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Dear Parishioners This Tuesday we shall enter the month of November! The Month of The Holy Souls. This coming week on Tuesday 1st November we celebrate the great Solemnity of All Saints. In the morning we welcome St Mary’s School into church, for a special All Saints Mass at 10 am. The children will be helping with the liturgy and parishioners are very […]

Dear Parishioners This coming week I am taking a short break in Cheshire from Sunday afternoon 23rd October until Wednesday 26th October. This will mean that there will be No Public Worship on Tuesday 25th October. I am grateful to Andrew for offering a Service of Word and Holy Communion on Wednesday 26th October at 9.30 am. Outside of this liturgy the church […]

Dear Parishioners In the Gospel set for this Sunday, 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time, Year C, we hear the first of two parables that Jesus tells in Luke chapter 18, about prayer. (The second will be read at Mass next Sunday.) This first parable is a lesson in persistence in prayer. (Next Sunday’s parable will address […]

Dear Parishioners Vocations: when I was in Nottingham for meetings during the past week, I was given some packs of the new Diocese of Nottingham Prayer Cards for Vocations. These are now available at the entrance into church. I encourage you to take them home and to use them regularly. You will see on the reverse of […]

Dear Parishioners, October is designated by the Church as the “Month of the Holy Rosary” because in this month the Church celebrates the Marian feast of “Our Lady of the Rosary” on 7th October.   The feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, also celebrated as Our Lady of Victory or Victories, was established by Pope St. Pius V […]

Dear Parishioners Please note the following regarding Masses this week: Wednesday 28th September: I must be in Nottingham all day to attend the mandatory Safeguarding Training for all the clergy, I am very grateful to Andrew for kindly offering a Service of Word and Holy Communion at 9.30 am that day. Thursday 29th September: Requiem Mass at 11 am for Michael Joseph McAndrew, […]

Dear Parishioners The past week has been for us all a time I feel sure of some sadness and loss as we come to terms with the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Her death has clearly been a momentous loss to her family and to our nation. She was a tremendous source of unity […]

Dear Parishioners You will all have heard the sad news of the death last Thursday afternoon, 8th September, of HM Queen Elizabeth II. She died peacefully surrounded by her family at Balmoral Castle in Scotland. A statement from Bishop Patrick is printed in the Bulletin for this week. An area has been set aside within St […]

Dear Parishioners This coming week many of our schools begin back after the summer break. The new term begins at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, on Monday 5th September, do pray this coming week for all who work and study in our school, especially for the new members of staff and students who will begin there […]

Dear Parishioners This week many families will be returning from their summer holidays as our young people prepare shortly to return to their schools for a new academic year. In preparation for the new term at St. Mary’s Catholic Primary School, on 5th September, we shall welcome this Friday, the staff, and governors to our parish […]