Dear friends in Christ

Renewed greetings for this Christmas season! Wishing you all every health, grace and blessing for 2024!

As we conclude the year and look ahead to a new year, we are ever conscious of the uncertainties of life and, that we need to entrust everything to God. We begin the New Year entrusting to the maternal intercession of Our Blessed Mother—the year always begins with the feast in honour of her Divine Motherhood. It is clear that God wishes us to seek the help of His Mother as we hasten along the paths of this life. In the Incarnation she gives us Jesus, and her vocation until the end of time is to continually make him better known and loved. May Mary be our Helper and Guide as we continue the pilgrimage of life towards our heavenly homeland.

As always at this time, I extend my gratitude to all of you for your help and support throughout the last year. I am particularly grateful for your many greetings, kind gifts and Christmas Offerings that have been sent-in. It is always a huge cause of joy that so many of the Parish Family collaborate together in making the celebration of Christmas something beautiful. This includes those who clean and decorate the church, to those involved in the liturgical celebrations, to the many unseen acts of kindness that are done. It was so gratifying to see the numbers at the Masses much as they were pre-pandemic. Thank you all very much and be assured of my continued desire to serve you as your Priest and Father in Christ, as long as God allows!

Msgr Kevin Hale