ST THOMAS MORE PARISH This parish is part of the Catholic Archdiocese of Birmingham Registered Charity No. 234216

112 Knoll Drive, Stivichall, Coventry CV3 5DE 024 7641 1900 E-MAIL: stmcov@gmail.com

WEB: www.stmcov.org and on TWITTER: @StThosMore A Parish of the Coventry Catholic Deanery

WEB: www.coventry-catholicdeanery.org.uk LIVESTREAM WEBCAM www.mcnmedia.tv/camera/st-thomas-morecoventry/

MASS TIMES & INTENTIONS

SUNDAY 30th 17th Sunday

Mass Confession Mass

9.00am 5.30pm 6.00pm

John Avery (RIP) Betty Carey (Sick)

Monday 31st St Ignatius of Loyola

Eucharistic Service Holy Hour of Exposition

9.00am 7.00pm

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Tuesday 1st Aug St Alphonsus

Eucharistic Service 9.00am ~

Wednesday 2nd Feria

Eucharistic Service 9.00 am ~

Thursday 3rd

Feria Eucharistic Service 9.00am ~

Friday 4th St John Vianney

Eucharistic Service 9.00am ~

Saturday 5th Feria

Eucharistic Service Holy Hour & Benediction

9.00am 9.30-10.30

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SUNDAY 6th Transfiguration

of the Lord

Mass Confession Mass

9.00am 5.30pm 6.00pm

John Reddan (Anniv) Joseph Doherty (Anniv) / Jack Edward Robinson (Anniv)

30th July 2017 Mass is on p7, readings on p108 of the Parish Mass Book. There is a loop hearing system in church.

- PARISH CONTACTS - PARISH PRIEST Rev Fr Stephen Day Tel: 024 7641 1900 stmcov@gmail.com PARISH DEACONS: Rev Mr Pat Jeary Tel: 024 7641 2564 Rev Mr Leo Poole Tel: 024 7641 9731 PRIMARY SCHOOL HEAD: Mr Morgan Williams Tel: 024 7684 9910 www.st-thomasmore.coventry.sch.uk SAFEGUARDING REPS: Claire Rutter Tel: 024 7641 2535 Alison Cullinane Tel: 024 7644 1436 GIFT AID CO-ORDINATOR: Tony Curristan Tel: 024 7641 1280 PARISH ADMINISTRATOR & Amanda Kelly Tel: 024 7641 4473 ROOM BOOKINGS: email: amandafriswells@btconnect.com

August, Month of the Assumption of Our Lady A sign is seen in heaven, a maiden-mother fair,

Her mantle is the sunlight and stars adorn her hair...

This Weekend

• The 17th Sunday of the Year We welcome Fr Pat Brennan at 9 and Fr David Gnosill at 6

• Refreshments after both Sunday Masses Fatima Events at St Chad’s Cathedral This is the Centenary year of the Fatima appari-tions, and the World Apostolate of Fatima Eng-land and Wales National Pilgrim Virgin statue, and relics of Saints Jacinta and Francisco Marto, Birmingham Cathedral from 29-30 July 2017.This Visitation will include Holy Mass at

4:30pm on Saturday 29th, presided over by Archbishop Bernard Longley, and an Act of Con-secration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, as well as enthronement and crowning of the Stat-ue. See the poster on the parish noticeboard. (Contact Peter Dimambro 01926 428399). See also www.worldfatima-englandwales.org.uk/visitation.html

• Wednesday 1.30pm Adoration Prayer Group in the chapel. Refreshments after-wards.

• Thursday 10am Extend Gentle Exercise Next Weekend

• Transfiguration of the Lord We celebrate that time when the heavenly glory of Jesus is revealed to strengthen his Apostles. It is after this that He begins His journey to Jerusalem that will culminate in His death and resurrec-tion.

Coming Soon

• Tue 15th Aug The Assumption of Our Lady Holy Day of Obligation. Masses at 9.00am and 7.00pm.

• Sun 16th Sept Clare Scully, from the Sion Mission Community will visit the parish and speak at the Sunday Masses. This is the very first stage of preparation for the Mission. Please pray for its success.

