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by Mark Carroll, House Manager at St Mary's, Birmingham.

by Fr Peter Jones, Director of Music at the Beatification of Cardinal John Henry Newman.

Father Richard Duffield is the Actor, the Postulator if you like, for the Cause for the Canonization of Cardinal Newman. Catholic Today met up with him recently and invited him to help us prepare for the Mass in which Pope Benedict will bestow on Cardinal John Henry Newman the title ‘Blessed’.

Archbishop Bernard Longley has expressed the profound sorrow and condolences of the priests, deacons, religious and lay faithful of the Archdiocese of Birmingham at the devastating loss sustained by the Polish nation in the air crash at Smolensk, Russia, on Saturday 10 April.

Birmingham St Mary’s Hospice has launched its biggest annual fundraising event with an appeal to women to step out for a celestial strut around the city.

Once again we are busy with the preparation and planning for the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes in May. This year we are delighted that the pilgrimage will be led by our new Archbishop who is most supportive of our mission and invites the people of the Diocese to join him in what is considered a wonderful event in the Diocesan calendar.
Trish Brookes, Lourdes Pilgrimage Office

Powerful Chrism Rededication of Birmingham’s priests in face of the abuse scandals in the wider Catholic Church.

Birmingham City Council’s Museum and Art Gallery celebrated the true spirit of Christmas with the return of the Nativity Art Trail through its galleries and Father Christmas from 28 November.

Sr Sabina, (aged 81), Daughter of St Paul, Selly Park was awarded an MBE on Tuesday 28 October for her work with Fireside a charity which works alongside those who are socially excluded or disadvantaged. Sr Sabina, now works in a fund raising and public relations role but is a founding member of the charity which addresses alcohol issues,  homelessness as well as empowering and supporting people to meet their short and long term goals.

Jeanne Jugan is the foundress and first Little Sister of the Poor. On October 11, 2009 she was canonized a Saint at St Peter’s in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI.