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

Feckenham Ecumenical Prayer Group Meet every Wednesday at 9.15am in the Anglican Parish Church

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

Please pray for the following priests of the diocese -

Sunday 5th July Fr Peter Jones Monday 6th July Fr Michael Jordan Tuesday 7th July Fr Patrick Joyce Wednesday 8th July Fr Anthony Joyce Thursday 9th July Fr Justin Karakadu Friday 10th July Fr Jason Kariopai Saturday 11th July Fr Dominic Kavanagh

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 28th June Bridie McConnell Sunday 5th July Teresa Gill Sunday 12th July Bernard Cannon Sunday 19th July 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.

The Catenian Association

‘Strengthening family life through friendship and faith’ The Redditch Circle meets on the Third Thursday of every month 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 In July we welcome our ladies who will join us for dinner. We also welcome our National President and his wife.

SPONSORSHIP NEEDED Helen Tuite, member of the parish and SVP Group, is taking part in an Olympic Triathlon on SUNDAY 19 JULY in Sutton Park to try and raise £1000 for the MS Society. The money will be used to pay for physio sessions for local MS sufferers. It comprises a mile swim in the lake, 24 mile bike ride followed by a 6 mile run. Helen’s father suffered with MS for over 40 years and she wanted to do something that would help people with MS in a practical way. If you would like to sponsor Helen go to https://www.justgiving.com/HelenTuite-Tri2015 or contact her on 07941 416303

HELP NEEDED A parishioner requires assistance with garden maintenance—if you can help please contact 01527 520327

@ Our Lady

of Mount

Carmel

August 17th 2-4pm in the presbytery garden. Theme: OUR BEAUTIFUL WORLD.

A chance for children and families to explore their faith in a fun and creative way. There will be lots of FREE crafts and activities, plus a small session of praise to thank God. You can turn up on the day with no advanced booking needed and the event is open to all children and families of all ages.

Thank you

A big thank you to all those who helped with Summer Fete last Sunday afternoon and to those of you who contributed in any way either by attending or donating. A lovely afternoon was had by all and the total raised after all expenses was £2241.88. If anyone is interested in the details of what each stall raised, there is a A5 sheet available in the side porches giving this information. Raffle winners elsewhere on the newsletter.

Mount Carmel Seniors Group

Thursdays at 2.30pm St Benedict’s

16th July Cup of tea & chat with bowling & demo on seated exercise 23rd July Trip to the Lavender Fields (FULL) 6th August Cup of tea & chat with bowling 20th August Visit to Buckingham Palace 3rd September Talk on ‘Action Energy’ 6th September Trip to Ireland

Forthcoming events :

Tewkesbury Market & Boat Trip to Upton-on-Severn 22nd October 6 day holiday to Scotland £228.00

Mount Carmel 500 Club Draw

First Prize £140 No 295 John Lovett Second Prize £40 No 127 Catherine Conboy Third Prize £20 No 217 Bernadette Dempsey

Pilgrimage to Fatima

There is a spare place on this pilgrimage which leaves Birmingham on Thursday 9th July. It is only suitable for a female as it is a shared room. A lift to Birmingham is available. If interested please contact Mike Daly on 01793 829381.

Dance Friday 10th July at St Benedict’s 9pm

Music for all tastes by KEMASTREE Admission £4 on the door

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 1663 FOURTEENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME YEAR B 5TH JULY 2015

Page 45 Ezekiel 2:2-5 Psalm 122 2 Corinthians 12:7-10 Gospel Mark 6:1-6

SPONSORED WALK— Sunday 26th July

9.30am at Mount Carmel

Everyone welcome

The Parish AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED society is organizing a spon-sored walk to help raise funds for persecuted Christians in the world. It will start at 9:30am at Mount Carmel and go around the Arrow Valley Lake and back. Everyone is welcome to join the walk even just to stretch their legs! If you would like a SPONSOR FORM contact the Parish Office. If you want to DONATE online please use the visit the website www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk and click on the sponsored walk.

Mount Carmel Church Children’s Choir

Parents, if any of your children are interested in joining this choir, please give your name and con-tact details to either Fr. David or Mrs Mayne after Mass or the parish office during the week.

ALL CHILDREN WELCOME!

CARMELITE SPIRITUALITY GROUP

At each meeting there is a talk on Carmelite Spirituality, lectio divina (prayerful meditation on scripture) and a shared lunch. Next Meetings in the Parish Centre at Mount Carmel Church Saturday 4th July, 1st August —Start with tea/coffee at 11:15am and finish after shared lunch at 1.45pm. ALL WELCOME!

www.ourladyofmountcarmel.co.uk PARISH WEBSITE UPDATE: First Holy Communion Baptism Enquiries, Wedding Enquiries and Going into Hospital can now be made via the Parish Website.

