TEA AND COFFEE AFTER MASS

The young people from LOFT (Living our Faith Together) are giving parishioners an opportunity to ‘catch up’ with a cuppa after Mass in St Comgalls the first Sunday of each month. They will be serving up refreshments as well as selling you a bun – or two with proceeds in aid of LOFT

News

Political chaos in America has produced one weird benefit for all... 16/09/2021

If you ask Americans to name the three branches of their government, you may be surprised to find some cannot do it. It's a simple question with a simple answer, but apparently many are unaware of how the United States government works. The good news is, that is changing.

Our Lady of Sorrows teaches us all True Compassion 15/09/2021

At Slovakia's national Catholic shrine on Wednesday, Pope Francis said that Our Lady of Sorrows is a model of how to live the faith with compassion and care for the suffering.

What does the Constitution have to do with the Bible? A lot, actually! 14/09/2021

A lot of people ask, "What does the Constitution have to do with the Bible?" A lot, actually. Now, Catholic Online School has a course that answers this important question.

Saint of the day

St. Robert Bellarmine: Saint of the Day for Friday, September 17, 2021 17/09/2021

Born at Montepulciano, Italy, October 4, 1542, St. Robert Bellarmine was the third of ten children. His mother, Cinzia Cervini, a niece of Pope Marcellus II, was dedicated to almsgiving, prayer, meditation, fasting, and mortification of the body. Robert entered the newly formed Society of Jesus in 1560 and after his ordination went on to […]

St. Cornelius: Saint of the Day for Thursday, September 16, 2021 16/09/2021

Cornelius whose feast day is September 16th. A Roman priest, Cornelius was elected Pope to succeed Fabian in an election delayed fourteen months by Decius' persecution of the Christians. The main issue of his pontificate was the treatment to be accorded Christians who had been apostasized during the persecution. He condemned those confessors who were […]

St. Valerian: Saint of the Day for Wednesday, September 15, 2021 15/09/2021

The massacre of the martyrs of Lyons with their bishop, St. Pothinus, took place during the persecutions of Marcus Aurelius in the year 177. Marcellus, a priest, we are told, by Divine intervention, managed to escape to Chalon-sur-Saone, where he was given shelter. His host was a pagan, and seeing him offer incense before images […]