Welcome to Saint Agatha's

 A very warm welcome to St Agatha's and St Barnabas churches:

• 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 Roa.d and the more intimate St Barnabas on Ladypool Road

• the only English church to contain a relic of Saint Agatha.

The First Station : Pilate Condemns Jesus to Die

V: We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You. (Genuflect)

R: Because, by Your holy cross, You have redeemed the world. (Rise)

V: Consider how Jesus Christ, after being scourged and crowned with thorns, was unjustly condemned by Pilate to die on the cross. (Kneel)

R: My adorable Jesus, / it was not Pilate; / no, it was my sins that condemned You to die. / 1 beseech You, by the merits of this sorrowful journey, / to assist my soul on its journey to eternity./ 1 love You, beloved Jesus; / I love You more than I love myself. / With all my heart I repent of ever having offended You. / Grant that I may love You always; and then do with me as You will.

Our Father, Hail Mary, Glory be

Through her heart, His sorrow sharing All His bitter anguish bearing Now at length the sword has passed

the second station