Dear Parishioners, Today, Palm (Passion) Sunday the liturgy sets before us the great events of Holy Week – the betrayal, suffering, death and resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ. We listen today to the drama of the Lord’s Passion as … Continue reading
Get your children into gardening by giving them their own little veg patch and enjoy the cheap food. A bunch of radishes costs about 45p. A packet of 1,000 radish seeds costs about £1.
Libraries don’t just loan books. Lots of them hire out music cassettes and CDs, movie videos and DVDs, and even PlayStation games. Use your library to save yourself the cost of building up your own collection.
5th Sunday of Lent Dear Parishioners, The scriptures today are about hope, new deeds, joy, running the race, forgiveness, sorrow and MERCY. What a list! The gospel story sums up all of this. Jesus shows the divine mercy and justice … Continue reading
We are now getting ready for the easing of lockdown restrictions from 19th July. It is of course critically important now that we get as many people vaccinated before then as possible. Our headlines at the moment are that take-up among … Continue reading
Our group of stewards have done a great job ensuring that our church is Covid-safe in the last 18 months. It would be most helpful if we canhave a few more volunteers to enable some of them to have a … Continue reading
‘TO BE OR NOT TO BE; THAT IS THE QUESTION’ I believe we all know of this famous quote from Hamlet. It is an existential question on life and death, quite often portrayed by a person contemplating a skull in … Continue reading
Dear Parishioners, THANKS: How can I thank you sufficiently for a wonderful Golden Jubilee celebration of my priesthood last weekend? It was a memorable occasion which I will treasure for many a year. Your kind words, cards and gifts are … Continue reading
During the week we had a zoom meeting with a small number of parishioners and PPC members. We were considering some of the options and the decisions to be decided upon after the 19th July (the date indicated by the … Continue reading
Dear parishioners, friends and family, This is a special time for me as I celebrate 50 years of priesthood. Thank you for being part of this celebration. I thank God for calling me, unworthy as I am, to be a … Continue reading
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Unplug the phone charger. According to O2 only 5% of the energy used by the UK’s mobile phone chargers is actually used to charge phones. The other 50,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions just go into the atmosphere.
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