2nd July Benefits Talk

Benefits Talk at St Joseph’s Church on Thursday 2^nd July 2026 at 2pm

If you missed the Benefits Talk in May, there is another chance on 2^nd July 2026. The people who came along in May did not expect to be claiming anything but most of them went away to check their entitlements. One person was going to check their eligibility for Attendance Allowance; some people went on to check their National Insurance Contribution Record and request a Forecast of how much their State Pension will be.

Other people were checking their eligibility for Income Tax Allowances including Marriage Allowance. The talk will also cover such areas as Universal Credit, Personal Independence Payments, Pension Credit and Carers Allowance.   Come along on Thursday 2^nd July to find out more.

17th June Coffee Morning

There will be a coffee morning after the 10.30am Mass at St. Joseph’s on Wednesday, 17^th June

Thought from Fr. Colm - 14th June 2026

Sent Two by Two                                               

Bare feet on the road, dust rising slow,

the air thick with the scent of bread and olives;

a sparrow darts from fig to fig,

its wings a hymn no temple taught.

They carry no purse, no spare cloak—

only the weightless wealth of peace,

and the strange authority of mercy

that makes the blind lift their heads to light.

In every doorway, a choice:

to open, or to turn away.

Yet even the closed heart

cannot keep the kingdom from drawing near.

Bread for the Journey

The fields are wide with whispering grain,

each stalk a psalm in the wind’s soft hand;

the sun spills gold on the furrowed plain,

and mercy walks across the land.

The Shepherd calls with a voice like rain,

drawing the weary from dust and stone;

He binds the wounds, He lifts the lame,

and claims the lost as His very own.

The harvest waits, yet the workers few—

still, love will send them, heart to flame;

to speak of skies forever new,

and heal in the Healer’s holy name.