DIAL FOR MASS We are trying a new system where you can just use your telephone to listen to Sunday Mass. It is important that only people who do not have the internet use this because we only have 50 spaces for callers. It is very simple, on Sunday Morning from 10.55 am onwards phone 0333 0164 757 then when asked for the room number, dial: 50078530 # and then when asked for the pin number, dial: 4441 # This will take you straight through to the phone in church and you will be able to listen to Mass. Let us know if it works!

COLETTE BOWMAN expresses her deep gratitude for everyone’s Masses, prayers, support and acts of kindness. Particular thanks to St Michael’s SVP members. God Bless you all, for the Christian love always shown to her mother, Kathleen Bowman, in her life and now her death. May she rest in Peace. (Her funeral was on Friday 29th May.)

WHEN WILL THE CHURCHES BE OPEN? I am sure many people feel frustrated when seeing that more shops will be opening soon and yet there is no news about the opening of Churches. There is, however, much planning going on behind the scenes and on Friday I received a set of provisional guidelines from the diocese about how we will go about opening churches when we are given the go ahead to do so. This involves buying Personal Protective Equipment for those who will be stewarding and cleaning. It will take a fair amount of organisation and we will be discussing all of this at an online Pastoral Council Meeting this Thursday.

JUNE DEVOTIONS TO THE SACRED HEART Yes, it is June already this week! On the Fridays of June after Mass we will be
praying the Litany of the Sacred Heart. There will be a copy of this on the website, so if you have friends that do not havet have the Internet, please print off copies for them.

YELLOW/ORANGE THEMED QUIZ prepared with the support of young parishioners now on website: why not
"phone a friend" attending at another church for parish trivia help! Answers in 3 weeks. mibeyg@hotmail.co.uk
The answers to the previous quiz are now on the website. Ask a friend to print them off if you do not have access.

SUPPORTING THE HUNGRY: If you are unable to use on-line money donations to support eg Good Shepherd Ministry please consider dropping off items through your hour of exercise for the addresses below. Items listed in bold run out quickly, though all are welcomed. These can be left at the Brothers (2, Richmond Road or at GS Ministry Waterloo Road premises) The Vicarage, 21A St Jude’s Rd WV6 0EB. Here is a list of suitable items needed:
UHT milk; Fruit juice; Tinned meat; Tea/coffee; pasta sauce; Tinned vegetables and tomatoes; Soup (inc Pot Noodles);Pasta; Rice; Lentils, beans and pulses; sugar; Tinned fruit; Biscuits; Household items (soap, laundry detergent, laundry powder, washing up liquid) Toiletries (deodorant, toilet paper, shower gel, shaving gel, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, tooth paste, hand wipes; Feminine hygiene products ):; Baby supplies – nappies, baby wipes and baby food.

CAFOD The effects of coronavirus on developing countries where CAFOD works are to be devastating. Families
without enough to eat and without access to clean water and healthcare are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus.
The poorest and most marginalised communities will be pushed further into poverty. Your prayers and gifts are
needed now more than ever to help protect the lives of those in poor communities. While we are not able to hold
physical collections in our church, you can donate as individuals at cafod.org.uk/coronavirusappeal

Mass intentions if you would like a Mass offered for someone, please fill in the form on our website or ring Sr
Lydwin on 01902 341 343.
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Financial Contributions This is a difficult time for many people but if you are able to continue giving an offering to
the church, please consider paying directly into the parish account. Please follow the directions on our website

FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Paula Box, Dorothy Stephenson, June Abbiss, Peter Holmes, Alice Stevens, George Brown,
Chris Starkey, Ann Lewis, M Mary, Thomas Mackin, Stephen Briggs, Hilary Elsden, Katherine Poole, Teresa Mitchell, Ann
Bayley, Helen O’Brien-Coleman, Mary Abbiss, Peggy McHale, Patrick Quinn, Fred & Celia Norton, Jean Hollingshead, Margaret Stokes, Leah Nixon, Pat Pool, John Dolan, Liam Dolan, Marie Looker, Lorna Ciraulo, Pat Eades, Helen Porter, Mary Kirby, Sheila O’Toole, Tony McGinn, Brendan Bleakley.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED RECENTLY: Mary Lawley, Anne Patterson, Fr David Duggan, Kathleen Bowman, Alfonsina
Lombardi, Tony Haden, Ignatius Kelly, Margaret Vicino, Claire Hallett, Mike Huntbatch, Celia Saddler, Susie Andrews, Noreen James.
May they rest in peace.

