A 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 [...]
This is the heart of the ‘mystery’. The early Church guarded it carefully, for initiates only. To this day in the Byzantine liturgy the deacon chants: “The doors! The doors!” meaning that the doors must be watched to prevent the entry of any unbaptised – not that anyone does. Properly speaking, the Eucharistic (Thanksgiving) Prayer [...]
Researchers have found the names of thirteen of the St Boniface War Dead and these will be commemorated at the Royal British Legion Field of Poppies at Westminster Abbey from November 11th.
The month of June is usually one when clergy are invited for mysterious meetings at Bishop’s House and once comfortably ensconced in a chair are invited by the Bishop to move to another congenial (or uncongenial) parish. You will be sorry/glad/indifferent [delete as appropriate] to hear that Fr. David is not part of that process this year.
“The Sacrament of Reconciliation”, alias “Confessions”. What we call it emphasises what we see it to be.
This new document has been produced by the Bishops’ Conference of England & Wales ahead of the General Election. The Bishops argue that finding a shared vision for society is more urgent than the detail of particular party policies.
After 10 years, Canon John O’Shea is leaving the city centre parish for Reading.
Shirley Quilters have been meeting in our hall on Thursday mornings since September 2004. They have recently completed 41 baby quilts and 21 cushions for the children of women using the Southampton Domestic Abuse Service.
Bishop Crispian’s sermon at the diocesan Celebration of Marriage Mass, 25th April 2009
