He is risen! “She saw that the stone had been moved away from the tomb…” Our Lenten tableau has been removed from in front of the altar. We would normally have our Easter garden in its place but as that is not possible this year we must use our imagination....
“Father, into your hands I commend my spirit.” As the altar was stripped after the Holy Thursday Mass, so we now strip our tableau of all its symbols. Previous weeks During Lent seven symbols were added to the tableau: Ash Wednesday: the embers and ashes of a fire. As...
“If I, then, the Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you should wash each other’s feet.” As we near the end of our Lenten journey with Jesus, the symbols from previous Sundays are removed from our tableau in front of the altar. In their place we put a jug,...
“Most of the crowd spread their garments on the road, and others cut branches from the trees and spread them on the road.” Today we walk with Jesus into Jerusalem, to join him on his final journey to death and resurrection. In our Lenten tableau in front of the altar...
This year during Lent we are using the space before the altar to illustrate symbolically our journey with Jesus from the desert to Jerusalem. We use as a basis the symbol of sackcloth, a traditional sign of repentance. Hessian fabric, together with stones, forms the basis of a tableau representing...
This year during Lent we are using the space before the altar to illustrate symbolically our journey with Jesus from the desert to Jerusalem. We use as a basis the symbol of sackcloth, a traditional sign of repentance. Hessian fabric, together with stones, forms the basis of a tableau representing...
Families can join CAFOD online at 10am GMT on Sunday for a virtual children’s liturgy of the word. Register now to take part: https://register.gotowebinar.com/register/5095942131288155403
The Parish Pastoral Council held a meeting on 5th March; we began with an opening prayer. This was a special meeting of the PPC as we said welcome to four new members; Roque Fernandes, Elsie Ofili, Erica Thurbon, and Colin Wilding. Then we said thank you and goodbye to three...
The document below is an Extract of Income and Expenditure for the year ended 31st December 2019 and is distributed with the newsletter. We are grateful to the finance committee for all their hard work and they will be speaking after masses this weekend.
The PPC are delighted by the response asking for new nominations to join or rejoin the council and would like to thank the five parishioners who have stepped forward to seek nomination. The Parish Priest and Chair in consultation with the existing PPC members are in agreement that in accordance...
