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’…
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…
There will be a meeting for parents of the children booked onto this year’s FHC programme on Thursday 16th September at 7:30 p.m. in the church. This is an opportunity to share the outline of the programme and for you to ask any questions. Please pray for our candidates and their parents as they prepare…
Welcome to our updated website. Here you will find everything that was on the previous site and more. We now have a site that has a better capacity to evolve and so over the coming weeks we will add more information and draw your attention to these in the Parish Newsletter. We have added some…
Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel from Mark reminds us of what is truly important to God. The primary reason we are here is to worship God. Jesus saw that the religious leaders were more interested in the rules that governed religious observance and tradition than worshipping God. The Pharisees had become so fixated on rules that…
You still have time to volunteer for our working parties for the deep clean of the Parish Centre and the Church. This will involve moving the benches in the Church, which are very heavy, please be aware of this when you volunteer. We are hoping to hold these during the week commencing 13th September 2021.…
Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel presents us with the moment when those who followed Jesus had to decide whether to continue in faith with him on his journey or abandon him. This passage in John’s Gospel follows on from the Eucharistic discourse that has been the theme of the last few weeks in our liturgical journey.…
From Monday 19th July many of the legal restrictions around measures to prevent the spread of COVID -19 were lifted in England. This does not mean that coronavirus has gone away. We will have to learn to live with COVID -19 for the foreseeable future, managing the risk for ourselves and others. The guidance…
