Do remember that our clocks go forward one hour next Saturday 30th March 2024 in the early hours of Sunday morning! By doing this we will make sure that we are not late for Mass on Easter Day!
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Mothering Sunday
10th March – Fourth Sunday of Lent, also known as Laetare Sunday. Laetare means ‘rejoice’, as we pause in our Lenten observances of fasting, and look forward to Easter Sunday and the joy of the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, Mothering Sunday, three weeks before Easter Sunday, originated in the Middle Ages, when children who had […]
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Church Car Park
Do please remember that from Monday 12th February the Church Car Park will be out of use for ten days to two weeks. We do apologise for the inconvenience that this will cause as this will affect our celebrations of Ash Wednesday and the First Sunday of Lent at least. Do please take care while […]
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Ash Wednesday – 14th February 2024
Ash Wednesday is the doorway into our Lenten season of renewal – a day rich in associations and symbolism. It marks the beginning of Lent – a time for turning again to the practice of our faith, in prayer, self-denial (fasting) and practical generosity (almsgiving). Ash Wednesday this year is on the 14th February 2024. […]
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Pope Francis’ Message for Lent 2024
In his message for Lent 2024, Pope Francis invites the faithful to “pause” for prayer and to assist our brothers and sisters in need, in order to change our own lives and the lives of our communities. Dear brothers and sisters! When our God reveals himself, his message is always one of freedom: “I am […]
Continue ReadingMarriage Week 7-14 Feb
Marriage Week is an annual celebration offering the opportunity to support and promote marriage and family life. https://www.cbcew.org.uk/category/cbcew/marriage-and-family/marriage/ . GIFT FROM GOD – Marriage is God’s gift to men and women. It is an expression of the depth of human loving, of its enduring reality and of its likeness to the love of God. https://www.cbcew.org.uk/marriage-week-2024-bishop-evans/ . […]
Continue ReadingMonth of the Holy Souls
November is traditionally the month in which we pray for the Holy Souls. Remembrance sheets and envelopes are available at the back of the church. Please list the names of your deceased family members and friends whom you wish to pray for. Then place your list with your offering into the envelope and return it […]
Continue ReadingDay of Prayer for Peace in the Holy Land – Tues 17th Oct
Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, has requested that Catholics throughout the world to join him and his people in day of fasting and prayer for peace and reconciliation. ‘We have suddenly been catapulted into a sea of unprecedented violence…………………Everything seems to speak of death.’ Yet, in this time of sorrow and dismay, we […]
Continue ReadingThe Tradition of Mass Intentions
If you would like a Mass offered for a particular intention, for someone you know who is deceased or for someone who is ill, please contact the parish office with the details & date you would like the Mass to be offered, these intentions will be printed in our weekly newsletter. It is a longstanding […]
Continue ReadingPastoral Letter – Sunday 17th September 2023
ARCHBISHOP’S HOUSE,WESTMINSTER, LONDON, SW1P 1QJ Pastoral Letter for the Twenty-fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time16/17 September 2023 https://soundcloud.com/diocese-westminster/pastoral-letter-for-the-twenty-fourth-sunday-in-ordinary-time Dear Brothers and Sisters in Jesus Christ,Coming to church today all of us will have made the Sign of the Cross, at least once. We did so at theopening words of the Mass. Many will also have done […]
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