Day for Life is dedicated to raising awareness about the meaning and value of human life at every stage and in every condition. The Church teaches that life is to be nurtured from conception to natural death. This year’s Day for Life is celebrated on Sunday 20 June in England and Wales.
On the Solemnity of the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus, the church will be open for two hours of quiet prayer and adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament. On this day,
the Church presents us this mystery for our contemplation: the mystery of the heart of a God who feels compassion and who bestows all his love upon humanity.
Pope Emeritus Benedict XVII
Our focus stays on the Sacred Heart of Jesus for the whole month of June.
St Joseph’s: Vigil Mass (Saturday) 5:30pm, Sunday 7:45am, 9am, 11am and 5:30pm
Holy Name: 9:30am
Bridgettine Convent: Vigil Mass (Saturday) at 4:30pm, Sunday at 9am
St Joseph’s: Monday to Friday at 7am and 9am, Saturday and Bank Holidays at 10am
Mass times vary in the summer and on special occasions, please see our newsletter for updated times.
St Joseph’s: 7am (Oratory), 9am and 7.30pm
Prayer is nothing else than being on terms of friendship with God.
In an Apostolic Letter entitled ‘With a Father's Heart’, the Pope has proclaimed a special ‘Year of St Joseph’, which will run until 8 December 2021. It is written against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, which, he says, has helped us see more clearly the importance of “ordinary” people who, though far from the limelight, exercise patience and offer hope every day. In this, they resemble St Joseph, “the man who goes u
St Joseph’s Church will be CLOSED from Tuesday 22 June to Friday 25 June inclusive.
The church will be open for public Mass at the following times this coming week:
There are no staff at the Priory. Every effort is being made to maintain the parish website, keep up to date with office emails and to continue producing a weekly parish newsletter.
Keep up to date with the latest parish news and activities in the parish newsletter. If you do not currently receive parish emails and would like to, please get in touch on admin@stjosephs.org.uk.
Keep up to date with parish activities and events – please see our most recent Parish Newsletter.
