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Homily for the 32nd Sunday in Ordinary time (B)
Here is a parable about an Indian peasant. 'I had gone a- begging from door to door in the village when a golden chariot appeared in the distance like a gorgeous dream. I wondered who can this ‘King among Kings’ be. My hopes rose high ...
Normal Mass Times (check Newsletter above for odd changes)
| SUNDAY | ||
| Saturday (Vigil) | 6:00 pm | |
| Sunday | 10:00 am and 6:00 pm | |
| WEEKDAY | ||
| Monday | NO MASS | |
| Tuesday | 9:30 am | |
| Wednesday | 7:30 pm | |
| Thursday | 9:30 am | |
| Friday | 9:30 am | |
| CONFESSIONS | ||
| Saturday | 10:00am to 10:30am or any time on request |
The Sacrament of Penance
In Catholic Teaching, the Sacrament of Penance (commonly called Confession, Reconciliation or Penance) is the method given by Christ to the Church by which individual men and women may be freed from sins committed after receiving Baptism. (It is not necessary to confess sins committed before ...
Singing at Mass (St Vincent's)
The true test of successful congregational singing is not getting people to sing but whether they want to sing. Those in charge of liturgical singing have to find a way to achieve this goal. We Catholics don’t have a strong tradition of congregational singing. In Ireland ...
Prayerful pauses in the Mass (St Vincent's)
Special Lay Ministers of the Eucharist (St Vincent's)
SPECIAL MINISTER OF THE EUCHARIST AT ST VINCENT'S The office of minister of lay Holy Communion was officially instituted by Pope Paul V1 in 1973. The principle behind the move was and is the spiritual good of the faithful. Reception of Holy Communion must not become ...
READERS ROTA (New)
10:00 Sunday Mass: 13 September – 8 November 2009 (Year B)
Liturgical Ministers Rota at St vincent's sheffield
Prayer for priests (St Vincent's Sheffield)
Prayer 1 Dear Lord, we pray that the blessed Mother wrap her mantle around your priests and through her intercession strengthen them for their ministry. We pray that Mary will guide your priests to follow her own words, “Do whatever he tells you” (Jn:2-5) May your priests have the ...
Serving Mass at St Vincent's
DRESS: Servers should be neat, clean and simply dressed. Hair should be combed. Robes are worn over clothes. Neat clean shoes should be worn. You are special people. POSTURE Always sit with your feet flat on the floor, your hands clasped in your lap or placed ...
32nd Sunday of the Year (B)

US bishops release proposed new directive on nutrition, hydration
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops has published a proposed new directive on providing nutrition and hydration for patients in a “persistent vegetative state.” The current directive reads: ...
Archbishop Dolan rips New York Times for anti-Catholicism
Calling anti-Catholicism a “national pastime,” Archbishop Timothy Dolan of New York has denounced The New York Times for the “unfairness against the Catholic Church” displayed in its pages in the past two weeks.
“The most ...
Holy Father Receives President of Kazakhstan
The Holy See Press Office released the following communique at midday today:
"Today, Friday 6 November 2009, His Holiness Benedict XVI received in audience Nursultan Nazarbayev, president of the Republic of Kazakhstan. Mr Nazarbayev subsequently went on to meet Cardinal Secretary of ...
Mass For Deceased Cardinals And Bishops
This morning in the Vatican Basilica the Pope presided at the traditional November Mass for the souls of cardinals and bishops who died over the course of the year. Members of the College of Cardinals concelebrated with the Holy Father.
At the beginning of his homily, Benedict XVI ...
Theological Debate And Defence of the Faith
Benedict XVI dedicated his catechesis during this morning's general audience to the twelfth-century debate between St. Bernard of Clairvaux and Abelard, proponents, respectively, of the monastic and scholastic approaches to theology.
The Pope began by recalling that theology "is ...
Stability of Moral Values Dignifies Society
Today the Holy Father received the credential letters of the new ambassador of Panama, Delia Cardenas Christie.
In his address, the Pope highlighted that "the identity of Panama, which for centuries has been forged as a mosaic of ethnicities, peoples, and cultures, presents itself ...






