Children's Holiday Bible Camp
“Marvellous Mystery – the Mass comes alive”
Thank you to Marie and her team and all the young people who took part in the Children's Holiday Bible Camp this year. The focus on the Mass produced a great deal of fruit. The children learned about the virtues of patience, faith, generosity. They experienced Adoration and contributed to the final Mass of the week in church. Above you will find a few memories of the week. We can't wait to do it all again in 2026! The thanks of the parish go especially to all those who gave their time and talents to help the young people of our parish learn more about their faith.
If you missed this year's camp, look out for the same event in July 2026!
Here, you can download 'The Call of Creation', issued by the Bishops' Conference of England and Wales and referred to by Bishop Marcus in his recent pastoral letter. For those who have expressed an interest in exploring this area in a parish context, please do read this document and, in the next couple o
You can access here the Pastoral Letter for the Season of Creation from Bishop Marcus. If anyone would like to explore this further as part of a parish group, please speak with or write to Fr Simon.
Our next Apologia session, looking at aspects of the Catholic faith, will take place for parishioners in the parish centre at 5pm on Sunday 18th October. An invited speaker, Monsignor Keith Barltrop, parish priest of St Mary of the Angels in Bayswater and former rector of Allen Hall Seminary, will lead our exploration
7 Sessions of films and discussion
Music plays an important part in our worship at St Robert’s, helping us to pray, celebrate and participate more fully in the Mass. We are always keen to welcome new singers and musicians who might be willing to share their gifts with the parish.
Whether you are an experienced musician or singer, or simply someone who
The Journey in Faith group is open to seekers already attending Mass at St Robert's and who wish to be accompanied on their journey of discovery to find out what God is calling them to. The group tends to meet on a Tuesday evening a couple of times a month and, while we follow a programme of instruction, it's a relaxed
Grief is a heavy burden to carry alone. This is a relaxed, welcoming drop-in where you can talk about loss or just sit with others who understand. Volunteer hosts are here to listen, not to diagnose or advise. You’re welcome whether your loss was recent or years ago. The sessions will run fortnightly with the next one
St Robert's parishioners recently took part in the Diocesan Pilgrimage to Lourdes, sharing in a wonderful spiritual journey of faith and fellowship. During the pilgrimage, many prayers were offered for our parish community at the Blessed Grotto, entrusting our intentions to the intercession of Our Lady of Lourdes.
As mentioned a few weeks ago at Mass, the newly carved stone cross, which replaces the crumbling Victorian one taken down on safety grounds a couple of years' ago, was installed high above the main door of the church in the summer.
The progress update was given on the completion of phase one of our building project, f
Recently we had a new session of 'Apologia', in which Sr Patsy McDonald led us expertly through elements of the Dogmatic Constitution on Divine Revelation (Dei Verbum). A large crowd of parishioners gathered to consider the nature of the 'Word of God', how the Church interprets Scripture well, the place of Sacred Trad