The Catholic Parish of Crawley

The New Cards are now available

..and are superb! It is hoped the sale of the cards will help redevelop the Friary during 2008. Please take a look: Christmas Card 2007

St. Wilfrid's - Our New School

NEW! The Sports Hall frame is going up. To follow the progress of the building please follow the link: New School Build

Thought for the week:           

Solemnity of Christ the King

“Dear Brothers and Sisters,
The Solemnity of Christ the King is celebrated today, the last Sunday of the Liturgical Year. Since the announcement of his birth, the Only-begotten Son of the Father, born of the Virgin Mary, was described as "king" in the Messianic sense, that is, heir to the throne of David in accordance with the Prophets' promise, for a Kingdom that would have no end (cf. Lk 1: 32-33).
The kingship of Christ remained completely hidden until he was 30 years old, years spent in an ordinary life in Nazareth. Then, during his public life, Jesus inaugurated the new Kingdom which "does not belong to this world" (Jn 18: 36), and finally, with his death and Resurrection, he fully established it.
Appearing to the Apostles after he had risen, he said:  "Full authority has been given to me both in heaven and on earth" (Mt 28: 18):  this power flows from the love that God manifested in its fullness in the sacrifice of his Son. The Kingdom of Christ is a gift offered to the people of every epoch so that those who believe in the incarnate Word "may not die but (may) have eternal life" (Jn 3: 16).
Therefore, he proclaimed precisely in the last Book of the Bible, Revelation:  "I am the Alpha and the Omega... the beginning and the end" (Rv 22: 13).”                   
Pope Benedict XVI