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 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
Continue readingLent 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 readingIn 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 readingST. 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 readingDIOCESAN 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 readingThis 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
Continue readingWe have two pilgrimages planned for 2019: PARISH FAMILY PILGRIMAGE TO WALSINGHAM, 27 – 28 July A pilgrimage to Walsingham is being planned for the last weekend in July. We have reserved a block of rooms, singles, twins, doubles and family – all en-suite. The price of the one night’s B&B is £49.50 per adult and
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