Weekly News 12/01/2020
It may seem strange, but this is a Christmas Feast. Not if we think of Christmas only in terms of the Baby in Bethlehem, but if we have followed the ideas of the Feasts of Holy Family and especially Epiphany, and have seen the Season in terms of the growing manifestation or appearing of the […]
Weekly News 05/01/2020
In the East, this Season of Christmas is called the ‘Time of Manifestation’, or Showing. Today is the ‘Feast of the Manifestation’, or the Showing of the Saviour to the whole world, to all nations. In the wise men who travel from the East, we see all the nations other than the people of Israel […]
SYCAMORE
What is Sycamore? – How can we find happiness? What’s the meaning of life? Is there a God? Does prayer make a difference? Sycamore is an informal course about the Christian faith and its relevance to life today. It gives you space to meet other people, share ideas, explore your beliefs, and think about questions […]
News & Views January 2020
News & Views January 2020 In the East, this Season of Christmas is called the ‘Time of Manifestation’, or Showing. Today is the ‘Feast of the Manifestation’, or the Showing of the Saviour to the whole world, to all nations. In the wise men who travel from the East, we see all the nations other […]
St Stephens Guild Mass 26/12/19
St Stephens Day Mass – We welcomed Tibor, Phoebe, and Emily into the Guild of St Stephen at our Annual celebration of our patron. Congratulations to them and thank you to all the Servers for their valued contribution to the Parish in the last 12 months.
Weekly News 29/12/2019
As an example for us to follow, the Holy Family can seem a little too perfect: when we consider the more dramatic events of the Christmas and Easter story, it can seem so far removed from us. And yet, as today’s Gospel reminds us (especially in the shorter version), there were also the so-called hidden […]
Weekly News 22/12/2019
Here we enter a new stage of Advent: having spent so much time on the Second Coming, now we look back, to remember the details of the Lords First Coming. Today we focus on the characters of Mary and Joseph and hear of the circumstances surrounding the conception of the child Jesus, and the reaction […]
Weekly News 15/12/2019
In many ways the readings this Sunday are simply a continuation of last week Isaiah gives us more details about the work of the Messiah, and Paul invites us to continue to be patient until the Lords Coming. What is slightly different is the voice of John the Baptist this week: last week in Matthew […]
Christmas Mass
Our Christmas Service this Year are as follows: Christmas Eve – Carols at 5:45 pm – Vigil Mass 6 pm Christmas Day – Mass 10 am Boxing Day – Mass 9:30 am There are alternative Masses St Mary’s Brownedge: Christmas Eve – Mass at 7 pm – […]
Weekly News 08/12/2019
Throughout the first three weeks of Advent, our focus is very clearly on the End of Time, and the Second Coming of the Lord – not on the run-up to Christmas (that only comes in the last week). If we view Advent as a Season preparing for Christmas these readings will make little sense – […]