Feast of St Anne
Here is a little clip from the Shrine of St Anne in Brittany.
New Lectionary
The Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments has confirmed the approval by the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales for the new Lectionary. The Lectionary, which includes the scripture readings for Mass and the sacraments, will come into use in Catholic parishes in England and Wales from Advent 2024. Cardinal Arthur […]
Congratulations
Our prayers and best wishes go to Frank and Margaret Pearson who celebrated their Golden Wedding with a Mass of Thanksgiving at St Anne’s today. They were joined by family and friends and were presented with not one but two Papal Blessings!!! The celebrations continued after Mass with ‘one for the road’ at the New […]
Lemon Possett
Lemon Possett is a delightful desert that I came across after a visit to Mr Thomas’ Chophouse in Manchester with an Oratorian Priest friend. I think it falls under the category of what the late Fr Alf Hughes, onetime Director of Junior Clergy in our diocese would call ‘light but substantial’. For the Possett 600mls […]
When You Visit a Priest
Please Remember… That a priest isn’t married, nor will he have a family of his own. No wife, no children. His family is his parishioners. He is a spiritual father in faith to the community he serves. His future is in celebrating the Eucharist at Mass every day, hearing confessions, anointing the sick, serving those […]
Churches and Supermarkets
With new supermarkets popping up all over the place do we not run the risk of being spoilt for choice? What are the criteria for choosing which supermarket you go to? Cost? Range of products? Value for money? Distance from home? Opening hours? All these things influence the supermarket that we choose for the weekly or monthly ’big […]
Synod Road Map
As you will be aware Bishop John launched our Diocesan Synod at the Chrism Mass in April this year. Since then there have been a series of information meetings up and down the diocese to help people understand what a synod is and how they can be involved. Below is a road map for the […]
What Now?
Now that we have our website up and running it is important that we keep it up to date otherwise it will become stale and no one will come to look at it. I plan to use the blog section of the website to explore various aspects of Catholic Faith and Practice. There may be […]
Going to Confession
If we are honest with ourselves going to confession is not something that we ‘enjoy.’ Why is this? The answer is probably something along the lines of ‘none of us likes to admit that we have done anything wrong.’ Those of you who have small children will see this played out many times as you […]
Do this in Memory of Me
Was ever another command so obeyed? To do this in memory of Him? For century after century, spreading slowly to every continent and country and among every race on earth, this action has been done, in every conceivable human circumstance, for every conceivable human need from infancy and before it to extreme old age and […]