26th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 27th September – 3rd October Today we focus on the second Mass reading. It includes a beautiful and profound hymn which expresses the emptying out and glorification of Christ articulating in a powerful way the heart of the mystery of Christ.This year Family Fast Day is on Friday the 9th of October. Although this is a difficult time for us, our … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 27.09.20
NEWSLETTER 20.09.20
25th Week in Ordinary Time 2020 20th – 26th SeptemberThe key word in today’s Gospel is ‘entitlement’. Surely, we think, the workers who had spent the whole day in the vineyard were entitled to a bigger wage than those who had begun later in the day. ‘It’s not fair’, children would say! Remember that the Gospel parables are not just stories, they are stories with a message. They … [Read more...] about NEWSLETTER 20.09.20
THE CAFOD LIVE SIMPLY AWARD 2016-2018
Before the summer holidays in June 2016 parishioners from all three of our churches met to reflect on Pope Francis’ encyclical ‘Laudato Si’. Central to his message is how we see our role in the world that conforms with the vision of St Francis. The PPC have decided that we as a Parish should work towards gaining a LiveSimply Award for the Parish so I shall explain more at the … [Read more...] about THE CAFOD LIVE SIMPLY AWARD 2016-2018
THE CAFOD LIVE SIMPLY AWARD
Congratulations and thanks to everyone’s enthusiasm and involvement we had a successful assessment on the 14th May 2018 and have gained a LiveSimply Award for our Parish. We will shortly receive a wooden plaque for each church plus the report of our assessment from CAFOD, which will be published on the Parish website and on the church notice boards along with the report … [Read more...] about THE CAFOD LIVE SIMPLY AWARD
LIVE SIMPLY MONITORING QUESTIONNAIRES
During the time we were working to achieve our Live Simply Award we asked parishioners to complete a couple of questionnaires, one near the beginning of the challenge and one when we submitted our achievement reportOct 2016 – March 2017 QUESTIONNAIREDid you take part in the Reverse Advent Calendar for the Food Bank? 51 … [Read more...] about LIVE SIMPLY MONITORING QUESTIONNAIRES
