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A message from Fr John

Posted: 29 July 2020

Good morning - do you think it will warm up today? I see our government is encouraging us to be healthy - rightly so - but I’m cautious of bike riding on the A6.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 28 July 2020

Good morning - an extra layer on today I think I had a very interesting note from one of our parishioners regarding face masks:

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 27 July 2020

I know we must think about climate change but - it’s the Monday of the Old Trafford Test Match and therefore bound to rain!

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 26 July 2020

I wonder if you have had chance to look at the Live Simply ideas; have you had any thoughts about how we might respond as individuals and as a parish to the challenges which are practical ways of implementing Laudato Si.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 25 July 2020

I’m sorry we missed Mass and exposition yesterday but we’re back on schedule today. I might have to shift the chapel for a few days next week but I’m still waiting for the builders to give me their programme.

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The world is charged with the grandeur of God

Posted: 24 July 2020

I hope you’re well and staying safe - face masks and safe distancing are not easy but absolutely essential if we are ever to get over the pandemic and, importantly, when the whole congregation can gather for Mass.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 23 July 2020

Good morning - it looks like one of those days when the weather doesn’t know what to do

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 22 July 2020

A number of people have said how much they have enjoyed some of the morning poems. And so ..

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 21 July 2020

Following on from yesterday, I thought the following poem, which came up in our poetry evening, might help us to focus again on the world around us

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 20 July 2020

It looks as though we’re going to have a couple of days of reasonable weather - fingers crossed.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 19 July 2020

I was listening to ’Something Understood’ this morning; it was about darkness in its various forms.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 18 July 2020

I hope you’re managing to stay well and safe - it appears as though the virus, whilst seeming to have abated slightly, poses an even greater threat if we ignore the basic rules of distancing and hygiene … but we know that, don’t we?

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