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Could you make a small increase in your monthly giving?

At the weekend we welcomed to our Sunday Masses the Dominicans’ Development Director, Mr Richard Brown, to make an appeal for support of the parish’s finances.

It costs around £500 each day to run our busy parish with its beautiful church, and your donations are an essential help.

Many thanks to those who have responded generously already, whether by setting up a recurring monthly gift, or by increasing their monthly amount.

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For those who missed the appeal, there are leaflets in church. If you would like to set up a monthly recurring gift, you can do so by debit or credit card here, or email Richard development@english.op.org for bank details if you prefer to set up a standing order. Richard is also happy to help if you have any questions or need assistance.

Lent is a time of repentance, of turning back to the Lord. We can do this in a whole variety of ways, not least by availing ourselves of the sacrament of Reconciliation (Confession) available daily at St Dominic’s – The Rosary Shrine. This Lent there will be a number of events which will hopefully help you enter more deeply into the faith you profess, from the study of scripture to music. May the Lord bless you as we soon begin this penitential season in preparation for the great feast of Easter.

On behalf of all the Dominicans here at St Dominic’s Priory, thank you for your kindness and generosity shown to us over this Christmas period and New Year, through the Christmas offerings, your gifts and kind greetings. We are truly grateful.

On behalf of us all, we wish you all every blessing for this jubilee year of 2025.

Join us this Christmas at St Dominic’s-The Rosary Shrine. Please note the different timings on some days between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

Thank you to all who took part in the 40 Hours Devotion which was great success. Thank you to those who kept watch before the Blessed Sacrament and to those who sponsored sanctuary candles; we had about 100 which filled the High Altar.

Please note that the Parish Office is closed until Monday 14th October 2024 due to the absence of the parish secretary.

For urgent matters, please email the parish priest at josephbailham@rcdow.org.uk or make a surgery appoint at https://rosaryshrine.co.uk/contact/parish-priests-surgery/

We apologise for any inconvenience.

Holy Communion at St Dominic’s is distributed along the altar rails where many people like to kneel. We recently commissioned cushions to help give added comfort for those choosing to kneel to receive Holy Communion.

If you are able and willing to contribute to the cost of having these cushions made, please contact Fr Joseph, the parish priest, at joseph.bailham@english.op.org. All donations are always greatly appreciated.

Parish Passports are available to all Primary School children to help them grow in faith. There is an activity each week to be done in church after Sunday Mass, involving prayer and discovering different parts of the church building, and those who look after it and the parish community. Only one activity can be done each week. When an activity has been completed, bring the passport to a priest who will stamp and sign the passport in the presence of your child.

Use of Parish Passports are essential to being admitted to the First Holy Communion programme each year and evidence of consistent use is expected. 

To collect your Parish Passport, see a priest after Sunday Masses.

Mass times for the Solemnity of the Assumption – 15 August 2024

Day of Obligation

7.30am & 10am (Lady Chapel), 6pm