About St Dunstan And St Jude'S Parish
St Dunstan's and St Jude's are Catholic churches based in the Kings Heath and Maypole areas of Birmingham.
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PARISH SOCIAL QUIZ NIGHT
Tickets are now on sale for the Parish Quiz Night on Saturday 29th February. There can be up to 6 people in each team. Either come as part of a team or join a team on the night.
The bar will be open for drinks and snacks. ... £60 cash prize for the winning team!
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OUR LADY OF LOURDES
Today marks the first apparition of the Blessed Virgin Mary in 1858 to fourteen year old Marie Bernard - St Bernadette. There were eighteen apparitions in all. The message of Lourdes is a call to personal conversion, prayer and charity.
Our Lady of Lourdes, pray for us.
THE GOD WHO SPEAKS This evening we gathered for the first of our evenings looking at St Matthew's Gospel. Tonight we looked at the Genealogy, the Birth of Jesus and the visit of the Wise Men.
As we gather to pray the First Saturday devotions to Our Blessed Lady, why not consider this when praying the rosary....
Don't forget this Saturday evening, 1st February, we are launching our new Children's Choir. All children, aged from Year 3 upwards are welcome to come along. Rehearsal in church at 4.45pm ready for Mass at 5.30pm.
We extend our prayers and congratulations to Fr Philip as he celebrates today his 24th anniversary since Ordination to the Sacred Priesthood. Ad multos annos!
PRAYER FOR HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL DAY
God of the past, present, and future, we remember today, 75 years since the liberation of Auschwitz, the six million Jews murdered in the Holocaust, the millions of other victims of Nazi persecution, and all those who have been targeted and killed in subsequent genocides.
We remember those who, having survived genocide, share their stories with us. We give thanks to You for the lessons of human stories, both in their suffering and in their jo...y. We remember those who stood up against injustice and saved lives. We give thanks to You for their example. Together we acknowledge the sacrifice of those that stood together with those who suffered during the Holocaust and other genocides. And we affirm that every life is loved by You and sacred. Yet, during the Holocaust too many failed to stand together with their neighbours. Oppression stains Your world and contradicts Your love.
We pray that You will inspire us now as we stand together on this day in the love that we know of God in Christ Jesus. Let us commit to remembering and glorify God in our words and actions. We make these prayers in the name of Christ Jesus who, through His life, death, and resurrection, journeys with us into the eternal hope of Your truth and light. Amen.
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"Each day, let us read a verse or two of the Bible. Let us begin with the Gospel: Let us keep it open on our table, carry it in our pocket, read it on our cell phones, and allow it to inspire us daily. We will discover that God is close to us, that he dispels our darkness and, with great love, leads our lives into deep waters.”
Pope Francis Vatican City, 26 January 2020
'CANTATE VOICES' is a new children’s choir which we are starting in the Parish. The choir will sing for the Vigil Mass on the First Saturday of each month at St Dunstan’s beginning on 1st February. Any children (from Year 3 above) who would like to be part of the choir are asked to come along to a rehearsal starting at 4.45pm on Saturday 1st February in St Dunstan’s Church.
FEAST OF THE CONVERSION OF ST PAUL
WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
"We are invited in this year’s Week Of Prayer for Christian Unity materials to see God working through people and places which offer unusual kindness. If only we would do the appropriate kind of looking."
Bob Fyffe, General Secretary, Churches Together in Britain and Ireland
THE ANGELUS PROMISE is to endeavour to pray the Angelus at least once a day. All are invited to make this promise for a renewal of the Faith in England, Mary's Dowry. In the parish, all Masses will begin with the Angelus. Why not make it part of your devotions in your own home?
DATE FOR YOUR DIARY
Our next Parish Social is a Quiz Night on Saturday 29th February in the Parish Social Centre.
There can be up to 6 people in each team. You can either come as part of a team or join a team on the night. The bar will be open for drinks and snacks.
A big thank you to everyone who came along last night and supported our Parish Social Film Night.
Today on the Archdiocese of Birmingham Vocations Prayer Calendar, we pray for Martin Casey, a diaconate student and one of our parishioners.
YOUTH GROUP RE-LAUNCH Re-launch of Youth Group this Wednesday, 6.30pm to 8.00pm, in the Conference Room at St Dunstan's. Anyone aged 10 and above are welcome to come along.