Feast Day: 10 August The feast of St Lawrence is celebrated on 10 August. As a deacon in the early Church in Rome, St Lawrence championed the inherent value of all human beings, even when it ultimately led to his martyrdom. St Lawrence was a deacon in Rome during the reign of the Emperor Valerian,
Feast Day: 9 August “We bow down before the testimony of the life and death of Edith Stein, an outstanding daughter of Israel and at the same time a daughter of the Carmelite Order, Sister Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a personality who united within her rich life a dramatic synthesis of our century. It
Feast Day: 8 August A highly educated upbringing Saint Dominic is probably one of the more well-known saints because he established the Dominicans — the Order of Preachers — and had success spreading devotion to the rosary. He was born is Spain in 1170 to what would have then been seen as a middle class
Feast Day: 4 August St John Vianney, the “Curé D’Ars,” is the patron saint of priests and parish clergy. His feast day is 4 August, the day you should also pray for your parish priest. St John Vianney’s life is ever an inspiration. He was born into a peasant family in the small town of
We have today received the following letter on connecting electricity to the new hotel being built near to the train station. We do not believe that the disabled parking bays will be affected but there will be disruption to the footpath and road. We have advised the company of the details of our Mass times
Today’s memorial was formerly a memorial only in honour of Saint Martha. However, on 2 February 2021, Pope Francis expanded this memorial to include Martha’s sister and brother, Mary and Lazarus. Thus, today we celebrate these three siblings together. Why do we have this memorial honoring all three of these siblings together? When this memorial
Sophie Sullivan, our Catechetical Co-ordinator, and her husband Mike shall be running the next two-part Baptism Preparation Course on the dates below via Zoom. Monday 2 August at 8:00 pm – 9.15 pm Monday 9 August 2021 at 8:00 pm – 9.15 pm Places are limited to a maximum of 10 couples. If you would
If you were a eucharistic minister (either at Mass or visiting the sick or housebound), reader, altar server, musician or welcomer before the pandemic, let us know if: you are now willing to continue in your volunteer role, or no longer wish to continue, This way, wet we can start to think about the way
Feast Day: 22 July Mary Magdalene is one of the greatest women to ever live. She is a great example to us all. Far too often, individuals are labelled by their sins and not by what they did to overcome them. We know from scripture that Mary Magdalene had seven demons cast out of her
The Portsmouth Diocese Spiritual Formation Team invite you to take an Ignatian Staycation this summer on Wednesday evenings from 4 to 25 August. Because of travel restrictions, we may not be able to travel abroad this summer and so the Portsmouth Diocese Spiritual Formation Team have planned an alternative journey which costs nothing! As this
