It’s good to be back with you all after two week working as a chaplain in Lourdes, the first week with our own Diocesan pilgrimage, the second week as a chaplain to the Ampleforth pilgrimage. It has been a very busy but grace filled two weeks. I prayed for your intentions every day and I offered Masses for them too. It was particularly good to see our teenagers and, on the second week, young adults caring for the sick and the vulnerable with great compassion, care and concern. God willing their faith has been strengthened too. I want to sincerely apologise for any disruption or inconvenience my absence may have caused, especially due to unexpected illness. I am very grateful to Fr Paddy also Cannons Nunan and Cassidy for their support in covering my time away. At the back of the church you will find a small prayer card for you from me as a token of my prayers for you at the shrine. Hopefully there will be enough for everyone.

Fr Chris