On Thursday 11th September 2025 the Mamma Margherita Fellowship met for our monthly meeting. Yvette welcomed everyone and especially new members, and we spent a few minutes remembering those recently passed. Our speaker Tony Stratford, a retired Beefeater, arrived looking very smart in his uniform. Tony worked at the Tower of
The Catholic Safeguarding Standards Agency (CSSA) is conducting a thematic inspection on survivor engagement and support across Religious Life Groups and Dioceses. The purpose of the public survey is to invite survivors to contribute their experiences of contact with a Religious Life Group or Diocese following abuse. The experiences may
A happy gathering of parish volunteers took place in the Church Hall last on Saturday 30th August 2025. After a couple of short presentations on safeguarding and ChurchSuite, they were treated to food, drinks and games as a ‘thank you’ for their contribution to church life throughout the year. The
Dear Parishioners, As we wrap up the 2024–2025 pastoral year and step into a new one, I want to say a heartfelt thank you to each of you. Your active presence, participation, prayerful spirit, hard work, union with me as your Priest and steadfast commitment have been instrumental in enriching
On Thursday 14th August we had our monthly meeting of the Mamma Margherita Fellowship. After welcoming members old and new, we had an entertaining presentation from Maralyn Wong on her travels in Iran with accompanying photos and Persian rug and copper dish souvenirs display.  It was a very warm afternoon but
Last week I attended this year’s Society of Saint Gregory (SSG) Summer School along with two other representatives of our parish – Martin Wood and Valerie Strange from the parish Liturgy Ministry. Martin and Valerie’s course fees were kindly paid for with parish support for Liturgy and Worship. The Society
