Readings at Mass Today
31/8/2025
Twenty Second Sunday in Ordinary Time
Autumn Hopes
September has crept up on us quietly. This week sees the beginning of the academic year and the end of the summer holiday period. I hope those who are moving on to new challenges at this time find themselves blessed and soon settle in to their new environments.
Sincere thanks are due to the hardy and able group of volunteers who enthusiastically cleared the library room (above the choir loft in OLSG). The work done up in that room creates an additional space, in need of decoration, but somewhere we can use for appropriate activities. It is a lovely, large space.
Looking into the autumn, we begin to turn our thoughts to making the most of the remainder of the Jubilee Year. Amongst the opportunities to do this is the series of talks which have been arranged in the parish to help us reflect positively on the virtue of hope:
Jubilee Year of Hope, a series of talks at Our Lady of Mt Carmel & St Georges Church(Parish Centre)
‘Learn to do good, seek justice, rescue the oppressed’ (Is 1:17), by Tony Sheen & Michael Walsh (OLSG Justice & Peace group). Mon 22 Sept, 7pm.
‘Hope in the Bible’, by Fr Nicholas King (Jesuit priest, Farm St Church). Thurs 23 Oct, 7pm.
‘Is Beauty in the Eye of the beholder?’ by Fr Patrick Van der Vorst (Precentor, Westminster Cathedral). Mon 24 Nov, 7pm.
‘Reaching the Margins’, by Gail Williams (Centre Manager of St Joseph ‘s Pastoral Centre). Mon 8 Dec, 7.15pm. All are welcome to attend any or all of these talks. Please note the dates in your diaries.
Those who attended and enjoyed the retreat with Fr Darren Maslen SSS earlier this year will be pleased to learn he will be back for a one day retreat on Saturday 8th November. This will be an opportunity to build on the previous experience.
With my prayers and best wishes,
Father Daniel
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