Acts 9:1-20

Read a short reflection on the readings from Friday in the Third Week of Eastertide below.

Month of May: Month of Mary

The month of May, along with October, is traditionally the month to pray the Rosary at home within the family, and Fr Joe encourages our parishioners to spiritually join with him and each other at 7pm each evening of May to pray the Rosary.

St John 6: 35-40

Jesus has stated that “I am the bread of life. He who comes to me will never be hungry; he who believes in me will never thirst”. Jesus invites all humanity to approach him, he who has been sent from the Father, in order to give life to the world. God the Father has desired … [Read more…]

St Catherine of Siena Feast: 29th April

St Catherine was born in Siena, Italy in 1347. She was the 13th child of parents Jacopo and Lapa Benincasa. From a young age she was a deeply spiritual person and her objective was to completely surrender herself to Christ but had the insight that this would be a process and require much time in … [Read more…]

Feast of St Loius Marie de Montfort

He was born on the 31st of January 1673 in Montfort sur- Meu, which is in Brittany, North Western France. As a young child he had a great devotion to the Blessed Sacrament, Our Blessed Lady and the Rosary, which he would promote throughout his entire life. He also had a great love of the … [Read more…]

St Peter Chanel, Priest and Martyr.

Feast of St Peter Chanel. He was born on the 12th July 1803, in Cuet, a small village in south eastern France. As a youngster he looked after the cows on his family’s farm. He entered the Minor Seminary in Meximieux in 1819 and then onto the Major Seminary in Brou and from there was … [Read more…]