Message from Fr Jim
Thank you to everyone who attended “Our Church, Our Community: Your Voice.” It was encouraging to see people come together to share their thoughts, experiences, and hopes for the future of our parish community.
We had thoughtful and constructive discussions in both churches, inspired by Pope Francis’ vision of a Synodal Church—a Church that listens, walks together, and values the voice of every person. His call to communion, participation, and shared mission reminds us that everyone has a part to play in the life and future of the Church.
The ideas, reflections, and suggestions shared during these sessions are invaluable. They will help us to continue building a welcoming, inclusive, and faith-filled parish where everyone feels heard, valued, and able to contribute to our shared mission of proclaiming the Gospel and serving our local community.
Newsletter
This week’s newsletter can be viewed here
Vatican News
The Vatican news widget is now onsite so the latest news from the Vatican can be accessible from the right hand side of this page under the menu, or alternatively click here for a larger display
Contributions to Sacred Heart & St Anne
Donations can be made via the collection plate in Church or direct from your bank account, the details of which can be found here
If you pay tax please consider adding gift aid to your contribution which would enable the parish to claim an extra 25% courtesy of the taxman at no cost to yourself. If this is something you would like to consider please contact me here with your phone and email address and I will ask Margaret, our gift aid co-ordinater, to get in touch.
Current gift aid donors can ignore this paragraph as we will pick up the information from their names if they donate online.
Past Memories
Recent events and memories from much longer ago can always be found on our History & Archive pages
Parish Facebook
In order to be able to keep parishioners informed whenever Father Jim makes any communications or when the website is updated with newsletters etc we have created a Parish Facebook page.
If you have a facebook account please visit and like the page so that you will then be automatically notified whenever this website is updated otherwise please visit this page periodically to check for any updates
For those parishioners without a facebook account I have embedded a feed from it below so everyone will be able to access the latest 5 postings to the page
(Please note not all browsers will display the feed)
