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Mass Times
Any changes to these times (due to funerals, etc.) will be in the weekly newsletter. The Sacrament of Confession can also be celebrated by prior arrangement.
Holy Cross Church
No service
10:15 am Mass
10:15am Mass (followed by the Sacrament of Confession and Eucharistic Adoration until 11:15 am)
No service
10:15 am Mass
5:30 pm Vigil Mass
9:00 am Mass
Saints Philip and James Church
10:15 am Liturgy of the Word and Holy Communion
No service
No service
10:15 am Mass
No service
10:15 am Mass (followed by the Sacrament of Confession and Eucharistic Adoration until 11:30 am)
11:00 am Mass
Live Stream Mass
Mass will be live-streamed from Holy Cross Church whenever possible. Unfortunately technology at Ss Philip & James Church currently does not have the capability for live-streaming.
Live streaming provided by MCN Media
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Our Parish Priest
Fr Alexander Ibe SMMM
I had my priestly training in Nigeria after which I was ordained a religious priest of the Congregation of the Sons of Mary, Mother of Mercy founded in Nigeria by late Bishop Anthony Gogo Nwedo, CSsp.
After my ordination on 26th July, 2014 by Bishop Alan Hopes, (Catholic Bishop of East Anglia), I was assigned to work in one of our secondary schools as Busar and part of the formation team for a year. Later, I was sent abroad to work in the Catholic Diocese of East Anglia, UK in November 2015.
I have worked as an assistant priest in St. Laurence’s Parish and Our Lady of the Assumption and the English Martyrs Parish both in Cambridge.
I left Cambridge in 2017 and was sent to St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Gorleston where I lived for six years serving as the assistant priest to St. Mary’s Parish, Great Yarmouth and St. Peter the Apostle Parish, Gorleston. I was also the school chaplain at St. Mary’s and St. Peter Primary School in Gorleston.
In August 2023, I was asked to move to the diocese of Northampton where I am currently working as the parish priest serving the united parish community of Holy Cross Church and St. Philip & St. James Church in North Bedford.
It has been a blessing working for both churches bringing the Good News of Christ to the community faithful.