Parish Events

On Monday 14th September we celebrate the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross which is an annual opportunity to reflect upon the Mystery of the Cross as the triumph of Our Lord over death and sin. To the human eye the Cross appeared to rather to be a moment of defeat. Yet on

The feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross is followed on Tuesday 15th September by the Memorial of Our Lady of Sorrows, which, situating Our Lady in her place at the foot of the cross, recalls the entire cycle of Mary’s participation in the sufferings of Jesus as predicted by Simeon – “a sword

On Wednesday 2 September, candidates from St Bernadette’s Parish and St Dominic’s Priory School received the Sacrament of Confirmation, with the beautiful accompaniment of the Priory choir.  Congratulations to all on your reception into the Church.

The feast of Our Lady’s Birthday (Nativity) describes a mystery not recounted in the Scriptures but set forth in various ancient traditions. In the Liturgy for this feast the Church refers to the Nativity of Mary as the “hope and … daybreak of salvation for all the world” (Post-communion prayer), for as the daybreak or

On 1st September, in the gardens of the Pontifical residence at Castel Gandolfo, outside Rome, Pope Leo celebrated the Holy Mass for the Care of Creation, marking the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. In his homily, the Pope stated: “As we look upon the birds of the air and the lilies of

Tuesday 1st September is the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation. This day, established by Pope Francis, invites us to reflect on the Christian truth that this visible world comes to us from God, it bears the marks of his presence and deserves respect and a true spirit of care. Pope Francis,

This Sunday we celebrate the feast of Blessed Juvenal Ancina, a member of the Roman Oratory in the time of St Philip Neri and also a friend of St Francis de Sales. Among Blessed Juvenal’s work was that of composing religious music to aid Catholic devotion; the saint also loved to play chess in his

On Tuesday 8th September Fr Michael Lang of the London Oratory will give a presentation on the development of the devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus, and the liturgical propers that have arisen in connection with this feast, which is traditionally celebrated on Shrove Tuesday. Fr Michael is a widely published scholar and internationally

This Monday we celebrate the feast of St Bartholomew, one of the original twelve Apostles. Being a close friend of Christ, being transformed by Him, faithful to Him, and later evangelizing and giving up his life for Him, we look up to St Bartholomew as an example of holiness. “We have no special information about

St Augustine was born in 354 in Tagaste (modern Algeria). Whilst schooled in Christianity by his mother Monica (also a saint, her feast being the previous day), the independent and intellectual young Augustine adopted the creed of the Manicheans, a popular religion in the ancient world which set goodness and evil as equal and opposing