The Nineteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, Last Sunday we celebrated the Feast of the Transfiguration, in which a foresight of Christ's Resurrection glory was gifted to his disciples, before he underwent his [...]
The Transfiguration of the Lord
Dear friends, This Sunday coming is the Feast of the Transfiguration, of which the late Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI wrote, 'Today the liturgy invites us to focus our [...]
The Seventeenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, On Monday this week the veteran BBC newsreader George Alagiah died, following a nine-year battle with bowel cancer. Just hours after his death was announced, BBC [...]
The Sixteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, Huge thanks to those who supported last Saturday's parish barbecue - and especially to all whose hard work and generosity made the afternoon such a success! At the [...]
The Fifteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, Christ's final words on the Cross ('It is finished') are reflected in the first words of his public ministry, 'The time is fulfilled'. Each explain to [...]
The Fourteenth Sunday of the Year (Sea Sunday)
Dear friends, In this Sunday's Gospel reading Jesus says, 'Come to me, all you who labour and are overburdened, and I will give you rest.' The life of [...]
The Thirteenth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, With a busy week, we begin a busy summer: it's all go at St Mary's! The 6pm Vigil Mass this coming Saturday evening, 1 July will [...]
The Twelfth Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, '[The] Lord is at my side, a mighty hero': so sings the prophet Jeremiah in our first reading this Sunday, voicing a note of resolute hope [...]
The Eleventh Sunday of the Year
Dear friends, Our beautiful church is an oasis 🌊🌴 in the current soaring temperatures, and a spot of stillness amidst the busyness of life. Join us this Sunday, not [...]
Corpus Christi
Dear friends, Greetings from the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham, where you are all very much in my prayers! 'Blessed are those who are invited to the [...]