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Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel is about the need to pray continually. St John Henry Newman once wrote, ‘Prayer is to the spiritual life what the beating of the pulse and the drawing of the breathy are to the life of the body’. These words reflect his firm conviction that Christ dwells in the heart of every Christian, calling each of us to holiness. The Journey in Faith … [Read more...] about Newsletter 20.10.19.

Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel reminds us of the importance of saying Thank You! This is true in our daily lives: it is also true in our prayer life. The greatest Thank You prayer is the Eucharist - the word means Thanksgiving. It is at the Eucharist that we join with the whole Church in thanking God for the saving work of his Son. Today we celebrate the canonisation of … [Read more...] about Newsletter 13.10.19.

Dear Friends, On October 2nd, we celebrated the Feast Day of our Guardian Angels. “Guardian Angel” is one of Blessed John Henry Newman’s hymn poems, written after he established The Oratory of St Philip Neri in England. Blessed Newman calls his Guardian Angel his oldest friend, who guided and helped him during every moment of his childhood, a friend who knows him completely. … [Read more...] about Newsletter 06.10.19.

  Dear Friends, CAFOD Harvest Family Fast Day - Friday 4th October. No one should be beyond reach of the love and support they need to thrive.  This Harvest Family Fast Day CAFOD invites us to fast, pray and give so that they can ex-tend the hand of friendship to villages in rural Uganda which have been devasted by drought. Every day children trek miles for water risking … [Read more...] about Newsletter 29.09.19.

Dear Friends, It’s great to be in the parish again this year (my fourth year doing this), whilst Fr James takes a well-deserved break. Firstly, it’s pleasing to see that England is getting a little better at cricket (thanks to an Aussie coach),……. Valiant effort this year, BUT we’ve still got the Ashes!! My mother’s grandfather was born and baptised in 1853 at Woodbastwick, … [Read more...] about Newsletter 22.09.19.