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Dear Friends, On October 2nd, we celebrated the Feast Day of our Guardian Angels. “Guardian Angel” is one of Blessed John Henry Newman’s hymn poems, written after he established The Oratory of St Philip Neri in England. Blessed Newman calls his Guardian Angel his oldest friend, who guided and helped him during every moment of his childhood, a friend who knows him completely. … [Read more...] about Newsletter 06.10.19.

  Dear Friends, CAFOD Harvest Family Fast Day - Friday 4th October. No one should be beyond reach of the love and support they need to thrive.  This Harvest Family Fast Day CAFOD invites us to fast, pray and give so that they can ex-tend the hand of friendship to villages in rural Uganda which have been devasted by drought. Every day children trek miles for water risking … [Read more...] about Newsletter 29.09.19.

Dear Friends, It’s great to be in the parish again this year (my fourth year doing this), whilst Fr James takes a well-deserved break. Firstly, it’s pleasing to see that England is getting a little better at cricket (thanks to an Aussie coach),……. Valiant effort this year, BUT we’ve still got the Ashes!! My mother’s grandfather was born and baptised in 1853 at Woodbastwick, … [Read more...] about Newsletter 22.09.19.

Dear Friends, In today’s Gospel St Luke addresses the tensions in the early Church. Some in the brotherhood had problems mixing with converts with a pagan background and did not accept them as true Christians. Luke is saying that any kind of exclusion or intolerance is not in line with gospel teaching. Each year the Church in England and Wales celebrates Home Mission … [Read more...] about Newsletter 15.09.19.

Dear Friends, Today’s Gospel contains the call to radical renunciation: the giving up of possessions, family and personal ambition. How are we to understand this? To this day some take the call literally - members of religious orders who give a powerful witness through their vow of poverty. For us it is more about an attitude of mind whereby we put the Lord at the centre of … [Read more...] about Newsletter 08.09.19.