About Our Parish
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| St Josephs is on the top of a hill and has a tall tower with a cross at the top. This church is the main parish church and has room for nearly 400 people. It has lovely colourful windows that shine to the people inside when it is daytime, and at night-time, when the lights inside are on, the same windows shine out to people passing by. There is a big organ upstairs with lots of pipes and this makes the music that people can sing hymns to. There is also a chapel called the Holy Family Chapel and this is where we have our special Childrens Liturgy at the 10.30 am Mass on Sundays. Next door to the church is the Parish Centre where lots of other things happen, and after mass on Saturdays and Sundays where drinks and biscuits are served in its coffee shop. There is also a shop where we can buy things to do with church. | |||||||||
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| Our Lady of the Rosary is the second church. It is much smaller than St. Josephs and can only have 120 people sitting down. On Sunday the people have their drinks and biscuits at the back of the church. They have a piano at this church, but sometimes the people just sing without music. Frankie goes to this church on Sundays, but he gets a bit excited when the mass is coming to an end and has to be taken out early. He gets excited because he knows that he is going to be taken for a run on the green opposite the church, and he can't wait! | |||||||||
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| Father John is our priest. He comes from Wales, but has lived at different churches in Wales, Canada, New Zealand, Rome, Yorkshire, Leicestershire and East Anglia. He came to live in our parish in February, 2001, and his house is next to St. Josephs church. Father John looks after the people at the churches, schools and at the hospital. He likes lots of sports and especially rugby. |  |
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| St Josephs School is the school many of our children go to. There about 275 children at the school aged from 3 to 11 years. Click here to visit the school website and find out more. | |||||||||
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| St Pauls School is where children go from the age of 11 years and can stay until they are 18. Click here to visit the school. | |||||||||
| Other Parish Schools We know that not all of the parish children go to St. Josephs and St. Pauls Schools and so, if you go to another school, please tell us about it - we can even include a website link. | |||||||||