Loose garments…  Dear Friends Please enjoy the meditation from Mary Greaves Last week something really annoyed me (I’m not a saint!), and I was telling my friend about it and she told that when she gets uptight about something she remembers the quote, attributed to St Francis of Assisi, “ Wear the world like a loose …

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Embrace change…  Dear Friends. We are coming to the end of the summer holiday and children will soon be returning to school; some to the same and familiar primary school and others who will be moving onto to new and unfamiliar schools. This got me thinking about how, at times in our lives as we move …

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Dear Friends Please find our Newsletter for this week. We have the news of the splendid results both for our Mission Appeal and for Sea Sunday Collection. Thanks to Jimmy Nicholas for the Cliff Night in aid of Francis House and thanks to the fundraising team for all the work.  Please find Mary Greaves introduction …

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The 19th Sunday in Ordinary Time When I was about five years old I went to the swimming baths with my much older brother. He was a good swimmer and as I watched him I thought that’s easy I can do that. Off I set only to sink under the water after the first few …

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