The Pastoral Life of the Parish

The Pastoral activity of the Parish comprises the on-going aim of gathering together parishioners and of outreach to others, especially those in need.

This is composed of parishioners, the Parish Priest and Sr. Marie Anne. For more information, click here to go to the Parish Pastoral Council web page.

This is composed of the Parish Treasurer, parishioners and the Parish Priest. It meets once every Quarter to examine the quarterly returns and any other financial issues. The Parish Treasurer is Shalini Francis. The Gift Aid coordinator is Pat Warnock.

The Parish aims to be a safe haven for all. The safeguarding representative/coordinator of the Parish is Ruth Kennell – for further information visit the Home Page and scroll down to Safeguarding.

The Parish takes very seriously all issues concerned with Health and Safety. The coordinator is Leticia Gomes. 

There is a thriving group of Altar Servers. If any boy or girl (post-First Holy Communion) wishes to be an altar server would he/she please contact the Parish Office. 

This is run on the first and third Thursdays of the month for Senior Citizens in conjunction with Holy Trinity C of E Church. The coordinator is Katya Hammond. The Food Standard Agency rating is the highest – 5.  

There is an active Justice and Peace group in the Parish which helps with the local Food Bank and other wider projects. For further information click here.  It also includes an active CAFOD group, committed to embedding the CAFOD strategy of Our Common Home within the Parish.  We are proud to be both a Fairtrade and a Live Simply Parish, committed to living more simply, sustainably, and in solidarity with those in poverty, in response to Pope Francis’s Encyclical, Laudato Si’.  Click here for an example of activities in Parish News.

Corpus Christi and Our Lady of Lourdes are in the respective ecumenical groups and we are involved in ecumenical activities. 

These happen on an ad hoc basis with the help of the local Diocesan Youth Office. A new Youth group is being launched in October 2026, details to follow.

Several times a year the Parish celebrates as an international family. This includes an International Mass week-end with lunch after the 11.00 am Sunday Mass.