Despite the heat, Fr David completed the course, running the 2018 London Marathon in aid of the Catholic Children's Society (Westminster). You can still support him here.

 

Fr David is running the London Marathon on Sunday 22 April in aid of Catholic Children's Society (Westminster). You can support him here. And if you take any photos of him running, send them to us and we'll put them up on the website!

FR TOM WRITES
As we step into this new year, may our hearts be full of gratitude for the beautiful Christmas we celebrated in our parish. Everything that took place during this time helped to make the mystery of God’s love present among us. This love is not distant; in Jesus Christ our Lord it has become fully visible, so that we, in turn, may participate in the divine life. In this new year, let us pray that the peace of Christ, welcomed into our hearts this Christmas, may continue to guide our families, strengthen our faith, and renew our commitment to love and serve one another.

FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY
We celebrate the feast of the Epiphany, a Holy Day of Obligation, on Tuesday 6th January.  Mass times are 8am, 10am (with the school) and 7pm.

FR DAVID WRITES
Today is the Feast of the Baptism of the Lord, a mystery connected with the Epiphany because of its ‘revelatory’ nature about who Jesus is and how he is manifested as the Christ. We hope you have enjoyed the Christmas season which now draws to a close. We send our thanks and best wishes to you all once again for your generosity and kindness towards us during this festive time that we have shared together. May God bless us all in the coming week.

FR DAVID WRITES
As we celebrate Christmas 2025, the Jubilee Year reaches its culmination. Fittingly, the Holy Year both begins and ends with the feast of the Incarnation, reminding us that renewal, reconciliation and hope find their source in Christ. At Christmas, we return to the heart of our hope, ‘The Word became flesh and dwelt among us.’ God’s answer to human longing is not an idea or a programme, but a person - Emmanuel, God with us. Although this Christmas marks the 2025th anniversary of Christ’s birth, we do not mark a calculation, but a mystery: the Incarnation as the turning point of history. I pray that this Christmas may seal the graces of the Holy Year in our hearts and renew us with joy and hope in Christ, the centre of time and history. May God bless us all in this wonderful week ahead!

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