Welcome to our parish of St Mary's, Bodmin, Cornwall.  We are a Roman Catholic parish belonging to the Diocese of Plymouth, and we are part of the Cornwall Deanery.   We comprise the parish churches of St Mary's & St Petroc in Bodmin, St Michael's in Wadebridge,St Saviour & St Petroc in Padstow and St Paul the Apostle in Tintagel.   St Mary's Catholic Primary School is located close to the church in Bodmin.  There are two members of the congregation of the Daughters of Mary & Joseph in our parish, Sr Barbara and Sr Pauline.  The parish benefits greatly from their prayer and parish work. Bodmin is one of the nine key parishes in Cornwall.  In October 2005 Bishop Christopher Budd opened our new Parish Centre which is regularly used by parishioners and outside groups.  The Bodmin presbytery and the parish office are situated in the Parish Centre.  The office is open from 9am to 1pm Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday, telephone 01208 72833.

Our parish priest is Fr Guy de Gaynesford who is based at the Presbytery in Bodmin.  Our Assistant Priest is Fr Bryan Storey who is based at the Presbytery in Tintagel.

Homilies and readings  We record Fr Guy's homilies and the Mass readings given on a Sunday every week.   You can listen to them on this website or download them to your mp3 player free of charge.  A first set of homilies, entitled Behold the Lamb of God, given between June and November 2008 is available to purchase on 4 compact discs - see order form below.  

Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults (RCIA)   Are you, or is someone you know, seeking to enter the Catholic Church?  RCIA is a programme of preparation through which non-Catholics may discover the teaching, tradition, prayer and worship of the Catholic Church.  If you are interested please have a word with Fr Guy.  To study Fr Guy's RCIA course click on the keys of St Peter.  Each section is available to download individually free of charge.

St Paul: Teacher of the World  -  This audio course in 8 sessions on the life and teaching of St Paul the Apostle is given by Fr Guy and Robbie Low.  The course is available to listen to  on this website, or to purchase as 4 compact discs. 

Miserere Domine - Lord, Have Mercy.  This audio course was given in Lent 2009 by Fr Guy and takes the form of meditations on five steps to Divine Mercy.  Each of the five sessions begins with the prayer of the Divine Mercy Chaplet.   Listen to it on this website or purchase it as 5 compact discs.

Order form for compact discs 

EVENTS

ANNUS SACERDOTALIS - Year For Priests.   Pope Benedict has dedicated the 12 months from 19th June 2009 (Solemnity of the Sacred Heart) as the Year of the Priest. He is calling on all priests to strive for spiritual and moral perfection, and thus to become better leaders of the parishes committed to their charge. He also asks all Catholics to pray for the growth of their priests in holiness, and for vocations. Over the next 12 months I hope you will be given opportunities to enter prayerfully into this spiritual intention for the universal Church.  More information is available on the official website.

VISIT OF THE ENGLISH CATHOLIC HISTORY ASSOCIATION TO OUR PARISH 6-8 May 2009.  Listen to the talks.

BLESSING OF EASTER FOOD with the Polish Community - Holy Saturday 2009

The Vatican  - the official website including; the papal archive, roman curia, liturgical celebrations, news service and library resource.

The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) - official website