Weekly News 23/03/25 Third Sunday of Lent Year C
Third Sunday of Lent – Year C “The man who thinks he is safe must be careful he does not fall.” This is the theme of this Sunday: it underlines the need for repentance, which is the focus of our Lenten journey in Year C. Jesus, in the Gospel, uses two recent events in order […]
Weekly News 16/03/25 Second Sunday of Lent Year C
Second Sunday of Lent – Year C Every year, on the Second Sunday of Lent, we hear about the Transfiguration of Jesus on the mountain top. Why? Jesus revealed his glory to the three apostles in order to strengthen them for the journey ahead – the journey to Jerusalem, Gethsemane and Golgotha. The same vision […]
Weekly News 09/03/25 First Sunday of Lent Year C
First Sunday of Lent – Year C As with each First Sunday of Lent the Gospel tells of Jesus’ temptation in the wilderness; as we begin the journey of Lent, during which we will consider our lives as members of the Church, we look to the example of Jesus when it comes to dealing with […]
News and Views March 2025
News & Views March 2025 Lent starts with ASH WEDNESDAY on 5th March and at the end of March we will have reached the Fourth Sunday. We prepare not only for Easter itself but the Clocks going forward on the same day to mark the end of the long Winter months. The times of the […]
Weekly News 02/03/25 Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C We have many sayings about results being more important than promises, such as “the proof of the pudding is in the eating”. Today’s scripture readings are all about this – the ways in which our words and actions will reveal who we truly are. There is a […]
Weekly News 23/02/25 Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C What is compassion? What is love? And how do we live them out in our own age? These are the questions that spring from the Gospel today. In many ways this is the hardest teaching Jesus offers us, because it goes against so much of what the […]
Weekly News 16/02/25 Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C Life is often about picking our way through opposites – choices and decisions that surround every moment of every day: should I do this or that, choose this way or that way, and so on. Just as there are choices on either side, so there are opposing […]
Weekly News 09/02/25 Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time Year C
Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year C We hear the call of another prophet this week – Isaiah. This introduces the Gospel, where we see Jesus calling his first disciples to follow him. Notice that the initiative is Jesus’: there is no application process or interview procedure! Notice also the way that Jesus calls […]
Temporary Change to Sunday Mass Time
Mass on Sundays 2nd, 9th and 16th February will be at 11:00 am and not the usual 10:30 am. This is to enable Father Mark to Celebrate Mass in both churches whilst Father Colin is on holiday.
News and Views February 2025
News & Views February 2025 Our Lady of Lourdes Feast Day 11th February – In 1858 the Immaculate Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous near Lourdes in France, in the grotto of Massabielle. Through the poor child, Mary called sinners to penance, and thereby there arose in the Church a marvellous spirit of prayer […]