Dear All Bishop Nolan has informed the priests of the Diocese that over the first six months of this year, the income across the Diocese has fallen by a total of £500,000. At the same time, however, expenditure has also fallen by £300,000, meaning that overall there is a shortfall...
The information we have been receiving in recent days about the upturn in Covid-19 infections is probably not entirely unexpected. There’s no point in denying though that it is again stirring anxiety and fear among us in different ways and to different degrees. While it would be foolish not to...
HOLY AVOIDANCE In today’s reading from the letter of St. Paul to the Philippians, the Apostle gives a stunningly clear piece of advice: “Avoid anything in your everyday lives that would be unworthy of the gospel of Christ.” To know what to avoid, then, means first of all knowing...
NOVENA PRAYER FOR PROTECTION IN TIME OF PANDEMIC O Mary, you always brighten our path as a sign of salvation and of hope. We entrust ourselves to you, Health of the Sick, who, at the Cross, took part in Jesus’ pain while remaining steadfast in faith. O loving Mother, you...
CALL TO PRAYER: SUNDAY 20th September 2020 Prayer @ 7pm At present, we are experiencing an extended exit from Lockdown to which there is no immediate end in sight. Allied to this, there are now increased restrictions on our movement. Taken together with our collective memory of the last...
NOVENA TO ST. MARY, STAR OF THE SEA (To be recited daily from 19th-27th September inclusive) Star of sea and ocean, Gateway to God’s heaven,Mother of our Maker, Hear our prayer, O Maiden. Welcoming the Ave, Gabriel’s simple greeting,You have borne a Saviour Far beyond all dreaming. Loose the bonds that hold us Bound in...
Crucified Lord Jesus, We have been bitten by the fiery serpent of covid-19. We bring to you all who are suffering from the virus itself, all who are suffering because of it, be it from pain, grief or fear or anxiety, and all who have died of it. By your...
Over and above the central teaching of the parable of Jesus in today’s Gospel, which is to forgive as we have been forgiven, it contains another important lesson. If we look closely at the wicked servant, it is obvious that he is a wasteful man. He is a waster....
The results of the Pastoral Ministry Working Group survey have been published and are attached for your interest. Galloway’s response was significant.
