St Mary’s Primary School PTA is running a history trail around Beckenham to raise funds for the school. It’s a self-guided trail through the winding backstreets and hidden corners of Beckenham. Solve the clues along the route to unlock some of the history and secrets of Beckenham. It costs £3
Continue readingToday is the feast of Corpus Christi. Please pray for children making their First Holy Communion this weekend. God bless and take care Fr Ashley
Continue readingThis campaign by Cafod is to ask our government to influence other world leaders at the G7 talks in June and the UN’COP26’ climate talks in November, to take action on climate change. Please go to cafod.org.uk/reclaim to learn about the campaign. There is a video (below), an online petition
Continue readingThe feast day of St Justin Martyr. In this school half term week please pray especially for teacher training students at St Mary’s University who are studying this week for their Catholic Certificate in Religious Studies, and those of us who are teaching them. God bless Fr Ashley
Continue readingPlease take the time to read this week’s newsletter as there are a number of items that you should know about. In case you don’t have a moment before Sunday, please know that we restart 8.00 am Mass in the church this weekend, and that from this Saturday, until the end
Continue readingTo mark the end of the lovely month of Our Lady, and hopefully Covid safe, the Salesian Sisters at 25 Village Way, would like to invite anyone who feels safe and able, to come to their garden on Monday, May 31st, Feast of the Visitation, straight after morning Mass to
Continue readingToday the Church honours St Philip Neri, the 16th century priest who founded the Congregation of the Oratory. Many boys from our parish over the years have attended their school in Fulham. Rosary today before the 10am Mass. As announced yesterday the 8am Mass resumes this coming Sunday. God bless
Continue readingToday is the feast of ‘the Venerable Bede’ who has a good claim to be the father not only of English Church History but of English history, the eighth century monk who in his writings tells us so much about the Anglo Saxon Church. As numbers at our two Masses
Continue readingYesterday, the feast of Pentecost (Whitsunday) was the final day of the Easter season. Today is the anniversary of the dedication of our parish church in 1950 by Bishop Cyril Cowderoy. If you are in the church today you will notice the consecration candles lit round the walls of the
Continue readingDear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Solemnity of Pentecost reminds us that everything which exists, every person and the whole of creation, is a gift of “God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.” God our loving Father creates and continues to give life to the world
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