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Parish Newsletter for 3rd Sunday of Easter – 19th April 2026
Third Sunday of Easter Often people forget that Easter is not just a day, but a season – the longest in the Church’s year, in

Parish Newsletter for 2nd Sunday of Easter – Divine Mercy – 12th April 2026
DIVINE MERCY SUNDAY Often people forget that Easter is not just a day, but a season – the longest in the Church’s year, in fact!

Parish Newsletter for Easter Sunday – 5th April 2026
EASTER SUNDAY The Paschal Mystery; the suffering, death and resurrection of Jesus, is the single most important event in the history of human existence. And

Parish Newsletter for Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord – 29th March 2026
Palm Sunday of the Passion of the Lord On Palm Sunday the long reading of the Passion dominates the celebration, and in a sense its

Parish Newsletter for The Fifth Sunday of Lent – 22nd March 2026
The Fifth Sunday of Lent – Year A The Gospel of the Fifth Sunday is perhaps the deepest meditation on the mystery of Baptism and

Parish Newsletter for The Fourth Sunday of Lent – 15th March 2026
The Fourth Sunday of Lent – Year A (Laetare Sunday) When we get to Easter, there are two symbols of the resurrection that we use

Parish Newsletter for The Third Sunday of Lent – 8th March 2026
The Third Sunday of Lent – Year A The Gospel of the third Sunday is the remarkable conversation between Jesus and the Samaritan woman by

Parish Newsletter for The Second Sunday of Lent – 1st March 2026
The Second Sunday of Lent – Year A Lent is a Season of preparation for the whole Paschal Triduum – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and

Parish Newsletter for The First Sunday of Lent – 22nd February 2026
The First Sunday of Lent – Year A In the Cycle of Sunday Readings, the oldest are those of Year A in Lent – these

Parish Newsletter for The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 15th February 2026
The Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A Back in the 1960s some groups “adopted” Jesus Christ as an icon of rebellion, overturning authority and

Parish Newsletter for The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 8th February 2026
The Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A While the world may seem to be very indifferent to Christianity most of the time, it can

Parish Newsletter for The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time – 1st February 2026
The Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A Last week we heard Saint Matthew describing the beginnings of Jesus’ public ministry. This week Saint Matthew

Parish Newsletter for The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time – 25th January 2026
The Third Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A We will spend most of the Sundays of the coming year in the company of Saint Matthew.

Parish Newsletter for The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time – 18th January 2026
The Second Sunday in Ordinary Time- Year A There is no break between Christmas and Ordinary Time – one flows almost seamlessly into the other

Parish Newsletter for The Baptism of the Lord – 11th January 2026
The Baptism of the Lord – Year A It may seem strange, but this is a Christmas Feast. Not if we think of Christmas only