There will be no Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament or Confessions this Saturday, 18 June as the church will be used for the rehearsals for the First Holy Communion Masses all day. The Exposition and Confessions will be back to normal next week (Saturday, 25 June). Fr Peter will also be away this weekend which
A fundraiser has been set up for much loved parishioner Hayley Lynskey and her family to go to Disneyland to make memories that they can cherish forever. Hayley has been diagnosed with Cushing’s syndrome, along with neuroendocrine cancer, which is very rare; she is currently undergoing chemotherapy to try and keep the cancer under control.
At the Bishops’ Conference in Cardiff on 6 May 2022, the Bishops voted unanimously to reinstate the obligation on Catholics to attend Mass on Sundays and Holy Days. This will take effect on Pentecost Sunday. Here is the resolution: “This is the bread come down from heaven” (John 6:58). A beautiful hallmark of the Catholic
We have created a page dedicated to Vocations Sunday, otherwise known as Good Shepherd Sunday, which this year will take place on 8 May. Vocations Sunday is when we are invited to pray for more vocations and to support those who are training for the priesthood. Preparing a man for ordination takes several years: vital
The fourth Sunday of Easter is traditionally known as Vocations Sunday or Good Shepherd Sunday as, in that Sunday’s gospel reading, Jesus says, ‘I am the Good Shepherd: the good shepherd is the one who lays down his life for his sheep’. Below is the prayer to St Joseph for Vocations Sunday from the National
We want to re-introduce the much missed opportunities for refreshments and get-together after the Sunday Masses at St Joseph’s but we need YOUR help. The gatherings are completely reliant on parishioners being willing to help. We need volunteers to sett up, serve tea/coffee, clear away and clean the hall/kitchen afterwards, ensuring that the parish centre
With great excitement and anticipation, this year’s elect rehearsed on Tuesday, 13 April for their Big Day. Led by Fr Antonio and also attended by the catechists and sponsors, the rehearsal took place at St Joseph and the English Martyrs Church. The elect are the fourteen individuals from this year’s RCIA and RCIC programmes (Rite
You will remember that late last year, Fr Peter and Fr Antonio led “Listening Events” to listen to what you had to say about the Church. The events were part of the worldwide synod process launched by Pope Francis to invite us to listen deeply to one another and to discern what God is saying
Given on Palm Sunday, 10 April 2022, at Westminster Cathedral Cardinal Vincent NicholsArchbishop of WestminsterT his morning we cross the threshold of Holy Week. Now we begin to journey with our Blessed Lord in the final days of his earthly life. Now we follow him, step by step, through all the events put before us
Join Cardinal Vincent Nichols as he meditates on the Way of the Cross using images from the High Stations on the hill above the Grotto of Our Lady of Lourdes.
