Parish of the Holy Child & St Joseph
Midland Road, Bedford
At the start of Advent 2017, Bishop Peter launched a Year of Prayer and Vocation, hoping to make us aware of our vocation as disciples of Jesus and to deepen our friendship with Him.
A DVD message was shown in all parishes on the first weekend of Advent, urging us to use Advent as a time of preparation for the second coming of Jesus. [Read more…] about Year of Prayer and Vocation 2017-2018
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The Art of Dying Well is a new website that offers a helping hand to those grappling with issues around death and dying. Based in the Catholic tradition but open to all, it features real-life stories about dealing with the journey through death to eternal life.
The website was launched in this month of November, the traditional month of remembering and praying for the dead. [Read more…] about The Art of Dying Well
by Marguerite Cook
A loyal group of parishioners in my church of St. Joseph’s Bedford pray the rosary before daily Mass. At the end of the rosary prayers, a single voice calls out, “St. Jude, pray for us”. The voice belongs to a lady called Bernadette, and she is not alone in her love of St. Jude, the apostle and martyr; Patron of Hopeless Cases. St. Jude has devout followers in every corner of the world and thousands of people visit St. Jude’s Shrine in Faversham, Kent. [Read more…] about A Visit To The National Shrine Of St. Jude, Faversham, Kent
On Monday 4th April we celebrated a Divine Mercy Mass with veneration of the relic of St Faustina.
We were privileged to have the return of Fr Krzysztof Poświata from Poland, as the Principle Celebrant in our Mass and Service.
Below are photographs taken on the day.
by Marguerite Cook
“Now it happened in those days that He went up the mountain to pray; and He spent the whole night in prayer to God.” (Luke 6 v12)
Mount St. Bernard Abbey is situated in the heart of England in Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire. The abbey was founded in 1835, and in 1844 became a permanent monastery. It was the first permanent monastery founded in England since the Reformation; its architect being the famous Augustus Welby Pugin. Mount St. Bernard Abbey is home to over 30 Cistercian monks, a contemplative order following the rule of St. Benedict [Trappists]. [Read more…] about A Visit To Mount St. Bernard Abbey