Dear friends and parishioners At their recent plenary meeting in Cardiff, the Bishops of Wales and England revisited the question of Sunday obligation, and decided to return to the normal situation from next Sunday, the Feast of Pentecost. You can read their full statement at – www.cbcew.org.uk/spring-plenary-2022-resolution-returning-to-mass-at-pentecost but meanwhile here is a relevant extract… “Since…

So here we are – back to our “normal” format for our 3 Churches newsletter. Another sign that things are getting back to normal. There’s that word again – “normal”. Will anything ever be normal? What was normal anyway? And in any case do we want to go back to where we were before? Friends,…

Archbishop-elect Mark O’Toole will celebrate the Sacrament of Confirmation for the 3 Churches at St Brigid’s on Friday 22 July at 6.30pm (his choice of date and time). As his ministry in our diocese only begins on 20 June, when he is installed as Archbishop in the Cathedral, this means that we will be one…