Posted: 05 May 2020
Many apologies for the late start to Mass yesterday - I got distracted after the Funeral and we didn’t start until 12.15pm
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Posted: 04 May 2020
Today at 10.45am, I will help to celebrate the funeral of Lourdes Campbell, a nurse from Bolton Royal Hospital who died as a result of Covid 19.
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Posted: 03 May 2020
Blessings on this Good Shepherd Sunday, a day on which traditionally we pray for vocations to the priesthood and the religious life. Let’s do so today.
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Posted: 02 May 2020
There’s a lot of talk and jokes these days about the ‘new normal’ and a lot of hopes expressed about more sensitive ways of working, travel and relationships.
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Posted: 29 April 2020
Today is the feast of St Catherine of Siena, an extraordinary woman. She was a mystic for sure but she combined this with a remarkable hardheadedness which enabled her to speak truth to power.
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Posted: 29 April 2020
If you are housebound or self-isolating at this time, please use these prayers to unite yourself with the worship of the Universal Church, and your own Parish, this Sunday.
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Posted: 28 April 2020
Yesterday’s appeal for bird song in the garden produced some spectacular results. I have included just three submissions:
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Posted: 27 April 2020
A new week begins, a week in which we become ever more aware of the precious gift of life - aware of where that gift comes from and all that goes into sustaining it, and of all those people who ensure that it can be sustained.
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Posted: 26 April 2020
I hope you and your families are staying safe. Please assure them of the parish’s prayers - if you know of anyone who needs particular help please let myself or Maureen know.
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Posted: 25 April 2020
Thank you for all your lovely messages of support and prayer - they mean so much to me and the family. We all know that it is faith and the loving kindness of others that enables us to get through these days of sadness.
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Posted: 25 April 2020
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Posted: 24 April 2020
As some of you know, my brother, Michael, died yesterday morning after a not too long struggle with cancer. He was a very private man and didn’t want too many people to know about it.
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