Category Archives: Monthly Prayersheet

Includes short biographies of St. Pancras (289-304?) [12th May] and Saint John I (470–526) [18th May]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Prayers for Our Lady (Caroline Sheridan (1779-1851)) and A Splash of Colour (Kathy Keay).

Includes short biographies of St. Benedict the African (1526-1589) [3rd April] and St. Martin I (d. 655) [13th April]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Good Friday Prayers- Christ on the Cross by Elizabeth Jennings and Simon of Cyrene by Ann Lewin

Includes short biographies of St. Cyril of Jerusalem (315?-386) [March 18th] and St. Turibius of Mogrovejo (1538-1606) [March 23rd]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Prayer for a sleepless night by Beverly S. Gordon and a quote from Thomas Merton.

Includes short biographies of St. Ansgar (801-865) [Feb 3rd] and St. Peter Damian (1007-1072) [Feb 21st]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Candlemas Prayer by Ann Lewin; and A Prayer for all of us to shine with the Light of the Lord by Cardinal Newman (1801-1890).

Includes short biographies of St. Damasus (305?-384) [December 11th] and the Blessed Jacopone da Todi (d. 1306) [December 22nd]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; A poem – “Mary’s Burden” by Eleanor Farjeon; and “Dear God” by Fr R.V. Bogan

Includes short biographies of St. Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-1690) [October 16th] and St. John of Capistrano (1386-1456) [October 23rd]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; “Signs” by Piers Plowright (1937–2021); and “Trust” by Hannah Whittal Smith (1832-1911)

Includes short biographies of Blessed Herman the Cripple (1013-1054) [September 24th] and St. Joseph of Cupertino (1603-1663) [September 18th]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; A Housewife’s Prayer; and, A comforting Prayer of St Columba (521-597)

Includes short biographies of St. Mary Major Basilica [August 5th] and St. Jeanne Jugan (1792-1879) [August 30th]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; and Prayers from Iona

Includes short biographies of St. Oliver Plunkett (1629-1681)[2nd July] and St. Gregory Grassi and Companions (d. 1900) [8th July]; Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; THE TEAPOT by Margaret Leighton and A Prayer for Humility by Rosa George

Includes short biographies of St. Ephrem (306?-373) and St. Anthony of Padua (1195-1231); Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; A prayer/poem for us all by John Masefield; A prayer by St Thomas Aquinas, and; Extracts from from the Liturgy of St Basil the Great.