Fr Craig Szmidt

Catholic Priest. Vocations Director for @rcbirmingham Please pray for Vocations. @askinvitepray All views my own.

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

Amazing be at the Town Hall in Birmingham to hear the organ for the first day of @annalapwood 2024 UK Tour! @BMusic_Ltd

[Birmingham Vocations @AskInvitePray]

On the anniversary of their Ordinations, please pray for:

Canon Paul Fitzpatrick (1988)
Fr. Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig (2011)

Ad multos annos!

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

Wow! What a truly amazing evening listening to Carmina Burana @BMusic_Ltd with @TheCBSO @kumosanta_memo and @CBSOChorus!

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

@StNewmanParish @AskInvitePray It’s been wonderful to spend the weekend with you as you celebrate the first of our new Deanery Vocations Months around @RCBirmingham! Thank you for such an amazing welcome! #PrayforVocations

[Birmingham Vocations @AskInvitePray]

Happy Solemnity of the Epiphany!

The Vocations Office and @missionoffice have celebrated with Holy Mass and lunch together - including a traditional French galette des rois (king cake), where the person who finds the fève is crowned king for the day!

[Birmingham Vocations @AskInvitePray]

“Mary, she treasured all these things and pondered them in her heart.” (Lk 2)
Today is the Octave day of Christmas, and we celebrate the Solemnity of Mary, the Mother of God. As we contemplate the scene of the Nativity, we seek her intercession as we begin 2023. @RCBirmingham

[Vatican News @VaticanNews]

A prayer for the health of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI.

[Birmingham Vocations @AskInvitePray]

“For to us a child is born, to us a Son is given.” - Isaiah 9:6

We wish all of our followers a blessed and peaceful Christmas season!

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

A real joy to be @RECValladolid today to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady Vulnerata with the seminary community. @RCBirmingham @AskInvitePray @ukvocation #PrayforVocations

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

Congratulations to @jannowotnik who has been awarded his doctorate this afternoon @_Angelicum! A privilege to be with him as he defended his dissertation. @RCBirmingham @AskInvitePray #PrayforVocations

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

Amazing to be back in Rome for a few days. @RCBirmingham @AskInvitePray #PrayforVocations

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

What a joy and a privilege to be @StChadsBirm @RCBirmingham to pray before the Relics of St Bernadette. May it be a moment of many blessings for those who come to seek the intercession of Our Lady and St Bernadette. @StBernadetteUK @lourdes_france

[Birmingham Vocations @AskInvitePray]

If you spot our new poster on your parish (or school!) noticeboard, why not tweet a photograph! It would be great to see how many there are across @RCBirmingham

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

What a truly amazing performance by @NickyBenedetti and the @TheCBSO for their first concert of the season! It certainly didn’t disappoint!

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

@garethbeedie @TheCBSO @NickyBenedetti Really looking forward to! My first concert at Symphony Hall since before the pandemic!

[RC Birmingham @RCBirmingham]

The #Relics of St Bernadette are coming to our #Archdiocese next month (Oct). You are invited to venerate them @StChadsBirm, Our Lady of Lourdes in #Hednesford and Immaculate Conception, #Bicester. Registration is encouraged. Full details here https://t.co/2twAEC6jwW

[Office for Mission Birmingham @missionoffice]

Relics of St Bernadette coming to the Archdiocese of Birmingham, October https://t.co/zaTAhM9cxB

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

A warm welcome this morning at St Joseph’s Darlaston as we celebrate the Feast of St John Wall. @StNewmanCluster @RCBirmingham @AskInvitePray #PrayforVocations

[Fr Craig Szmidt @FatherCraig]

Amazing view this evening at Sandwell Aquatics Centre for @Birminghamcwg22 diving! #b2022