St Mary’s College Oscott
Pictures of our recent visit to St. Mary’s College have been posted. Take a look at the college, the people, the museum, the chapel or just the general pics. Follow this link to see more.
Continue reading →Pictures of our recent visit to St. Mary’s College have been posted. Take a look at the college, the people, the museum, the chapel or just the general pics. Follow this link to see more.
Continue reading →On Sunday 28th April, seventy members of St Alban’s & The Church on Oakwood’s Catholic congregation visited Oscott College in Sutton Coldfield. For those of you who don’t know, Oscott is one of only three remaining seminaries training men for … Continue reading →
Our photo galleries have been updated with pictures added from our Easter celebrations. Follow this link to view them. The 2012 Various Events gallery has also been updated with pictures of a social event in April 2012 and pictures of … Continue reading →
Our Deacon, John Martin who has been working with us in the parish and gaining pastoral experience during the last few months, will be ordained to the Priesthood at St Barnabas Cathedral Nottingham on Saturday 13th July at 11am. The … Continue reading →
Every Friday during Lent there will be Stations of the Cross at 7pm. We will alternate between St Alban’s and St Hugh’s. Stations of the Cross this Friday (22nd February) will be at St Hugh’s, Borrowash.
Continue reading →A five session ecumenical discussion course will take place at The church on Oakwood during Lent. The course begins this Wednesday (20th February) after the 7pm Mass in Oakwood. Please contact Sandra Endsor for the York course booklet, £3.50 or … Continue reading →
A series of 3 evenings during Lent to explore the themes of Scripture, Prayer and Sacrifice during Lent: Thursday (21st February) beginning at 7.30pm at St Alban’s Church, Canon Mervyn Tower, a scripture theologian from the Archdiocese of Birmingham, will … Continue reading →
We are organising a parish visit to Oscott College on Sunday 28th April, leaving St Alban’s at approx 2pm to arrive in Oscott at 3.30pm for tea and cakes. Our visit will end with Evening Prayer with the students. If … Continue reading →
FIFTH SUNDAY Luke has a unique perspective on the fist call of Simon Peter – though of course a similar scene occurs at the end of John (John 21: ). He is ordered by the Lord to put out to … Continue reading →
FOURTH SUNDAY The astonishment and approval of the synagogue crowd quickly turns to engagement as Jesus spells out his mission. He refers to two accounts from the Scriptures involving the two great ninth century prophets – Elijah’s dealing with the … Continue reading →
THIRD SUNDAY The revelation of the Christ proclaimed in the Epiphany, Baptism and Wedding Feast of Cana is continued in the opening of Jesus’ ministry in the Gospel of Luke. The Lectionary has the exordium of the Gospel – Luke’s … Continue reading →
SECOND SUNDAY The account of the Wedding Feast of Cana is the third major Christophany following those of the Epiphany and Baptism (N.B. Magnificat antiphon for Vespers of the Epiphany). The early Church understood all these three historically separated commemorations … Continue reading →