Dear Friends, Please find the introduction to this week’s Newsletter from Mary Greaves I had a conversation with a friend this week and I’d like to share some of it with you. In the discussion we talked about how, given the constant stream of suffering portrayed in the media, we can become somewhat desensitised to the …
It’s never too soon… Dear Friends, Please find the introduction to this week’s Newsletter from Mary Greaves: I had a very early “bah humbug” moment this week. I paid a visit to a well known supermarket and there they were, mince pies, puddings, all kinds of food goodies for Christmas. To make matters worse when I got …
Pass it on…… Dear Friends Please find an introduction to this week’s Newsletter from Mary Greaves With all that is going on in the world today it’s easy to loose sight of the positives that are still out there. I used to play a game with young children called “pass it on.” We would sit in …
Our Way Together Dear Friends As we celebrated the final service of the Month of creation in the Diocese Pope Francis started the Universal Synod on the Feast of St Francis. On the same day he published a follow-up to his letter on the care of our common home and encourages governments to take the climate …
A harvest of faith… Dear Friends Please find the introduction to our Newsletter written by Mary Greaves below. This week I’ve enjoyed watching “Harvest on the Farm” on TV. One definition of harvest might be ‘the season for gathering in agricultural crops’ but I would like to consider another kind of harvest; that of a ‘harvest of …