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Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel Jesus gives back her son to the grieving widow. It is both an act of compassion and a sign of his power over death. ‘I am the Resurrection and the Life’. Last Sunday’s 1st Holy Communion Masses at Aylsham and North Walsham were a joy indeed! The eleven children were a credit to their parents and their catechists and we support them with our … [Read more...] about Newsletter 05.06.16.

Dear Friends, The feast of Corpus Christi is a particularly appropriate day for a group of our children to make their First Holy Communion. There will be 7 children at Aylsham (Madeline & James Boyle, Lydia Buller Long, Augustine Gedge, Hannah Keane, Ella & Meena Thompson) and 4 at North Walsham (Daniel Flack, Philomena Gould, Sophie Lev and Jude Porter). We keep … [Read more...] about Newsletter 29.05.16.

Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the feast of God Himself - the Blessed Trinity. We can never fully articulate the mystery of the Godhead in human words. However the Bible gradually unfolds this mystery. It sees God, not as an isolated deity but as a communion of persons and we are caught up in the intimacy of that communion. When we were baptised we were plunged in the life … [Read more...] about Newsletter 22.05.16.

  Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the great Solemnity of Pentecost: 50 days after the feast of Easter it brings to completion the Easter season. It also marks the beginning - the birthday - of the Church when the Holy Spirit came with great power into the lives of the followers of Jesus. God’s Spirit was active throughout the history of the Chosen people. The … [Read more...] about Newsletter 15.05.16.

Dear Friends, Today we celebrate the feast of the Ascension. It is not an isolated event but an essential part of the Easter Mystery. Between Easter and Pentecost we celebrate the passing over of Jesus when he vanishes from the sight of his disciples in order to open up for them a new way of relating to them when everything is filled with his presence. His invisible presence … [Read more...] about Newsletter 08.05.16.