Posted: 31 December 2020
Today is one of the loveliest of feasts in the Church’s calendar - Mary the Mother of God; it is also an important step as we look towards celebrating the Feast of Epiphany.
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Posted: 09 December 2020
Good morning - I hope you’re staying well and safe Good news yesterday - Pope Francis declared this year to be a Year of St Joseph.
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Posted: 07 December 2020
Good morning - wasn’t yesterday miserable, not the way to celebrate the great feast of the Immaculate Conception. Ah well.
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Posted: 06 December 2020
Good morning - I hope you’re managing to stay warm. Yesterday was the Feast of St Nicolas - and so here’s his story
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Posted: 05 December 2020
Good morning - Second Sunday of Advent It was so good to see people at Mass yesterday - there was a real feeling of homecoming, back with the family, familiar faces - even if not in their regular places.
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Posted: 03 December 2020
In terms of putting our faith, love and compassion into action, we have had a specific request for presents and food from Caritas, the Food Bank and one of our schools. I know you will respond generously.
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Posted: 02 December 2020
Advent means so many different things to us, doesn’t it - nativity plays, works’ Christmas nights out, panicking about presents, wanting to build and retain long held family traditions and so on.
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Posted: 01 December 2020
My copy of Pope Francis’ book, Let us Dream, came yesterday. I didn’t get chance to read it al the way through; it’s an amazing little book
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Posted: 30 November 2020
Pope Francis will, today, publish his latest book - Let us Dream. It received a very good review in this weekend’s Observer and it is so good that the reviewer said that he read it in one sitting.
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Posted: 29 November 2020
A little prayer today - from CAFOD and following on from yesterday’s Gospel
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Posted: 28 November 2020
Today is the First Sunday of Advent - the beginning of a wonderful time for thinking, for praying and, in the midst of that, for reflecting on what really matters to us
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Posted: 26 November 2020
I have attached a small article concerning the Governments threat to the country’s commitment to support countries in the developing world.
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