Welcome to St Boniface, the Catholic church in Freemantle and Shirley. Our 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. We have a wide ethnic mix, with many newcomers from India, Africa, the Philippines and Eastern Europe.
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Fr David Sillince's homily for 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time, Year C
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Religious vestments
The history of religious vestments in its totality is enormously complicated, but it sheds much light upon the changing understanding of the priesthood through the ages.
We’re in Portsmouth People!
The parish features in the February/March edition of the diocesan magazine.
Summing up
As we come to the end of our historical survey, it is time to do some summing up. The idea of priesthood has gone through many changes in the course of human history, and there are tensions between the different interpretations.
Farewell Canon John
After 10 years, Canon John O’Shea is leaving the city centre parish for Reading.
Vatican II
The Second Vatican Council (1962-5), Blessed Pope John XXIII’s “flinging open the windows to let in some fresh air”, sought to redress the balance, especially by looking again at the Scriptures and at the whole history of the Church.