As you know the World Synod of Bishops opened in Rome last Wednesday. Among those taking part is our own Archbishop John Wilson. At the same time the Holy Father published what is really a ‘follow up’ to his 2015 encyclical Laudato Si’ which was about the care of creation;
Continue readingIt was a joy to meet so many of you at our recent Parish Open Day and to have the opportunity to tell you about some of Cafod’s campaigns. Fix the Food System is a campaign running this year in support of local farmers in countries such as Bangladesh. For
Continue readingWe are pleased to announce the restart of our monthly Law Surgery commencing on Monday 2 October at 6.00 pm in the Presbytery, and every successive first Monday of the month, 6 November and 4 December until the end of this year. The format remains the same save for the
Continue readingAs you will know the bishops lifted the remaining COVID restrictions in relation to the celebration of Mass before Easter – so the physical handshake/hug at the sign of Peace was restored, and so was permission for Holy Communion to be given to the Faithful under both kinds. The clergy
Continue readingI have been a member of the chaplaincy team at the PRUH for some years, as I provide emergency on-call cover one night a week. I am familiar with how the chaplaincy service operates in the Kings College Hospital Trust (which covers Kings, the PRUH and Orpington Hospital). The team
Continue readingDue to the pandemic, the last few years have been challenging for our students and teachers and now, as you will no doubt have seen in the media, some of our schools have closed because of structural deficiencies. Other schools may well follow. This Sunday is Education Sunday and a
Continue readingAre you a new member of the St Edmund’s Parish community looking for a warm welcome and to meet new people? Or you might be a St Edmund’s parishioner of many years wishing to learn more about the spiritual, social, musical and other activities within our Parish? Then why not
Continue readingThe RCIA Team is starting our new course with an Introduction to the Course on Saturday 9 September at 10.00 am in St Edmund’s Hall. If you are interested in finding out more about the Catholic Faith or about becoming a Catholic please come along and join us. We also
Continue readingPlease look out for the changes that may need to be made to our usual church timetable during August. This is inevitable when a priest goes on holiday. Any planned changes will be in the newsletter and on this website, but there may need to be the occasional last-minute change
Continue readingThis Open Day is for parishioners to meet representatives from our many parish groups. We invite you to come over to the Hall after the Saturday Vigil Mass and all the Masses on Sunday morning. I think I have contacted every group, but if there is someone who wishes to
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