer Meeting

Saturday Tea & Coffee in the Parish Centre after 5pm Mass Tea & Coffee after 5pm Hadzor in the Newman Room

Flowers : Anne & Ella Colley Sunday Nineteenth Week in Ordinary Time, Year A, Psalter Week 3

Counting Team F _____________________________________________________________________________

Grand Raffle Winners—unclaimed prizes

8th Prize Napoleon Brandy Ticket No 00069 Louella d’Lyma 13th Prize Hardy’s Sauvignon Blanc Ticket No 02205 Tel 61777 14th Prize First Cape Shiraz Ticket No 01747 Joe O’Hara 15th Prize Baron St Jean White Ticket No 02617 Tel 65142 Lin

BOTTLE RAFFLE unclaimed prizes

6th Prize Cava—Cara Hopper 13th Prize Kenmore Scotch—Adam Roberts

Archery Prize Isabella Vane : Minion Sweets, Kyle Willis : Milk Tray Rachael Ganderton : Luxury Chocs

Treasure Hunt Owen Wood (Red Bag) Up the Ladder Maggie Middleton (Yellow Bag) Name the Dog Shep—Ruby Davidson (07970 263799) Test Your Dexterity Adult Adam Roberts (After Shave) Child Olivier Kabinsla (3D Puzzle)

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

Tuesday Evenings 6.30pm-7pm

GOING INTO HOSPITAL—IMPORTANT

Please let us know if you are going into hospital.

It is ESSENTIAL that you ask for a Catholic Chaplain

Monday Saint Sixtus, Pope or of

St Cajetan

(+258) St Sixtus was persecuted by the Emperor Valerian. While he was celebrating Mass, he was taken prisoner and put to death with four of his deacons. His name is included in the Roman Canon. (1480-1547) St Cajetan was remarkable for his spirit of prayer and charity. His great zeal in seeking the salvation of souls earned him the title ‘Hunter of Souls’. He is founder of the Con-gregation of Clerks regular, the Theatines.

Tuesday Saint Dominic

(1170-1221) St Dominic was born in Calahorra, Spain. He worked tirelessly to uproot the Albigensian heresy. He was outstanding for his learning and love of poverty. He is the found-er of the Order of Preachers (Dominicans).

Wednesday Feast of Saint Teresa Benedicta

of the Cross (Edith Stein)

(1891-1942) St Teresa Benedicta was born Edith Stein in Wroclaw (now in Poland, but then in the German province of Silesia), the eleventh child of a Jewish family. She showed great ability in her philosophical studies and became a popular lectur-er and writer. After reading the autobiography of St Teresa of Avila, she sought baptism in 1922 and eleven years later joined the Carmelites at Cologne. She was moved to Carmel at Echt, Netherlands, to avoid the growing Nazi threat but was eventual-ly arrested, and gassed in Auschwitz on 9th August 1942.

Thursday Feast of Saint Lawrence

(3rd century) St Lawrence was a Roman deacon. He died four days after Pope Sixtus II, during the persecution of Valerian. Arrested by the prefect and called on to deliver up the property of the church, his answer was to point to a crowd of poor people. ‘Here are the true treasures of the Church,’ he said. He was roasted to death on the gridiron.

Friday Saint Clare

(1193-1253) She imitated St Francis of Assisi in the virtue of poverty and was remarkable for her penitent life. She founded the Order of Poor Clares.

Saturday Saint Jane Frances de Chantal

or of Our Lady on Saturday

(1572-1641) St Jane Frances de Chantal was born in Dijon, France. She was happily married and had four children. Her husband was killed in a hunting accident. Nine years later with the help of her spiritual director, St Francis de Sales, she founded the Order of the Visitation, which was dedicated to the works of Charity among the sick and the poor.

Lamp at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt Carmel

This week the lamp burns in for MARTHA & JAN WEGRZYN ….. Next week the lamp burns in loving memory of ANNIE SMITH (BIRTHDAY ANNIVERSARY)

Lamp at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart

This week the lamp burns in loving memory of BRIAN MANDER ….. Next week the lamp burns for VOCATIONS TO THE RELIGIOUS LIFE

For the dead ...

Your prayers are asked for JAMES DOYLE Tuesday 8th August at 11am, SANDRA FITZPATRICK Funeral 12 noon Wednesday 9th August, AMY KEARNEY-ARMBURST Reception of Body Sunday 13th August at 5pm, Funeral Mass 12 noon Monday 14th August, PAUL CLEARY Funeral Service 12.30pm Wednesday 16th August at the Abbey Chapel, PATRICIA ROLINSON Funeral Mass Monday 21st August at 11.30am, DANUTA DANIAK formerly of Redditch, CHARLES (CHICO) MORRICE, GAETANO ROSSANO Reception of Body Tuesday 22nd August at 5pm, Funeral Mass Wednesday 23rd August at 12.30pm. 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, Carmel

Fiolka, Fred & Pauline Clarke, Jane-Christina Thomson, Bob & Caroline Holland, Mick Halloran, Allan Barber, Chris Figgett, Kitty Fanning, Thomas Henry Burnside, Bridget Heatley, Win-ifreda Olga Hall, Brian & Devan Dixon, Pat Conner, Ita Hayes, Margaret Daly, Maureen Reavey, Gregory & Linda Daniel, Maura Lee, Chris Whyte, Margaret Clarke, Sean Harkin, Anthony Obin-na, Margaret Leonard, Mary Hickey, Kath Harkin, Bill & Julie Hopkins, Peter Daniel, Rita Wilson, Pat Davis, Grazyna, Kazik & Krzys Juszkiewicz, Bill Wilson, Delia Bree, Gino Belmonte, John Henry Birtle, Martin Twomey, Mgt Maddison, Fiona Shortt, Jane Elliott, Selina Kilker, James Daniel Durrant, Gillian Reeves, Biddy Smith, Trish Blundell, Andrew Quinn

Congratulations …..

We welcome into God’s family ORLA McBRIDE & ALFIE PREECE baptised last Sunday at Mount Carmel

Congratulations also to …..

Dominic Liddell & Kelly Turner married at Mount Carmel last weekend. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________

The Big Bible Study 2017

Saturday 30th September

St George’s Catholic Church,

Worcester

Registration from 9.30am, 10am-1pm. Led by Rev Alison Mackay HEBA Regional Baptist Minister, Most Rev Bernard Longley, Archbishop of Birming-ham, Rt Rev John Inge, Bishop of Worcester. PRAY, STUDY, EAT—£4 per person

WEEKLY STATISTICS

Weekend 29/30 July 2017 1st Collection £684.42 2nd Collection £365.66 Attendance 576 (No Polish Mass count) These figures do not include Standing Orders

SAINTS & FEASTS FOR THE WEEK …

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 a weekday 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.