Today, 600 people will be diagnosed with leprosy. Leprosy is completely curable if treated early. Lepra works directly with communities in Bangladesh, India, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to find, treat and rehabilitate people affected by leprosy. The COVID-19 pandemic has devastated the world, steepening in-equality and injustice, and has made our
Continue readingPact is a national charity which supports people affected by imprisonment. It provides practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families, and to prisoners themselves. This Sunday is a day of prayer for prisoners and their dependants. We would usually have a second collection for this Catholic charity whose
Continue readingThis community relies entirely on donations to feed the many men it shelters. We have missed several of our regular collections and we don’t know how long this will continue, so please consider making a financial donation instead via their website. If you order your shopping online for home delivery,
Continue readingIn a time of crisis worldwide we ask the angels to protect particularly those suffering from the virus. Traditionally we have often associated this feast with children, nurturing them in the belief that each child has an angel to watch over and protect him or her. At this time children
Continue readingWe are really pleased to learn that Blythswood have their shoebox appeal this year and we will be collecting shoeboxes in the parish again, albeit with a few small changes to how things will have to work within current restrictions. The impact of Covid 19 in many countries where Blythswood
Continue readingToday is the World Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants and here is the message for today from the Holy Father: http://www.vatican.va/…/papa-francesco_20200513_world… Today’s gospel reading is the parable of the two sons in the vineyard, Matthew 21: 28-32. Please note that as a result of new restrictions announced by
Continue readingThe Passage, the charity for the rough sleeping community in London, founded by the late Cardinal Basil Hume over 40 years ago, has had a challenge during September to get people on the move to raise funds for their work. Four parishioners, Andrea Hixon, Barbara Dilworth, Anne Earley and Bernadette
Continue readingIn England and Wales today is the feast of Our Lady of Walsingham – a new administrator of the shrine is being installed… Posted by St Edmund's Church, Beckenham on Thursday, 24 September 2020
Continue readingToday is the 25th Sunday in Ordinary Time and Home Mission Sunday. The gospel (Matthew 20:1-16) is the parable of the workers in the vineyard. This speaks to us above all of God’s generous love, set in contrast to the envious grumbling of the workers who have been working all
Continue readingAs already indicated the Church in this country is celebrating in these days the tenth anniversary of the visit here of… Posted by St Edmund's Church, Beckenham on Saturday, 19 September 2020
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