Fr. Nnam will be on a short sabbatical leave of 3 months, from the 1st September until 1st December 2025. During this period, he will be engaged in charity work in Africa as well as the missionary work of the church in Africa.

Please keep him in your prayers.

The Annual Achieve Africa Pre Christmas Lunch will take place on Sunday, 14th December 2025, from 10:00 am to 2:00 pm at Holy Family Primary School.

This special event offers an opportunity to come together in the spirit of Christmas to share joy, fellowship, and generosity. Tickets will be available after Mass, and proceeds will go toward supporting children in need.

Your participation and kindness will help make this Christmas a brighter and more hopeful season for many.

Thank you for your continued support of Achieve Africa.

Red Wednesday Mass for Persecuted Christians on Wednesday 19th November at 6.45pm in Clifton Cathedral with Bishop Bosco MacDonald as main celebrant. The default position of ‘the world’ on the issue of Christian persecution is largely silence. #Red Wednesday week offers a chance as Catholics and other Christians to make a stand together in solidarity. Please come and unite in prayer with our suffering brothers and sisters in Christ.

All are welcome.

The next meeting will be on 20th November at 2:00 pm until 3:15 pm in the Convent.

All are welcome.

Clifton Cathedral, Saturday 22nd November, 9.30am - 1:00pm   Come and join us for another Encounter of God’s love and mercy.  The Parish Mass is at 9.30am followed by Adoration and Confessions. We will start at 10:30am and be finished by 1:00pm. There will be a time of praise, teaching and prayer ministry.  James Room, Cathedral Church of Ss Peter & Paul, Clifton Park, Bristol, BS8 3BX. All welcome.

For more information, email encounter@cliftondiocese.com.

Schools and parishes across England and Wales are invited to take part in World Youth Sunday 2025, a special three-day event from 21st- 23rd November, marking the Jubilee Year.

This year’s programme includes a World Youth Sunday Livestream for schools (formerly World Youth Funday), Social Saturday, and celebrations in parishes for World Youth Sunday and the Feast of Christ the King.

Designed to support youth ministry and Catholic formation, the event offers a meaningful way to highlight the role of young people in the Church. Developed in partnership with the Jubilee for Schools project, CAFOD, CSAN, and CES and aligned with the Catholic Schools Inspection (CSI) Framework, it’s a valuable opportunity to strengthen links between schools, parishes, and the wider Church.

For more information and registration head to https://cymfed.org.uk/wys/

Bedrock community meeting is on Sunday 23rd November 2025 at 4:00 pm in the convent.

All are welcome.

The date for the First Holy Communion 2026 is on Saturday 6th June 2026 at 11:00am and Sunday 7th June at 2:00pm

There will be a meeting for the Catechists, parents and children for First Holy Communion on 13th December 2025 at 10:00am.

Application forms are available from the Parish Office or download one from <here>

The date for the Sacrament of Confirmation in 2026 is on Tuesday 9th June 2026 at 7:00pm. 

Application forms are available from the Parish Office or download one from <here>

This is an important message to families in our parish, concerning any sick and housebound that needs the parish priest for visit and for the sacrament of the sick. Please call or email the Parish Office as soon as possible. It is better not left till the last minute.

In view of the plan to build the Holy Family Church Hall, the finance committee members have decided that donations to the church will henceforth be directed to the church hall funding unless the donor advises otherwise. Thank you for every support so far.

A warm invitation to all the vibrant youth of our parish to join the Holy Family Youth Group. Those who are interested please contact the Parish Office.

A very big thank you to all the volunteers in our parish community. We  cannot thank you enough for the gift of your time and talents. However, we are mindful that our parish priest and the entire pastoral team have the duty of care over our staff and over those who volunteer to support us in any way. We have carefully discerned that some are beginning to be burdened by their voluntary services. Recently, we have received a good number of brilliant recommendations in the suggestion box; part of it being the need to make some changes and to relieve some volunteers of their duties. Therefore, without prejudice to the excellent services of our volunteers, we invite anyone who wish to be relieved of their duties in the parish, especially those in the finance and pastoral committees of the parish to inform our parish priest as soon as possible. We do hope that any decision taken in this regard will rightly be understood as having been carefully made with prayer and discernment.