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Cradley Heath Community Link urgently needs volunteers.
The Project was set up to meet a need within the community, by enabling families struggling with the cost of providing school uniform for their children, to receive good quality items free of charge. The vision being, to prevent children being stigmatised as well as excluded from school due to the lack of proper clothing and the stress which such action ultimately causes. School uniform is often very expensive, especially if it is branded and only obtainable from certain retailers.
Currently we are receiving donations of unwanted or outgrown uniform which will enable the project to meet its objectives as, once items are sorted, packed an labelled, they are then ready to be given out to families in need. This all sounds very simple, and it is, but it is also a lot of hard work and we urgently need volunteers to help with the sorting and packing and labelling.
Many families have already benefitted greatly from the project and, as a volunteer, it can at times be very emotional but also deeply rewarding – it is a privilege to do God’s servant work in this way and to show his love to those in need. Seen as a re-cycling project it is also eco-friendly which not only helps the local community but the world as a whole.
For more information please see here: https://www.facebook.com/CHClink/

The Dudley Benefice is running an Alpha Course. The course is open to anyone who wants to know more about being a Christian. Details are in the poster above.

The next Church Union Lecture is on Saturday 13th August at St Mary’s Parish Church, Walsingham

Great news! We’re all set for this year’s Pilgrimage to the Shrine of St Cuthbert at Durham Cathedral: Saturday 3 September at 11am.

Looking ahead – On Friday 23rd September, The Diocese of Sheffield Lecture in Catholic Evangelism is at St Matthew’s, Carver Street, Sheffield.
The speaker is The Right Revd Tony Robinson SSC, Bishop of Wakefield
To book a place for this free event please visit https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/…/annual-lecture-on…
Church Magazine August 2022

The church magazine will be available to collect in church this Sunday (Mass is now back at our normal time of 11AM), or you can download the digital copy here:
Change to Service Time this Sunday 24th July 2022
This Sunday, the Queen’s Baton Relay will come through Dudley. This will necessitate some road closures in Dudley between 12PM and 6:30 PM. This may cause problems for those who park in town, so a decision has been made that the Mass this Sunday will start at 10:30 AM. To ensure that vehicles are removed from the town centre, everyone should promptly leave church after the service.
To see which road will be closed please see here: https://www.dudley.gov.uk/things-to-do/commonwealth-games/traffic-information/
If you want to know where to see the baton, please see here: https://www.dudley.gov.uk/qbr/
Church Magazine July 2022
The church magazine is now available for July. The electronic version can be downloaded via the link below. If you wish to receive a paper copy, then please collect one either at our Sunday Service at 11 AM, our Wednesday Service at 12:15 PM, or on our weekly community open day on Thursday at 10:30 AM to 12 PM.

Statement from Council of Bishops of The Society
Corpus Christi

A recent Thought for the Day from Bishop Philip North helps us prepare for the feast of Corpus Christi.
Church Magazine June 2022

The church magazine for June is either available in paper form at the back of church, or can be downloaded here:
Church Magazine May 2022

This month’s edition of the church magazine can be downloaded here:
Walsingham Centenary Festival at Exeter Cathedral on 21st May 2022

If you wish to attend, you will need to register via EventBrite – https://bit.ly/3sML6Rg – it is a free event but ticketed.
Excavation Report
In February 2022, when the plinths were removed at the west end of the church, an excavation report was completed. I have added the report to this website for any historians, now or in the future, who may be interested. I have also saved the document in the Church History tab of this site. Please be aware that this is a large document. You can view the report here: