Year of Mercy-Profession of Faith Procession
along with On Sunday 10th July, Monsignor Pat Browne from St. Anne’s, Digbeth and English Martyrs’, Sparkhill arranged for a procession of the Blessed Sacrament around the local vicinity of Digbeth.
Parishioners from both Churches and other local Catholic Churches joined in the procession that started at St. Anne’s Club at 3:00pm, including Father Jeremy and St. Catherine’s, Fr Dominic and St. John & St. Martin’s and Father Stephen Pimlott joined the procession along with children who had recently made their First Holy Communion, joining in alongside their families.
Stewards gathered from 2 o’clock in the club to discuss the route and how this profession of faith through the city would best be conducted. At 3 0’clock the crowd gathered outside the Church where Father Pat processed from the Church carrying the Blessed Sacrament.
We walked down Bradford Street where a Parishioner took up the role of leading the Rosary before stopping to reflect on the area from the past to the present and how Faith had made up a major part of people’s lives from the area over the years.
Father Dominic, took up the lead and carried the Blessed Sacrament with the Rosary continuing until we reached Digbeth Coach Station and another stop to reflect on how the area had changed but we still had the strength of Our Lord to call upon at all times.
The procession continued up Digbeth High Street and past the Irish Centre where again a reflection was given on how our Faith continues to guide us and how it has guided people through many years within the area.
Next stop was at a plague on a wall of a local factory unit, that many had past day after day, never realising the history behind it. The plaque is dedicated to a Martyr- John Rogers, who was burned at the stake in 1555. A time of great unrest for the Catholic and Protestant Churches. This again gave us all time to reflect on the worries and difficulties of our Faith over the years and how, with the love and guidance of Our Lord, we had come out even stronger than ever.
Finally the procession turned back into Alcester Street and back to St. Anne’s where we finished with a short prayer service and hymns of praise to Our Lord.
It was a great way of letting people in the local vicinity know the importance of our faith and the Blessed Sacrament and how this always reminds us of the ultimate sacrifice and love Jesus went through by dying on the cross to save us.
Father Pat would like to say a special word of thanks to all those involved in the procession. It was a great way, in this Year of Mercy, to profess our faith and be proud to show people what our faith means to us.
Parishioners from both Churches and other local Catholic Churches joined in the procession that started at St. Anne’s Club at 3:00pm, including Father Jeremy and St. Catherine’s, Fr Dominic and St. John & St. Martin’s and Father Stephen Pimlott joined the procession along with children who had recently made their First Holy Communion, joining in alongside their families.
Stewards gathered from 2 o’clock in the club to discuss the route and how this profession of faith through the city would best be conducted. At 3 0’clock the crowd gathered outside the Church where Father Pat processed from the Church carrying the Blessed Sacrament.
We walked down Bradford Street where a Parishioner took up the role of leading the Rosary before stopping to reflect on the area from the past to the present and how Faith had made up a major part of people’s lives from the area over the years.
Father Dominic, took up the lead and carried the Blessed Sacrament with the Rosary continuing until we reached Digbeth Coach Station and another stop to reflect on how the area had changed but we still had the strength of Our Lord to call upon at all times.
The procession continued up Digbeth High Street and past the Irish Centre where again a reflection was given on how our Faith continues to guide us and how it has guided people through many years within the area.
Next stop was at a plague on a wall of a local factory unit, that many had past day after day, never realising the history behind it. The plaque is dedicated to a Martyr- John Rogers, who was burned at the stake in 1555. A time of great unrest for the Catholic and Protestant Churches. This again gave us all time to reflect on the worries and difficulties of our Faith over the years and how, with the love and guidance of Our Lord, we had come out even stronger than ever.
Finally the procession turned back into Alcester Street and back to St. Anne’s where we finished with a short prayer service and hymns of praise to Our Lord.
It was a great way of letting people in the local vicinity know the importance of our faith and the Blessed Sacrament and how this always reminds us of the ultimate sacrifice and love Jesus went through by dying on the cross to save us.
Father Pat would like to say a special word of thanks to all those involved in the procession. It was a great way, in this Year of Mercy, to profess our faith and be proud to show people what our faith means to us.
