In the year 2000 the two parishes of Epping and Carlingford entered a common
relationship through the sharing of a single Parish Priest. Over the next six or
seven years the parishes entered a process of increasing collaboration and sharing
of resources and pastoral programmes, including the sharing of a common parish staff.
In July 2007 the two parishes formally became one parish with the name of
‘The Catholic Parish of Epping and Carlingford.’ In the model we are following
however we still retain two distinct (though of course collaborating and cooperating)
communities within our single parish structure – the communities gathered around
our two parish churches of St Gerard’s at Carlingford and Our Lady Help of Christians'
at Epping.
For more information about our way of working as two communities within one parish please click here.
For more information about our way of working as two communities within one parish please click here.
The First Sunday of Advent
Sunday’s Gospel: Mark 13 : 33 - 37: Today is new year’s day for the Church – the beginning of a new Church year, which brings with it the invitation and challenge to new beginnings both in our personal and communal life of faith. However it can simply be a season which passes quickly without any new beginnings taking place at all. This season’s challenge is contained in the Gospel today: ‘Be on your guard . . . .stay awake’ : we need to be alert and awake to the opportunities for new beginnings which are present in each moment.(For urgent or late notices not available when the bulletin was printed please click on ‘Stop Press’)