While the Adoremus Festival is taking place at Oscott College, Birmingham on Saturday, 14 September, parishes across the country have been asked to arrange a Holy Hour at some point during the weekend so that parishioners are in prayerful solidarity with the Bishops and representatives gathered in Birmingham. The Catholic Bishops’ Conference has produced a
The installation of a solar panel and battery system will provide electricity across the parish hall, presbytery and church – and importantly reduce CO2 emissions by two tonnes annually.
For the first time since 2019 youngsters from across the Diocese had the opportunity to enjoy a week of activities at the Bosco Camp this summer, thanks to Caritas Diocese of Brentwood and a team of volunteers.
Few of us probably ever think about seafarers. Yet it’s thanks to them that we have so many of the goods we rely on each day. Those sailing the ships which bring those goods to us are being increasingly threatened by incidents of piracy and armed robbery. Please support the Stella Maris Harvest Appeal to support seafarers and fishers working in an increasingly dangerous and hostile world.
"We stand in solidarity with all victims of violence, especially with our brothers and sisters seeking asylum, our Muslim brothers and sisters, and indeed with anyone feeling threatened because of who they are or where they are from." Raymond Friel OBE writes.
This coming Sunday 11 August at 6.30pm evening mass the Cathedral parish is delighted to welcome for the very first time a youth and adult choir from Munich Cathedral. The music is by Max Eham, Domenico Bartolucci and Charles Stanford’s ‘O Be Joyful in the Lord’, conducted by Benedikt Celler and Bastian Fuchs on the
Interested in renewing your parish community or structure? Looking for new ways to engage and revitalise people? Take a look at the events planned for September and October by Fr Dan Mason, Vicar for Parish Renewal in our diocese.
