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Catholic Church in Lyme
A BRIEF HISTORY OF ST MICHAEL & ST GEORGE CATHOLIC CHURCH It all started with £100…. In the 1830s Lyme Regis was a fashionable resort (as it is now!) and its Catholic families met for Mass in some of the larger houses, such as Coram Court in Pound Street, where Monique Bellingham lived. She was…
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Catholic Lyme Regis
By Philip Mostyn Catholic Lyme seems to have begun in about 770 AD when the West Saxons were converted to Christianity – which of course was Catholicism. According to the earliest history of Lyme that I have found (G Roberts 1823), the town was probably used as a harbour and supply station by the Romans,…
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Walking the Pilgrim Routes
By Judith Burke 2002 “The Camino Santiago”. I was walking half of the ancient pilgrim route with a friend. The first day after registering at St Jean Pied de Port you are recommended to follow “Route de Napoleon”, a strenuous uphill walk of 15.6 miles with injury likely on the steep downhills to Roncesvalles. It…
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Eulogy for Jo Enright
With thanks to her sons Jake and Sebastian Jo. – beloved mother, grandmother, sister, auntie and friend – was born in 1947 to Eddie & Mary, the 3rd of their children, sister to Brian, Rosemary, Kate and Clare. She spent the first couple of years of her life in Stanmore before the family moved to…
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By Roger King
If Sunday is for praying, what about the rest of the week? I can remember, a long, long time ago, when I dutifully went to Church with my parents with the idea that this would set me up for the rest of the week. In those days praying apparently involved kneeling beside your bed with…
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Walsingham
When Walsingham came to Plymouth By Doreen Baker Walsingham – England’s Nazareth – a-a-h! That’s the place my late husband and I visited several times during the 80s and 90s. We’d always stay for a couple of weeks covering the Feast of the Assumption (August 15th). That day was like no other. With bunting flying,…
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St Augustine of Hippo
By Rev’d Ed Standhaft First published in The PALS Magazine No. 23 The problem with St. Augustine is that there are two of them who have prominent positions in the history of the church, each being important but in different ways. Take heart if you are already experiencing theological confusion: you will not be the…
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From the Head Teacher
The Easter Story for modern times Palm Sunday is the final Sunday of lent. It was the day of celebration when people lined the streets of Jerusalem to welcome the now famous Jesus. As he entered the city on a donkey people waved palm leaves. This was a way to show respect. In church on…
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Notes to the Parish
30 November 2020. Bishop Mark has written to all Diocesan Priests with an update on opening for public worship and the Covid restrictions: Communal Worship will be able to restart from 3rd December in all Local Restriction Tiers. This is a return to the Covid- secure protocols that existed in our churches at 5 November…
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Matthew 16: 13-20
Who do people say the Son of Man is? Have you ever sat in a café with a friend when someone whom you didn’t know, came up and sort of joined in the conversation? When they’d gone, the first thing you probably said to your friend was: “Who was that?” The answer might have been…