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Dear friends, The Resurrection appearance on the road to Emmaus is one of the best-known and best-loved of Our Lord's appearances during that first Eastertide - doubtless because [...]

Dear friends, Alleluia, Christ is risen! A very happy Easter to you all. And what a wonderful celebration it was here at St Mary's over the Easter weekend. [...]

Dear friends, Today (Maundy Thursday, 6 April) we begin the most sacred season of the Christian year, the "Sacrum Triduum" (or Three Holy Days). I look forward to [...]

Dear friends, An acquaintance told me recently of his intention to camp out overnight on the Mall to witness the King's Coronation procession along the Royal Route in May: [...]

Dear friends, Last Sunday's flush of rose gives way this week to another dramatic visual milestone on our continuing journey through Lent: on Passion Sunday, the Fifth Sunday [...]

Dear friends, Last week was undeniably a dramatic Sunday, over which, nonetheless, Mass attendance again surpassed 60 - congratulations! As our 2023 Stewardship Campaign - "With Gratitude and [...]

Dear friends, I am delighted to report that attendance at Mass last Sunday surpassed 60 souls for the first time since my Induction: this figure is a third [...]

Dear friends, This Sunday's Gospel reading includes St Matthew's account of the Transfiguration, when - atop a high mountain - before three of his disciples, Jesus' appearance altered [...]

Dear friends, It was very encouraging to welcome so many of you to Mass yesterday for the beginning of Lent on Ash Wednesday - and I commend the [...]

Dear friends,Spring may not yet quite have sprung, but there is a sense of renewal in the air - not least because, hot on the heels of the [...]