Mass Times & Intentions

Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B

Week beginning Sunday 5th July 2015

Saturday Mount Carmel 5.00 pm John Breen Hadzor 5.00 pm People of the Parish

Sunday Mount Carmel 8.30 am Norah O’Hara 9.45 am Polish Mass 11.00 am Ena O’Brien (a) 6.00 pm Julianna Alvechurch 9.45 am George, Valerie & Paddy Higgins Feckenham 10.15 am Ints of Brian & Carolyn Green (50th Wedd Anniv)

Monday St Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Thanksgiving Mass for FHC Christa, Ayana, Elvin, Alvin & Felix 5.00 pm Reception of Body Dolores Bowen

Tuesday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Catherine Cornyn (a) 11.00 am Funeral Mass Dolores Bowen 6.30 pm Kathleen & James Beattie (a) Mt Carmel Sch 9.20 am

Wednesday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Ints of Kathleen Wiseman 5.00 pm Polish Mass

Thursday Ss Augustine Zhao Rong & Companions Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Ints of Liam & Annie Doona 6.30 pm Exposition 7.00 pm John Smith (a)

Friday Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Kay Reagan 5.00 pm Polish Mass St Bede’s Sch 8.30 am

Saturday FEAST of St Benedict

Mount Carmel 9.10 am Morning Prayer 9.30 am Mary O’Gorman 11.30 am Keralan Patronal Feast Day The following fulfils Sunday Obligation Mount Carmel 5.00 pm Simon Quinlan Hadzor 5.00 pm Jamie Green (a)

Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Yr B

Week beginning Sunday 12th July 2015 Mount Carmel 8.30 am James & Eileen Herlihy 9.45 am Polish Mass 11.00 am Theresa Oates 6.00 pm People of the Parish Alvechurch 9.45 am Michael Callaghan Feckenham 10.15 am Liam Boyd ________________________________________________________________________________________________

Parish Diary ….

Sunday Fourteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B Psalter Week 2 Aid to the Church in Need Appeal after Mass

Monday 5pm Legion of Mary 7pm Choir Practice in church 7pm STB Full Governors’ Meeting 7.15pm STA Full Governors’ Meeting

Wednesday 6pm ACN Meeting in Presbytery

Thursday 5.30pm STM Finance & Buildings Committee

Friday

Saturday 11.30am Keralan Patronal Feast Day in church and garden Tea & Coffee after 5pm Mass in the Parish Centre Tea & Coffee in the Newman Room after 5pm Mass at Hadzor

Sunday Fifteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year B Psalter Week 3 Churches together in Alvechurch & Rowney Green Joint Service at St Mary’s, Alvechurch

Confessions at Mount Carmel

During Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament followed by Benediction Saturdays 10-10.50am

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.

TREE OF HOPE

The tree of hope is near the shrine of Our Lady of Mount Carmel for anyone who wishes to hang a leaf for their own particular petition or sorrow. Feel free to take a leaf anytime and write a name or message on it to hang on the tree and spend sometime in prayer.

St Thomas More First School

Summer Fete 2pm—4.30pm

GRAND RAFFLE WINNERS

1st Prize £200 Ticket 2791 Teresa Shepherd 2nd Prize £100 Ticket 2050 Telephone 542889 3rd Prize £50 Ticket 263 Craig taken 4th Prize Large Hamper Ticket 1590 G McGroarty taken 5th Prize Small Hamper Ticket 1115 S Gibbon 68518 6th Prize Port Set Ticket 1981 Evie Telephone 528161 7th Prize Grouse Whisky Ticket 2121 Mary Messer 8th Prize Smirnoff Vodka Ticket 1828 M Edmonds taken 9th Prize Gordon’s Gin Ticket 352 Nick Gordon 543085 10th Prize Harveys Sherry Ticket 2877 Helen 459554 11th Prize Brandy Ticket 418 Angela 07864 959598 12th Prize Port Ticket 899 Judy Reynolds taken 13th Prize Baileys Ticket 322 Ann Malin Tel 893900 14th Prize Martini Prosecco Ticket 1008 Marie 07780115646 15th Prize Cimarosa Red Wine Ticket 1474 K Shenton 64743 16th Prize Cimarosa Red Wine Ticket 1554 Trevor Hughes 17th Prize Rosso Red Wine Ticket 2169 Teresa Shepherd 18th Prize Baron Red Wine Ticket 1051 Val Fanning 19th Prize Bianco Wine Ticket 2534 M Stubbings 543512 20th Prize Merlot Ticket 740 A Browning 21st Prize Rouge Pays Doc Wine Ticket 2185 Barratt taken 22nd Prize Kumala Chardonay Ticket 2831 Norton 544553 23rd Prize Rouge Pays Doc Wine Ticket 1627 Barbara Holder 24th Prize Lindemans Red Wine Ticket 1971 Josh 528161 25th Prize First Cape Zinfandel Ticket 972 Ella Slattery 26th Prize Thorntons Milk & Dark Ticket 1964 Angie 585605 27th Prize Thorntons Summer Ticket 2722 Carina taken 28th Prize Thorntons Premier Ticket 461 A Smith 01214451374 29th Prize Fox’s Biscuits Ticket 533 C Spencer 07514 073114 30th Prize Milk Tray Ticket 231 Laurence Read 61421 31st Prize Ferrer Rocher Ticket 1044 Frances Quigley taken 32nd Prize Grisbi Choc Biscuits Ticket 1991 Peter Daniel 33rd Prize Grisbi Lemon Biscuits Ticket 326 A Malin taken Alternative Raffle

