NEWS
Our
Church can now be re-opened for private prayer
and visits after Sunday 21 June. Stewards have to be available during the opening
times, so that means we cannot be open every day, but will have to specify days
and times. Stewards will provide information and guide visitors through the
safety procedures. This is a very welcome step, after more than twelve long
weeks of the Church being closed, so please make good use of the possibility.
Saint Peters will be open for private prayer on Wednesdays and Saturdays
from 11.30am until 12.30pm. Christ is waiting for us in the Blessed Sacrament
of the Altar. Lets make a firm appointment with him and keep it.
In the seventeenth century, Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque, a French Visitation
nun, had a personal revelation involving a series of visions of Christ as she
prayed before the Blessed Sacrament. Christ emphasised to her his love and his
sorrow caused by people's indifference to this love. He revealed Twelve Promises
for those who consecrate themselves to His Sacred Heart. Devotion to the Sacred
Heart of Jesus is a beautiful way for us to encounter the fullness of the Gospel,
the good news of Gods saving love poured out for us in Jesus Christ. Click
here
to see an ebook called The Twelve Promises of the Sacred Heart of Jesus from
which you can learn more to help you grow in knowledge and faith. Our prayer
is that you fall ever more deeply in love with our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Covid-19 pandemic has been, for countless people around the world, a great
and unexpected trial. But for Catholics, who were already struggling with the
abuse crisis and a dramatic rise in disaffiliation, this trial is not only economic,
social, or medical - it is spiritual. Plunged into a time of darkness and separated
from the sacraments and their parish communities, the faithful are feeling isolated,
disheartened, and uncertain about what the future holds. A
new ebook from Dr Stephen Bullivant is available for the parishes of Saint Bride
and Saint Peter. It is an insightful and encouraging analysis of the coronavirus,
shedding light not only on the Churchs present moment or similar crises
of the past but also on the immediate future. A former Oxford researcher and
expert in Catholic disaffiliation, Dr Bullivant looks at the impact of the coronavirus
pandemic on the Church from both the spiritual and secular perspectives, weaving
in his own personal reflections as a Catholic convert and a husband and father.
This ebook is a unique roadmap for this challenging time, one that will help
to bring clarity, focus and energy to Catholics everywhere. It is definitely
worth reading. I hope you get something from it in the lockdown. Catholicism
in the time of Coronavirus can be seen by clicking here.