Reflection
Youth is not a time of life, it is a state of mind. Nobody grows old merely by living a number of years; people grow old only by deserting their ideals. Worry, doubt, self-distrust, fear and despair, these are long, long years that bow the head and turn the growing spirit back to dust. You are as young as your faith, as old as your doubt; as young as your hope, as old as your despair. So long as your heart receives messages of beauty, cheer, courage, grandeur and power from the earth, from man, from the infinite, so long are you young. When the heart is covered with the snow of pessimism and the ice of cynicism, then I am grown old indeed, and may you, Lord, have mercy on my soul.
General Douglas MacArthur
Season of Creation
The Season of Creation culminates in the feast of St Francis of Assisi on 4 October. St Francis is the patron of all God’s creatures and the environment. One of the issues that demands our urgent attention is how we treat animals. The current pandemic is a wake-up call. God did not give us animals to do with as we like. He entrusted them to us – we are their custodians. Many animals suffer appalling cruelty because of our demand for food and sport. Christians have a duty of care to God’s creatures. We can’t keep turning a blind eye!
Year 7 Welcome Mass
Last Friday we have celebrated our annual Welcome Mass for the new students of Savio Salesian College. It was a great opportunity to gather together in prayer and ask God for the blessings for the year ahead. Click the link below for photos and more information.
Funerals
The Funeral Service for Margaret Doran will take place here in St James’ on Thursday 7th October at 1.30pm. Please remember Margaret and her family in your prayers.
Pilgrimage to Knock
Details about a Pilgrimage to Knock from 11th October, can be found at the back of Church.
Cafod Collection
Your CAFOD envelope can be left in the baskets at the back of Church any time in the next few weeks.
More envelopes available at back of Church.