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A message from Fr John

Posted: 16 November 2020

Did you enjoy the poem about Manchester? Today’s offering is rather different.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 15 November 2020

For a change, I thought the following poem might help to ’stiffen the sinews’ etc.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 14 November 2020

Good morning - I hope you’re well and endeavouring to stay safe

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 12 November 2020

The Catholic Church recognizes in other religions that search, among shadows and images, for the God who is unknown yet near since he gives life and breath and all things and wants all men to be saved.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 11 November 2020

As the conversion of St Edmund’s nears completion, it is important to remember those for whom homelessness has become a way of life, living in a poverty that few of us can imagine.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 10 November 2020

The news yesterday was not good, to say the least. The report on the Church and the way it has dealt with child abuse was published and it makes for very difficult reading indeed

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 09 November 2020

Now that we are in lockdown again, and the noise of traffic has diminished a little, it is possible to hear the birds. I’m afraid I can identify very few of them by their song but it lovely to listen to them.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 08 November 2020

Good morning - I hope you’re managing to keep your spirits up during this new phase of lockdown.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 07 November 2020

Thanks be to God the election in the USA seems to have come to a conclusion. It’s obviously not as clear cut as it might have been but we pray that any disputes will be resolved quickly and justly.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 05 November 2020

Good morning - have you recovered from last night? I don’t think I’ve ever heard such a loud Bonfire Night; the fireworks were a dazzling spectacle but what a noise!

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 04 November 2020

Good morning - I hope you’re managing to find some more inner strength to face the next phase of lockdown.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 03 November 2020

Good morning - a little cooler but that’s to be expected. Our hearts go out to the people of Austria as the come to terms with the horrendous outrage.

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