​We are trying a system where someone you know who does not have the internet can use their telephone to listen to Sunday Mass tomorrow.  It is important that only people who do not have the internet use this because we only have 50 spaces for callers. Please call your friends today who would benefit from this and explain to them what they need to do.
 
It is very simple, on Sunday Morning from 10.55 am onwards, the person needs to ring in using the following instructions:

1. Call 0333 0164 757 
2. When asked for the conference room number dial: 50078530 #
3. When asked for the pin number dial: 4441 #

​This will take you straight through to the phone in church and they will be able to listen to Mass. Let us know if it works!

Please note that the individual will be charged at the same rate as standard landline numbers. If their phone tariff offers free calls to landlines at certain times of day, or has inclusive calls or bundled minutes that cover calls to landline numbers, calls to this number (and all other 03 numbers) will be included in these deals on the exact same basis.

There is a wonderful opportunity this afternoon at 4.30pm to pray the rosary with people all across the world for an outpouring of the Holy Spirit this Pentecost. Click below for the link to join with the Pope.

This Saturday 30th may at 4.30 pm our time, the Holy Father will praying the Rosary with people who have had direct experience of the COVID pandemic - nurses, doctors, care home staff, patients and chaplains. This will be live-streamed and linked with the Rosary being prayed in shrines around the world including Lourdes, Fatima, San Giovanni Rotondo, Pompei, Czestochowa, Immaculate Conception in Washington DC and so on. we are all invited to join with the Holy Father by praying and watching this event, either on Vatican TV or EWTN. We will put a link up on the Online Services page on Saturday.

Unfortunately, there have been many scam emails sent out in my name. If you see an email that purports to be from me, check the email address that it has come from. If it is not rcwlvwest@gmail.com  or mgr.mark.crisp@rcaob.org.uk then it is not from me and needs to be deleted immediately. Many thanks, Fr Mark

​PENTECOST NOVENA The nine days after the Solemnity of the Ascension to Pentecost are traditionally set aside for prayer uniting ourselves with the Apostles gathered with Mary in the upper room in Jerusalem waiting for the gift of the Holy Spirit. This is where we get the term, Novena, which comes from the Latin word for nine- Novem. Novena prayers are available to print out on the website. Please print off copies for friends who do no have the internet. There are also great prayer resources from the “Thy Kingdom Come” initiative, which can also be found on our website.

VIRTUAL PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES Those who have the internet will be able to follow the virtual pilgrimage online this week starting with Mass with the Archbishop at 3.00pm this Sunday.
https://www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/lourdes-pilgrimage
Please tell your friends who are not online that you can submit their prayer intentions through the diocesan website link.

THE CHOSEN There is an excellent recent production exploring the lives of the characters who met Jesus in the gospels. It was put onto youtube over Easter with a commentary before and after each episode. If you want to ignore the commentary, follow the links to watch it on the App. The episodes are well worth watching as a family, or to pass on to people who are interested in finding out more about Christianity as they give a wonderful insight into the the person of Jesus. For more information see https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBXOFnNTULFaAnj24PAeblg

PENTECOST RETREAT You are welcome to attend a free online retreat over Pentecost weekend.  For more information see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/come-all-who-thirst-tickets-100837991146

SUPPORTING THE HUNGRY: If you are unable to use on-line money donations to support eg Good Shepherd Ministry please consider dropping off items through your hour of exercise for the addresses below. Items listed in bold run out quickly, though all are welcomed.  These can be left at  the Brothers (2, Richmond Road or at GS Ministry Waterloo Road premises) The Vicarage, 21A St Jude’s Rd WV6 0EB. Here is a list of suitable items needed: 
UHT milk;  Fruit juice;  Tinned meat; Tea/coffee; pasta sauce; Tinned vegetables and tomatoes;  Soup (inc Pot Noodles);Pasta; Rice; Lentils, beans and pulses; sugar; Tinned fruit; Biscuits;  Household items (soap, laundry detergent, laundry powder, washing up liquid) Toiletries (deodorant, toilet paper, shower gel, shaving gel, shampoo, soap, toothbrushes, tooth paste, hand wipes; Feminine hygiene products ):; Baby supplies – nappies, baby wipes and baby food.

QUIZ TIME: Richard of York Gave Battle in Vain: which flower was the badge of his Ducal House? The colours of the rainbow will be used as a basis for a series of  parish quizzes. The first theme is therefore: red.  A new one will come out every 3 weeks, with answers after 4. Answers  -  team or otherwise-  can be sent to St Michael's and St Bernadette's Youth Group e-mail: mibeyg@hotmail.co.uk. Any questions:336534.The Quiz is on the website. If you don't have access, ask a friend to print it off for you.