• Sat 30th Sept ARYPT Mass on the Mount. For details contact Rob Ridley at rob@robertridley.co.uk

Readers This week... 9.00 a.m. Maureen Porter & Rob Ridley 6.00 p.m. Janet Ward & Louise Poole Next Week... 9.00 a.m. Jim Etheridge & Eve Hibberd 6.00 p.m. Geraldine Clarkson & Andrew Colby TAKING A BREAK UNTIL SEPTEMBER

Tuesday Society—next meeting 12th Sept. Stepping Stones—starts again in Sept. term.

Sunday’s Readings…

S OLOMON, King in suc-

cession to his great fa-

ther David, is offered anything he wants by

God. He chooses not riches, nor fame, nor

military might, but wisdom. For him, this

is the greatest gift of all because in order to

govern the Israelite people well, he seeks to

know the difference between good and

evil. All else follows from this gift of wis-

dom. “I don’t know what to do for the

best!” is what people say so often in so

many difficult situations. Wisdom tells us

exactly what to do for the best! In the Gos-

pel, Jesus talks

about the value of

the Kingdom of

God. Being part of

that is worth more

than anything else,

for it contains all

we’ll ever need—

not riches or fame

but the true wis-

dom of knowing

God face to face.

FINANCE…Thank you for all that you give in time, money or effort. First Collection Not known at time of printing

PREPARING FOR THE MISSION Please pray for God’s blessing upon this parish as prepare for our Jubilee Year and especially for the Mission (17 Feb-4 Mar) that we may with God’s help build up this parish for its centenary! Volunteers will be called for in due course to help with publicity, transport, giving the Mission team B&B, cooking and so on

THE DIGITAL AGE... The parish has a website, a Twitter account and a live web camera (details on page 1) This sheet is available online every week from our website. The deanery also has a website (details p1). The Dean-ery has a smart phone app too, giving access to all Coventry parish websites and more, Android and iPhone versions. See the home page of the Deanery website.

2018 JUBILEE EVENTS ARRANGED SO FAR – there will

be others too!

Parish Mission: 17th Feb-4th Mar 2018.

This is a big event and will need us to

provide much support to the Mission

Team. The Team will spend two weeks

with us, visiting homes and school,

organising activities. There will be Mis-

sion Masses and Services every day.

The lay members of the Team will

need bed & breakfast, the MRR will

be their daytime base, there will be a

need to organise publicity, transport

to events and more. Details will follow

in the autumn. Please God He will

bless our parish through this time of

prayer and work, that people might

return to the faith or come to it anew

and that we might all be encour-

aged and affirmed in discipleship.

Pray for its success!

St Thomas More’s Day Mass & Flower

Festival: Friday 22nd June 2018. We

ask our patron’s blessing on our Jubi-

lee Year. A simple parish social will

follow.

Thanksgiving Mass with the Archbish-

op: Friday July 20th 2018. We will invite

local clergy, past priests and lots

more to this big do

Pilgrimage to Rome: Week beginning

15th October 2018 Final details still to be

arranged, note the date now. Details

will follow.

MARKING THE JUBILEE IN CHURCH There are now several suggestions. An

architect needs to be able to give ap-

proximate costings and rough outlines

so that we can decide. Whatever we

do, it will of course need funding, an-

other consideration.

St Thomas More, pray for us!

ALEX & DAVID DARRAGH are taking on three massive challenges this year to raise money for Teenage Cancer Trust. The first one is a half ironman triathlon. On 24th Sept the 100 mile bike ride around Birmingham. Then we will be running in the inaugural Birmingham Marathon on 15th Oct. Please help this wonderful chari-ty that supported Rosie in her battle by sponsoring us through our Just Giving page at https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/Alex-Darragh1

APF RED BOXES: Collectors needed. Volunteers needed to collect the boxes and count the contents. This supports the work of the missionary Church overseas. Please speak to Vic Bellanti or Fr Stephen if you can help.

ARYPT MASS ON THE MOUNT 2017 Raising money for the Andrew Robinson Young People’s Trust. Mt Snowdon, Sat

30th Sept Contact: rob@robertridley.co.uk

Blessing of Graves 2017 The local cemeteries will be blessed as we pray for departed friends and families on these dates this year St Paul’s 10th Sept 3.00 p.m. Canley 17th Sept 3.00 p.m. Lenton’s Lane 24th Sept 3.00 p.m. London Road 1st Oct 3.00 p.m.

NEW SERVERS & READERS WELCOME! Anyone who has made his or her first commun-

ion and can make a commitment to Sunday Mass is very welcome to become an altar serv-er or a reader. Please see Malcolm Pollard about serving, Kris Pears about reading, or one of the

clergy for either.

