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WELCOME to our parish website.
This Parish is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham. Registered Charity No. 234216 Whatever your reason for visiting us, we pray that God may bless your search. |
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Thank you for visiting St. Mary of the Angels' website. Here you will find information about the life of the Parish and its history, as well as information about Sacramental Preparation, a weekly Newsletter, and a News Blog which will help to keep you up to date with the latest events taking place here in Aldridge.
Parish NewsFor the most recent news from the parish please click on the 'Parish News' tab on the menu above. Here you will find information about the events taking place in the parish, and any updates which you may find helpful.
Pope's Prayer Intention: January
For prayer with the word of God:
Let us pray that praying with the word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church. |
January: The Holy Name of Jesus
In Catholicism, the veneration of the Holy Name of Jesus (also Most Holy Name of Jesus, developed as a separate type of devotion in the early modern period, in parallel to that of the Sacred Heart. The Litany of the Holy Name is a Roman-rite Catholic prayer, probably of the 15th century (Bernardino of Siena and John of Capistrano). The Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus was introduced in 1530. The veneration of Nomina sacra in the form of variants of the Christogram has a tradition going back to early Christianity. Related practices of devotion exist in Eastern Christianity (Jesus Prayer). The feast day is celebrated either as the Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus or as that of Circumcision of Jesus, in various Christian churches.
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24hr Live-stream
Here at St. Mary of the Angels we have a live-stream camera which gives a 'virtual access' to the church 24hrs a day. As well as providing a facility that enables the sick, the housebound, and those who have moved away from the parish the ability to join us for our regular services, it also offers an opportunity for all, at any time, to enter through the doors of the church to pray before the Lord. Live-streaming of the Mass, and any other service, cannot and must not be thought of as 'equal' to being physically present in the church, however, for those who cannot attend it enables them to feel part of the parish community. Below you can access to the live-stream by clicking the play symbol, and in the bottom right corner of the picture there is the ability to expand the image to 'full-screen'.