St Wilfred’s Centre – Charity Auction – 25th September 2023

In a week’s time we will be celebrating Mother’s Day. It is always held on the Fourth Sunday of Lent Laetare Sunday (Rejoice) and has its origins in this country from customs held since medieval times. It was a day when people originally visited their ‘mother’ church which meant the church where you were baptised….

Christ the King. Pope Pius noted that after the Great War of 19-14/18 although there had been a cessation of hostilities there was no true peace. He deplored the rise of class divisions within society and the popularity of unbridled nationalism. The war had devastated large areas of Europe and the Russian Revolution added to…

The month of November begins with All Saints Day on the first day. It was known in the past as All Hallows and the eve of All Hallows became known as Halloween. So instead of witches and ghosts the original purpose of Halloween was to mark the evening as the eve before celebrating our saints…

The month of November begins with All Saints Day on the first day. It was known in the past as All Hallows and the eve of All Hallows became known as Halloween. So instead of witches and ghosts the original purpose of Halloween was to mark the evening as the eve before celebrating our saints…