There is always a fear in the hearts of those who organise Summer Fairs, and the fear is always centred around the weather! But the Lord looked graciously upon our Fair this year for, although there was a little rain to begin with, it soon cleared away and the Fair commenced.

On the Feast of Corpus Christi this year, The Year of Faith, Pope Francis, echoing his predecessor, Benedict XVI called for a synchronised Holy Hour of Adoration of Jesus in the Blessed Sacrament throughout the whole world.

'Come to me all you who labour and I will give you rest,' are the wolrds of our Lord in the Gospel. And so it was that some of our elderly and sick parishioners gathered at church for Holy Mass in which the Sacrament of the Anointing of the Sick was celebrated.

The above are words taken from the Rite of Confirmation which was celebrated in the Parish on Trinity Sunday by the Diocesan Bishop, Rt Rev Michael Campbell OSA.