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 [...]
News for Sunday, 26 January
Dear friends, The Body of Christ is broken only in order to be shared, and then to be re-united in the fellowship of believers: as we continue to celebrate the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, I invite [...]
News for Sunday, 19 January
Dear friends, (Fr Richard remains on annual leave until Tuesday, 21 January: please contact Fr Mike in case of pastoral emergency. There will be NO public Morning Prayer or morning Mass on Saturday 18 - but all other [...]