Stations of the Cross Tuesdays during Lent at 7.00pm. St. Wulstan's
THE SACRAMENTS OF THE CHURCH
This section of the parish website is dedicated to the various scaraments including; baptism, confession, confirmation, holy communion, marriage and anointing of the sick.
1210 Christ instituted the sacraments of the new law. There are seven: Baptism, Confirmation (or Chrismation), the Eucharist, Penance, the Anointing of the Sick, Holy Orders and Matrimony. The seven sacraments touch all the stages and all the important moments of Christian life:1 they give birth and increase, healing and mission to the Christian's life of faith. There is thus a certain resemblance between the stages of natural life and the stages of the spiritual life.
1211 Following this analogy, the first chapter will expound the three sacraments of Christian initiation; the second, the sacraments of healing; and the third, the sacraments at the service of communion and the mission of the faithful. This order, while not the only one possible, does allow one to see that the sacraments form an organic whole in which each particular sacrament has its own vital place. In this organic whole, the Eucharist occupies a unique place as the "Sacrament of sacraments": "all the other sacraments are ordered to it as to their end."2
Faith Talks
A course of instruction in the Catholic faith will begin on October 14th at 7.00pm in St Wulstan's presbytery. These sessions are aimed principally at those who wish to be received into the Church, but may be helpful to those considering a return to the faith after a period of absence or who just want to know more about the Catholic Church. A warm welcome will be extended to all. Would those who have already expressed an interest please leave their names and contact details on Father's answer-phone or post them through the presbytery door.