CAFOD The effects of coronavirus on developing countries where CAFOD works are to be devastating. Families without enough to eat and without access to clean water and healthcare are particularly vulnerable to coronavirus. The poorest and most marginalised communities will be pushed further into poverty. Your prayers and gifts are needed now more than ever to help protect the lives of those in poor communities. While we are not able to hold physical collections in our church, you can donate as individuals at cafod.org.uk/coronavirusappeal 

Friends of the Holy Land launched an appeal in March for those impacted in Bethlehem and widened it on 3 April as a Pentecost Challenge to cover the whole of the region. They secured match funding for the first £100,000 and, with a few days to go to Pentecost, are close to reaching the target but are seeking help to get over the line. For more information look up https://www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk/pentecost-challenge

A Great Opportunity to Help: Scrubhub Wolverhampton is looking for people to either sew (material is already cut out for you) or drive deliveries of scrubs locally. If you could help or donate please email scrubhubwolverhampton@gmail.com  or phone Helena on 07734926777. Thank you!

Mass intentions if you would like a Mass offered for someone, please fill in the form on our website or ring Sr Lydwin on 01902 341 343. 

Financial Contributions This is a difficult time for many people but if you are able to continue giving an offering to the church, please consider paying directly into the parish account. Please follow the directions on our website.


FOR THOSE WHO ARE SICK: Dorothy Stephenson, June Abbiss,  Peter Holmes, Alice Stevens, George Brown, Chris Starkey, Ann Lewis, M  Mary, Thomas Mackin, Fr David Duggan, Stephen Briggs, Hilary Elsden, Katherine Poole, Teresa Mitchell, Mary Lawley, Ann Bayley, Helen O’Brien-Coleman, Mary Abbiss, Peggy McHale, Patrick Quinn, Fred & Celia Norton, Jean Hollingshead, Margaret Stokes, Leah Nixon, Pat Pool, John Dolan, Liam Dolan, Marie Looker, Lorna Ciraulo, Pat Eades, Helen Porter, Mary Kirby, Sheila O’Toole, Tony McGinn, Brendan Bleakley.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED RECENTLY: Mary Lawley, Anne Patterson, Fr David Duggan, Kathleen Bowman, Alfonsina Lombardi, Tony Haden,  Ignatius Kelly, Margaret Vicino, Claire Hallett, Mike Huntbatch, Celia Saddler, Susie Andrews,  Noreen James.  
May they rest in peace.

Safeguarding Representatives: Steve & Chris Callow (St Michael) 01902 340775, 
Maria Iafigliola (SS Peter and Paul) 07931406866
Ann Shorthouse (St Bernadette) 01902 326334
These parishes are part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Registered as a charity No. 234216. Archbishop of Birmingham + Bernard Longley

In these nine days leading up to the Solemnity of Pentecost, there are no set prayers as such. We are all just called to pray with expectation in the same way that the Apostles and Mary prayed in the upper room in Jerusalem.
We can offer Rosaries or read the Scriptures or any litanies of our own choice. We can also use the resources from the "Thy Kingdom Come" initiative which we can find on the Prayer Resources Page of this website.
alternatively here are some traditional prayers to the Holy Spirit which we will be praying after Mass each day.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols spoke to presenter Justin Webb on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme on the 14th of May about how Catholic Churches can be safely re-opened for private prayer as the UK government eases its lockdown restrictions to combat the spread of COVID-19. You can listen to the interview using the radio player below.

Apologies, I was misinformed, it would have been Fr Duggan's 69th anniversary of ordination tomorrow. A wonderful witness to his long priestly ministry. Please remember him in your prayers. May he rest in peace.
God Bless,
Fr Mark

The arrangements for Fr David Duggan's Funeral have now come through. It will take place at Danescourt Cemetery on Friday 29th May at 12.00 noon. There will only be 10 mourners allowed to attend.

I will celebrate Mass, however, for his intentions online at SS Peter & Paul's on the same day at 12.00 noon.

Please also remember him in our prayers this Tuesday as it would have been his 69th anniversary of priesthood. May he rest in peace. 

May I remind you that there is Adoration & Vespers this evening at 7.00pm. The texts can be found on our online services page.

​May God Bless you all this Sunday.
Fr Mark