A Word From Our Patron

'Family Groups offer our Catholic communities the chance to become more family-sensitive, friendly and welcoming, in line with the objectives of the Bishops’ collaborative pastoral initiative: Everybody’s Welcome. At their best, Family Groups offer understanding, friendship and support to all, encourage and celebrate family life in its myriad forms, and help everyone in the parish feel that they belong. I am delighted to be the patron of the Family Group Movement (England & Wales), and to endorse this initiative.'


Peter Doyle, Bishop of Northampton

Family Group Movement Collage

Family Group Movement Collage

Tuesday 8 July 2014

Even the British Summer Doesn't Dampen Spirits in St Mary's

Many thanks to John Cassidy from St Mary's Ipswich for making us smile with the following story:

"One of our seven Family Groups in St Mary’s Parish, Ipswich, met for a summer BBQ on Sunday June 29th. Bright sunshine greeted us as a pleasing crowd of 20 arrived. When both BBQs got underway, peering through the smoke we discovered who the two cooks were – one was named Peter and the other Paul! Heroically, true to their saints' names, they braved it through the subsequent hours as the rain poured down. "

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