MEMORIAL SERVICE

The Month of November is dedicated to the Holy Souls when we pray for our relatives, friends and benefactors who have died.  The names of those who have died are placed near the altar and Mass is offered for them throughought the month of November. 

In addition to the prayers and Masses we hold an annual Memorial Service organised by one of our local funeral directors, Bernadette Gibson.  At the service the names of those who have died in the last year are read out and there is an opportinity to come forward and light a candle in their memory. 

Pictured here is the altar at the beginning of the service.

RECENT WEDDING

On the 10th November we celebrated the last of the weddings booked for 2012.

Please pray for Ashley and Leanne who were married at St Marie's We wish them every happiness in their married life. 

Please remember all the couples who have married this year that the Lord with strengthen them in their love for each other. 

ALL SOULS

MASSES FOR ALL SOULS DAY

12:15pm Mass in St Marie's Church

7:30pm Missa Cantata

Sung Latin Mass in the Extra Ordinary Form

at St Marie's Church

SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS

MASSES FOR THE SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS

Wednesday 31st October

VIGIL MASS 8:00pm in St Joseph's Church

12:15pm Mass in St Marie's Church

2:00pm Mass in St Marie's School

SCHOOLS AWARD

Many congratulations to the Staff and Pupils of our Primary School - St Joseph and St Bede who have recently been award the International Schools Award.  I know that theese things don't happen over night and a lot of hard work has gone into achieving this.  WELL DONE!!!

TRITE WORSHIP SONGS

This song has been doing the rounds on the Church music blogs for ages. 

Naff composers are always working

Worship songs in the hymnbook lurking

Waiting there for a fool to request them

Fear that day for we detest them

Tear out the page

Tear out the page

Trite Worship Song

With a chorus that's strangely catchy

Trite Worship Song

Which the men can't sing

Starts really low

Then the chorus goes ultrasonic

Meanings obscure and the words don't rhyme

Sing it once and you'll soon regret it

Sing it once and you'll never forget it

(It's) in your head and you can't stop humming

Eyelids twitching and fingers drumming

Stop up your ears

Stop up your ears

Trite Worship song

With a chorus that's strangely catchy

Trite worship song

For the family Mass

You know the type

So beloved of trendy vicars

Sandles and socks and a folk guitar

Round the altar the priest is prancing

Chances here for liturgical dancing

Arms are waving and hands are clapping
Tuneless strumming and tambourine slapping

Long hair and beards

Long hair and beards

Trite worship song

With a chorus that's strangely catchy

Trite worship song

Which the men can't sing

Starts really low

Then the chorus goes ultrasonic

Don't know the words

But I'll just hum along

ALTERNATIVE HYMNS

Dear Lord and Father of mankind,
Forgive our foolish ways,

For most of us, when asked our mind,

Admit we still more pleasure find

In hymns of ancient days.

The simple lyrics, for a start,

Of many a modern song

Are far too trite to touch the heart,

Enshrine no poetry, no art,

And go on much too long.

O for a rest from jollity

And syncopated praise!

What happened to tranquillity?

The silence of eternity

Is hard to hear these days.

Send Thy deep hush, subduing all

Those happy claps that drown

The tender whisper of Thy call.

Triumphalism is not all,

For sometimes we feel down.

Drop Thy still dews of quietness

Till all our strummings cease.

Take from our souls the strain and stress

Of always having to be blessed.

Give us a bit of peace.

Breathe through the beats of praise guitar

Thy coolness and Thy balm.

Let drum be dumb, bring back the lyre,

Enough of earthquake, wind and fire

Let's hear it for some calm.