Registration for Confirmation in 2022

Calling all St Edmund’s young people who will be in Year 9 and Year 8 in the new school year, September 2021. Traditionally you would have been invited to enrol on our course after the October half term and start preparations in the new year, to receive the Sacrament in

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The Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary

The Solemnity of Our Lady’s Assumption today is one of the greatest feasts of the Church’s year. It’s worth remembering that like so much else this was outlawed at the Reformation; in normal times at least in countries with a strong Catholic heritage the feast is marked by outdoor processions

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Thank You From Fr. David, CSSp

Tomorrow, August 9, I will commence my annual leave, but will not be returning to St. Edmund’s after that. I will be taking up a new posting somewhere else at the end of my annual leave on September 1, 2021. Thus, permit me to use this moment to say a

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Afternoon tea with the Claver Sisters

The Claver Sisters will be holding a fundraising event in their beautiful convent garden on Sunday, 15 August. They are hoping to raise money to purchase bicycles for their catechists in Malawi. The Sisters will be selling tickets outside the church after all the Masses this weekend.

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First Holy Communion

This Saturday the last four out of a group of 110 children made their first holy communion. This brings to an end two months of weekend Masses when these young people were finally able to receive the Eucharist and means that all children who were unable to make their first

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Changes within our Church: a Reminder

We have received guidance from the English Bishops on how we should proceed within our church as regulations are relaxed. I am aware that many of our parishioners are still cautious about returning to church so all that we do is with the safety of our parishioners in mind. There

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St Mary Magdalen

Today is the feast of St Mary Magdalen, which was raised in importance by Pope Francis a few years ago. She is honoured as the first witness to the Resurrection, the ‘Apostle to the Apostles’ We have today in school our Leavers Mass, the first Mass in school since March

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