Christ the King

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From this weeks newsletter:
Dear Parishioners,this week we start the summer holidays and we wish you all a safe holiday period. Hopefully, you can get away somewhere for a change of scenery, if not enjoy the break at home. Hopefully the good weather will continue. I especially want to thank all of those who have workedf so hard in our parish schools and wish them happy holidays!
We have produced a sheet outlining the new guidelines for our parish and the numbers now allowed for various services. I think these will give people confidence to come to Church and the sense that we are still trying to keep people as safe as possible. We will let you know of any changes advised by the Church but will continue to monitor things until the Season of Advent. Things will be as we have been used to but we will open the Church every day for private prayer and people can join us for Exposition and Rosary in the evening before we lock up the Church. You can still watch of course over the webcam. The sheet is available on the website, on the ENewsletter and as a handout at the back of the church. Funerals can now have 180 people attending at Christ the King and 80 at St Augustine’s. We will use the same seating capacity for weddings at both churches and baptisms can have 50 guests at both churches. We will continue to look for volunteers to help with reading for the moment and will start the formal rotas for readers, eucharistic ministers and other jobs in the Church in September once people are back to a normal routine after the summer. We will be looking for lots of new people to be involved as well. You have been warned!……. Fr Tom

This weeks newsletter in full: 25th July & 1 August Older Newsletters and sign up link.

Covid Step 4 guidance. Following the announcement that step 4 of the Government’s Covid-19 response roadmap will come into effect on Monday 19^th July, please see the latest guidance from the Bishops’ Conference.
2021.07.13 – Statement – Sunday it is our Day
2021.07.15 – Step 4 Guidance

Catholic Bishops Conference of England and Wales – Step 4 Guidance for Communal Worship during the COVID-19 Pandemic link

Archbishop Bernard Longley – A Vision for Our Archdiocese link

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Christ the King is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham, Registered Charity No. 234216.
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