Newsletter

Dear Friends, We have lived and shared together the most important week in the Church’s calendar. One of my priestly colleagues said to me recently that a new parish priest only fully takes ownership of his parish when he has celebrated the Holy Week liturgies with his parish family. There is much truth in this. The Mass on Maundy Thursday with its deeply symbolic Washing of … [Read more...] about Newsletter 12.04.15.

The Lord is alive! He is risen indeed! Welcome to this Easter Mass which celebrates the central mystery of our faith: the Resurrection of the Lord. The readings today are full of the confident and joyful faith of the early Christian community. The first Easter Sunday as narrated by St John is full of movement. First comes Mary Magdalen, still weeping and confused. She … [Read more...] about Newsletter 05.04.15.

Today we begin the Week that we call Holy. It is the high point of the Church’s year when we re-live the central events of our faith. During these days we come together as one parish community to share in the beautiful liturgies and to celebrate together the Paschal Mystery - the Passion, Death and Resurrection of Jesus Christ. The services of the Triduum are in effect one … [Read more...] about Newsletter 29.03.15.

I know that I am not alone in feeling deeply concerned about the level of violence around the world at the present time. Many thousands of our Christian brothers and sisters are subjected to vicious persecution: forced to flee their homes, their churches desecrated, many have been murdered in a particularly barbaric fashion. Martyrdom has always been held in high regard by … [Read more...] about Newsletter 22.03.15

There is a phrase in today’s second reading which reads: ‘we are God’s work of art’. Perhaps you might be thinking that the Lord still has quite a bit of work to do before we can be exhibited! The truth is that God doesn’t make rubbish: the master craftsman is gradually shaping us into the likeness of his Son. Or, to use another biblical image, the potter is constantly at work … [Read more...] about Newsletter 15.03.15.