Tidying the church grounds

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…

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…

This special devotion is traditionally associated with the month of June. Mary of the Divine Heart, a member of the Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd received several visions of Jesus Christ during the 19th Cent. She passed on requests to Pope Leo XIII to consecrate the World to the Sacred…

CAFOD FAMILY FAST DAY 3rd March The world has many areas where people are experiencing the traumas that result from natural disasters. We recently had the shocking earthquake across Turkey and Syria and the support people gave to the disaster appeal has helped to provide shelter, food, water, and emergency medical assistance to people trying…

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…