The Tablet and The Pastoral Review

In this parish we have been subscribing for some years to the weekly journal The Tablet (the only surviving weekly printed Catholic paper) and its sister quarterly journal, the Pastoral Review. Both publications give us a very good way of deepening our faith and keeping up to date with what

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Peace Sunday, 15 January

Next Sunday, 15 January, is PEACE SUNDAY and this year the message from Pope Francis tells us: ‘No one can be saved alone. Combatting Covid-19 together, embarking together on paths of peace’. He asks us: ‘What did we learn from the pandemic? What new paths should we follow to cast

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New Year Updates

Next Friday is the feast of the Epiphany, a holy day of obligation. There was an error on the back page of the Newsletter circulated last week. Masses will be as follows: Thursday 5 January Mass 10 am No Mass at 6 pm Vigil Mass 730 pm Friday 6 January

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Christmas Tea Party

We had a lovely afternoon at the parish Christmas Tea Party and it was a pleasure to see so many happy faces. Parishioners enjoyed mulled wine, sandwiches, mince pies and cakes. There was a raffle for a hamper of goodies which was won by Ursula who was delighted as “I

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Christmas Offerings to our Priests

The offerings from all Christmas Masses are your personal gift to our priests and are separate from any standing orders or regular giving you may have set up. Gift Aid can be claimed on these Christmas offerings but is retained by the parish itself (the priests do not benefit from

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2023 Calendars

The Missionary Sisters of St Peter Claver will be selling their calendars for 2023 outside the church next weekend, 17 & 18 December. Money raised will assist their missionary work in Haiti. Please bring cash to pay for the calendars.

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Flowers in St Edmund’s

Saint Edmund’s has long been renowned for the way in which the beauty of its floral decoration has enhanced the quality of our worship. This has been made possible by the skill and dedication of a team of helpers who have each given up a couple of hours every few

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The Church Shop

The church shop is stocked with cards, advent candles and advent calendars. Also many lovely Christmas cribs and nativity scenes. We are however desperately short of volunteers to open the shop after weekend Masses – at present I have only TWO confirmed volunteers, one who can cover 6pm mass and

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SVP Christmas Appeal

As in previous years, St. Vincent de Paul would like to help local families in financial need this Christmas. We have contacted 12 local primary schools and, as expected in the current climate, we have had a big response from these schools identifying families in financial need. We would like

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Update from Fr Steve

I hope that as you walk into our church this weekend you will be struck by the warmth that surrounds you. After almost a year without heating we are finally on the home stretch. Everything that needs to be in place is now in position and we are fine tuning

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