A message from Revd Sharran Ireland; "I am pleased to tell you that, with the help of our fantastically talented mission priest, Dan, and due to the wonderful efforts of our contemplative group, the Contemplating Easter Series, including Meditations at the Foot of the Cross on Good Friday, will be able to be viewed on Youtube each day of this Holy Week from early tomorrow morning.You will be able to access these each day through a link from each church website or simply log on to Youtube and search Faversham Benefice."
Thoughts for Mothering SundaySo, what happens now? One minute we were getting on with life, the universe and everything, and then all has changed. It is as if the world is inhabiting a different space and we cannot see the future.We will not be gathering in church to celebrate Mothering Sunday, but that need not stop us thinking about mothers. Hilary speaks about her mother, a teenager at the outbreak of World War 2 her mother said ‘ On that day my life ended’. My own mother, a young woman giving birth in the middle of an air raid, spoke of her terror. She told me ‘ The doctors and nurses were attending to the wounded, the mothers in the Labour Ward were left to fend for themselves’ . They didn’t know what would happen to them or the world around them.Many more years before that a young Jewish couple were getting on with life when the call of an angel and the birth of a child changed everything. The child brought joy, danger and challenge for the whole world.When we look back at our mothers and at parents in earlier generations we can see how their lives changed radically as if they were suddenly inhabiting a different space. But we can also see how their lives worked out in the end. On Sunday remember and give thanks for your own mother. Look again at Mary and Joseph, understand how a life lived in faith and love resulted in Resurrection and Hope.So, what happens now? I don’t know. Please continue to continue in love and prayer, caring for parents, caring for children, in the hope that this new experience of cooperation and conversation between the Nations of the world will produce a good and peaceful outcome that will last!Keep everyone safe! Every Blessing! Ros Parrett
The information from the Archbishops (on the Church of England tab at the top of the page) will radically change how we can worship as the church. Please use this website as a place to gather updated information about what is happening at St Catherine’s Parish Church. If you need to contact us because you are ill or self-isolating because you are in a high risk group please contact us via email favershamchurches@gmail.com so that we can stay in contact with you. If you don't have email as an alternative you can contact the Vicar on 01795 532592.If you know and are in contact with parishioners who cannot access the internet please share this information with them.Blessings and PeaceRevd Simon Rowlands Vicar.
