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 Join us at church week-by-week for:

• a welcoming all-age worshipping community drawn from the parish, the diocese and beyond
• famous for its long and venerable catholic tradition
• a breathtaking building - a spiritual powerhouse and a powerful landmark symbol of Christianity towering over the Stratford Road
• a Forward-in-Faith parish
• two churches - St Agatha's on Stratford Road and the more intimate St Barnabas on Ladypool Road
• the only English church to contain a relic of Saint Agatha

St Agatha's Festival 2017 - a Joyful Occasion

'Hats off to Women' was the theme of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet's sermon (full text available here) at the 2017 Saint Agatha's Festival Day, as he described the courage and example of St Agatha and other virgin martyrs.

The Bishop passes his mitre to a waiting vimper

We were fortunate indeed to have as principal celebrant and preacher, Jonathan Goodall - Bishop of Ebbsleet. His inspiring sermon will soon be available online on this site. Over 130 people including 10 priests, from Birmingham and the Black Country, joined St Agatha's people in celebrating Saint Agatha.

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