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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

Heartfelt thanks to all who contributed in various ways to our summer fayre, which raised an incredible £6000! A special thank you to all who helped on the day, and in particular to those who generously donated items towards the fayre for the raffle prizes and tombola. The parish relies on your generosity, so thank you for your support!

The Dominican community are pleased to announce that Fr Matthew Jarvis, O.P., currently resident at our house of St Albert the Great in Edinburgh, has accepted his election as the new prior of St Dominic’s Priory, London, succeeding Fr Dominic White, O.P., who was recently elected Prior of Oxford. Please pray for Fr Matthew as he begins his new role. He will move to London in the coming week. Fr Joseph Bailham, O.P., continues as parish priest and rector of St Dominic’s Church – The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary.

In recent days, Fr Dominic White, O.P., hitherto prior of St Dominic’s, London, accepted his canonical election as Prior of the Priory of the Holy Spirit, Oxford. Whilst we are very sad to say goodbye to Fr Dominic, we wish him well and all the Dominican brethren in Oxford. Please pray for the community in London who will begin the process of electing a new prior in early July. Fr Joseph Bailham, O.P., continues as parish priest and rector of St Dominic’s Church – The Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary.