St Catherine Of Siena

29/10/2025

The Catholic Feast day on October 29 is for Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem, a bishop known for performing miracles like turning water into oil for church lamps.
Saint Narcissus of Jerusalem: Lived in the 2nd and 3rd centuries and became the 30th bishop of Jerusalem around the age of 80.

28/10/2025

28/10/2025

Today is the Feast Day of St Simon and St Jude.

27/10/2025

Let God arise; let his foes be scattered.
Let those who hate him flee from his presence.
But the upright shall rejoice at the presence of God;
they shall exult with glad rejoicing.
This God of ours is a God who saves.

Father of orphans, defender of widows:
such is God in his holy place.
God gives the desolate a home to dwell in;
he leads the prisoners forth into prosperity.
This God of ours is a God who saves.

Day after day, may the Lord be blest.
He bears our burdens; God is our saviour.
This God of ours is a God who saves.
The Lord our Lord provides an escape from death.
This God of ours is a God who saves.

26/10/2025

Thank to Fr Richard for the wonderful Harvest Service this morning. I'm sure that S2 Foodbank will be most grateful for everyone's generosity.

26/10/2025

Harvest Festival service at 9.30am this morning. All welcome to join in the celebration.

25/10/2025

Reminder that the service is at 9.30am this Sunday.

25/10/2025

Today is the Feast Day of Saints Crispin and Crispinian: Also known as St. Crispin's Day, this is the feast day for the twin brothers who evangelized in Gaul. They supported themselves by making shoes, which is why they are the patron saints of shoemakers and leatherworkers. They were martyred by beheading around the year 286.
The notable battle of Agincourt, where the English army defeated the outnumbering French during the Hundred Years' War, took place on Saint Crispin's Day, and was included in a famous speech given by Henry V in the play named after him by William Shakespeare.

24/10/2025

Today is ggf Feast Day St. Anthony Mary Claret the Patron Saint of Weavers.

St. Anthony Mary Claret was an Archbishop in Spain in the nineteenth century and the founder of the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Claretians). He is the patron saint of weavers as he was the son of a weaver and a weaver himself before joining the priesthood.
Saint Anthony Mary Claret was associated with numerous miracles, including supernatural phenomena like levitation, stopping earthquakes, and walking on water. Witnesses reported seeing a supernatural light radiate from his body during Mass, which was even attested to in writing by Queen Isabella of Spain. He also had miraculous abilities to calm storms, heal the sick, cast out demons, and was known for reading the consciences of others.

24/10/2025

Come along and join us to celebrate the harvest. A full list of items needed by the foodbank can be found on the link.
https://www.s2foodbank.org.uk/donate-food

23/10/2025

St. John of Capistrano is the patron saint of military chaplains and judges/jurists. He is also considered a patron saint of the Hungarian Catholic Church's Military Ordinariate. His patronage stems from his life as a lawyer and inquisitor, and particularly from his role as a priest leading troops in the Battle of Belgrade in 1456, where he earned the nickname "Soldier Priest".

22/10/2025

On October 16, 1978, Cardinal Karol Wojtyla, Archbishop of Krakow, was elected the 263rd successor to Saint Peter and chose the name John Paul II in honor of the late John Paul I. Pope John Paul II was the first ever Slavic pope elected, and at 58-years-old, he was youngest pope in over a century. During his twenty-six-year pontificate, he visited over 129 countries, which included seven visits to the United States. He died on April 2, 2005, beatified in St. Peter's Square on May 1, 2011, by Pope Benedict XVI, and canonized on April 27, 2014, by Pope Francis. His feast day is October 22.