Newsletters

Dear Parishioners ‘Love One Another!’ As this year’s beautiful season of Easter starts to draw gently to a close, we are guided this weekend at Mass to remain focused upon Jesus’s central commandment to his followers: ‘Love’. We are all loved, forgiven and transformed sinners; called, commanded and commissioned to love others as we are loved […]

Dear Parishioners It was with great joy that we heard the announcement from Vatican City last Thursday 8th May that Cardinal Robert Prevost has become our new Holy Father. He is the first American Pope in the history of the Church and takes the name of POPE LEO XIV. We keep him in our prayers as he begins […]

Dear Parishioners As we continue to mourn the loss of Pope Francis, we give thanks to God for the gift of his life and ministry, and for the countless ways he has inspired us to deepen our faith and live out our call to love and serve one another. This Sunday – 4th May – […]

Dear Parishioners Reflecting on the recent death of Pope Francis: It was with great sadness that we all heard the news announced on Easter Monday April 21st from Vatican City that our Holy Father Pope Francis had died earlier that morning at the age of 88 at his residence in the Vatican’s Casa Santa Marta. […]

In Memoriam: Pope Francis A Newsletter Reflection from Deacon Andrew, on behalf of Father Jonathan “Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest.”— Matthew 11:28 “Blessed are those servants whom the master finds vigilant on his arrival.”— Luke 12:37 Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, It is […]

Dear Parishioners Our Lenten journey and pilgrimage are over. Our fasting is complete; now we can feast and celebrate, Easter has come!  We have travelled with Jesus from the harshness of the desert to the new life coming from the empty tomb. Having walked with Jesus on the Way of the Cross, we now share […]

Dear Parishioners Holy Week: Today on Palm Sunday we begin our journey through Holy Week towards Easter. In Holy Week we think about the Passion, Death, and Resurrection of Our Lord. We are not merely recalling historical events. We are not just enacting a pageant with no meaning. We are remembering and reflecting on these […]

Dear Parishioners The Fifth Sunday in Lent – Passion Sunday – strikes a different chord than previous Sundays in Lent. It seems the dial is turned up in our Lenten intensity. Our visual signal for this reality is the covering of statues, crosses, and holy images in our churches, a tradition which we keep here […]

Dear Parishioners Rejoice! In Christ we are a new creation: The 4th Sunday of Lent is traditionally called Laetare Sunday. Laetare is the Latin word which means “rejoice.” We rejoice that on Laetare Sunday we are at the mid-point of Lent, and our liturgy this weekend centres on the boundless forgiveness of our loving God.  We […]

Dear Parishioners It is good to be back in the parish again after my few days on retreat at Ampleforth Abbey with my brother clergy last week. I have returned to you greatly refreshed spiritually and emotionally. Those few days away gave me a chance to pause and to reflect. As someone who was received […]