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August 2021
Saint Peter Julian Eymard
Saint Peter Julian Eymard’s Story (February 4, 1811 – August 1, 1868) Born in La Mure d’Isère in southeastern France, Peter Julian’s faith journey drew him from being a priest in the Diocese of Grenoble (1834) to joining the Marists (1839) to founding the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament (1856). In addition to those changes, Peter Julian coped with poverty, his father’s initial opposition to Peter’s vocation, serious illness, a Jansenistic overemphasis on sin, and the difficulties of getting diocesan…
Find out more »Daily Reading Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Tuesday 3 August 2021 Tuesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Liturgical Colour: Green. Entrance Antiphon: Psalm 69: 2, 6 O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me! You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay. Collect: Draw near to your servants, O Lord, and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory in you as their Creator and guide, you may restore what you have created and keep…
Find out more »Daily Services Tuesday 3rd August 2021
Holiday Period Update: Please Note Father Marcin is away on Pilgrimage and then holiday from Monday 12th July and will be back the 1st week in September. Therefore services will be changed during week days. (there will be no weekday masses during this time). The Saturday Vigil Mass at 6pm and the Sunday Masses (8:30am, 10:15am and 12:00noon ) will be covered by a visiting priest. The Polish mass at 12:00noon will be in English. Also the parish will not…
Find out more »Daily Devotion Wednesday 4th August 2021 The Blessed Sacrament & Immaculate Heart of Mary
Month of The Blessed Sacrament & The Immaculate Heart of Mary We know, as Catholics, that we encounter Jesus whenever we go to Mass and experience the Consecration. When wine and bread are transformed into Body and Blood, and we receive Him, we are transformed. It grants a special grace to handle the trials of Christian living. Consecrated hosts are kept in a sacred container called a ciborium that is housed inside the tabernacle. The tabernacle is what we are…
Find out more »Saint John Vianney
Saint John Vianney’s Story (May 8, 1786 – August 4, 1859) A man with vision overcomes obstacles and performs deeds that seem impossible. John Vianney was a man with vision: He wanted to become a priest. But he had to overcome his meager formal schooling, which inadequately prepared him for seminary studies. His failure to comprehend Latin lectures forced him to discontinue. But his vision of being a priest urged him to seek private tutoring. After a lengthy battle with…
Find out more »Daily Reading Wednesday 4th August 2021
Wednesday 4 August 2021 Saint John Mary Vianney, Priest on Wednesday of week 18 in Ordinary Time Liturgical Colour: White. Entrance Antiphon: Cf. Psalm 131: 9 Your priests, O Lord, shall be clothed with justice; your holy ones shall ring out their joy. Collect: Almighty and merciful God, who made the Priest Saint John Vianney wonderful in his pastoral zeal, grant, we pray, that through his intercession and example we may in charity win brothers and sisters for Christ and…
Find out more »Daily Services Wednesday 4th August 2021
Holiday Period Update: Please Note Father Marcin is away on Pilgrimage and then holiday from Monday 12th July and will be back the 1st week in September. Therefore services will be changed during week days. (there will be no weekday masses during this time). The Saturday Vigil Mass at 6pm and the Sunday Masses (8:30am, 10:15am and 12:00noon ) will be covered by a visiting priest. The Polish mass at 12:00noon will be in English. Also the parish will not…
Find out more »Daily Devotion Thursday 5th August 2021 The Blessed Sacrament & Immaculate Heart of Mary
Month of The Blessed Sacrament & The Immaculate Heart of Mary We know, as Catholics, that we encounter Jesus whenever we go to Mass and experience the Consecration. When wine and bread are transformed into Body and Blood, and we receive Him, we are transformed. It grants a special grace to handle the trials of Christian living. Consecrated hosts are kept in a sacred container called a ciborium that is housed inside the tabernacle. The tabernacle is what we are…
Find out more »Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica
The Story of the Dedication of Saint Mary Major Basilica First raised at the order of Pope Liberius in the mid-fourth century, the Liberian basilica was rebuilt by Pope Sixtus III shortly after the Council of Ephesus affirmed Mary’s title as Mother of God in 431. Rededicated at that time to the Mother of God, St. Mary Major is the largest church in the world honoring God through Mary. Standing atop one of Rome’s seven hills, the Esquiline, it has…
Find out more »Daily Reading Thursday 5th August 2021
Thursday 5 August 2021 Thursday of week 18 in Ordinary Time or Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major Liturgical Colour: Green. Entrance Antiphon: Psalm 69: 2, 6 O God, come to my assistance; O Lord, make haste to help me! You are my rescuer, my help; O Lord, do not delay. Collect: Draw near to your servants, O Lord, and answer their prayers with unceasing kindness, that, for those who glory in you as their Creator and guide,…
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