Fr Dominic Writes: Small is beautiful!

Two common phrases we hear today are, “the bigger, the better! “And “the more the merrier!”. People want to live in the biggest house, drive the biggest car and belong to the biggest church....

Fr. John writes: “A thanksgiving sacrifice I make; I will call on the Lord’s name.” (Psalm 115)

The Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi) is an important occasion in the Church’s year: indeed along with Holy Week, Easter, Christmas and Pentecost, Canon Law requires that a bishop...

First Holy Communion & Confirmation Registration now open online

Registration forms are now online for both programmes which will start in the Autumn of this year and run until May 2022. Please register online as soon as you can, details will be sent...

Fr Dominic Writes: The Holy Trinity – a personal relationship with the Creator, Redeemer & Sanctifier

In today’s Gospel we read that Baptism is to be administered in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. We must try to appreciate the weight of...

Cowley Hill Community Forum Newsletter

Go to our newsletter page to see the first Cowley Hill Community Forum newsletter, sharing news, information and events from the community for the community.

Fr John Writes: “Send forth your Spirit, O Lord, and renew the face of the earth.” (Psalm 104)

At Pentecost, the seven weeks of Easter come to their fulfilment. Before he ascended into heaven Jesus told his apostles to stay in Jerusalem where after a few days they would be baptised with...

First Holy Communion 2021

It was a slightly unusual programme this year and we couldn’t all get together for obvious reasons, but the children and their families really engaged and we thought it went well.

Fr Dominic Writes: “You are my friends”

In the middle years of the nineteenth century a clergyman named Charles Kinsley was the personal chaplain to Queen Victoria. He was a man she greatly admired. The story is told that one day...

Fr John Writes: And so the Lord Jesus was taken up to heaven; there at the right hand of God

“And so the Lord Jesus, after he had spoken to them, was taken up into heaven: there at the right hand of God he took his place.” (Mark 16:19) The Solemnity of the Ascension...

Fr Dominic Writes: We cannot survive without each other!

Is there anyone you know who has not got a belly button? Your navel reminds you that you are not a self made person. Your very life was the gift of your mother and...