Our next social event is the Quiz Night on Friday 24 February, to be held in the Parish Hall. Teams of 6 or just come on the night. 7.30pm. Tickets from Christine James 422 922 or after Sunday Mass. Click here for poster (PDF).

A summary of all future parish events is here.

First Holy Communion 2012 dates - The schedule of meetings are now available, click here (PDF) or contact the office. The programme of meetings is already underway.
In 2011 over 30 children received the sacrament and celebrated with the whole parish.

The Parish Christmas Fayre held on Sunday 20 November in the parish hall was a great success. Many came and enjoyed the raffle, tombola, children's activities, crafts, toys, cards, Christmas gifts, Cakes, & much more. Over £1,400 was raised. Thanks to all who involved, organised, helped and who came!

Work is now complete on the external essential highlevel maintenance work of inspection, stonework & gutter repairs to the church, and all pigeon entry points have been closed. The internal works to the west window above the organ loft are being postponed until the New Year.

The Parish Pastoral Council role and members are described on this page; click here.

The peregrine falcons on the tower hatched 3 young this year (photos of the chicks here). In 2010, they featured in a BBC film [InsideOutWest, 1 Nov 2010 see report, article and clip here about the 4 chicks that year, & older article here.

Miscellaneous...

Advent, a new year - and you might consider looking further ahead - what will you do to celebrate Easter? Some parishioners spent last Holy Week on pilgrimage with Northern Cross, the story of their walk is told via the website and Twitter feed. Student Cross is a similar event. Why not go next Easter?

General parish information, and the Christmas message from Fr David are all available in a single document... see programme [PDF] here for full details.

Fr.Peter's latest homily from Christmas Day is now available online; click here for a PDF (25 Dec) , and you can access all his published homilies & talks here (PDFs).

Photos & report from Fr David's Induction Mass (Sat 8th October) and reception after are here. Meanwhile, the Photos & report from Fr Tom Gunning's Farewell Mass & Party (Sat 3 September) are here. Thanks to everyone who assisted with both events. See Bath Chronicle article here. Fr Tom has now moved to his new post at the Immaculate Conception, Stroud, and we wish him well for settling there.

Bangkok Floods - one of our parishioners recently returned and has written an article reflecting on the disastrous ongoing impact of these, titled "Is it an ecological disaster in the making?" You can read more here... (PDF)

The Circuit of Bath Walk: those who sponsored Mauro Farina to walk on 26 September raised over £90, which goes to support the work of the Julian House nightshelter and outreach for the homeless. Thankyou!

Polish Masses are usually held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month at 12.30pm - come and meet the community.

Weddings & Baptisms - for enquiries, please see Fr Tom at the end of week-end Masses.

What you missed... see the Parish Diary here>>

....the Advent talk by Fr Nick King on "Why does Advent matter?" on 26 November and the Saturday evening "Seeking God" sequence (details here).

....the latest Parish Walk on 23 October- across to Rainbow Woods (photos of previous walks are here)

...the Parish Barn Dance on 23 September at St Gregory's, a great social evening & raised a good amount of money too. Thanks to the organisers.

...the 'One Year on' Lecture by Ann Widdecombe on 21 September, reflecting upon the impact and legacy of the Pope's historic visit (details here).

...the Parish Picnic on Sun 3 July in Parade Gardens - a lovely time with pleasant company.

...First Holy Communion on Sun 26 June,

...the Wine Tasting Event on Fri 20 May (a good evening was enjoyed by all),

...the latest 21st Century Christian Faith series talk titled "Liturgy & Vatican II revisited" (18 May), by Fr. Fountaine, Diocescan Liturgy Director (details here (PDF). Previous talks are listed here >>,

...the whole Parish AGM on Sun 8 May after 10am Mass (click for Minutes & Finance reports),

...the Quiz Night (Fri 1st Apr), once again a great evening, 9 teams took part, and £266 was raised; and the Pancake Party (Tues 8th Mar), also a great evening, with lively conversation.