Tidying the church grounds

Last Tuesday morning I listened to a senior police officer with 24 years of experience describe the scenes outside the Holiday Inn Express near Manvers as the most frightening encounter he had ever had. He described how the officers outside the hotel fought for the lives of the residents and staff and for each other…

This weekend is a special day of prayer for vocations to the priesthood and religious life. We will have the joy of Deacon Christian Nwakama being ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Hallam on June 22nd however, we have no other seminarian for the Diocese which means it will be at least another…

We are now into the part of our liturgical year known as ‘Ordinary Time’. The word ‘ordinary’ in our common use implies something plain, unimpressive or unexciting. However, in the context of the Church’s year it means following the activities of Jesus’ public life through our Sunday worship and living our daily lives according to…

October – The Month of the Rosary The Rosary is a meditative prayer based on scripture. When we pray the Rosary we are asking Mary to pray with us as we seek to grow closer to her Son Jesus Christ by contemplating on his life death and resurrection. There is what is called four mysteries…