Lost Chord 25 years – St Gerards

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…

Two major Solemnities will be celebrated over the next two weeks. Pentecost is a reminder that not only did the Holy Spirit come among the apostles, the Holy Spirit is within us as well. Reflecting each day on the gifts of the Holy Spirit, love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control (Galatians…

For the next five weekends, (or to put it another way, for the rest of the school holidays) the Gospel reading comes from Chapter 6 of John. It is close to the Jewish Feast of Passover as Jesus feeds a multitude of people, a miracle that recalls God feeding Israel with manna in the wilderness….

May the blessing of the divine be an especially bright benediction on mother’s day everywhere on your special day, Mother’s Day. God’s blessings on us all. The Parishes have been busy delivering these beautiful flowers in advance of mother’s day:

The Synod Continues The month of October began with the second ordinary session of the Synod getting underway in Rome. One of the key theological concepts which has informed discussions and documents and been a rich resource for prayer and reflection has been the notion of the person created in the image and likeness of…

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…