Large Hamper Peter Baker Preserves Selection Tom Enright Milk Tray Claire Csepcsany Grisbi Lemon Biscuits Cath Hooper Lemon Grisbi Brian Webb Catenian Raffle

Cabernet Shiraz K Morton 183 Pinot Grigio D Cruise 153 Children’s tombola Mya Cattell Children’s Games Frank Knight

Lamp at the Shrine of Our Lady of Mt Carmel

This week the lamp burns for the intentions of the WOLLARD FAMILY .... next week the lamp burns for the intentions of ELLA & HER FAMILY

Lamp at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart

This week the lamp burns in loving memory of MARY STEVENS (ANNIVERSARY) next week for the intentions of WILSON LASERNA

For the dead ...

Your prayers are asked for DOLORES BOWEN Reception of Body Tuesday 6th July at 5pm, Funeral Mass Wednesday 7th July at 11am, MARGUERITE FROGGATT Funeral Service Monday 13th July at 1.15pm in the Abbey Chapel, NICHOLAS WILSON Funeral Mass 12 noon Tuesday 14th July. 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, Chris Burke, Selina Kilker, Mary Hickey, 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, Martin Webb, Joseph Curtagar, Cynthia Williams, Gina (SVP), Teresa Grantham, Edwin McGlynn, Dave Pugh, Francis Latchford, Simon Taylor, Lilian Lee, Lottie Hatcher, Fiona Short, John Gannon, John Gill, Phyllis O’Brien, Mary Hillier, Bridget Wynne, Margaret Hughes, Lily Robinson, Kitty Fanning, Thomas Henry Burnside, Bridget Heatley, Winifreda Olga Hall, Mike McLarney, Teresa Cole, Kathleen Donovan, Brian & Devan Dixon, James Vaughan, Jill Bennett, Kerry Boyd, Zofia Srebniak, Andrew Berry, Pat Conner, Aidan & Ita Hayes, Margaret Beddows, Helen Hardwick, Kate Shenton, Dawn & Alex Robinson, Margaret Daly, Clifford & Christopher Browne, Michael Smith, Michael Burke, Andrea Ferguson, Loretta Burns, Charlie Walker, Maureen Reavey, Lynda Rose, Ann Lowe, Michael O’Leary, baby Ellis Morbey, Peter Daniel, Emma Martin, Jim Gallagher, James Cull, Daisy Mae Williams (aged 3), Pat O’Boyle, Sas Burford, Jackie Gallagher, Jayden Reyes (aged 10), G Smith, Megan Collier, Cee Sheriden (Hadzor), Thelma Edwin, Martin Twomey, Gregory Daniel, Maura Lee, Kath McDermott, Sheila Nicholson, Gordon Taylor, John Laugharne, Dick Bell, Timothy Mills, Tony Gillespie, Rob Court, Chris Whyte, Margaret Clarke, Paul Kearns, Joyce Tremeer, Philip Broom, Darren Merrick, Alan Purvis, Paul Woodward, Brigit Broom, Oscar Rees, Monty Breslin, Judy Mitten, Nellie Gilbert, C J McColgan, Sean Harkin, Albert Cowley, Anthony Obinna

Congratulations to ...

We welcome into God’s family LOCI-JAXX SPENCER-SMITH, OLIVER & HARRY MURPHY baptised last Sunday at Mount Carmel

WEEKLY STATISTICS

Weekend 27/28 June 2015 1st Collection £783.75 2nd Collection £354.70 Attendance No count for 5pm, 11am & 6pm (No Polish Count)

Baptism To arrange for the baptism of your child/children you will need to contact the parish office on 01527 63096 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 12.30pm 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.

(Malayalam) Monthly Mass 6.15pm Rosary followed by Mass,

First Saturday of the month