We are pleased to advise you that Sophie Sullivan, our Catechetical Coordinator, and her husband Mike shall be running the next two-part Baptism preparation course on the dates below via Zoom. The places will be limited to a maximum of 10 couples on each. Monday 4 October at 8:00 pm – 9:15pm Monday 11 October
Do you have questions about the Catholic faith? The reality of living under the restrictions imposed by the pandemic may have stirred within you a growing desire to connect or – indeed – to reconnect with God. The lockdown may have caused you to look again at life’s purpose and meaning. Do any of these
We have already seen the welcome return of readers and music to our Masses, and now altar serving is the next church ministry to make a comeback following a hiatus brought about by the pandemic. Fr Antonio led a training session for all our altar servers on Sunday 29 August at St Joseph’s Church. The
Debbie is now away on a two-week holiday. She will be back in the Parish Office on Monday, 13 September. Fathers Peter and Antonio will be occasionally checking the parish email account but will only reply to urgent messages – Debbie will reply to all emails on her return. Similarly, the answerphone will be checked
Most Holy Redeemer and Holy Cross will both re-open for Mass from the first Sunday of next month, 5 September. Most Holy Redeemer in Sawbridgeworth has been closed since the first lockdown in March last year. Mass will once again be celebrated every Sunday at 9:00 am. The residents of Much Hadham had been enjoying
Education Sunday is marked this year on 12 September – just after the new academic year starts. The theme for 2021 is ‘A word in season’, taken from Isaiah 50:4. Churches Together in England (CTE) rightly describes teaching and studying as “demanding and privileged callings” and Education Sunday gives us the opportunity to give thanks
The parish is looking for parishioners willing to volunteer their time to journey with individuals in the parish who are perhaps finding out more about their faith. In particular, we would love some extra support for our young people preparing for Confirmation. You do not need to be an expert in theology or have a
Feast Day: 3 September Gregory was the prefect of Rome before he was 30. After five years in office he resigned, founded six monasteries on his Sicilian estate, and became a Benedictine monk in his own home at Rome. Ordained a priest, Gregory became one of the pope’s seven deacons, and also served six years
Feast Day: 31 August St Aidan, also known as Aidan of Lindisfarne and the Apostle of Northumbria, lived from about 590 until 31 August 651. He was an Irish monk and missionary who is said to have restored Christianity to Northumbria. In 635 he founded a monastic settlement on the tidal of Lindisfarne and served
Feast Day: 28 August St Augustine, bishop of Hippo in north Africa (354 to 430 A.D.), was one of the great minds of the early Christian church, a theologian whose ideas forever influenced both Roman Catholics and Protestants. But Augustine did not come to Christianity by a straightforward path. At an early age he began
