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A message from Fr John

Posted: 25 July 2020

I’m sorry we missed Mass and exposition yesterday but we’re back on schedule today. I might have to shift the chapel for a few days next week but I’m still waiting for the builders to give me their programme.

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The world is charged with the grandeur of God

Posted: 24 July 2020

I hope you’re well and staying safe - face masks and safe distancing are not easy but absolutely essential if we are ever to get over the pandemic and, importantly, when the whole congregation can gather for Mass.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 23 July 2020

Good morning - it looks like one of those days when the weather doesn’t know what to do

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 22 July 2020

A number of people have said how much they have enjoyed some of the morning poems. And so ..

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 21 July 2020

Following on from yesterday, I thought the following poem, which came up in our poetry evening, might help us to focus again on the world around us

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 20 July 2020

It looks as though we’re going to have a couple of days of reasonable weather - fingers crossed.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 19 July 2020

I was listening to ’Something Understood’ this morning; it was about darkness in its various forms.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 18 July 2020

I hope you’re managing to stay well and safe - it appears as though the virus, whilst seeming to have abated slightly, poses an even greater threat if we ignore the basic rules of distancing and hygiene … but we know that, don’t we?

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 17 July 2020

Good morning - I hope you’re well The news on climate change seems to get ever more threatening, doesn’t it - temperatures of 38 degrees in the Arctic!!!!

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 16 July 2020

Good morning - I think the sun must be self-isolating - again Today is one of the patronal feasts of the diocese - Our Lady of Mt Carmel.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 15 July 2020

Good morning Today is the Feast of St Bonaventure - one of the great spiritual writers from the early days of the Franciscan Order.

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A message from Fr John

Posted: 14 July 2020

The news is going all over the place these days and it’s difficult to keep track of all the pieces of advice which are proffered by the various sources both political and scientific.

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