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Dear Parishioners On the 10th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year B, we see God confronting Adam and Eve after their disobedience in the Garden of Eden. Despite their disobedience, there is hope for the future. God’s promise shows His love and mercy. This story reminds us that when we sin and fall short in our […]

Dear Parishioners This Sunday we keep the great Solemnity of The Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi). At both the Saturday evening Vigil Mass, at 6 pm and the Sunday morning Mass at 9.30 am, I will invite our Parish Extraordinary Ministers of Holy Communion to stand in their places to renew […]

Dear Parishioners This Sunday we celebrate one of the most fundamental beliefs of Christianity: The Most Holy Trinity – three distinct, coequal Persons in one God. For the Church, the Trinity is considered a mystery. There are aspects of the Trinity that we will never fully grasp while we are this side of Heaven! But […]

Dear Parishioners Changes to the Mass Schedule and days that the church will be closed this coming Week: This week I shall be away at the Diocesan Clergy Conference from Monday 20th May until Wednesday 22nd May. There will be no Public Worship on Tuesday 21st May and Wednesday 22nd May and the church will […]

Dear Parishioners On the 7th Sunday in Easter, we keep World Communication Day, the day on which we hold in pray the work of those engaged in communications, and in particular, the Communication Directorate of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference for England and Wales. This Sunday there will be a second collection at all our Masses […]

Dear Parishioners On this Sunday 6th Sunday of Easter our Readings at Mass focus on understanding and practicing Jesus’ command to “love one another” as He loved us. We reflect on the ways we can show love in our everyday interactions with one another, and we are reminded that loving as Jesus did involves making […]

Dear Parishioners  This Sunday we celebrate the 5th Sunday of Easter – Year B. Today’s reading from the Gospel of John is part of Jesus’ discourse at the Last Supper. Today’s Gospel reading is taken from middle of the Last Supper discourse. Jesus speaks about his relationship to his disciples. In his metaphor of the […]

Dear Parishioners It is good to be back in the parish again after a short time away in East Yorkshire and at my mother’s home in Southwell, a time for me personally to recharge and relax a little after the busyness of Holy Week and Easter. I am grateful to those people who have kindly […]

Dear Parishioners Father Jonathan is away from the parish on annual leave until Wednesday 17th April. We are very grateful to Mgr. John Hadley, Canon Michael Bell, and Andrew Wakley for offering Mass cover and assistance during his absence. Please note the following changes: Saturday 13th April: Vigil Mass at 6 pm – church open […]

Dear Parishioners Fr Jonathan Easter Break: Due to the recent death of Canon Anthony Dolan I have had for practical reasons to delay my Easter break. I shall be away this coming week from the parish from the afternoon of Wednesday 10th April until Wednesday 17th April. I am very grateful to Mgr. Hadley, Canon […]