22nd and 23rd Sundays of the Year B

Open Days
St Alphege Parish will again participate in the Heritage Open Day scheme organised by BANES Council, by which buildings of special heritage importance are opened to the public. At 2.30pm for one hour on Friday 6 September, Thursday 12 September, and Saturday 14 September Giles Mercer will give a guided tour of the church to members of the public. The architect's intentions, focused on worship, prayer, Our Lady and St Alphege, will be explained. This proved popular last year. Parishioners are warmly welcome to join one of the groups. 
​Education Sunday on 8th September
is when we celebrate and give thanks to all involved in Catholic education. We commemorate our predecessors of the 19th century, many of whom were living in poverty, who paid for our schools to be built. Their sacrifices helped re-establish the 2,175 Catholic schools, that continue to be true to their mission: they educate more pupils from the most deprived backgrounds; outperform national GCSE English and Maths averages; and are more ethnically diverse than other state-funded schools. For this success to continue, however, as throughout history, all Catholics need to be prepared to support, promote and defend Catholic education. You can do this by becoming a school Foundation Governor or Trust Director. Please contact Bill McEntee at Clifton Diocese via [email protected]  if you would like to be a governor or director. In this way, we can hand on to the next generation the great legacy of those poor and immigrant Catholic communities of the Victorian era who built our schools.