Today we celebrate the Feast of Christ the King by acknowledging our sinfulness, accepting death and bowing to God's judging of us. Today's gospel is the last judgement; let's put our faith in God's mercy, rather than in our ability to do good. Today's feast marks the...

We are a week and a half into the second lockdown caused by the coronavirus.  The first lockdown was unknown territory and because of that it had its fascinations.  The second time round it`s old hat and much more boring than before.  I still go shopping to the...

Very early on in the Coronavirus pandemic, journalists and newspaper publishers and distributors were designated as ‘key workers’ by the UK Government. The World Health Organisation confirmed that newspapers remain safe to read, as the printing and wrapping process is...

Bishop Marcus has sent a Pastoral Letter to all parishes for Remembrance Sunday, a day when local communities throughout the land would have normally gathered in large numbers to remember all those who died in the two world wars, and in wars and conflicts since....

November is traditionally the month in the Church`s calendar when we pray for our dead.  In this world, we engage in the struggle for salvation.  God saves us through the death and resurrection of his Son; we can`t save ourselves, but we can co-operate with God`s...

A statement from the President and Vice-President of the Bishops’ Conference has been issued on behalf of all the Bishops of England and Wales regarding the Prime Minister’s statement on Saturday evening and on the proposed national restrictions guidance (effective...

The Prime Minister has announced another National lockdown from Thursday 5 November to Wednesday 2 December. This includes the closure of places of worship. Accordingly, there will be no masses at St Joseph's Church during this period and the church will not be open...

St Joseph's is setting up a parish database as a list of parishioners does not currently exist. It will enable us to keep in touch whilst we are not able to meet and socialise after mass, as we would normally do, especially at this time of year. Sadly our Christmas...

In Marilynne Robinson`s novel Gilead, the Reverend John Ames meets and marries a young woman called Lila whose life has been very difficult.  She has not been baptised and he baptises her, but she washes it off afterwards because she feels it prevents her from...