SVP Easter Tea Party on 25 April

St Edmund’s SVP is holding a Tea Party in the Church Hall and garden on Monday 25 April 2.00 – 4.00 pm. All are invited to attend. Please RSVP to Fiona on 07956 516 279 to let her know you will be coming. The SVP would be very happy to

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Luis Machiavello

CONGRATULATIONS to our parishioner Luis Machiavello, shown here with his wife Nancy, who graduated last week with the MA in Catholic Social Teaching from St Mary’s University. There is an article by Luis in the latest edition of the Pastoral Review in the church porch.

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Empowering Vulnerable Children – EVC Uganda

There will be an appeal at Masses this weekend for EVC Uganda. This charity provides a future through education for some of the poorest children in the world. Judith Fawcett, the founder of the charity will talk briefly at all Masses this weekend about their work. For further information please

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Ukraine Refugee Accommodation Request

We have received the following appeal for accommodation for a Ukrainian couple, so please consider this if you are registering for the sponsorship scheme: Hello My name is Oksana and I live in Rectory Road. I came to settle in the UK 20 years ago and became a British Citizen,

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Sacristans and Altar Servers

We are now in the happy position where the lifting of restrictions means that we can rebuild our teams of altar servers and others who help to prepare the sanctuary for Mass and clear up afterwards. Historically in St Edmund’s we have had a lot of people who have generously

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Blessing of Easter Foods

For a number of years before Covid struck, we celebrated in our parish the Blessing of Easter Foods, which is a service known throughout eastern Europe. We would very much like to re-instate this service this year. It is a lovely way to celebrate the richness of the cultural diversity

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St Edmund’s Lent Talks Update

The second in our series of lent talks took place on Tuesday, entitled “What is a synod? Dialogue and listening“. The materials are now online, including presentation slides, the talk text, and a recording on our webcam. The topic of the first talk (the previous week) was ‘Ukraine and Catholic

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