St Nicholas Catholic Church, Boldmere
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    • The Parish of St Nicholas >
      • Parish History
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    • Parish Newsletter
    • Parish Blog
    • Parish Groups >
      • Scripture Group
      • Parish Book Club
      • 50/50 Club
      • Society of St Vincent de Paul >
        • St Vincent De Paul
      • Travelling Solo
      • World Development Group
      • Boldmere Winter Night Shelter
      • Open Parish Meetings
    • Ministries >
      • Service in sharing the Faith
      • Social Support
      • Service in administration
      • Service to the Liturgy
      • Bishop Walsh Award
    • Current Ministry Roras
    • Financial support of the parish >
      • Annual Financial Report
    • Copies of Sacramental Certificates
    • Local Catholic Schools >
      • Priest's endorsement of school applications
      • Governors
    • Links
  • Join us
    • Baptism >
      • Baptism of Infants >
        • Dates for Preparation
        • Options for Readings
      • Godparents and Sponsors
    • Journey in Faith
    • Liturgy of the Word with Children
    • First Holy Communion >
      • First Confession
      • Pilgrimage to St Chad's
    • Confirmation
  • Worship
    • HELPS FOR PRAYER 2020 >
      • Sunday Reflections
      • An Advent time of prayer and reflection
      • Christmas 2020
      • Holy Week 2020
    • Regular times of Mass and other times of prayer
    • Private Prayer >
      • Christian Prayer
    • Sunday
    • Celebrations of Mass >
      • Worship of the Eucharist outside of Mass
      • Mass Intentions
      • Singing the Mass
    • The Scriptures
    • Morning Prayer
    • Sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession)
    • Service to the Liturgy
    • Liturgy preparation sheets
    • Saints of the Diocesan Calendar
  • Pastoral Care
    • Catechesis/Deepening our faiith >
      • Fratelli Tutti
      • Deepening love and holiness
      • Family >
        • Children at Mass
      • What are we here for?
      • Owning our Faith and Calling
    • Funerals and Praying for the Dead >
      • Guidance
    • Volunteering during the Covid-19 Crisis
    • Social Support
    • Pastoral visits >
      • Pastoral visits at home
      • Pastoral visits at hospital
    • Sacrament of Matrimony (Marriage) >
      • Wanting to celebrate the Sacrament of Matrimony?
      • Finding Marriage challenging?
    • Praying for the Sick
    • Service to the local community
    • Pilgrimage >
      • Ephesus, Miletus and Izmir
      • Assisi
      • Rome
      • Saint Chad's and Lichfield Cathedrals
  • Contact
    • Safeguarding
  • Diocese
  • Carpenter's Arms

Ephesus, Miletus and Izmir

Our 2018 pilgrimage will take us to places associated with the ministry of St Paul.

​Ephesus was an important centre for Christianity from the AD 50s. St Paul lived here from AD 52-54, working with the local Church and working to enable missionary work in the country around. Paul was caught up later in controversy with those whose livelihood depended on the cult of Artemis (Acts 19:23-41). Here Paul wrote the first Letter to the Corinthians. (And later, from Rome, Paul would write to this local Church, the Letter to the Ephesians.)

Ephesus is also associated with St John, and is is possible that it was here that the Gospel of John was written. The city (and its Church) is one of the seven Churches of Asia  addressed in the Book of the Revelation to John (the Book of the Apocalypse).
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Near to Ephesus is the the shrine of Meryam Ana, the House of the Virgin Mary. A legend from the 4th Century tells of Mary spending some of the last years of her life on earth living here, under the care of St John. The mystical visions of Blessed Catherine Emmerich evoke this time. The shrine is a popular place of Catholic pilgrimage, and visited by Blessed Paul VI, Saint John Paul II, and, in 2014, Pope Francis.

Miletus is where in 57AD, towards the end of his third great Missionary Journey,  St Paul met with the elders of the Church of Ephesus - one of the most moving moments in his story. (Acts 20:15-38).

Izmir, formerly known as Smyrna, was another of the seven Churches of Asia mentioned in the Book of Revelation. The Church of Smyrna met with persecution from the city's Jews. Prominent among the martyrs of Smyrna was St Polycarp, Bishop of Smyrna and martyred in 155AD. 

The Itinerary can be downloaded here.
The booking form can be downloaded here.


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  Our Parish is part of the Archdiocese of Birmingham: Registered Charity No. 234216

Address: 243 Jockey Rd, Boldmere, Sutton Coldfield, B73 5US         Telephone: 0121 354 1763  
​ Email: stnicholas.boldmere@rcaob.org.uk     Website: www.stnicholasboldmere.co.uk
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Parish Priest: Fr Allen Morris 
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