A message from Fr John

Posted on: 27/05/2020

Dear Friends

Good morning

A little more humour from the Desert Fathers:

'It was said of Abbot Agatho that for three years he carried a stone in his mouth until he learned to be silent.'

Maybe that’s a handy pointer for us and the way we communicate with others - maybe especially with regard to the use of social media - how we speak to each other and, probably more importantly, how we listen.

There is some sad news: Elsie Durkin of St Edmund’s church died during the night after a thankfully short illness. Please pray for her and for her family and for the staff at St Ann’s Hospice who cared for her. She had been a devout member of the parish for 85 years.

Let us continue to pray for those who are sick:

Evelyn, Adela, Winnie, Sylvia, Joe, Susan and Audrey

And for those who have died:

Fr Peter, Michael, Roy, Alf, Malcolm, Elsie, Matthew, Anne, Stella, Chris, Kenneth, Carol Ann, Ingeburg, Winnie, Patricia, Eileen, Maureen, Joan, Frank, Robert, Lynda, Cecilia, Lourdes, Dale, John, Eileen, Michael, Graham, Maria, Andrew, Gladys, Ellen, Patrick, Pauline, Michael, Alice, Gordon, Mary, William and Elsie

St Joseph, guardian of this parish through these times, pray for us

Every blessing

Fr John

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