Our appeal for new members of the SVP was very successful. Thank you to those who signed up to add strength to our membership.  We also need to strengthen our numbers of both attendees and drivers for our Wednesday Lunch Club.

Our congratulations to our vital St. Leonard’s link, Rachel Thornton. We wish Rachel and Damien a wonderful life together as husband and wife, as they tie the knot this Saturday. Thanks to both of you, especially Rachel, for your support to our schools and parishes. I met with Rachel recently to prepare our Summer Mass in the newly built St Leonard’s and Rachel is really looking forward to the Parish Sunday Mass on the 12th July.

The breakfast in aid of our newly formed Youth Group was a great success in both St. Godric’s and St. Joseph’s last Sunday. The wafting smell of cooking bacon permeated the churches well before the Masses ended Well done to our BOP group. They raised almost £500.

Exam time is always a time of anxiety. Our prayers are with all our schools and university students sitting exams at this time.

“I remember listening to Miles Davis in the car with my dad. I had just done my Grade 5 piano exam, and I was quite cocky. I said, 'It sounds like he's played the wrong note there.' I remember the look of horror on my dad's face, and thinking, 'Wow, I have to figure out why that is not acceptable.'

Laura Mvula