We celebrate Easter at a time of the year when Nature awakens from her long winter sleep and new life is beginning to spring forth. The early Spring flowers – snow drops, crocuses and daffodils- shyly make their appearance, adding colour and new life to an apparently dead winter landscape. Nature proclaims that death is…
Every culture and religion have their own creation story – a story that answers the big questions such as: Where have we come from? How did the universe begin? What is our place in it? What will happen when we die? Why is there suffering in the world? For most of the past 2000 years…
“To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven:” (Ecclesiastes: 3:1) We are coming into Spring, in the garden there are a few brave daffodils flowering in the shelter of larger plants. Trees are beginning to bud and we can see green shoots everywhere. The nights become lighter,…
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ let us walk with Pope Francis on his journey, listening and praying with all Baptised people for a Synodal Church. The word synod derives from the ancient Greek term for coming together. It’s about co-operation. So for us at Parish, Diocesan and every level we shall be searching together…
As I write this article we are coming to the end of Advent and entering the Christmas season.It is a hectic time of hustle and bustle and long queues in the shops made worse this year because of the fear of unexpected lockdowns. For many, Christmas has lost its focus and has become a celebration…
Two hundred 200 years ago, Pierre Bienvenu Noailles founded the Holy Family Association with the image of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph. The Association also adopted the image of the Oak tree. “In my dream the Holy Family appeared to me as a gigantic tree, a kind of oak with green leafy branches. On…