ST. VALENTINE

by | Feb 13, 2022 | St Joseph's Catholic Church

14th February is the feast of St. Valentine, who refused to renounce his Christianity and was executed outside the Flaminian Gate in Rome on this day in 269. Whoever he was, Valentine did really exist, because archaeologists have unearthed a Roman catacomb and an...

LETTER FROM BISHOP MARCUS

by | Feb 6, 2022 | St Joseph's Catholic Church

Dear Reverend Fathers, Deacons, Religious Sisters and Brothers, and Seminarians Please find attached a letter from the Secretariat of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales regarding the latest guidance for Churches regarding the government’s updated...

PARISH LISTENING REPORT

by | Jan 29, 2022 | St Joseph's Catholic Church

Dear Father, Thank you for coordinating the synodal listening session that took place in your parish. All the parish listening sessions have now been completed. In total, over 1100 parishioners took part in the sessions. Over 3500 people have also made submissions via...

THE WHITE FLOWER APPEAL

by | Jan 15, 2022 | St Joseph's Catholic Church

This Sunday sees the annual appeal for funds by SPUC, The Society for the Protection of the Unborn Child. It is called the White Flower Appeal after The White Rose movement, a non-violent, intellectual resistance to the Nazis in Germany at the height of the Second...

SEASONS AND NEW YEAR WISHES

by | Jan 9, 2022 | St Joseph's Catholic Church

Just a line to let you know, I’m turning very deaf and slow, But growing old disgracefully, Seems just the very job to me! Do as I like; don’t give a damn, I take my pills; I take my dram, I’m warm and cosy and well fed, I’ve got my books; I’ve got my bed, I think...