WELCOME – you are loved!
We extend a special welcome to those who are single, married, divorced, gay, filthy rich, dirt poor. We extend a special welcome to those who are crying newborns, skinny as a rake or could afford to lose a few pounds. We welcome you if you can sing like Pavarotti or croak like a frog. You’re welcome here if you’re just browsing, just woke up or just got out of prison. We don’t care if you’re more Christian than the Pope or Archbishop of Canterbury or haven’t been in church since little Jack’s christening. We extend a special welcome to those who are over sixty but not grown up yet and to teenagers who are growing up too fast. We welcome keep-fit mums, football dads, starving artists, tree-huggers, latte sippers, vegetarians, junk-food eaters. We welcome you if you are having problems or you’re down in the dumps or if you don’t like organised religion – we’ve been there too! If you blew all your money on the horses, you’re welcome here. We offer a welcome to those who think the earth is flat, work too hard, don’t work, can’t spell or because your grandma is in Fordingbridge or Ringwood and wanted to go to church. We welcome those who are inked, pierced or both. We offer a special welcome to those who could use a prayer right now, had religion shoved down their throat as a kid or got lost in the local one-way system and wound up here by mistake. We welcome tourists, seekers and doubters, bleeding hearts…………and you!
(adapted from a poster in Coventry Cathedral)
Contact
 | 15 Salisbury Road Fordingbridge SP6 1EG |  | 01425 653131 |
 | Email us |  | Parish Priest: Canon Paul Townsend |
| Sunday Masses | Weekday Masses/Services | Holy Days' Mass |
|---|---|---|
| 6.00pm (Saturday Vigil) 9.00am (Sunday) | Tuesday: 10am* Thursday:10am* | Subject to change |
* Subject to alteration. Please check the Newsletter for the following weeks’ mass times.
The Church is open daily for prayer
Mass can be watched on our YouTube page. Please see the link below.
YouTube page for the Catholic Parishes of Ringwood and Fordingbridge
Pastoral Letter From the Bishop regarding ‘Assisted Dying’ with letter template to write in protest to your MP.
NEWSLETTERS
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The parish newsletter below is out by email every Friday: send your email address to: shandolos@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk to make sure you receive all the news and information from the parishes.
Finance Fact Sheet AUG2022 to AUG2023
Forty Days and Forty Nights December 2024
Vocations Newsletter December 2024
Letter of the XVI Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops to the People of God
Gift Aid Declaration form – Fordingbridge
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Joint Parishes Welcome pack
