Alpha is coming to St. Edmund’s
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Continue readingPilgrimage to Poland – October 2019
There are still a few places available on this pilgrimage. Pilgrims will visit the Black Madonna and Auschwitz where they will be able to pray in the cell of St Maximilian Kolbe, and visit the birthplace of Pope John Paul II. They will also visit the Salt Mines and the beautiful
Continue readingA Word from Father Steve – Holiness for Everyone
When I was a boy holiness was a mystery to me. I knew Jesus, Mary and the saints to be holy because they prayed a lot and never did anything wrong. As far as I could understand it this special way of life was the privilege of priests and nuns. For the rest
Continue readingOur Local Food Bank
Our local food bank at Holy Trinity Church in Penge has had huge demands placed on them over the last few weeks and are very short of supplies. Parishioners responded to their last call for help with such generosity that we are asking once again if you could bring supplies
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Lent is around the corner and so we can start counting the days until the Easter Vigil. It is a long standing tradition in our parish that we have a party after the Vigil Mass to celebrate the resurrection of Christ and to welcome into our parish family those who have been received into
Continue readingA Word from Fr Steve…
In this Sunday’s Gospel reading Jesus tells his disciples ‘to love your enemies, to do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who treat you badly’. Indeed, the bar has been set very high. I am reminded of the words of G.K. Chesterton, ‘The Christian ideal has not been
Continue readingFrom Alpha to Brexit: ST. ED. is now Online
ST. ED. is our bi-monthly newsletter which is hand-delivered by parishioners to many in our local community. The February issue is now available to read online: CLICK HERE.
Continue readingJob Vacancies
DIOCESAN SAFEGUARDING OFFICE ADMINISTRATOR We are looking for an office administrator to join our Safeguarding Team in SE1. This is a full time job (0900 – 1700 Monday to Friday) and is offered initially on a 12 month fixed term contract. The key areas of work are administration of the DBS Disclosure application process, maintenance
Continue readingA Word from Fr Steve
This Monday, 11th February, is the feast day of Our Lady of Lourdes. It was on this day in 1858 that the Blessed Virgin Mary appeared to Bernadette Soubirous near a stream called Massabielle, in Lourdes. Mary appeared eighteen times to Bernadette who was the only one who saw her. She was told
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