This is such an important time in our Christian calendar. It is getting down to the basics of our Faith. There is nothing sentimental, as Christmas can be. It’s a look at our belief in the light of the apparent chaos in a world today. Revisit Chanel 4 News on Thursday evening and witness the utter devastation felt by a young Iranian woman. “ Why is the world allowing this…”, she weeps in front of her decimated apartment block. And so, I hope your participation in the Triduum helps give perspective to so much suffering. Please join us as we celebrate the Light of Christ coming into such darkness.

Great numbers are making commitment to both Faith and Church globally and nationally. We too are fortunate this Easter. Jeff, Garreth and Sharon have been scrupulously participating in our Journey in Faith over the past six months and we are absolutely delighted to have been a part of that journey together. They have fully shared in the many topics on church life. They have brought their own personal experiences and insights to these discussions. We have all learned. Thank you to our many speakers who contributed so excellently to their respective topics

We met as Parish Council (Core Group for now) and prepared the forthcoming questionnaire for you to answer. We feel this is the best opportunity to give each of you a voice. The minutes of the meeting will be read at all Masses in due course.

Thanks everyone for your contributions to all facets of our Parish Life: our liturgical celebrations, our outreach to the housebound, our wonderful teachers in all four schools.

A new beginning for St Leonard’s after Easter, which will be so important to our future parish Mass celebrations. Put Sunday the 12th July into your diary for a very special Mass. Can I wish you all a Blessed and very Happy Easter.

“Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith.”

W.H. Auden