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Building on our first Parish Jumbulance pilgrimage to Lourdes at the beginning of October we are delighted to announce that the Jumbulance vehicle will be visiting St Joseph’s on a goodwill visit on the weekend of November 17th and 18th. It will be parked on Windhill and everyone at the Masses will have a chance […]

Fabulous work created by the members of our Senior Parish Art group led by the very talented Art therapist and Parishioner, Monica Jacobs

We are fortunate enough to have an active Street Pastor team in Bishop’s Stortford who go out on the streets most Fridays from 10pm – 2am and are supported in prayer back at the base by a Prayer Pastor. All those involved with this work believe passionately that it is a invaluable ministry to serve […]

The Calix Society offers a Catholic ministry to alcoholics in recovery by deepening or rediscovering their faith and sharing the healing mercy of God. Meetings are held every Thursday at the Calix Centre, Church of Our Lady, 54 Lodge Road, NW8 8LA. For details, visit http://www.calixsociety.org.uk/, tel: 07762570361 or email: calixsjw@btinternet.com.

                And some ‘ During Photos’……              

Inter Faith Group for NW Essex   Discussion group, for people of faith & none (Christian & No religion, Muslim & Hindu, Sikh & Buddhist, Jewish & Other religions) All welcome 6:30pm – 7:30/8pm ‘Our Lady of Compassion’ Parish Hall, 2 Castle Street, Saffron Walden. (Meetings every first Tuesday). ‘Inter Faith Group for NW Essex’ […]

The scaffolding is up and the painting has begun ….

There’s been much hard work going on, behind the scenes, at St Joseph’s as we move towards continuing with the restoration of the Church interior. Special “scrapes” have been done on the vault of the Sanctuary and the main nave vault, to retrieve the original colours that the original architect, E.Doran Webb, used when the […]

The Social Committee would like to thank all who made the Family Fun Day such a huge success especially our volunteers who helped prepare the Centre and parkland on Saturday and Sunday mornings; to those who sold tickets after Mass; to those who manned the stalls; to those who stayed to the end to help […]

A Group for retired men or those not in work meets every first Thursday of the month in the Emmaus Centre at St James’ Church. After a short meeting from 11am- 12 noon the group have lunch in The Harvest Moon. Contact Ken Mollison on 01279 832614 or email ken.mollison@ntlworld.com for more information.

As you may be aware, all businesses and charities need to get ready for the new law around data protection, which is called the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). The GDPR will replace the current Data Protection Act and comes into force on 25 May, 2018. Regulated by the Information Commissioners’ Office (ICO), the GDPR […]

The Art of Dying Well invites individuals to post pictures or memories of loved ones who are dying or who have already died, or of others who come to mind who may have no one to pray for them, on their Instagram or Twitter accounts (@artofdyingwell). By tagging @ArtofDyingWell with #RememberThem, the photos and names […]

Professional art tuition for senior Parish members. Meet every third Wednesday of the month in the Upper Room of the Windhill Churches Centre. Learn how to draw, paint and print using all mediums. Exclusive classes for all levels- beginners will love it! Starts Wednesday 18th October at 10.30am (continues on 15/11 & 20/12) Entrance donation […]

The Parish Social Committee would like to thank all of you who attended the Wine-Tasting evening for making it such a success. We learned a lot, and laughed a lot! Funds raised will go towards supporting future social events for the Parish to enjoy . With thanks also to those who joined us for the […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The time has come for me to leave. This is the last chance I have to say once again Thank you! Thank you Fr Peter for being a father, a brother in the priesthood and a friend to me. You’ve taught me how to be much kinder with people […]

The Catholic Trust of England and Wales has a package of E-learning programmes that are available free of charge to every member of the Catholic community in England and Wales. See http://rcdow.org.uk/diocese/safeguarding-about-our-training/ for info.

Thank you to everyone who came to the Holy Cross Summer party generously hosted by Blaise and Susanna Morris. A great time was had by all. Thank you also to Hope Gilbert who provided the below photographs      Loving Father Peter’s T- shirt !!!  

“Hope Resides in Togetherness” (African Proverb) Sister Angela, Headteacher of St. Lawrence’s, receiving the gifts To welcome the new millennium the parishioners of Most Holy Redeemer, Sawbridgeworth chose to install a stained-glass window and to forge links with a Third World country. Through the auspices of the Daughters of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and […]

  THANK YOU to all our Parishioners who came along to our Family Fun Day last Sunday and to our Fabulous Social Committee who greatly appreciated your whole-hearted support and enjoyment of this event which made it a great success. Photographs courtesy of John Wright      We look forward to the opportunity to do […]

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, In September I will conclude these two phenomenal years spent with you here at Bishop’s Stortford, Much Hadham and Sawbridgeworth. This is a very difficult time and to say goodbye is not my cup of tea. I notice in myself the growing temptation of looking only at my failures […]

Thank you to all of our Parishioners who came to support the marvellous CAFOD Lent Fast Day Soup lunch , for all those who made the delicious homemade soups and also contributed to the raffle. If you would still like to donate to the Lent Appeal please see http://www.cafod.org.uk/lent

March 25th. The Feast of the Annunciation, the beginning of new life! As Gerard Manley Hopkins wrote in ‘May Magnificat’ Flesh and fleece, fur and feather, Grass and greenworld all together. Photographs courtesy of Margaret Morgan It seemed like a day for looking at the swelling buds on trees. True, the plane trees, although their […]

The number of people joining us for Mass or private prayer each 24 hours continues to grow. We have just received the total figures for January and, in all, 6,320 clicked on to St Joseph’s in the month. Of these 2,055 looked only at St Joseph’s and no other Church. 1,267 viewed for up to […]

The work of stripping the stone and cleaning the marble continues. We now have enough money for stripping the stone pillars etc. (£12,900) but we do not have enough to clean all the 78 panels of the marble. Would you like to donate £50 towards the cost of a panel being cleaned, perhaps in memory […]

The safeguarding of children, young people and vulnerable adults is at the heart of the Church’s mission and requires us all to play an important part. There is no place in the Church, or indeed society, for abuse, a grievous crime which can affect people for their entire lives. The Holy Father said that he […]

The Painters have been busy in the Church this week working on the Lady Chapel and the Baptistery…