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
Masses and Services
- Sat 6.30pm
- Sun 8.30am
- Sun 10.30am
- Mon-Sat 10.00am
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You too will be my witnesses
Fr David Sillince's homily for Solemnity of Pentecost, Year B |
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Intercessions May 20, 2018INTERCESSIONS. Solemnity of PENTECOST [B]. May 20th., 2018. Priest: Let us pray for the Church and the world through Jesus Christ, who in breathing the Holy Spirit enriches the world with many gifts. Reader: For the Church at Pentecost, that as the Apostles proclaimed in many tongues the wonders of God, so Christians everywhere may […] |
Intercessions May 13, 2018INTERCESSIONS. SEVENTH SUNDAY of EASTERTIDE [B]. May 13th., 2018. Priest: Let us pray for the Church and the world through Jesus Christ, who in his prayer to the Father in the Upper Room showed the fullness of his strength, trust and joy, as he came to the culmination of his mission of love. Reader: For […] |
Year of Ovid 2018THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK This year is the 2000th, anniversary of the death of Publius Ovidius Naso, better known to the world as the Roman poet Ovid, one of the ‘mighty three’ along with his slightly older contemporaries Virgil and Horace. All rose to prominence under the first Roman Emperor, Augustus; Virgil died in 19BC, […] |
Catenian BursariesYOUNG CATHOLICS aged 16 to 24: The Catenian Association, which is very active in this Diocese and city, offers Bursaries to young Catholics within this age range for projects associated with their Christian faith; within this Diocese £30,000 has recently been so offered. Projects include assisting with the disabled young people’s Easter pilgrimage to Lourdes, […] |
Southampton General HospitalIN HOSPITAL? It is not always understood that the demands of modern Data Protection prevent Catholic clergy from ‘touting for custom’ on hospital wards in search of possible Catholics. Catholic patients in hospital need, either themselves or through those representing them, to ask for the services of the Chaplain. This can be done by asking […] |
Church Timeline for 2018A CHURCH TIMELINE for 2018AD 18AD – Jesus is (probably) aged 22 and has no doubt thought up ever more baffling questions and answers. 118 AD – Opening of the Pantheon in Rome, the ‘Temple of the Gods’, now the church of St. Mary and the Martyrs. 218AD – Persecution of Christians in Rome by […] |