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There are many ways to get involved - from joining together at Mass to assisting with the running of the Parish and joining in our activity groups
There are many ways to get involved - from joining together at Mass to assisting with the running of the Parish and joining in our activity groups
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Masses / Services |
St Luke’s |
Ss Peter & Paul’s |
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Sundays |
Sat vigil 6.30pm, Sun 9.30am |
Sun 8.00am and 11.00am |
For weekday masses and services, please see the newsletter which can be downloaded below.
Throughout the first three weeks of Advent our focus is very clearly on the End of Time, and the Second Coming of the Lord - not on the run up to Christmas (that only comes in the last week). If we view Advent as a Season preparing for Christmas these readings will make little sense - and neither will the figure of John the Baptist who appears today: if it was about the preparation for Christmas, then John the Baptist, preaching after Jesus was born, becomes a confusing figure: his role is to preach to us, as he did of old, and to prepare us for the (second) coming of the Lord. Everything gets more specific today: what is being preached is not an event, but a person: Isaiah promises him, John welcomes him, Paul invites us to imitate him. We have here a thumbnail portrait of the Messiah – useful to refer to when we get to Christmas and he is revealed as a child in a manger!
Marriage Matters: Advent - a new beginning for us?: Today, Isaiah talks about trust and Matthew focuses on forgiveness. Advent is the opportunity to discover new ways to help our partner to trust us and to share themselves. Our prayer can be that we drop our defences, become more vulnerable and have the courage to open ourselves to be able to really listen, to share and to change.
Scripture is at the centre of everything the Church does. The word of God shapes our prayer and worship. The Bible shows us how to understand the world, how we are called to live and relate to each other. 2020 is the 10th anniversary of Verbum Domini – Pope Benedict XVI’s Apostolic Exhortation on ‘The Word of the Lord’ and the 1,600 anniversary of St Jerome’s death. These dates have inspired the Catholic Bishops’ Conference to dedicate 2020 as a year of focus on the Bible and ‘The God Who Speaks’.
We have received an update from Fr Joseph updating on some of his work which we are pleased to support
Music is an important element of our liturgy and the Music Ministry Deanery Group is helping our parishes develop our music
This week is the 50th Anniversary of the opening of St Luke's new church. Have a look at photos from that day
You can take a tour of St Luke's from the comfort of your armchair with Google Streetview
Take a tour of Ss Peter & Paul's Church on-line. Using Google Streetview you can take a walk around the inside and then down to the grotto
