Welcome to St Boniface, the Catholic church in Freemantle and Shirley, Southampton, Hampshire. Our red brick church, with its bell tower, is a prominent feature on Shirley High Street.
We offer a range of activities from coffee mornings to a flourishing youth club and work with other churches in Shirley to respond to the social needs of our area.
Fr David Sillince, Parish Priest
News and notes
The time has come
Fr David Sillince's homily for 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year B |
What's on
Wed 1 Feb 2012 Separated and divorced Catholics meal
Sat 4 Feb 2012 Prayer tools for the toolbox
Fri 5 Oct 2012 St Mary’s College 90th anniversary
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What's new | |
A Church Timeline for 2012A CHURCH TIMELINE for 2012AD 12AD – Jesus is probably aged between 16 and 18. If the former, then by modern reckoning he would have cost Mary and Joseph £178921; if the latter, and assuming he was embarking on tertiary education, £200117. 112AD – The Roman governor of Bithynia (now N.W.Turkey), Pliny the Younger, writes [...] |
Warm clothes for the Apostleship of the SeaThe Union of Catholic Mothers thanks everyone who gave hats, gloves and coats to their collection for sailors coming to Southampton from abroad. |
Child amid the messAs we contemplate the chaos of the Christ child’s birth, so we are reminded of our own God-given lives, so full of outward confusion, yet so rich in God-given worth. A worth no-one can take away from us. |
Bishop Crispian writes“I wish you every blessing and pray with you now as we await the appointment of a new bishop.” |
Pudsey Bear cupcakes raise £37 for charityCongratulations to Clare, Charlotte, Emma and Barbara who made Pudsey Bear cupcakes and sold them at the parish coffee morning |
Parish Priests’ TimelineA journey through the lives of the priests who have served our parish over the years |