Hugo of Saint-Victoire (1096 – 1141) urged all believers in “the season of the Lord’s coming” to prepare themselves spiritually. “We must strive” he says “to enter the house of our hearts, open the windows and notice what is seemly and unseemly in that house. We must brush away the cobwebs, sweep the floors,
Continue readingIf you are applying to a Catholic primary school you will need to download from the school website what is called a ‘SIF’, which stands for Supplementary Information Form. This needs to be signed by a priest, attesting that your child is baptised and that your family comes to Mass. Please leave these at
Continue readingFr Mark Binang has been appointed Priest-in-charge of the parish of Our Lady of the Assumption, Links Road, Tooting, with effect from this weekend. The parish has this website: www.ourladyoftheassumption.com and the parish address is 282 Links Road SW17 9ER. We offer to Fr Mark our congratulations and best wishes
Continue readingOur children make their First Holy Communions in June. Children not attending a Catholic school need to join the Catechism Group and children at our primary school are prepared by parish catechists after school hours in our Church Hall. Parents of children in Y3 at St Mary’s should register online now
Continue readingRegistration for our Confirmation Course for 2019 is now open. CLICK HERE to register. There is a short window in which to register as the closing date for applications is 31 December 2018.
Continue readingThis will be on Sunday 9 December at 3.00pm. It is a lovely service and we are looking for lots of children to get involved. We will need readers, musicians and singers for the choir, as well as little ones coming dressed up in nativity costumes. As well as lots of angels and shepherds, we
Continue readingTickets for our Christmas Dinner and Dance must be booked by this Friday, 23 November. Cost: £30 per person – to include a two course meal & coffee. We would appreciate any donations to the raffle: new unwanted gifts, bottles of alcohol, toiletries, vouchers etc. Raffle proceeds go to St Christopher’s Hospice. Contact Monique
Continue reading…a few dates for your December diaries: Saturday 1 – 3.00 pm – Mass for the Sick & the Housebound Friday 7 – Parish dinner and dance Sunday 9 – Parish Christmas Fair Sunday 9 – Children’s Advent Service – 3pm Monday 10 – SVP lunch for older parishoners Saturday
Continue reading‘That for which the whole world has long sighed, which Christianity has implored with such fervent prayer, and for which We too, interpreter of the common sorrow, have never ceased to pray with the heart of the father intent on the good of all – that has come in a
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