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May 9, 20202 min read
Fifth Sunday of Easter: Message from Fr Jerome
The big news this week is that Mr Gerard Lewis has announced that he will be finishing his time as principal at St Mary’s School at...
St Mary's
May 9, 20203 min read
5th Sunday of Easter, Year A
Two questions came to my mind as I thought about today’s gospel. What does it mean to follow the way of Christ? And...
St Mary's
May 2, 20203 min read
4th Sunday of Easter, Year A (Father Joe Caddy)
I have a clear memory of a baptism that I did here at St Mary’s a little time back. When the mother came up to the font with her baby...
St Mary's
May 1, 20202 min read
Fourth Sunday of Easter: Message from Fr Jerome
One of the consequences of such a dramatic change in routine is a renewed focus on freedom and responsibility. Though routine is itself...
St Mary's
Apr 25, 20202 min read
Third Sunday of Easter: Message from Fr Jerome
I read an article this week that compared our current situation to electronic trance music. One of the easy jokes in respect of trance...
St Mary's
Apr 25, 20204 min read
3rd Sunday of Easter, Year A
As we’ve said before, Easter used to be the only time people would enter the Church. And so Lent actually developed as the preparation...
St Mary's
Apr 18, 20204 min read
2nd Sunday of Easter, Year A
Before we begin, a point that might be of interest. Our entrance antiphon today begins with “Like newborn infants...” In the Latin...
St Mary's
Apr 18, 20202 min read
Second Sunday of Easter: Message from Fr Jerome
Happy Easter again everyone! We have come to the end of the Easter Octave in which every day is Easter Sunday. On Easter Sunday, I got...
St Mary's
Apr 11, 20204 min read
Easter Sunday
What a strange Good Friday that was! Joe and I rang the funeral bells at 3pm to indicate the beginning of the liturgy, and heard people...
St Mary's
Apr 11, 20203 min read
Easter Sunday (Deacon Jim Curtain)
The two of us, Fr Jerome and me, are standing here in an empty church. Mary of Magdala, Peter, and John, were standing at an empty tomb...
St Mary's
Apr 11, 20202 min read
Easter: Message from Fr Jerome
Happy Easter! Jesus is risen! This is the perennial Good News. It is the only thing we really need. Human life is not in vain...
St Mary's
Apr 10, 20202 min read
Easter Vigil (Fr Joe Caddy)
What a scene confronts the women in Matthew’s Gospel when they go to the tomb!
St Mary's
Apr 9, 20204 min read
Good Friday
Good Friday is one of the quietest days of the year. Shops are closed. There is less traffic on the roads. The air seems heavier...
St Mary's
Apr 8, 20202 min read
Holy Thursday: Message from Fr Joe Caddy
This night we commemorate the last supper that Jesus shared with his disciples. This night we are called to join with Jesus...
St Mary's
Apr 4, 20202 min read
Palm Sunday: Message from Fr Jerome
What a weird Holy Week we are about to have. No Palm Sunday procession. No Chrism Mass. Priests and people separated from each other...
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