Welcome to St Gerard’s Church, Castle Vale (Part of the Erdington Cluster which includes The Abbey, St Peter and St Paul’s and St Mary and St John’s).

MASS TIMES: For information about mass times, please visit our Newsletter page here. Our usual weekly mass is at 10am every Sunday. Additional masses will be announced here or in our weekly newsletter.

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Parish Council:
Rev Fr Prabhakar Pamisetty – Chair: stgerard.bham@rcaob.org.uk
Sue Byrne – Finance: Pt.stgerard.bham@rcaob.org.uk
Hayley MacIlwriath – Safeguarding and Health and Safety: sg.stgerard.bham@rcaob.org.uk \ hs.stgerard.bham@rcaob.org.uk
John Wardell: Premises and Facilities.

Parish Mission Statement
We, the members of St Gerard’s R.C. Church, are baptised in Jesus Christ, empowered by the spirit, nurtured in community, and nourished by prayer, word, and sacrament. Therefore, for the greater glory of God, we proclaim for all people the saving message of the Gospel, and joyfully share our time, talent, and resources, in works of mercy and justice, both within and beyond our parish community.

Jubilee Year 2025, “Pilgrims of Hope”
The Jubilee Years, also known as Holy Years, started in 1300AD and recall the great jubilee of Israel: a time for land to be rested and debts to be cancelled, when God called people to be reconciled with one another and with Him. They now occur every 25 years, although the next will be 2033 – the anniversary of Christ’s death and resurrection and the decent of the Holy Spirit. These Years, the Church explains, are years “of reconciliation between adversaries, of conversion and receiving the Sacrament of Reconciliation, ‘…and consequently of solidarity, hope, justice, commitment to serve God with joy and in peace with our brothers and sisters’”. On Christmas Eve, Pope Francis opened the Holy Door at St Peter’s Basilica in Rome. This was the Solemn Opening of the Jubilee Year which will continue throughout 2025. During this Holy Year we are invited to become Pilgrims of Hope. Please visit the diocesan web pages for more information and resources for the Jubilee in Birmingham. There are regular events already happening. Please click here for further information.