Fr Rory Writes

During the month of May there will be some slight changes to the weekday Mass schedule. I shall we attending a conference in connection with my diocesan work so there will be no weekday Mass on 5th and 6th. I shall be attending a family funeral on 12th, so there will be no Mass on… Click here

This weekend, the 5th in the holy season of Lent, begins the last week before Holy Week and next Sunday is Palm Sunday.  At Mass this weekend you will be given the full programme of times and places where our parish will celebrate the great events of our salvation, the death and resurrection of the… Click here

Mass times this coming week.  Last weekend I assured you that I and Fr. Kevin Dring, the Dean and Parish Priest at Our Lady of Ransom in Eastbourne, have gladly undertaken to look after the pastoral care of the parish in Fr Rory’s absence. I said that I already have commitments made some time ago… Click here

Saint John Neumann’s Story- feast day – Monday Jan 5th Perhaps because the United States got a later start in the history of the world, it has relatively few canonised saints, but their number is increasing. Saint John Neumann was born in what is now the Czech Republic. After studying in Prague, he came to… Click here

Wishing you all a very Happy New Year The grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ.  The love of God and the presence of the Holy Spirit be with you throughout our New Year. Please God, we will be in a good position to respond to the challenges with the change of Bishop, we will have… Click here

God sent Jesus from Heaven to earth to give us human beings what we really need most in life: hearts filled with love.  That is the gift which Jesus really wants from us, and that is what you and I really need from God this Christmas – a heart filled with love. That is what… Click here

Do you remember the gospel from the first Sunday of Advent? That Gospel was a wakeup call to all of us Christians. We were instructed to “Stay awake!” It is very important because all of Advent is a season of great awakening, preparation, and of great expectation of the birth of the Messiah. It is… Click here

The colour of the Advent candle we light this Sunday is rose – not pink. Rose signifies rejoicing, and signals a spirit of joyful hope during Lent and Advent.  It breaks the more sombre tone of these penitential times of the year.  This comes from Brother Hyacinth Cordell, a Dominican, who wrote about all this… Click here

We spent the month of November praying for those who have died and whose names are in the books of remembrance. During this Advent we prepare our hearts for Christ by turning away from sin and giving ourselves completely to God so that when Christ comes, or when we are called from this life, we… Click here

Many of you already know that Fr Rory had a fall on Wednesday this week and has broken his left arm just below the shoulder. As a result he has been told to rest it completely for 4-6 weeks to allow the bones to mend. This week we have been able to ask Canon Paul… Click here