Mums the Word

May is the month of Mary and we have so much to celebrate. It always reminds me of May processions, crowning Our Lady, flowers in full bloom, children making their First Holy Communions and singing all the lovely Marian hymns.

This May we will celebrate the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III and we offer our prayers and best wishes to him and all the Royal family. I am sure there will be plenty of parties held by our UCM members and I look forward to seeing their stories and photographs.

Also this month, UCM representatives will be in Rome with the Holy Father advising him of our important role within the Church. I pray for their visit and hope it will be enjoyable and productive.

We have had some major changes at diocesan level recently. Our annual general meeting was held at the Metropolitan Cathedral on Friday 28 April and our president, Mrs Maureen Finnegan, completed her term of office. Maureen has served as president for four years – her term including one extra year because of Covid. She has been a very inspiring and committed president and we are grateful for her leadership and support. She will now serve a term as deputy president.

Our new president is Mrs Kathy Buck and we wish both her and Maureen every success for the future.

Finally, because of so much conflict in our world today I thought it would be good to remind ourselves of our prayer for peace: