Welcome to the NEW St Bede website
Thank you for your patience over the last few weeks. Due to technical issues we were not able to update the website. So we decided to revamp the site completely. The site will be added to over the coming weeks, so if you are looking for something that was on the old site, it will be back shortly.
Thanks to many volunteers across the Diocese, the majority of parishes are now open for Mass once again, albeit with very reduced numbers in their congregations.
This year’s heavy monsoon rains have caused severe floods in Pakistan. Some 400 people have died and 392 have been injured, with immense loss to property. Karachi city has been the hardest hit.
Mary McAleese, former President of Ireland, has warned that people are leaving the Catholic Church “in droves”, tired of “little old men” who continue to “beat the drum of obedience”.
Eight deacons of the archdiocese of Beijing were ordained to the priesthood yesterday, the feast of the Apostle St Matthew.
