Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel readings contains a profound irony, that a blind man, Bartimaeus, is the first person outside of the Apostles to recognise Jesus as the Messiah. And his healing is the last miracle Jesus performs before entering the holy city of Jerusalem for His last week on earth. The scene on the road…
2nd November 2021 is the day the Church sets aside to pray for all the faithful departed. The Church gives us the opportunity to offer three Masses on that day, we will offer Mass at 8:30a.m., 9:30 a.m. and the evening Mass in the Extraordinary Form (Latin) at 8:00p.m. During these Masses we will pray for…
Dear Friends, The Gospel today deals with the question of ambition once again. For the third time in Mark’s Gospel Jesus speaks about his forthcoming passion and death but once again his closest companions fail to understand what he is referring to. The request by James and John underlines their belief that they still see…
Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel selection (Mk 10:17-30), we find three sections: a narrative about Jesus’ encounter with a rich man, Jesus’ sayings about wealth as a possible obstacle to discipleship and Jesus’ promise of reward for those who share their material possessions with the needy. Reminding the rich man of the commandments that deal with relationships…
Dear Friends, In the Gospel today we hear Christ’s explicit teaching on marriage and divorce, family life and the indissolubility of marriage. The Jewish tradition had a very high ideal of marriage and divorce was extremely frowned upon. However, despite this, divorce was very common and in fact very easy to obtain. Moses had commanded…
We are pleased to invite young adults who wish to be confirmed to register for the 2021/2022 course. Should we have enough interest we are planning to start the course after the October Half term break. Candidates should be in Year 10 or above. Please contact Clair in the Parish office via email or phone…
One of the best kept secrets of the Catholic Church is its social doctrine, or Catholic Social Teaching. Social justice and fair treatment for workers and their rights, was the motivation for the first social encyclical of the Catholic Church by Pope Leo XIII in 1891 and named, ‘Rerum Novarum.’ Hopefully, many of you will…
Dear Friends, Today’s readings reveal to us what being a disciple of Christ requires. If we want to become great in the sight of God, then we must put away all personal ambition and surrender our lives to Him in the service of others. In the first reading we find a messianic prophecy of Jesus’…
We are pleased to confirm that we are now able to offer you the option of making cashless donations via our new QR codes system. The codes have been placed by the exit of the church, next to the donation baskets. This system allows you to make payments via your mobile phone directly into our…
Deacon Des will be holding the following presentations in the Parish Centre: Tuesday 5th October 2021 at 12 noon and Thursday 7th October 2021 at 7:00 p.m. – Session 1: History & Background of Catholic Social Teaching. “From Rerum Novarum to today.” This session will focus on the historical aspects of CST beginning with Pope…
