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Dear friends, After an encouraging start to the season of Lent yesterday on Ash Wednesday, we now look ahead to the First Sunday of Lent this weekend. Our [...]

Dear friends, Congratulations once again to Lisa and JP, confirmed last Sunday at St Mary's - and thank you so much to all whose hard work, on and [...]

Dear friends, We are looking forward most eagerly to the Parish Mass at 10.30am this Sunday, 8 February, when Jonathan, our bishop, will join us to celebrate the [...]

Dear friends, In anticipation of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (on Monday), we will begin Mass this coming Sunday with the traditional ceremonies of Candlemas, [...]

Dear friends, Last week, on annual leave, I attended Sunday Mass at the Church of the Immaculate Conception and St Egwin, in Evesham, Worcestershire. This parish is twinned [...]

Dear friends, (Fr Richard remains on annual leave, until Tuesday, 20 January.) Each year in January Christians pray especially for the unity of the Church, and this year's [...]

Dear friends, This weekend we will celebrate with joy the Baptism of the Lord, and also renew our own baptismal promises. Bottles of blessed water will then be available [...]

Dear friends, Happy New Year! Yesterday, at the conclusion of Mass, we sang the Church's great and ancient hymn of praise, the Te Deum - thanking God for His [...]

Dear friends, Merry Christmas! This week's mailing will be understandably brief - and it begins with my thanks: thank youfor your kind cards, gifts and Christmas wishes to the [...]

Dear friends, This Sunday's Gospel reading invites us to contemplate the figure of St Joseph in the Christmas story: although no words of his (beyond the name he [...]