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GOOD SHEPHERD SUNDAY – VOCATIONS SUNDAY (4TH SUNDAY) This Fourth Sunday of Easter, often called Good Shepherd Sunday, invites reflection on Jesus as the Good Shepherd through a reading from John 10. Set between the healing of the man born blind and the raising of Lazarus, the passage addresses the tension between Jesus and the […]

SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER – CELEBRATING GOD’S MERCIFUL LOVE During the Jubilee Year 2000, Pope John Paul II proclaimed that the Second Sunday of Easter would henceforth be celebrated as Divine Mercy Sunday. He made this declaration at the canonisation of St. Faustina Kowalska, whose life and mission were dedicated to proclaiming the profound truth […]

THIS IS HOLY WEEK Today we begin Holy Week, the sacred days in which we journey with Jesus on his way to the Cross and anticipate the joy of his Resurrection at Easter. Our liturgy opens with the procession of palms, recalling Jesus’ triumphant entrance into Jerusalem. In today’s Liturgy of the Word, we hear […]

FIFTH SUNDAY OF LENT – THE RAISING OF LAZARUS This Sunday’s Gospel continues our Lenten readings from the Gospel of John and recounts one of Jesus’ most powerful signs: the raising of Lazarus. As those preparing for Baptism draw closer to the Easter Triduum, the Church invites us to reflect deeply on Jesus’ words: “I am the […]

THE MAN BORN BLIND In today’s Gospel from John, Jesus heals a man who was born blind. At the time, many people believed that illness or disability was caused by sin. When Jesus is asked whose sin caused the man’s blindness—his own or his parents’—Jesus shifts the focus, saying that through this man, God’s power […]

Message of the Holy Father Leo XIV for Lent 2026 Listening and Fasting: Lent as a Time of Conversion Part 2 – Fasting Dear brothers and sisters, If Lent is a time for listening, fasting is a concrete way to prepare ourselves to receive the word of God. Abstaining from food is an ancient ascetic practice that […]

PARISH MISSION – A TIME TO RENEW, REFLECT AND CELEBRATE FRIDAY 20TH – THURSDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2026 YOUTH MISSION EVENING (AGES 13+) – All young people aged 13 and over are warmly invited to a Youth Mission Evening on Friday 20th February at 6.30pm.  The evening will be led by two of the Franciscan Friars of the […]

PARISH MISSION – FRIDAY 20TH FEBRUARY TO THURSDAY 26TH FEBRUARY 2026 Our Parish Mission will be led by the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal (CFRs) they are, a Catholic religious community for men, founded in 1987 in the South Bronx, New York, by former Capuchin friars, to bring renewal to the Church through prayer, fraternal […]

ST PAUL’S PARISH NEWSLETTER Fr Perry Sykes (Parish Priest)                                                          Parish Office: woodgreen@rcdow.org.uk ; tel: 020 8888 2390    Fr Perry Sykes: perrysykes@rcdow.org.uk Parish Website:  https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/woodgreen/ Parish Safeguarding Rep:  Eileen Riordan – woodgreensg2@safeguardrcdow.org.uk Sophia Piper – woodgreensg@safeguardrcdow.org.uk 11TH JANUARY 2026                                                                                                       THE BAPTISM OF THE LORD Parish Mass Book: The Baptism of the Lord:  Order […]

HAPPY NEW YEAR – ADVENT Today marks the beginning of Advent, and with it, three and a half weeks of preparation before we celebrate Christmas Day. For many, this countdown is welcome, though it can also evoke thoughts of busyness and expense. Yet perhaps this year we might choose a different approach — one that […]