CAFOD Update
THANKS. A big thank you for your generous donations to Cafod’s Harvest Fast day collection. This year’s collection exceeded previous years, showing that despite our own misfortunes this year, many have
Continue readingFeast of Christ the King & National Youth Sunday
In our church we have a fine stained glass window of Christ the King on the east wall behind the altar, but I don’t have an image of it; because
Continue readingBishops Conference: Child Abuse in the Catholic Church
Our Bishops Conference has been meeting this week (as it does every year in November) and you can find details of… Posted by St Edmund’s Church, Beckenham on Friday, November 20,
Continue readingPope Francis: Mary is a model for our prayer
As I have indicated in homilies the Holy Father’s reflections at his general audiences on Wednesdays, and at the Angelus… Posted by St Edmund’s Church, Beckenham on Thursday, November 19, 2020
Continue readingAid to the Church in Need News
AID TO THE CHURCH IN NEED’S PILGRIMAGE STATIONS OF THE CROSS—LIVE STREAMED ACN invites you to join them in prayer on Thursday the 19th November at 5.00 pm, as Father
Continue readingSt Edmund: Our Parish’s Feast Day
This Monday is the feast day of our patron, St Edmund of Canterbury. We know him by this title because he was indeed the Archbishop of Canterbury (1233-1240). He is
Continue readingSunday: World Day of the Poor
This Sunday, the 33rd Sunday in Ordinary Time, is the fourth World Day of the Poor. The Holy Father’s message for today, from the website of the Irish Bishops Conference,
Continue readingMass today for the diaconate formation community
In addition to our livestreamed Masses at 10am and 6pm today, there will be a Mass at 115pm livestreamed to the Diaconate formation community for most of the dioceses in
Continue readingFeast of St Frances Xavier Cabrini
Today is the feast of St Frances Xavier Cabrini, declared to be patron saint of migrants by Pope Pius XII seventy years ago in 1950. A great saint in the
Continue readingRabbi Jonathan Sacks RIP
Rabbi Jonathan Sacks, who has died, was a fine religious leader and a good friend of several Catholic leaders, including Cardinal Nichols. May he rest in peace. I recently reviewed
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