Lost Chord 25 years – St Gerards


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…
In the past years 300 blank, un-decorated baubles have been available to enable parishioners to add prayers for themselves for their loved ones and these prayers would be added to the Christmas Tree. It has been successful in having our loved ones in our thoughts and prayers and be part of Christmastide. With Covid things…
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 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…
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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…