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January 24, 2020

12 young men discerning

Please pray for 12 young men from all over the UK discerning God’s calling while on recollection at St Mary’s Shrine in Warrington this weekend. While low level of comfort makes healthy candidates and priests, please send us donations to convert our newly bought Priory building, so that these men and future guests might not need to sleep on mattresses in the photocopy room or in the parish hall, and that ideally our priests might not need to vacate their […]

January 23, 2020

Regina Caeli Open Day

Regina Caeli UK Academy goes from strength to strength!  Come and see for yourself what this hybrid homeschooling Academy can offer your child at the Open Day on Thursday 27th February. You’ll be able to see the children in action as they take part in a drama lesson, meet the staff and other parents, hear a presentation and ask any questions.  Places are limited and need to be reserved:  see https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/regina-caeli-uk-open-day-september-2020-tickets-88812718231.  Come with your children and bring your friends!

January 22, 2020

Catechism on Sunday!

The bell will be ringing again in the church hall at Christ the King on Sunday morning to announce the start of the 2020 catechism talks by Fr O’Donohue. There’s a talk for the under 8s at 10.30, followed by the under 16s at 11.00 and finally the adults at 11.30.  Children’s choir will run as usual before the first talk. For those who are new, we enjoy a cup of squash, tea or coffee and a biscuit in the […]

January 11, 2020

Rare Catholic Film To See

We warmly recommend watching Terrence Malick’s latest film ‘A Hidden Life’ (UK release 17 January 2020) about unsung hero, Blessed Franz Jägerstätter, who refused to fight for the Nazis in World War II. When the Austrian peasant farmer is faced with the threat of execution for treason, it is his unwavering faith and his love for his wife Fani and children that keeps his spirit alive. This deeply poetical, familial and (long) film raises many questions.What would we have done? […]

January 1, 2020

A Holy Day – but not of Obligation!

Monday 6th January is the Feast of the Epiphany.  This is a Holyday of Obligation in the Universal Church, but this year the Bishops of England and Wales have transferred the celebration of Epiphany back to Sunday 5th January.  Following the Traditional calendar, however, the Mass for this Sunday will be that of the Most Holy Name of Jesus. To mark Epiphany, there will be a Low Mass at Christ the King on Monday 6th January at 7.30 pm.  Although […]