Saint Thomas Of Canterbury Catholic Church Walsall

07/09/2026

Mass times for the week

31/08/2026

This week's newsletter take note fr. Chris will be leaving us his last mass will be the 27.09.26 😞

30/08/2026

11/08/2026

07/08/2026

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03/08/2026

THE MONTH OF AUGUST

The month of August is traditionally dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

The physical heart of Mary is venerated (and not adored as the Sacred Heart of Jesus is) because it is united to her person and is the seat of her love, virtue, and inner life. Christ’s Heart flows with
the Blood which He assumed from his mother. Mary gave her blood to Him. He gives His Blood, her blood, to us.

Focus on Mary’s Immaculate Heart rose in stages during the Middle Ages with Ss Anselm and Bernard, and through the 17th and 18th centuries and the efforts of saints such as Ss Francis de Sales and John Eudes.

The 1830 apparition of Our Lady to St Catherine Labouré in Paris, which led to the creation of the Miraculous Medal, helped to spread the devotion.
This devotion has received new emphasis from the visions given to Lucy Dos Santos, oldest of the visionaries of Fatima, in her convent in Tuy, in Spain, in 1925 and 1926.

In the visions, Our Lady asked for the practice of the Five First Saturdays to help make amends for the offences committed against her heart by the blasphemies and ingratitude of men.

The practice parallels the devotion of the Nine First
Fridays in honour of the Sacred Heart.

On 31st October 1942, Pope Pius XII made a solemn Act of Consecration of the Church and the
whole world to the Immaculate Heart.

During August we have lovely feasts in honour of Our Lady including Our Lady of the Snows on August 5th, the Assumption on the 15th and on 22nd August the Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

02/08/2026