L-R: Fr. Martin, Fr. Peter Clarke, Fr. Andrew and Fr. Saji at the Ordination of Fr. Peter into the Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham.

The site will tell you about our times of Holy Mass, Confessions and any other services that may be required. The Parish has a volunteer-staffed Centre, where parishioners and visitors are welcome to spend some  time making use of the different facilities available. In the parish itself we run various programmes of formation for both adults and young people, not forgetting our Friends in Retirement (F.I.R. Club). We hope that you will enjoy your visit to our site. Please contact  us if you need further information or would like to register as a new parishioner.

“Blossom where you are planted”  

 Fr Martin, Parish Priest.

 Please go to 'Notices' to view the Church Bulletin and Calendar of events, with additional information below.  The navigation bar at  side can also take you to find out Mass times (Service Times);  ask questions (Comments and questions);  read about recent events and outings (Parish Life); see who may require prayers especially at this time (Prayer), or find out some more about the history of our church building (The Church). 

Conversations on the road.

I am a fisherman from Galilee and Andrew is my name.People often think of us fishermen as simple folk. I may be a simple man, but in my heart is a desire to know and find the Messiah who is to set us free. I have been following John, thinking that he might be the one, because he knew how to tell people to repent and make straight their paths before God.

One day we were standing with him and he told me that he was not the One. I thought, who then? His finger showed me the One. It was his cousin. He invited us to stay with him some hours. I knew straight away that we had found the Messiah. Don't ask me exactly how - I just knew. His look gave it away. I just know that in Him we can put our hope for our liberation. My brother, Simon, says the same thing. To think that in the history of our people how many great and good, holy, pious and learned were waiting for the Messiah. Yet we are the ones that He has chosen as his followers ... How good God is to us all.

Fr. Andrew.     

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Petition for Marriage.  Please read this item in the Sunday bulletin on this subject.  Archbishops Vincent Nichols and Peter Smith draw your attention to the  Government intention of changing the legal definition of marriage.         

 Children's Liturgy: Sunday Mass at 9.00am.

Have you ever wondered what our young children do after trooping into the Presbytery with their catechists at the beginning of Mass?

As you will have noticed, they are always led back into the church in time to take part in the Offertory. This part of the Mass is very important to the children, who are always eager to take a turn in carrying the bread and wine, as well as the collection and basket of gifts for the Lord's Larder. They also carry in a board displaying in words and pictures their interpretation of the story of the Gospel. The Offertory usually takes place after an interval of about 20 minutes, depending upon the length of Father's sermon!

It would be quite easy to conclude that this is the sum total of their activities, but this is not so. The children actually take part in a simplified form of the Liturgy, leading up to the Offertory. as summarised below.

*We begin with a brief introduction to the Gospel story.

*Catechists and children make the Sign of the Cross.

*A candle is lit and then one of the children reads out a 'Sorry' prayer that they have chosen.  This  prayer is then repeated so that all the children can join in.

*We all sing the 'Alleluia' and say the Gospel acclamation.

*The Gospel is read out to the children.

*This is followed by questions and a short discussion to ensure that the children understand the Gospel message.

It's almost a year now since the Children's Liturgy was set up by Sarah Palmer. Since then she has continued to organise the rota for catechists, distributes resources and has always been open to suggestions for new ways of working with the children. Many of the catechists are parents of children in the parish and work in a small groups of three - four persons. They each make their contribution towards Children's Liturgy once a month. Yes. It is a commitment, but is one that is highly appreciated by the clergy, parents and the children themselves, who are the future of our parish.

If you would like any further information about Children's Liturgy or would like to join the team of catechists  then please contact Sarah Palmer at Webmaster@rc-churchyeovil.org

The childrens display board after Mass.

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