Dear Parishioners, I am sure that there have been times in our lives we have had to make a hard choice or a tough decision. Often these decisions mean we have to examine our consciences and try and determine the best way forward even if that decision may make us unpopular in worldly terms. St Peter reminds us in the…
After a rigorous interview process, Mrs Debbie Enstone has been appointed Headteacher here at Our Lady of the Wayside School from September 2023. Mrs Enstone has a long teaching and leadership career in the Catholic Sector and at the moment is completing an MA in Catholic leadership. She is a parishioner at Christ the King Parish, Coventry. Before the start of the…
At Father Hudson’s we know that so much already happens in parish communities, doing what hey can to welcome the refugee, help the homeless, support those living with dementia, and valuing the contribution to parish liturgical and community life of those who experience disability. We want to encourage the social mission of the Church by sharing our own experience in these…
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SVP – A Helping Hand. The St Vincent de Paul Society exists to offer help to those who are in need. We are discreet, professional, and caring. In these days of stretched budgets, we offer practical help. Contact us via the Parish Office or email: svpshirley@gmail.com. As always, any enquiry will be treated in the strictest confidence. The food bank is very depleted. Please…
Maggy Jennings is once again taking up the challenge to walk 200km overthe 40 days of Lent to raise funds to combat global hunger. Please support her by clicking on this link:https://cafod.enthuse.com/pf/maggy-jennings or you can donate to her personally. She’s going for 400km!
Traidcraft Stall. Thank you to all who have supported our parish Traidcraft stall over many years. Sadly, in January 2023 Traidcraft PLC went into administration after a sustained period of financial difficulty exacerbated by the COVID pandemic, rising energy and transport costs associated with the war in Ukraine, the cost of living crisis etc. which means when our current Traidcraft…
The St Vincent de Paul Society exists to offer help to those who are in need. We are discreet, professional, and caring. In these days of stretched budgets, we offer practical help. Contact us via the Parish Office or email: svpshirley@gmail.com. As always, any enquiry will be treated in the strictest confidence.
Talks on the Faith. Thursday 2nd March – ‘A life of Faith, Witness and Service’, with Creina Hearn, in St Aidan’s Chapel at 7pm.
This is a network of Catholic families united by the desire to live and share the Gospel and to promote the devotion of praying the rosary in all Catholic dioceses etc. The importance of praying together, especially the Holy Rosary, is paramount in our lives now. Through Pilgrim Queen of the Family, Mary meets us where we are in…