The Pastoral Care Project are asking, ‘how do you fill your day?’ Perhaps you could fill one of your days in the run up to Lent with tea and cake. By hosting a tea and cake day in aid of the Pastoral Care Project, you could help the charity support people living with dementia, and…
St Mary’s College, Oscott, is opening its doors to members of the public for a series of guided tours. Visitors can attend the tours, which take place on Wednesdays during the academic year from January to June 2019. The tours cost £10 per adult, which includes a cup of tea and a slice (or two)…
During the Christmas season, the media frequently highlights the issue of homelessness, particularly those who are sleeping rough. Many generous people respond to the very visible needs of street homelessness. For those in transition from Home Office accommodation to mainstream housing, with just a short space of time frame in which to secure accommodation, the threat…
The Archdiocese of Birmingham has launched a new diocesan magazine – The Sower. The Advent edition is available now in parishes. Alternatively, you can read an online version on the Archdiocese website: www.birminghamdiocese.org.uk/diocesan-magazine. This issue of The Sower is a pilot and the Archdiocese is looking for your feedback to help develop the magazine in the…
Maryvale Community Project has launched Get Crafty – a crowdfunding campaign to help them tackle isolation through creativity. With your support, Maryvale wants to launch a weekly craft cafe for older people and adults with learning disabilities. The cafe will combine meeting, eating and creating. The cafe will encourage people to learn new hobbies, or rekindle…
Tabor House seeks volunteers to help Birmingham’s rough sleepers. Tabor House has a desperate need for more volunteers to support guests as they strive to turn their lives around. To recruit these volunteers, they are holding an open evening on Wednesday 19 September from 6pm to 9pm at St Anne’s Catholic Church in Digbeth, near…
On 3 September, representatives of Catholic organisations gathered to witness the blessing of Sophia House, a new home for female refugees in south Birmingham. Fr Cecil Rogerson of Our Lady and St Brigid’s Catholic Parish, and Fr David Evans of the Catholic Parish of Our Lady of Perpetual Succour, blessed the three-bedroomed house and the…
A new course hopes to inspire Christians to share their faith with others and encourage more people to talk about Christ. ‘Talking Jesus: The Course’ will support people to have conversations about their faith stories. Talking Jesus: The Course consists of six video-based teaching sessions. Each session features inspirational testimonies of people sharing their faith, complete…
The Joint Public Issues Team of Baptists Together, the Methodist Church, the Church of Scotland and the United Reformed Church has published a report calling on the government to end the hostile environment it has created towards people who cannot prove their right to live in the UK. Entitled ‘Destitution, Discrimination Distrust: the hostile environment’,…
There are three job vacancies currently advertised across the Diocese. Head of Parish Catechetics Maryvale Institute: Full-time. Starting September 2018, apply by Friday 6 July Parish Evangelisation Post St John the Baptist with Sacred Heart, Tamworth. Part Time, apply by Wednesday 11 July. The parish is looking for a Catholic with a heart for…