St Matthew's Parish

02/06/2026

Corpus Christi

Sunday 7th June is the Feast of Corpus Christi, the Body and Blood of Christ.

There will be a short Corpus Christi procession at the 12pm Mass with participation of those children of the P4 classes in St Matthew’s Primary School who made their First Holy Communion this year.

The brief procession will take place inside the Church followed by Benediction of the P4’s and of the whole congregation.

02/06/2026

It is with great joy as a diocese we celebrate the Novena to The Sacred Heart. The Sacred Heart Novena invites you to nine days of prayer, cumulating in the celebration of the Feast of the Sacred Heart. Come to Me. These words of Jesus are among the most tender in all of the Gospels. They are not a....

01/06/2026

Weddings in St Matthews Church

If you have booked your wedding in our Church for 2026 or 2027 can you please contact the Parish Office on [email protected] so I can send you our new Booking form.

01/06/2026

Adoration
The 12th June is the feast of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the 13th June, is the feast of the Immaculate Heart of Mary.

There is a worldwide procession to pray for peace in our time. For further info see: www.worldwidemarianprocession.com

To mark this event in our Parish we will have Adoration from after 10am Mass on Friday 12th June until 9pm.
Confessions will be available 7-8pm.

If you would like to take part please sign up by using the sign up sheets in the Church Porch.

29/05/2026

23/05/2026

Congratulations to Ciara Sullivan and Conor Norwood who celebrated the Sacrament of Matrimony today in St Matthew’s.

May they be blessed with a long and fruitful marriage.

14/05/2026

Freshly cut lilies and flowers in bloom at the grotto reminded us of the Marian Maytime hymn “Bring flowers of the fairest bring blossoms the rarest” as parishioners gathered for the Rosary at the grotto during the Wednesday evenings in the month of May. The alarm that spontaneously went off before Mass seemed to reflect our Lady’s message at Fatima to pay attention to the merciful message of her Son, Jesus Christ.

13/05/2026

There was a celebration lunch today to recognise and honour the 8 years of service of the Parish Pastoral Council. Thank you to all concerned and also to those who were unable to attend.