Wednesday is the feast of the thirteenth century bishop St Richard of Chichester – his shrine in the Anglican cathedral in Chichester is shown here. He’s important for us because he was a good friend of our patron saint, Edmund; in one of the side chapels in the cathedral there
Continue readingThis is a picture of something we haven’t seen for a while – a large number of people all going into our church at once, not in an ordered queue (Good Friday). We’re not at that stage yet, but we can announce some changes: From tomorrow Exposition of the Blessed
Continue readingAs restrictions ease, plans to prepare our young people to receive the Sacrament of Confirmation are being made. Please accept our apologies for the delay in finalising the arrangements and the lack of information. A number of our young people started their preparation back in early 2020. Those of you
Continue readingThe “Light of Christ” prayer meeting has found a new venue at St Edmund’s. We hope to meet each Wednesday commencing 14th July in the main hall and are so grateful for the wonderful welcome from Fr. Stephen, who knows us well, and the parish team. For many years we
Continue readingSt 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
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