Altar Servers We have a great team of altar servers every year. Boys and girls are welcome to join after they have made their First Communion, that is, from Third Class upwards. Every September for four Saturdays, we train new members. After that the children serve on alternate weekends at a Mass time of their choice. [...]
Jubilee Bells "Jubilee Bells" was formed in the Jubilee Year 2000 to participate in the Parish Liturgy and wider community functions. The Handbell Choir consists of seven members, who meet on a Thursday afternoon in the Parish Centre. We are a non-profit group with no cost to members. Any donations received during concerts are given [...]
Reconciliation The Keys are a symbol of the authority of the Papacy and the Church's power to "bind and to loose" (Matthew 16:19). The priest imparts absolution saying "Ego te Absolvo" and blesses the penitent.
Eucharist The Host and the Chalice with the sheaf of wheat and bunch of grapes. Because of the bread and wine they produce, the symbols of wheat and grapes are often used to designate the Eucharist. The Chalice is the symol of Holy Communion and the forgiveness of sin won by Christ's blood, shed on the [...]
Confirmation A Dove descending with Tongues of Fire. The dove is a symbol of the Holy Spirit. It is taken from the story of Jesus' baptism, where the Spirit descended on him in the form of a dove. The dove is also a symbol of purity and peace.
Baptism Baptism is represented by water flowing from the Cross. Baptism is the sacrament of spiritual rebirth through which we are made children of God and heirs of Heaven. Water in baptism symbolizes the washing away of sin.
Christ the source of Peace and Justice The Scales of Justice, the Book, a shroud and Cross
Matrimony A pair of golden rings intertwined with a priest's stole draped through them. The rings, without beginning or end, are symbolic of eternity. Intertwined, signifies the joining together of two lives to create one. The IHS and stole symbolise that marriage is in the presence of Jesus, God and Saviour.
Holy Orders The panel has the host, the priest's stole and three nails. The stole alludes to the rope with which Christ was bound and led to Calvary and is symbolic of good works, vigilance and penitence. The stole also represents the preaching and teaching roles of the priest. The three nails symbolize the Crucifixion. The [...]