ARRANGING A WEDDING

Congratulations on your engage-ment! Please speak to one of the clergy in the first place to make ar-rangements for your wedding. You will need a meeting with the Parish Priest to go through all that needs to be done. About six months’ notice at least is desirable: but it’s never too soon.

ARRANGING A BAPTISM

(CHRISTENING) for BABIES & YOUNG CHILDREN

Congratulations on the birth of your child! Baptism is arranged by ap-pointment. It usually happens at 12.15 p.m. on a Sunday or at either Sunday Mass. Parents should collect a form after Sunday Mass. For the baptism of children over four and of adults see the parish priest.

MAKING YOUR CONFESSION

Confession, the sacrament of recon-ciliation, is available on Saturday mornings 9.40 a.m.-10.20 a.m., on Sundays before 6 p.m. Mass and by arrangement with the parish priest. Our God is a God of mercy!

ADORING THE LORD EXPOSITION

There are regular opportunities each week to pray before the Blessed Sac-rament exposed on the altar. Satur-days from 9.30 a.m. (following Mass) and Mondays 7.00 p.m.

If you need to ask anything that can wait until Sunday—we guarantee you can catch

the clergy in church then!

For Your Prayers... • SICK & SUFFERING: John McGee, Cyn-

thia Walton, Ivor Sanders, Steve Foster, John Walker, Hildegard Atherton, Tom Ash-ley, Jim Slattery, Betty Carr, Norman Rowe, Roy Haslam, Caroline Fitzpatrick “Fitz”, Su-zanne Martin, Diane Taylor, Liam Mee, Rev Gerry O’Reilly, Peter Brookes, John & Helen McDonnell, Margaret Young, James Young, Teresa Mellon, Cecil & Margaret Dowson, Madge Vowles, Carl Smith, Peter David, Mary Morris, Vera Lee, Ron Hamilton, Be-atrice Upham, Diane Sharpe, Bill Brennan, Christopher, Ben Green, Felix Rooney, John & Jeanne Gould, Charlie Addison, Joanne Bazen, Deacon Jim Gilligan, Sadie Fulton, Jerry Casey, Maisie Taylor, William Begley, Imogen Jones, Tommy Carberry, Thomas Ryan, Julie Burke, John Nugent, Natalie Molloy, Bill Molloy, Sean Craig, Marie Lynch, Ken Stone, Caroline Cunningham, Sylvester & Kitty Budkiewjez, David Warr, Pam Brown, Bill McGiven, Heidi O’Neil, Mary Walsh, Lily Bailey, Mike Campbell. Our Lady of Lourdes, health of the sick: Pray for us!

• RECENTLY DEPARTED: Michel Baranyiz-igiye, Terry Wilson, Margaret Crilly, Paul Ryan, Elizabeth Wallace, Sean O’Reilly, Con-solata, Pat Kenny, Paddy Hughes, Paulina Woodcock

• ANNIVERSARIES: Denis Doody, John Piazzon, Baby Thomas Mellon, Jean Kinsel-la, Margaret Oswell, Jaimie Keegan, Leon Kinsella, Trudi Somers, Jack Gerrard, Ellen Haywood, Gertrude Somers, Christopher Mullen, Julia Cardwell, Alfred Harris, Mgr Dominic Barry, Sheila Coyle, Sheila Devlin, Ludmila Cerowski, Eileen Barnett, Emma Bower, Mick Muldoon, Hilda Wayers, Mi-chael Rock, Bernard Jordan, John Parsons, Tony McCabe, Michael McCabe, Con Sexton, Bishop Francis Thomas, Lucy Beale, Mary Langdon, Thomas McKenzie, Christopher Meehan, Sheila McWilliams, Vincent & Laura Panico, Frank Smith, Alan Dawson, Sheila Colby, Beryl Gill, William Ryan, James Daly, Simon Coldrick, Mabel Shakespeare, Jodie Armstrong, John Reddan, Roland Veasey, David Gormal, Jan Wachowski, Mary Quirke, Jean Leonard, Sheila Sprawson, Carys Ev-ans, Sarah Pyle, John Preston, Tom Clinton, George Ostick, Bridget Galvin, Joseph Keane, Teresa Beckett, Margaret Flynn, Robert Ferris, Teresa Moon Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord and let perpetual light shine upon them

• Peace in the world

• The Parish Mission 17 February-4 March