Weekly News 26/05/19
As Eastertide unfolds, we feel the power and influence of the Spirit growing. This is the Spirit who raised Jesus from the dead, and the Spirit who brings the Church to birth at Pentecost. As we journey towards Pentecost – the climax of the Easter Season – we should be considering the presence of the […]
Weekly News 19/05/19
We are now closer to Ascension and Pentecost than Easter, but we are still in the Easter Season. The readings this Sunday begin to move us along too, as once more we hear the Lord at the Last Supper preparing his disciples for his departure: he does this by giving them a rule to live […]
Weekly News 12/05/19
GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY – This is traditionally known as Good Shepherd Sunday, and is part of the continuing journey of Easter remember that Jesus is the Good Shepherd who both gives his life for his sheep and takes it up again. His relationship with us, after the resurrection, is closer than we can imagine: through […]
Weekly News 05/05/19
The rest of the world has settled back to normal after Easter holidays now, but we continue to dwell on the resurrection of Jesus and the growth of the Church. Todays Gospel, which many people consider the most beautiful of the resurrection stories, has many themes: the failed fishing trip, the inability of Peter to […]
News and Views May 2019
This month we have First Holy Communion on 19th May. Please pray for the Children in the Sacramental Programme who will be receiving the Body of Christ for the first time on this day. They have been preparing for this day since last October. To View this Edition Click HERE
Weekly News 28/04/19
This week the Gospel is chosen because it relates what happened today eight days after Easter, Jesus comes again to his disciples. The story of Thomas’s doubt and faith leads us to think about our doubts and faith but always in the context of being part of the family of the Church. Remember […]
Weekly News 21/04/19
On Easter Sunday when the Word is proclaimed, it is real and active – the Lord is present, and what is described is, in a sense, happening now. On certain days this is made more obvious by the selection of scripture that refers to a particular time or day. Such a selection occurs this morning, […]
News and Views April 2019
Would you like to volunteer to take part in the “Washing of Feet on Maundy Thursday? We need 6 volunteers this year to represent the parish. The volunteers can be male or female, young and not so young and ideally we would like someone from the Choir, Children’s Liturgy, Eucharistic Ministers, Readers, Altar Server […]
News and Views March 2019
I am having a relaxing time here after travelling with some of my family to parts of the country. We had decided to go before the New Year trying to avoid traffic and it was less expensive at this time. I am now at home and I am well here. I normally get up at […]
February News & Views 2019
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 and charity, especially in helping the poor and the sick. Our Lady of Lourdes Solemnity […]