by Michael McG | Jan 20, 2021 | Appeals and Special Events, Year of St Joseph, Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
On December 8 2020, Pope Francis wrote a letter to all the faithful to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the proclamation of St Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. It is called Patris Corde or in English, With a Father’s heart. Among many other things he...
by Michael McG | Dec 26, 2020 | Miscellaneous, Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
This letter was to be read out in churches throughout the diocese on the weekend of December 26 and 27...
by Michael McG | Dec 4, 2020 | Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Brothers and Sisters, We have been through some dark times in 2020. We have learned some new words that we probably would never have used before – pandemic, lockdown, coronavirus, Covid19 – to mention but a few. Perhaps you, like me, and many others, have...
by webmaster | Apr 12, 2020 | Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, It was very early on the first day of the week and still dark, when Mary of Magdala and the other Mary came to visit the sepulchre. Don’t they say that the darkest hour is just before the dawn? When we are troubled or sick, when...
by Michael McG | Mar 18, 2020 | Coronavirus, Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
We pray for ourselves and our world under the threat of the coronavirus pandemic, that the Almighty and Merciful Lord look with compassion on our afflictions and so lighten our burdens and confirm our faith that we may always trust without hesitation in his...
by webmaster | Nov 12, 2019 | Bishop Terry, Bishop Terry's Pastoral Letters
Dear Sisters and Brothers, Less than two months ago I was present at the canonisation of Cardinal John Henry Newman. In his writings Newman pointed out very clearly that our faith cannot remain just a thought in our head. It has to be a real meeting with the person of...
