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Beware when booking your holiday online – it may be a complete fraud. Fraudsters fleeced people out of their holidays for more than £7million last year, according to Action Fraud. Many cases involve upmarket villas which are either completely fictitious or are being offered without the owner’s knowledge (which means you can admire it from...

St Benedict (c.480 – c.550) was an abbot and author of the famous Rule that bears his name.  Because of his Rule, Benedict is also the Patriarch of Western Monasticism, and Patron Saint of Europe. Surprisingly little is known about his life.  Born at Nursia, Benedict studied at Rome, which he then left before completing...

Editor:  With the ending of the school year, many of us face big changes Keep praying but be thankful that God’s answers are wiser than your prayers! – William Culbertson First say to yourself what you would be; and then do what you have to do. – Epictetus I was trained from the beginning to...

Sometimes those who suffer are best at helping others in a similar situation.  Discharged from the Venetian army with an incurable leg wound, St Camillus (1550 – 1614) founded a religious order called the Ministers of the Sick (the Camellians).  Both in their Holy Ghost Hospital in Rome, and by travelling to plague-stricken parts of...

(John12:1-8)   Martha welcomed and worked hard And worried about so many things, Especially that Mary didn’t.   Lazarus lived again and found fame, And shared supper with the guest Who called him from the grave.   But Mary… Mary listened and sat at His feet, And filled the house with fragrance In anointing Him....

This annual day encourages people to protect and encourage their local bees.  For ideas of how you can best help the bees in your garden, visit:  www.awarenessdays.com/awareness-days-calendar/dont-step-on-a-bee-day-2019/

Do you enjoy the local parks?  Then you might like to visit this website and see what is planned for the event this year.  Visit:  www.keepbritaintidy.org/get-involved/support-our-campaigns/love-parks-week

Forgive us, Lord, that as we grow to maturity, our faith is blighted with doubts, withered with worry, tainted with sophistication.  We pray that you will make us like children again in faith – not childish, but childlike in the simplicity of a faith that is willing to trust you even though we cannot see...

St Swithun is apparently the saint you can blame for rainy summers.  It is said that if it rains on his special day, 15th July, it will then rain for 40 days after that.  It all began when Swithun was made Bishop of Winchester in 852 by King Ethelwulf of Wessex. It was an important...

Martha cooked But Mary looked And sat at the Master’s feet, It’s a story of old But we are told It’s where man and God can meet. So much to do But think it through There’s a place for you and me, To spend time with the Lord And be found in His word It’s...

Take the book of Samuel in the Bible, add a bit of Luke Skywalker father/son conflict from Star Wars, stir in a dash of Pirates of the Caribbean, and you sort of have the story of St Helier – the first saint and martyr of Jersey. According to the legend, it all began in 6th...

Holy Days or Holidays? From the Vicar Beatitudes – Blessed are those who hunger and thirst… Jars of clayIn praise of stalwarts The Way I See It:  Warfare, yes, but also mercy The story behind the hymn:  Thou art worthy The Bible that was thrown away  ** Editor:  The Rev Paul Hardingham considers the benefits...