The daughter of two of our parishioners works with the charity Mercy Ships. Each week she forwards a diary of how her week has been.
Mercy Ships are a team of nurses, doctors, surgeons, and other crew members from all over the world, donating our time to help on board the world’s largest non-governmental floating hospital, sailing directly to some of the world’s poorest people to deliver life-saving medical care and provide safe, state-of-the-art facilities in which to treat them.
For more details about the work of the Mercy Ships visit their website.
- The Announcer! – 2nd Sunday of Easter 15/04/2023
Today is the Sunday of Divine mercy. We reflect on the mercy of God, which flows down to the world from the side of our Lord Jesus Christ, who died on the cross of Calvary for us, is risen, and lives forever. The paschal mystery is the highest point of ...
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Read more - The Announcer! – Passion Sunday 01/04/2023
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Read more - The Announcer! – 5th Sunday of Lent 25/03/2023
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Read more - The Announcer! – 4th Sunday of Lent 18/03/2023
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Read more - The Announcer! – 3rd Sunday of Lent 11/03/2023
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Read more - The Announcer! – 2nd Sunday of Lent 04/03/2023
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Read more - The Announcer! – 1st Sunday of Lent 25/02/2023
This season of Lent is a special time in the life of the Church. We are starting it with Jesus, who went into the desert for 40 days, and we are going through this desert experience of the 40 days of Lent with Him. We are primarily focused on learning ...
Read more - The Announcer! – 7th Sunday of Ordinary Time 18/02/2023
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Read more - The Announcer! – 6th Sunday in Ordinary Time 11/02/2023
Today is the Sunday of the law of God. Today’s responsorial psalm says: they are happy, who follow God’s law. The first reading from the book of Sirach reminds us that when we live according to the commandments of the Lord, we will live long, and when we don’t, we shorten ...
Read more - The Announcer! – 5th Sunday of Ordinary Time 04/02/2023
Today is the Sunday of light and salt. We are called to demonstrate the light in our souls and the saltiness, sweetness, and love in our hearts. In the first reading, the word of God instructs us to live a generous, loving, and caring life because by so doing, our light ...
Read more - The Announcer! – 4th Sunday of Ordinary Time 28/01/2023
Today, we are called to seek a hidden treasure in plain sight. This treasure wins you admiration and friendship before God and man and is a recipe for spiritual joy and happiness, fulfilment and contentment, holiness and righteousness. This important treasure is the virtue of humility. In the first reading, the ...
Read more - The Announcer! – 3rd Sunday of Ordinary Time 21/01/2023
Today is the Sunday of the word of God. It is a day specially made for us to study the word of God and understand its message in our era filled with dangers and threats to our Christian beliefs and humanity’s survival and freedom. Jesus is this word of God ...
Read more - The Announcer! – 2nd Sunday of Ordinary Time 14/01/2023
This Sunday, we reflect on John’s testimony of identifying Jesus as the Christ. We are reminded of how the Holy Spirit descended on him, which symbolizes an anointing by the Holy Spirit, hence that Jesus is the Messiah (Christ). John also explained that his vocation was to make Christ known ...
Read more - The Announcer! – The Epiphany of the Lord 07/01/2023
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