Today is an important festival in this country – the feast of St John Fisher and St Thomas More, beheaded by King Henry VIII in 1535. Rosary 0930, Mass 1000 followed by Exposition, Mass 1800. It’s particularly special in our diocese (where the fundraising campaign for the canonisation was spearheaded
Continue readingNow that the English Bishops have ‘invited’ us back to church to fulfil our Sunday obligation it has been decided that we no longer need to recite the prayer of spiritual communion as most of us will now be present in the church and therefore able to receive communion. Those
Continue readingMany of you will remember Joseph who came to St Edmunds for a year’s work experience just six months before the first lockdown. Joseph enriched our liturgy with his wonderful music and as lockdown started he livestreamed a daily personal reflection of words and music that was picked up by
Continue readingThis is a picture of the Notre Dame University Rome Global Gateway, a centre for the American Catholic university where some American students come to study each year. I am going there for a conference later this week inaugurating a new international Consortium of Catholic Universities, as part of a
Continue readingWe now have over 450 people making their offerings to the parish electronically, either by standing order or through ChurchSuite. These payments will be from individuals, couples and families and probably cover the majority of our parishioners. Thank you to those of you who are donating in this way. We
Continue readingAs things slowly return to normal we find ourselves short of singers to help lead the congregation at the 9.30 am Mass on Sundays. We are particularly looking for more men to join us but would welcome anyone who could sing on a regular basis. Come and chat to any
Continue readingWe are pleased to be able to announce that some restrictions on worship in church have been lifted now in St Edmund’s. The first is that although Holy Communion from the chalice for laypeople has not yet been restored by the bishops we will now be giving Holy Communion from
Continue readingAt its recent meeting in Cardiff, the Bishops Conference issued a statement inviting all Catholics, from the feast of Pentecost next weekend, to return to Mass attendance in church on Sundays and Holy Days – you can read it here . This invitation recognises changes in Covid-19 infections in recent
Continue readingTomorrow is the 72nd anniversary of the consecration of our church by Bishop Cyril Cowderoy, twelve years after the building was finished before the war. Vigil Mass this evening at 6, Mass tomorrow at 10 and 6. The consecration candles will be lit around the church, marking the places where
Continue readingLast Sunday, 15th May, marked one year since we relaunched the Family Mass in our Parish of St Edmunds celebrating it each week in the Parish Hall. One year ago we were still very restricted by rules governing what we could and could not do. When we began only two
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