Dear friends in Christ

A blessed and joyful Easter to you all!

For the duration of Lent we have anticipated the celebration of these days of Easter. The ancient and time-honoured greeting amongst Christians on this Day is: Surrexit Dominus—surrexit vere!...The Lord has risen—He has truly risen! This Easter we can repeat those words with faith and emotion.

Easter is the time when new Catholics enter the Church through the Sacraments of Initiation—Baptism, Confirmation and The Blessed Eucharist. During the Easter Vigil, Tina Brown, Kirsty Masterton & Lissa Smith were Received into the Church here and so into the fullness of Christian Truth in the Catholic Church. We offer them our warmest good wishes and prayers as they take their places with us at the Altar of God.

I thank all of you for your tireless example and perseverance which, on a a daily basis keeps our Faith alive in this corner of God’s Kingdom. To all of those who work daily behind the scenes, and who ensure the good order and beauty of what we celebrate in Faith, I express gratitude on behalf of the entire Parish Family.

The Lord has truly risen, to Him be glory and power for all the ages of eternity, alleluia, alleluia! (Introit of Easter Sunday Mass).

With my prayers and greetings to all of you this Eastertide!

Msgr Kevin Hale