Intercession
Prayer Requests
You do not need to carry your burdens alone. The parish community will carry your intention before God — in Mass, in the Rosary, and in personal prayer.
Submit a Request
Ask for Prayer
Whatever you are carrying — an illness, a grief, a difficult decision, a relationship in trouble, a fear about the future — please bring it here. Prayer is not a last resort. It is the most direct route to the God who holds all things in His hands.
Your request may be submitted publicly (where it will be included in the parish prayer list, read out at weekday Masses, and printed in the bulletin) or entirely privately (where it will be known only to Father and held before God in the daily Mass). We take the confidentiality of private requests absolutely seriously.
Public Requests
Shared in the weekly bulletin and prayed aloud at weekday Masses. First name or a general description (e.g. “A sick child”) is sufficient.
Private Requests
Known only to Father. Not published or shared. Your intention will be held in the daily Mass and in Father's private prayer.
Submit Your Request
The Mass
Mass Intentions
The most powerful prayer the Church can offer — the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered for your intention.
How Mass Intentions Work
When a Mass is 'offered for' a particular intention, the priest makes that intention the focus of his prayers throughout the celebration of the Eucharist. It is one of the oldest and most precious traditions of the Church — the belief that the sacrifice of the Mass has infinite spiritual value, and that the fruits of that sacrifice may be directed towards particular people and purposes.
Who Can Request a Mass Intention?
Any person may request that a Mass be offered for a particular intention — for a deceased loved one, for a sick person, for a family member, for a personal need, or for any other purpose. There is no requirement to be Catholic. Simply contact the parish office, state your intention, and if you wish, make a voluntary offering.
What Offering Is Customary?
A suggested offering of £5 per intention is customary, but this is never obligatory. No intention will be refused on financial grounds. The offering is a gesture of gratitude to the priest, not a payment for a spiritual transaction.
You Are Not Alone
A Word of Encouragement
“Ask and you shall receive, seek and you shall find, knock and it shall be opened to you.”
We pray for every intention submitted to this page — whether or not we receive a response from God in the way we hope. Our faith is not that God will always do what we ask, but that He hears every prayer, holds every person, and works all things for the good of those who love Him.
If you are in a crisis of faith or a personal emergency, please contact the parish office directly or speak with Father after Mass. If you need immediate pastoral support, see our Pastoral Emergency page.
Other Ways to Connect
Prayer is just one way to be part of the Madonna Ministry community. Explore all the ways you can get involved.