December 2020

  • Holy Land Visit

    Catenian Association Pilgrimage to the Holy Land, a day to day reflection – by David Gale On Thursday 12th April 2018, under the Spiritual Directorship of Canon Stephen Maloney of the Liverpool Archdiocese, Jenny and I, together with pilgrims from all over the country, commenced our journey to the Holy Land.  We had looked forward…

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  • Luke 2: 22-40

    On the face of it, nothing really interesting is happening in the story which we’ve just heard. A poor young couple, the girl probably no more than 14 years old, have come to the Temple to carry out the proper requirements of their religion; requirements which followed on after a first-born baby boy. The little…

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  • Christmas 2020

    Two memories from this terrible year remain fixed in my mind. One of them seems to have much to do with Christmas, whereas the other, is at first sight, unconnected. But the truth is, I think the exact reverse. Let me explain. As I write this, I’m reminded of the endless television interviews with people…

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  • LR Restoration Fundraising

    By Fr. Anthony, Looking after our Lyme Regis church for the future From the website article on our Lyme Regis Church Restoration Project, you will be aware that the exterior of our church is coming to the end of its serviceable life.  A condition survey carried out by Hosken Parks in the summer of 2017…

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  • Advent 4

    The fourth candle of the Advent Wreath is a sign to remind us of the part which Mary played in the coming of Jesus Christ. Mary was the first person to respond to God and to have Christ formed in her, and she did this in a way that provides an example for us all.…

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  • Funny quotes

    They’re Back! Those wonderful Church Notices! Thank God for the church ladies with typewriters. These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services…  The Fasting & Prayer Conference includes meals. Scouts are saving aluminium cans, bottles and other items to be recycled. Proceeds will be used to cripple children.  Ladies, don’t forget…

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  • John 1: 6-8 19-28

    Third Sunday of Advent We live in a world where people often pretend to be something which they’re not. We’ve all read stories in the newspapers or even heard television reports of men and women who’ve pretended to be a qualified surgeon or lawyer, or maybe a teacher, but who were actually nothing of the…

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  • The 21st C. Challenge

    By Rev’d Ed Standhaft (Originally printed in PALS Issue 18 as ‘Christian Challenges in the 21st Century’) You may have seen some of the episodes of the recent television drama series ‘BROKEN’ which featured Sean Bean as a well-respected Roman Catholic priest in a large inner-city parish in northern England.   In one episode, the priest,…

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  • Knock

    By Maggie Stead The story of Knock began in August 1879 when fifteen people, aged from 6 years to over 70 witnessed an apparition at the gable end of the parish church. They all gave testimony to seeing Our Lady, St Joseph and St John together with the Lamb of God on an altar surrounded…

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  • Mark 1: 1-8 Advent 2

    We all know people who say they stand for this or that but then deny the truth of what they say by their actions. Perhaps this is why some politicians are so unpopular, and maybe some clergy too. You see, what we say doesn’t always match what we believe, whereas what we do, usually speaks…

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