Feast of Sts Peter and Paul

In his Angelus address today, the Holy Father called these two saints 'the arms of the Cross'.
St Peter is the vertical beam, reaching from the rock to heaven. St Peter sures up our faith and points us to God.

St Paul is the horizontal beam, like the east-west axis of the compass, bringing Christ across the globe. St Paul unites all peoples through Christ.

St Peter strengthen our faith in Christ and his Church!

St Paul inspire us to share Jesus with all those we meet!

New Vatican news site

Pope Benedict sent his first tweet - in English - to announce the launch of the new Vatican news site www.news.va/en

Treasures of Heaven

Archbishop Vincent Nichols has praised the new exhibition of relics and reliquaries at the British Museum in London:

“I would just urge Catholics in England and Wales and from further afield to make the effort to come to the British Museum some time between now and October to take up this very unique opportunity. It’s a once-in-a-lifetime, and it’s well worth the journey.”

Parishioners have already suggested a parish trip all the way to London...

Video Introduction to the exhibition

Thank God for fine weather

Our Procession yesterday - twice around Lemon Quay since new regulations have ruled out crossing roads to the cathedral - went off perfectly. The sun was hot. However, our fine canopy seems to have mysteriously gone missing! But with so many altar servers and torch bearers, the Blessed Sacrament was carried with great devotion and we presented a dignified witness to our faith for the respectful onlookers of Truro.

Corpus Christi 2011

"I am the living bread which came down from heaven; if anyone eats of this bread, he will live for ever; and the bread which I shall give is my flesh for the life of the world".            Jn 6:51

This video documents a modern day Eucharistic miracle in Argentina:

And here is a brave witness in the city of Preston:

Our Cornwall Deanery Procession begins at 3pm
- Sunday 26th June - in Lemon Quay, Truro

Buckfast Retreat

From Friday 3rd to Sunday 6th June, the annual parish retreat took place at Buckfast Abbey in Devon for the first time. The theme, 'The Power of the Holy Eucharist', was inspired by Pope Benedict's words on the New Translation of the Mass. The first talk: 'The Power of the Real Presence' was given by Fr Dylan James, lecturer on moral theology at St John's Seminary. Robbie Low a catechist from Bodmin parish, presented the second talk(below) : 'The Power of the Sacrifice'.

It is vital to take time out of routine, if we possibly can, to refocus our relationship with God. Apart from Mass, morning and evening prayer and a holy hour in our own private chapel, we joined the monks for atmospheric night prayer in the abbey church. Southgate retreat house impressed everyone and the food was splendid. We were all very grateful to Br Stephen, the guestmaster - and all the monks - for their hospitality.

Some of us even managed to make it up to the top of the hill to see the ruined church.

There was a slight dispute about Fr Chris' assessment of the length of a mile...  

What we did agree on was that we should try to go to Buckfast once more next year. (We hope to set up a fund to discreetly assist those who might find costs challenging).