DISCUSSION PAPER FOR PARISHES FOLLOWING THE LENT 2012 PASTORAL LETTER ON FUTURE PLANNING.
Downloadable: Discussion Document following Lent 2012 Pastoral Letter
PASTORAL LETTER
5th SUNDAY OF LENT
24-25 MARCH 2012
MISSION AND THE WAY FORWARD
Wherever I am, my servant will be there too.
Pastoral Letter on Marriage from the Bishops of England and Wales on Marriage.
11th March 2012
At Masses this weekend, we receive a Letter from Archbishops Vincent Nichols and
Peter Smith on behalf of the Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales.
It is a statement
of our Catholic faith about marriage and issued in the light of the forthcoming consultation
by the Government on changing the legal definition of marriage. In the light of this
letter, you are asked to consider signing the Coalition for Marriage’s online petition
which can be found at www.C4M.org.uk. It reads:
“I support the legal definition of marriage which is the voluntary union for life of one man and one woman to the exclusion of all others. I oppose any attempt to redefine it.”
The Archbishops also say that after Easter there will be a more detailed leaflet on the Government’s consultation itself, for distribution in parishes, to assist Catholics in making their own response to the consultation.
Marriage Care (North Staffs)
Marriage Care offers
Pre-marriage courses.
“This course reassures both Catholics and non-Catholics that they can have a wonderful and loving marriage regardless of any problems they may encounter.”
Pre-Marriage Courses 2012
Sunday 13th May 2012
Sunday 30th September 2012
Sunday 2nd December 2012
NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE
WALSINGHAM PILGRIM CHOIR 2012
On Saturday, 12th May 2012 representatives from Parishes in the North Staffordshire Deanery (see accompanying photograph) came together and formed the Pilgrim Choir which led the singing at the Archdiocese of Birmingham Annual Pilgrimage to the National Shrine to Our Blessed Lady at Walsingham, Norfolk.
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