by Fr Marcus Goulding | May 11, 2024 | Newsletter
By the second half of the 1500s, Christian Europe was weakened and splintered by religious and political division. Meanwhile, the Ottoman Empire, with its capital in modern-day Istanbul (Turkey), was strong and growing. The Ottomans had established economic and...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | May 4, 2024 | Newsletter
St Dominic receives the Rosary Catholics traditionally associate the month of May with the Blessed Virgin Mary. This association developed as a way of evangelizing pagan cultures. In the northern hemisphere, May is the last month of spring, a time of fruitfulness and...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Apr 27, 2024 | Newsletter
Over recent months, the Parish Mission Team (parish council) and I have been discussing the idea of moving the Vigil Mass to an earlier time. The Mission Team have been very supportive of the idea. I am aware that such a change has been considered before. There are...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Apr 20, 2024 | Newsletter
Our Lord used many images and analogies to help us understand the supernatural and sacred mysteries. On one occasion (John 10), He used the image of sheep-farming. Jesus compares Himself to a good shepherd, His disciples to sheep, and the devil to a hireling or...
by Fr Marcus Goulding | Apr 14, 2024 | Newsletter
Many Catholics find the Old Testament difficult to understand. The apostles also struggled to understand the Old Testament, even though they were much more familiar with it than Catholics tend to be. In the days after His Resurrection, Jesus spent a lot of time...
