Category Archives: Newsletter

Easter Sunday 8th April 2012. Greetings and every blessing to you on this Easter Sunday as we commemorate the resurrection of the Lord. At Mass today, instead of reciting the Creed, we renew our baptismal promises: for most of us … Continue reading →

Newsletter – Sunday 1st April 2012 Today, Palm Sunday, we commemorate the entry of the Lord into the Holy City of Jerusalem at the beginning of Holy Week. Palms will be blessed in the garden before the 9.30 Mass and … Continue reading →

Offertory £1074.56 Cafod £344.95 Sunday 18th March 2012. Today is the fourth Sunday of Lent. We are now half way through the penitential season, and so as a slight relaxation, we use rose rather than pruple vestments. It is known … Continue reading →

Offertory £1026.31 Cafod £1 Children’s Society £507.59 Newsletter: 4th March 2012 Today, the Second Sunday of Lent, we read the gospel account of the Transfiguration of the Lord. This is a sign of his divinity, shown to the apostles in … Continue reading →

Offertory £756.14 Cafod £1 Newsletter 12th February 2012. Now we are almost on the fringe of Lent – in the past there were three Sundays before Lent in which we used purple vestments – Septuagesima, Sexagesima and Quinquagesima – the … Continue reading →

Newsletter 5th February 2012 The fifth Sunday of the year already – only a couple of weeks now until Lent. Today there is a second collection to support the work of the Catholic Education Service. On Thursday, I have a … Continue reading →

Offertory £989.32 Cafod £1 Newsletter 22nd January 2011 Today the Third Sunday of the Church’s year. We are in the middle of the week of prayer for Church. This evening at 6.30 there is Choral Evensong at St. Margaret’s in … Continue reading →

Newsletter 8th January 2012 Today we celebrate the Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord which commemorates the visit of the three wise men to the Holy Family. They bring their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh and knell in … Continue reading →

Newsletter 15th January 2012 Today the second Sunday of ordinary time with the return of the green vestments for a few weeks until we begin Lent – this year it comes early, on 22nd February. The Scripture readings are taken … Continue reading →

Newsletter: January 1st 2012 Greetings and Blessings to you on this New Year’s Day. I hope that it will be a happy and successful year for you all. Today we keep the solemnity of The Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of … Continue reading →