World Mission Sunday falls this Sunday, 21 October. On this day the whole Church unites in an act of universal solidarity in prayer for its missionary activity and in collecting funds to support the Church where it is too young or too poor to be self-sufficient. Forty percent of Church membership falls into this category.
Continue readingOn the reading slope in the porch there is a small catalogue called New Titles published by the Catholic Truth Society. There are some delightful, inexpensive books for young children, which are perfect for them to look at during mass and which would make lovely stocking fillers at Christmas and for adults there are
Continue readingSt Mary’s Catholic Primary School – our parish school – will be holding their Open Mornings for parents of children who are due to start school in September 2019. They will be held at 10.30 am on Monday 8 October and Monday 15 October and a crèche will be available at
Continue readingCAFOD’s Harvest Fast Day was on Friday, 5 October. At all Masses this weekend there will be a speaker from Cafod and the second collection is for their appeal. Many of you will have taken a Cafod envelope with you last week which should be returned today and there are more
Continue readingThank you to all those who attended the Parish AGM this month. It was encouraging to see so many of you (100 people compared to 50 at the previous AGM). The Minutes are now available: CLICK HERE to read them.
Continue readingAs many of you know by now, I am the chief for welfare and development in the village of Nankesido (also spelt Nankesedo) on the coast of Ghana in West Africa. I am also a trustee of the Nankesido Education and Welfare Trust, the charity I set up to help
Continue readingA characteristic of this church is the devout way in which the worship of God is carried out, and part of how this is done is through the careful and reverent preparation of the sanctuary for Mass by our dedicated team of sacristans across all Masses. By and large last minute ‘flapping about’ is avoided
Continue readingOur Parish AGM takes place on Tuesday evening in the Hall. Doors open at 7.30pm and we will start promptly at 8.00pm. Once again may I encourage you all to come along to this important event in the life of the parish. Not only is this an occasion for us to review the past year
Continue readingSt Mary’s Catholic Primary School – our parish school – will be holding their Open Mornings for parents of children who are due to start school in September 2019. They will be held at 10.30am on Monday 8 October and Monday 15 October and a crèche will be available at
Continue readingFollowing the success of our first CYM Careers Fair in April this year, we are planning to hold a second careers event at St James the Great Church, Petts Wood on Saturday 9 February 2019. Come and take part in ‘mock interviews’, receive one-to-one careers advice from industry professionals, find out about the range of
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