What to do if you go into Hospital

If you or a loved one are admitted to hospital, remember that the Church and other Christian bodies work hard with NHS hospital trusts to provide a good chaplaincy service in NHS hospitals, and the work done by chaplaincy teams is regulated by contract. There are very good teams at the hospitals in London

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Our International Day: Can you Help?

On 6th of July, St. Edmund’s, our parish, is organising International Day to celebrate the cultural diversity and unity in the parish. You are all welcome to come and enjoy the variety of cultures abounding in our parish. If you feel like it please feel free to wear your traditional clothes and bring food to share

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Churches Together in Beckenham Programmes

A recent CTiB Clergy and Reps meeting reviewed our five week Lent Programme run at St John’s Eden Park and also the Good Friday Walk of Witness in Beckenham. We were delighted that over 100 people attended the Lent Programme each week. Our topics were praying the Way of the

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Gift Aid Envelopes

Gift Aid envelopes for use from 2 June are ready for collection from the back of the church. Those of you who kindly donate by standing order will receive smaller packs containing envelopes for special and second collections only. People who donate electronically via ChurchSuite can also request one of

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Sick List – Please get in Touch

The sick list in the newsletter (as below) has become rather long. If your name is on it or you requested that a name be included and that person no longer needs to be prayed for, please let the Office know so that we can remove that name. From the

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Marriage: Preparation, Celebration and Rediscovery

MASS IN CELEBRATION OF THE SACRAMENT OF MARRIAGE There is a special Mass on Saturday, 13 July at St. George’s Cathedral for couples celebrating their 1st/10th/25th/40th/50th/60th+ wedding anniversary during 2019; please apply as soon as possible for an invitation from the Archbishop. Get in touch with us by EMAIL. Please let us have the location of

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Minnie Vinnies at St. Mary’s

Turning Faith into Action The Society of St Vincent de Paul (SVP) is a well-known charity that helps disadvantaged people in the community and offers friendship to those who are lonely. Many of you will be aware that our parish has a well-established SVP group made up of volunteers. You

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SVP Coffee and Cake Sale

All parishioners are warmly invited to the annual SVP Coffee and Cake morning on Sunday 12 May from 10.30am-1pm in the Church Hall. If you usually come over to the Hall after 9.30am or 11.00 am Mass, please do still come! We especially welcome anyone who might be interested in finding

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Parish Fundraising Auction

This will take place on Saturday, 13 July. We have been really fortunate that a brilliant auctioneer with great experience of hosting successful fund raising events has offered us his services. Now all we need is a really strong team to organise the event. We need a team to contact football

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