You may be aware that new data regulations [GDPR] which have come into force which have an effect on various aspects of the parish, such as the publishing of names of the sick.  We now need written permission –with a signature—from the person who is sick, or if they are unable due to their health, then from their next of kin—to publish their name in the bulletin and also on the parish website. If this is not received, Mass will still be offered but no entry will be made in the bulletin.

Parents who are having children baptised and couples being married in the parish will also be asked for permission for names to appear in the bulletin.