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We pray that all our young people and vulnerable adults will be safe from all harm. We ask the Lord to help us all be responsible for knowing and implementing all safeguarding measures in our parish, and so to show our Christian love for those most in need of protection. ...

There are a number of very good Novenas available online. I have chosen three, each with a slightly different emphasis. If you want to finish the Novena on the eve of Pentecost, you would begin on Friday 14th May. If you want to finish it on Pentecost Sunday itself, you...

A Note from the Bishop: Dear All, Thirty Marian shrines are involved in leading the Church throughout the world in praying during May for an end to the pandemic. Prayers from the Pontifical Council for Promotion of the New Evangelisation are attached.   +William Nolan Bishop of Galloway

With the image of the true vine, Jesus is talking about himself as the source of true life and fruitfulness. Anyone who is joined to him is a branch on the vine.   We are very aware in these pandemic days of how fragile life is. The vaccines have helped...

Call to Prayer: Sunday 2nd May 2021 Prayer @ 7pm We live in a world in which questions of identity are much to the fore. The questions range from that of personal identity to those of communal identity. Such questions are important and from our understanding of who we are...