Category Archives: Monthly Prayersheet

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.

Includes short biographies of St. Eugene de Mazenod (1782-1861) and St. Joan of Arc (1412-1431); Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Pope Francis’ prayer intention for April – ‘For fundamental human rights’, and: Prayers of Comfort: For Others – Anon.

Includes short biographies of Saint George (c. 275/285 – 23 April 303) and St. Julie Billiart (1751-1816); Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis; Resurrection now by Fr Michael Hollings and Etta Gullick; and a story from Fr O’Leary RIP (Founder of Jospice).

Includes short biographies of St David of Wales (d.589?) and the Blessed Francis Faà di Bruno (1825-1888); Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis, and; Prayers the Feast of the Annunciation

Includes short biographies of St Joan of Valois (1464-1505) and the Blessed Sebastian of Aparicio (1502-1600); Prayer from Taizé; Prayers of Intercession for our parish; Some tweets by Pope Francis, and; Prayers from George Appleton, Dom Helder Camara and Mark Gibbard