St. Boniface Roman Catholic Church, Southampton
W E L C O M E
St. Boniface is an active, welcoming, diverse community where everyone feels accepted, heard and valued.
As a parish family, we love, serve and worship God our Father in Christ, through the power of the Holy Spirit. We strive to continually deepen our love and knowledge of God, bringing Christ to the people and the people to Christ.
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〰️07394 366522〰️
If you would like one of the priests of St. Boniface to visit you or a loved one in hospital, please call this number: Click here. 〰️07394 366522〰️
16th Sunday in Ordinary Time Year A
Matthew 13:24-43 ‘Let both grow together until the harvest.’
At that time: Jesus put another parable before the crowd, saying, ‘The kingdom of heaven may be compared to a man who sowed good seed in his field, but while his men were sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat and went away. So when the plants came up and bore grain, then the weeds appeared also. And the servants of the master of the house came and said to him, “Master, did you not sow good seed in your field? How then does it have weeds?” He said to them, “An enemy has done this.” So the servants said to him, “Then do you want us to go and gather them?” But he said, “No, lest in gathering the weeds you root up the wheat along with them. Let both grow together until the harvest, and at harvest time I will tell the reapers, ‘Gather the weeds first and bind them in bundles to be burned, but gather the wheat into my barn.’ ” ’
Have you found yourself asking questions about God? Is He real? Does He have a plan for you? Did Jesus truly die for you and me? What do Christians believe? What is the Truth? If you would like to explore these questions further, please read on. You may also wish to complete the enquiry form linked below, and we will contact you with more detailed information about the RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults) programme we run for anyone seeking Baptism and Catholics what have been Baptised but not Confirmed.
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Parish Priests serving St Boniface
Parish Priest (Centre) Fr Tom
Assisted by Fr Jufel (Right) and Fr Paul (Left)
Let us continue to Pray to the Holy Spirit that He may help us to deepen our love and understanding of the Holy Eucharist and fully appreciate that this is Body, Soul and Divinity of Jesus Christ.
The Source and Summit of Christian Life.
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Mass Times:
Monday to Saturday 10am.
Saturday Vigil Mass 6:30pm,
Sunday 9am, 11am & 5:30pm.
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Prayer to the Holy Spirit
Come, Holy Spirit, fill the hearts of your faithful and enkindle in them the fire of your love.
Send forth your Spirit and they shall be created. And you shall renew the face of the earth.
Let us pray.
O God, who by the light of the Holy Spirit, did instruct the hearts of the faithful, grant us in the same Spirit to be truly wise and ever to rejoice in His consolation.
Through Christ our Lord.
Amen.
W E L C O M E
This parish serves the Catholic community living in Shirley, Freemantle and beyond, as well as those who choose to make this church their spiritual home.
This community aspires to share and celebrate our faith in Jesus Christ with others; to offer the hand of friendship as a welcoming community; to see and respond to the suffering flesh of Christ near and far; and to sustain through the celebration of the Sacraments the shared purpose and common mind of this faith community.
Fr. Tom Kleinschmidt
Parish Priest