Putting Away Pride

In the list of deadly sins, pride is usually first on the list. As Augustine said, ‘It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.’ Pride is such a dangerous sin because it so easily looks like virtue, but ultimately this desire...

March news

The Community Gardens Scheme in Goldthorpe is calling for volunteers to hear with cleaning the streets and refurbishing the street planters tomorrow, Saturday 4th March from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m., working around Gosling Gate, Kelly Street, King Street and Queen Street...

Women’s World Day of Prayer

The Women’s World Day of Prayer was held at the parish church in Goldthorpe today. This year, the service has been written by Christian women from the Philippines, looking at the theme of justice and fairness. Getting ready for the service: Two pupils from...

Priorities

One of the key aspects of Lent is a desire to re-establish God’s priorities in our lives. Life can be so busy and frantic these days that God often gets squeezed out in the everyday rush. We all have the same number of hours in a day, but many of us live trying to...

Renunciation

After New Year’s resolutions, ‘giving something up for Lent’ has become a fashionable way of disciplining our appetites. What we give up is often connected with food (chocolate and alcohol are perhaps the two things most frequently renounced over Lent), and certainly,...