Category: Parish Magazine
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Parish Magazine Autumn/Winter 2023/24
Dear Friends in Christ I hope you have had a very Merry Christmas and that you are now looking forward to a new year with anticipation and hopefulness. I am conscious that for many people 2023 was a difficult year, for individuals in our parish as well as for people around the world. I know…
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Parish Magazine June 2023
Dear friends, Summer has arrived! The TT brought biking enthusiasts and the beginnings of the glorious weather we have experienced over the past few weeks. Of course, it is possible to have too much of a good thing and, whilst sun lovers have relished the heat, gardeners and farmers are lamenting the lack of rain….…
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Parish Magazine May 2023
Dear friends, What an amazing month we now enter, summer is upon us with a series of Bank Holidays, the TT begins towards the end of May and we celebrate the coronation of King Charles 111, Lord of Man. Spiritually we continue in the season of Easter, rejoicing at the resurrection and ascension of Jesus.…
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Parish Magazine March 2023
Dear friends, If we weren’t in the season of Lent I would say ‘hallelujah Spring has arrived!’. However, proclaiming ‘hallelujah’ is one of the things that are proscribed during this period of denial and self-examination. Along with removing floral displays, refraining from saying or singing the Gloria during the Eucharist and generally keeping forty days…
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Parish Magazine January 2023
Dear friends and parishioners, I hope you had a joyous Christmas and a Happy New Year. I can’t believe how quickly January is passing as we are now well into the season of Epiphany. These are the weeks when we think again about some key events in Jesus life. The Feast of the Epiphany itself…
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Parish Magazine December 2022
Dear friends and parishioners, Advent has begun, the first candle on the Advent wreath has been lit and our accompanying prayer reminded us of God’s promise to send ‘the Saviour of the world’. The Advent wreaths in church that count down the Sundays before Christmas are one of many traditions that we enjoy, especially this…
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Parish Magazine October 2022
Dear friends in Christ, Last month I wrote to you on the theme of having a ‘generous spirit’, how in a troubled world we as Christians can embody in our lives a spirit of love, care and peace built upon the foundations of our faith. If you have followed the weekday Bible readings over the…
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Parish Magazine September 2022
Dear friends, The day came that we all knew must surely dawn, our monarch of 70 years, our sovereign lady Queen Elizabeth II has died and we commend her to God’s gracious and eternal keeping. At the same time we acknowledge King Charles III to be our new Head of State and Lord of Mann.…
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Parish magazine Summer 2022
Dear Friends across the Parish and Beyond, I hope you enjoyed the Jubilee celebrations, our parish service on Sunday 12th June and events shown on the television. Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II has shown steadfast faithfulness to God and her people for seventy years. There have been amazing changes in society over that time and…
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Parish Magazine June 2022
Dear friends across the parish and beyond, We are entering exciting times. The TT races will happen for the first time in three years, we will greet thousands of visitors to our island, and we will offer hospitality to several hundred biking fanatics at Marown Church. Much of what our guests love will still be…