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November 5, 2020
As you will be aware, the Government’s new lockdown legislation calls for the cessation of public worship. Please sign this petition and write to your local MP to challenge this blatant and unnecessary violation of liberty. You will be pleased to note that the Bishops Conference has challenged the Government on this point, as have several bishops including Bishop Egan. Please pray that these restrictions are lifted quickly. During the lockdown, we will strive to keep the founts of sacramental […]
November 4, 2020
Dear worshippers at St Mary’s Shrine, As you will be aware, today the Government turned down a petition from Cardinal Vincent Nichols on behalf of the Catholic Church in England to allow public worship during the November 2020 lockdown. Read here the full response released this afternoon by Cardinal Nichols and Archbishop Malcolm McMahon OP, including the following encouragement: “At this difficult moment, we ask that, as a Catholic community, we make full use of our churches as places of […]
November 1, 2020
As long as the Covid-19 Restrictions continue, confession will be available every Sunday in St John’s, Parnell Street, Waterford, from 2:30pm to 4:30pm, while the church is open for private prayer.