Fr Bernard writes…
This weekend, here in the parish of The Sacred Heart & St William, we are celebrating our parish patronal feast, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart. IN 1952 the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, an Irish Missionary Order, established this parish at the invitation of the then Bishop of Leeds, John Carmel Heenan, who went on to become Archbishop of Westminster and a Cardinal. In this he was the forerunner of Archbishop Arthur Roche, who was Bishop of Leeds from 2004-2012, and who will be created a Cardinal by Pope Francis this coming August. We congratulate him and promise him our prayers. The Missionaries of the Sacred Heart served this parish for 60 years until, in 2012, Fr Jimmy Stubbs MSC left to take up a position in St Alban’s. With his departure the parish was handed over to the diocese of Leeds. In naming the parish, The Sacred Heart, the Missionaries reminded us all of God’s unique, eternal and unconditional love for each and every one of us. May the Immaculate Heart of Mary, whose memory we keep this Saturday, help us to respond to God’s love with something of her faith, generosity and courage.
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