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  ASH WEDNESDAY: The Season of Lent begins on 5th March 2025 with Ash Wednesday. During Mass on this day we receive the ashes as a sign of our desire to repent from our sinfulness and renew our relationship with the Lord. This is the most appropriate and urgent way we begin our journey through […]

CLERGY SUPPORT FUND SECOND COLLECTION The clergy in our Archdiocese have given us so much. They have been there for us in our happiest moments and comforted us when we have lost loved ones. Supporting priests in their retirement is one way to show your appreciation for all they have done for parishes. Your donations […]

RACIAL JUTICE SUNDAY: As we journey through the Jubilee Year 2025, themed “Pilgrims of Hope”, we are invited to walk together in faith and solidarity, seeking justice, dignity, and peace for all. In this spirit, the Racial and Cultural Inclusion Commission, under the leadership of Canon Victor Darlington, warmly extends this invitation to you and […]

PILGRIM STATUE OF OR LADY OF FATIMA   English Martyrs Church have the custody of   the   Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Our Lady of Fatima. In 2022 the statue visited most homes in the parish and this year we would like to do the same.  The statue will be ready to take home on Saturday 8th […]

Newsletter.1 2nd Feb 2025Newsletter.2 2nd Feb 2025 Please see the 2nd February 2025 Newsletter   THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD   This weekend (1st/2d February) is the Feast of The Presentation of the Lord or presentation of Christ in the Temple , the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both […]

THE PRESENTATION OF THE LORD Next weekend (1st/2d February) is the Feast of The Presentation of the Lord or presentation of Christ in the Temple , the occasion when the Virgin Mary, in obedience to Jewish law, went to the Temple in Jerusalem both to be purified 40 days after the birth of her son, Jesus, and to present him to […]