News for Sunday, 9 March
Dear friends, We have now embarked upon our annual pilgrimage to the Cross, as we make our way through this holy season of Lent. We must keep always in mind the three Lenten pillars of prayer, fasting and [...]
News for Sunday, 2 March
Dear friends, Fr Joseph Barnes, who is on placement with us for the next two-and-a-half weeks writes, 'Hello! My name is Fr Joseph, and I am very pleased to be joining you on placement. I thought I'd write [...]
News for Sunday, 23 February
Dear friends, We are pleased to welcome Fr Joseph Barnes to St Mary's on a short placement with us: Fr Joseph will preach at this weekend's Masses, and also write to introduce himself more fully next week. Please [...]
News for Sunday, 16 February
Dear friends, This Sunday's readings meditate upon the need for depth of faith: to trust in God is as if to put down roots to guard against drought; to anchor oneself against the storm, and so to bear fruit [...]
News for Sunday, 9 February
Dear friends, This Sunday's Gospel reading relates the story of the miraculous draught of fishes, following which Christ commissions Peter, James and John as, henceforward, "fishers of men": theirs is our vocation also, for we in our day [...]
News for Sunday, 2 February (Candlemas)
Dear friends, This Sunday we will celebrate the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, or Candlemas - which commemorates the purification of Mary and Jesus, according to the Law of Moses, in the Temple in Jerusalem, forty [...]