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Dear friends, We are looking forward to welcoming the first of our Lenten guest preachers this coming Sunday at the 10.30am Mass: Fr Thomas Cotterill is Assistant Curate [...]

Dear friends, What an encouraging beginning it was to this holy season of Lent, with such a heartening number (52) present in church on Ash Wednesday: this was [...]

Dear friends, Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the forty-day fast of Lent - and (depending on when you open this e-mail!) you may still just about [...]

Dear friends, Rather remarkably, Lent is now almost upon us - beginning next week on Ash Wednesday, 14 February, when there will be Masses with the Imposition of [...]

Dear friends, Somewhat to our surprise, but much to our delight, this parish ended 2023 with a modest budget surplus. Your parish officers and PCC have worked hard [...]

Dear friends, 'Come, ring out our joy to the Lord, / hail the rock who saves us': these words, from this Sunday's responsorial psalm, express the essence of [...]

Dear friends, As well as bearing the rather prosaic name of the "Third Sunday in Ordinary Time", this coming Sunday is also the "Sunday of the Word of [...]

Dear friends, The New Year is off  to a flying start at St Mary's, with well-attended Masses on New Year's Day and for the Epiphany. We now return [...]

Dear friends, Happy New Year! And what a heartening start we made to 2024 earlier this week, with just shy of 50 people at Mass (and at a [...]

Dear friends, I hope and trust you have all enjoyed - and, in  this Octave week of Christmas, continue to enjoy - a peaceful and happy celebration of the [...]