Weekly News 12/07/2020
The Gospel today is the beginning of a new section in Matthew, called The Parabolic Discourse – a section of parables Jesus tells the crowd, which we will read over the next three weeks. A parable is a story with a hidden meaning: we can easily remember the story, and gradually the true meaning becomes […]
News & Views July 2020
The Month of July is dedicated to the Precious Blood. The feast of the Precious Blood of our Lord was instituted in 1849 by Pius IX, but the devotion is as old as Christianity. The early Fathers say that the Church was born from the pierced side of Christ, and that the sacraments were brought […]
Weekly News 05/07/2020
Todays Gospel in an answer to a very simple question: who is this Jesus we follow? What is he like? He tells us himself: he is gentle, and humble of heart. There is a simplicity about this Gospel which speaks very clearly to tired hearts. Indeed, it is often the case that we overlook the […]
Virtual Coffee Morning
Virtual Coffee Morning Sunday 5th July 11 am via “ZOOM”. Anyone who would like to join please email your address and mobile phone number to our host Rachel Ballard and she will send you an invitation to join. Details should be emailed to rmbh36@yahoo.co.uk. Any suggestions for discussion are welcome.
Weekly News 28/06/2020
Peter and Paul are the two great heroes of the Apostolic Age ‑ Peter for leading the first Christian communities and binding them in unity, a role that springs from his profession of faith in Caesarea Philippi, and Paul for travelling throughout the Roman Empire as the Apostle to the Gentiles, ensuring that the Gospel […]
Weekly News 21/06/2020
Todays Gospel turns our thoughts to the strange phenomenon of persecution: throughout the history of mankind, the truth has been a commodity that often leads to persecution: the prophets of the Old Testament were attacked because of their message, as was the Lord Jesus himself. For his followers, the same may be true. The point […]
Pastoral Letter from Bishop John 14/06/2020
In this his 18th Pastoral Letter to the faithful of the diocese Bishop John addresses the challenges we have faced during the pandemic and how must all learn to think globally as we emerge from lockdown. To Download and read the Bishops Letter click HERE To listen to the Bishop Click HERE
Weekly News 14/06/2020
The Eucharist the Body and Blood of Christ is a mystery with so many layers and a depth that takes more than a lifetime to penetrate. It is not just a thing that we receive however reverently it is a person, a relationship, a belonging and a transformation that we consume, that becomes part of […]
Weekly News 07/06/2020
We begin our Summer ‘Ordinary Time’ by celebrating a strange feast – not of a particular saint or event, but of the awesome paradoxes of our God, the Three-in-One, Father, Son and Spirit: so immeasurably distant, yet so amazingly close, so full of power and so full of love. It is love that is the […]
News & Views June 2020
News & Views June 2020 The first liturgical feast of the Sacred Heart was celebrated, with episcopal approval, on 31 August 1670, in the major seminary of Rennes, France, through the efforts of Saint John Eudes. The Mass and Office composed by this saint were adopted elsewhere also, especially in connection with the spread of […]