Prepare for Lent During Lent a 7am Wednesday morning Mass will be celebrated at the Immac-ulate Conception and the Mass at the Chapel on the Bridge in Rotherham will be celebrated on Thursdays at 12noon. Stations of the Cross will be celebrat-ed every Wednesday at St Gerard’s after the 10am Mass and at the Immacu-late…
Good morning Parish Safeguarding Reps, Message from Marie O’Donnelly – Diocesan Safeguarding Co-ordinator Following the devastating death of Harvey Willgoose, at All Saints Catholic High School earlier this month, our thoughts, prayers and condolences are very much with Harvey’s family, friends and all within the All Saints Community. The devastation and impact this has caused is…
Mens Welbeing Course Feb 2025
One of the exercises on offer during Lent is ‘Done For Lent’. This has run for a few years and has been very popular. You need to form a group among the people you know before Lent begins and have their agreement to read a given text from scripture each day for six days, think…
This New Year is a Jubilee Year of Hope during which we are invited by the Holy Father to become pilgrims with hope by accepting the invitation to participate with the Holy Spirit in this world wide pilgrimage. Our Diocesan Pilgrim Passport issued last September has details of events being held around the diocese and…
The Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception is an important date for both our parish of the Immaculate Conception and for our primary school St Mary’s. It is an opportunity for us to give thanksgiving for our patron, the Immaculate Conception and celebrate the life of both the parish and the school. The Immaculate Conception means…
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…
Today, parishes worldwide celebrate World Mission Sunday. By supporting Missio, the Pope’s charity for world mission, we stand united as God’s global family, in prayer, solidarity, and action. We are called to ‘go and invite everyone to the banquet’ for the joy of Christ’s Resurrection is a gift meant to be shared with the…