Securing a World for Future Generations
Securing a World for Future Generations Bishop John has written a Pastoral Letter to be read around the diocese on the weekend of the 9th/ 10th October. He has also written to all the schools in the diocese at the same time. In the letter he speaks of the ‘unprecedented urgency and importance’ that is now […]
Weekly News 10/10/2021
The Twenty Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B In today’s story of the rich young man, who comes to Jesus full of good intentions, there are some simple words that speak so clearly to our own age: when Jesus tells him to sell everything and give it to the poor, his face fell […]
Weekly News 03/10/2021
The Twenty Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B Today we tackle the issue of marriage and divorce; Jesus is asked an awkward question about the legality of divorce. He lays down very clearly that what God intends for marriage is what is found in Genesis (where the “two become one” for all time) […]
News & Views October 2021
News & Views October 2021 – Our Lady of the Rosary. The feast of the Holy Rosary was instituted by Pope Pius V to celebrate the anniversary of the defeat of the Turkish fleet at the battle of Lepanto on the first Sunday in October 1571, which ended the threat of Muslim domination of the […]
Weekly News 26/09/2021
The Twenty Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B There is a peculiar type of pettiness that will not allow someone to do what others do (even if or perhaps especially if they are good at it) because they aren’t part of the group, or club, or circle. Unless you wear the uniform, the […]
News 19/09/2021
The Twenty Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B The tone of the Gospel begins to grow darker: Jesus is now on his way to Jerusalem, where he will be arrested and killed. Despite this, both this week and next week, there is a lighter contrast in the children that Jesus welcomes and blesses. […]
News12/09/2021
The Twenty Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B As we follow through the Gospel of Saint Mark we come to an important turning point this week: after the preaching, the miracles and the journey so far, Simon Peter publicly recognises Jesus as the Messiah. But there is an important point, which is brought […]
Weekly News 05/09/2021
The Twenty Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B What shows us the presence of God? In the Biblical world it was miracles signs, which pointed towards the emergence of a new Kingdom, the Kingdom of God. This had been prophesied from of old: it was said that One would come, and also that […]
News & Views September 2021
News & Views September 2021 – The title, Our Lady of Sorrows, (15th September) given to our Blessed Mother focuses on her intense suffering and grief during the passion and death of our Lord. Traditionally, this suffering was not limited to the passion and death event; rather, it comprised the seven sorrows of Mary, which […]
Weekly News 29/08/2021
The Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – Year B We now return to Saint Mark, for the rest of the year. The Gospel brings out one of the central problems of all religion: the way in which peripheral laws and customs gradually take over the more fundamental commandments, and the way in which “externalism” […]