7 December 2025
2nd Sunday of Advent Year A
Pope Leo: “Dear young people, perhaps you regret inheriting a world torn apart by wars and disfigured by social injustice. Yet there is hope, and there is hope within you! You have a gift that many times we adults seem to have lost. You have hope! You have time! You have more time to dream, to plan and to do good. You are the present, and the future is already taking shape in your hands! You have the enthusiasm to change the course of history! The true opposition to evil is not evil, but love – a love capable of healing one’s own wounds while also caring for the wounds of others…it is not true love if we only love temporarily, as long as the feeling lasts. If love has a time limit, it is not truly love. Conversely, friendship is genuine when it places ‘you’ before ‘I.’” (address to young people in Lebanon)
THANK YOU for everyone for their involvement and support at the Induction Mass. It was a wonderful occasion for the whole parish and it’s good to mark this stage in the parish’s journey as we move towards Christmas and 2026 together. Thank you to all who helped behind the scenes and ‘front of house’. It is appreciated.
PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES to those celebrating Sacraments in the parish recently; to Ethan for making his First Reconciliation and Holy Communion, and to Elliot who was Baptised. We pray for them and their families. May God bless them. BAPTISM- If you would like your child to be Baptised, then please collect a Baptism form from the back of our churches or download from the parish website. Please feel at ease about asking for Baptism. All are welcome.
A BIG THANK YOU from the SVP to those who have already donated to our South Sudan appeal. The total donated will be advised next weekend as we are still receiving donations. These can be given direct to one of our members or paid into our bank account at NatWest, to SVP St. Francis Kenilworth; Sort code 60 60 04; Account No. 46083006; under reference South Sudan. For further details as to gift certificates, bank transfers or to gift aid, please see our information leaflet.
THANK YOU for everyone for their involvement and support at the Induction Mass. It was a wonderful occasion for the whole parish and it’s good to mark this stage in the parish’s journey as we move towards Christmas and 2026 together. Thank you to all who helped behind the scenes and ‘front of house’. It is appreciated.
PRAYERS AND GOOD WISHES to those celebrating Sacraments in the parish recently; to Ethan for making his First Reconciliation and Holy Communion, and to Elliot who was Baptised. We pray for them and their families. May God bless them. BAPTISM- If you would like your child to be Baptised, then please collect a Baptism form from the back of our churches or download from the parish website. Please feel at ease about asking for Baptism. All are welcome.
A BIG THANK YOU from the SVP to those who have already donated to our South Sudan appeal. The total donated will be advised next weekend as we are still receiving donations. These can be given direct to one of our members or paid into our bank account at NatWest, to SVP St. Francis Kenilworth; Sort code 60 60 04; Account No. 46083006; under reference South Sudan. For further details as to gift certificates, bank transfers or to gift aid, please see our information leaflet.
PLEASE PRAY FOR THE PEOPLE OF UKRAINE AND FOR THE CONFOUNDING OF SUCH EVIL RUSSIAN AGGRESSION
Extra is a newsletter produced for the Warwick 'mission', a group of parishes working together within the Warwick and Banbury Deanery of the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
WALKING TOGETHER - UNFOLDING GOD‘S PLAN in our Parish
Following Archbishop Bernard’s Pastoral Letter, we are invited to reflect on how we can continue to work together build a vibrant community of faith, joyful in our service of God and neighbour. All are welcome to share in this important process.
Over the past year we have met to discuss and put into place plans to bring to life the Diocesan Vision Statement and how we continue to move forward as a parish - deepening our faith (formation and spiritual growth), sharing our faith (evangelisation), celebrating our faith (worship and liturgy) and witnessing our faith (social action) - click here for a summary.
Click here to find out more about ‘Unfolding God’s Plan’ in our Parish and the invitation from our Holy Father and Archbishop Bernard to walk together and become true missionary disciples.
Following Archbishop Bernard’s Pastoral Letter, we are invited to reflect on how we can continue to work together build a vibrant community of faith, joyful in our service of God and neighbour. All are welcome to share in this important process.
Over the past year we have met to discuss and put into place plans to bring to life the Diocesan Vision Statement and how we continue to move forward as a parish - deepening our faith (formation and spiritual growth), sharing our faith (evangelisation), celebrating our faith (worship and liturgy) and witnessing our faith (social action) - click here for a summary.
Click here to find out more about ‘Unfolding God’s Plan’ in our Parish and the invitation from our Holy Father and Archbishop Bernard to walk together and become true missionary disciples.
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Mass times
Masses in ordinary times are generally held at the following times.
For weekly variations, please consult our Bulletin.
St Francis St Augustine
Sunday 10:30 08:30
Monday 09:30
Tuesday 12:00
Wednesday 10:00
Thursday
Friday 19:30
Saturday 10:00 & 17:30
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 10.30am – 11.00am and 4.45 pm – 5.15 pm or by appointment
Masses in ordinary times are generally held at the following times.
For weekly variations, please consult our Bulletin.
St Francis St Augustine
Sunday 10:30 08:30
Monday 09:30
Tuesday 12:00
Wednesday 10:00
Thursday
Friday 19:30
Saturday 10:00 & 17:30
Sacrament of Reconciliation
Saturday 10.30am – 11.00am and 4.45 pm – 5.15 pm or by appointment
Liturgical Dates
Click here to see the liturgical dates for 2025 as published by the Liturgical Office for England & Wales.
Prayers for the sick
Our Parish actively encourages praying for our parishioners, relatives and friends who are sick and in need of support. Until now this has been achieved on an informal basis by parishioners providing details to one of our Priests. With the advent of GDPR, we are obliged to make that process more formal - please click here in order to read more and to download the form that must be completed and given to one of our Priests.
Warwick and Banbury deanery
The Catholic parish of Kenilworth is part of the Warwick cluster, a group of parishes working together within the Warwick and Banbury Deanery of the Archdiocese of Birmingham.
Archdiocese of Birmingham: Registered Charity No. 234216 The Catholic parish of Kenilworth complies with the Archdiocese Privacy Notice
Archdiocese of Birmingham: Registered Charity No. 234216 The Catholic parish of Kenilworth complies with the Archdiocese Privacy Notice
Safeguarding
The Parish operates in accordance with Statutory Safeguarding Guidance and the National and Archdioceses policies & procedures at all times. Our Parish Safeguarding Representative is J. Barr who can be contacted at [email protected] or alternatively the Diocesan Safeguarding team can be contacted on 0121 230 6240 or at [email protected] if you have any concern.
Please find below links to key resources on safeguarding:
Please find below links to key resources on safeguarding:
Health and Safety
In the event of an accident (or a near miss or concern about safety) a reporting form is available online here This can also be used to let our safety co-ordinator know of anything you may be concerned about. Reporting an accident or concern helps us keep our community safe.