Parish Priest: Fr. Sean Gough 

St. Anne’s Church, 281a Bosworth Drive, Chelmsley Wood B37 5DP.

St Anthony’s Church, Oakthorpe Drive, Kingshurst, B37 6H.

 E-Mail:  stanne-chelmsleywood.bham@rcaob.org.uk                      

                                                    Tel: 0121 770 3283                                      

                                              Web Site www.stannesb37.uk

Confessions

St Anthony’s: Saturdays 4.15 – 4.45 pm 

St Anne’s: Fridays 7 – 7.15pm & Sundays 10 – 10.30 am

Message from Fr Sean

Message from the Fr Sean

I am pleased to be able to resume the weekday masses going forward. There will be adoration of the blessed sacrament for an hour prior to the weekday masses.

Please note that the solemnity of the Assumption of our Lady is a holy day of obligation in England and Wales, which means we should treat going to mass on this day with the same seriousness as a Sunday. On this day we celebrate the bodily assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary into heaven at the end of her Earthly life. In Mary we see a sign of hope of the fulfilment of God’s redemptive plans to share with all his disciples: eternal and perfect, yet fully human, life and communion with the resurrected Jesus in heaven. 

Fr Sean

DEATHS

 Please pray for the happy repose of the souls of Barrington Brown, Sister Therese, Marcia Irons, Lena Lynch, Michael McKinney, Jack Byrne, Cornelius (Tommy) Flannery, Eugene Halpin, Mary Murphy, Philip Farrell, Barbara Jordan, May Mullen, Kathleen Smith, Christopher Donnelly, Anthony Daly, Henriqueta Magalhaes, Rita Hodgetts, Dolly Fitzpatrick, Chris Bullivant, Marie Farrell, and the souls of all the recently deceased.

May their souls and the souls of all the faithful departed rest in peace, Amen.

Collections W/c 27/07/2025

St Anne’s: £230.41  (GAD £37.00)

Ss. John & Anthony’s: 27.7.25- £288.43 (GAD £50.00)

                              3.8.25- £345.33 (GAD 102.26)

                                              Apostleship of the Sea- £130.80

Thank you for your kind generosity and continuing support to all collections.

Baptismal Talks:

  If you would like to have a child baptised, please speak to Fr Sean after Mass.

Mass Intentions and Votive Lamps

Intentions for Masses should be made using the envelopes in church, indicating your intention and enclosing your donation. To have a lamp for the Blessed Sacrament (Sanctuary Lamp) or for Our Lady lit for your intention please use the same envelope indicating that it is for a lamp..

Sanctuary Lamp:  People of the Parish

Our Lady’s Lamp: Sick of the Parish

Church Rotas W/c 10/08/2025

 Counters: Chris Hopkins

Cleaning: Betty, Linda and Lily

GOING INTO HOSPITAL:  

Please inform the hospital Chaplain (Fr Roger Raven- 0121 424 1369) and the Parish Priest  (see notices page above,  for full details)

BONUS BALL

2.8.25: No. 56- Linda Evans

SUNDAY MORNING REFRESHMENTS

Parishioners, families and friends are warmly invited to join together in the lounge bar every Sunday morning after 11.00am Mass, where tea, coffee and biscuits are served. This is a lovely opportunity to come together, socialise and get to know other members of the parish.

Tea Dance 

Please come and join us on Wednesday 27th of August 2025, 1.00 - 3.00pm in the Parish Centre. The entrance fee is £2, to help those in need in our community, and there will be the usual bingo and raffle. Future tea dances will be on 24th September and 29th October.

GIFT AID St ANNES 2025/2026

Gift Aid Envelopes for New Donors are still available for the current year

If you are are making regular offerings to the church and are a current tax payer you are eligible to join the Gift Aid Scheme. It is simple to join and is not intrusive. The benefit is that for every £1 you donate, the church receives a further £0.25 from the government. This is money for nothing and is a major source of revenue for the Parish.

STANDING ORDERS

A considerable number of Parishioners now make donations by Standing Order, in most cases monthly. These can be for either GAD or Non Gad.

.Would anyone who is interested in setting up a Standing Order or joining the Gift Aid Scheme

Please contact me on 07752384476 

Thank you for your co-operation.

Eric Richards

St Anne’s Parish Gift Aid Co-ordinator

CLEANERS REQUIRED

We are in need of a more volunteers to help with the cleaning of St Anne's church, we are down to 3 teams and we need a minimum of 4. If you can offer an hour once a month, please see Betty Wells or leave your name and telephone number with Father Sean or Deacon Stuart. Your support will be greatly appreciated. Thank you.