Notes from Fr. Claro

Trinity Sunday
31st May 2026

YOUTUBE LINK for the Bible Study and Commentaries:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vt2Yy87M9fI

In a world where philosophers often described the divine as self-absorbed, distant, or indifferent to human affairs, and where popular religion portrayed the gods as powerful but unpredictable, the Gospel of John makes a startling proclamation. John writes: “For God so loved the world that he gave his only Son.” This is not the language of divine detachment or cosmic indifference. It is the language of self-giving love.

JUNE

CONFIRMATION 2026: June 5th, Friday at 7:00pm at English Martyrs 15 Manor Cres, Didcot OX11 7AJ, Pls come early at 6.30pm.
We pray for the Confirmation Candidates and their families. Mwiza Mary Chashi, Wita Chashi, Kirsten Anne Parreno, Kate Kasongo, Grace Ann Malabanan, Nicole Malabanan, Charlie Harriet Pablo, Aioue Elianna E. Garcia, Dylan Ortiz Pena, Lirienne Mischa Panganiban, Laurie Lane, Agnese Basister

June 7^th CORPUS CHRISTI SUNDAY and FHC (First Holy Communion) 2026, procession after the Mass then picture taken.
We pray for our FHC 1^st Holy Communion Candidates: 1. Grecia Mourinha Cabral Dos Santos, 2. Jessica Borges Pereira, 3 Jayden Corpuz de Guzman 4. Scout Christopher Aaro Harwood-Hope 5. Jesse Apollo Harwood-Hope 6. Vencislau Soares Pereira Amaral 7. David Anthony Pablo 8. Rebecca Gaskell 9. Edrie Jose Basister.

8^th June Monday. Mass for Stella Maris with Bishop Philip  at 1215 on Monday 8th June 2026 in St John’s Cathedral. You are warmly invited to join us.

21^st Sunday, Filipino Day Sunday

TRAINING HOW TO USE THE SUNDAY MISSAL contact Dr. David Williamson of the choir.

See PPC and Finance meetings.

MONDAY BIBLE ZOOM time 7pm

FRIDAY LUNCH – OPEN KITCHEN 12-2pm Blessed Hugh Parish Hall on 5^th June.

Magnifica humanitas

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcGw08VWCps

The cardinal shared 10 points on social media to foster a deeper understanding of the Holy Fatherʼs central message in the document:

1. The human person lies at the centre of all technological progress.
2. The great challenge of our time is not technical but human and spiritual.
3. Artificial intelligence must be placed at the service of the common good.
4. Human dignity does not depend on productivity or capabilities.
5. Fragility is not a defect that must be eliminated.
6. No artificial intelligence can replace human experience.
7. Truth is a common good that must be protected.
8. Human work cannot be subjected to the logic of machines.
9. Freedom is threatened by new, invisible forms of control.
10. Peace and the civilization of love constitute the true alternative to technological power.

 

The Las Casas Institute for Social Justice is a vibrant centre for research, dialogue, and policymaking on the common good of humanity and nature in the world today, which welcomes discussion with all people of goodwill.

Our work is rooted in Catholic Social Teaching and the example of Bartolomé de Las Casas who argued for the humanity and rights of all peoples in the Americas in the sixteenth century, and is one of the early pioneers of universal human rights.

https://www.bfriars.ox.ac.uk/research/las-casas-institute-for-social-justice/

9^th June Las Casas 6pm – 7pm Human Dignity: Its Roots and Challenges in Western Thought
10^th June Las Casas 5pm Catholic Social Justice on the American Right
18 June 2026  Thursday Las Casas 5.30 – 7.30pm Realistic and Ethical Use of Artificial Intelligence

Books to Read

‘Immensely readable … Lamb’s assessment is cool and considered: a thoughtful overview of the conclave’s fruit in Leo’s first year, and the challenges he faces. The author’s gifts for rendering complexity digestible are on full display: American Hope is the most thorough and insightful overview out there of the Church at the start of the Leonine era’ – Austen Ivereigh, The Tablet

‘Incisive … American Hope combines background with predictions, lacing both together with a strong narrative and mastery of Vatican politics as well as theology … The influence of Lamb’s day job, as CNN’s Vatican correspondent, can be seen here in the ease with which he places the Pope in a global context, not least in comparing him with US president Donald Trump and his VP, Catholic convert JD Vance’ – BBC Thought for the Day Catholic Presenter, Catherine Pepinster, Telegraph.