The deadly attack on two Coptic churches in Alexandria and Tanta took place on Palm Sunday. On Beckenham Green on Good Friday at the end of the Walk of Witness and following an emotional speech by a member of the Coptic Church in Beckenham, a spontaneous collection was taken up
Continue readingYou can view the readings to be used at Mass each day on the Universalis website. Click here to see the readings for this Sunday, 30th April. Click here to see today’s readings (updated daily).
Continue readingOur webcam has been broadcasting services from St Edmund’s since the end of January. The Luddites among us didn’t know why we were bothering to install it, but we know now. Over the Easter Triduum viewers from all over the world collectively joined in 1240 hours of services from our
Continue readingThe service started at St. Edmund’s, and the walk of witness was led by the Clergy of St. John’s Coptic Orthodox Church in Beckenham. There will be a second collection at masses next Sunday, Divine Mercy Sunday, for the victims of the attacks on Palm Sunday in Egypt.
Continue readingThe April edition of ST.ED. is available now: Click HERE to download a copy. Would distributors please endeavour to deliver their copies early in the week as it includes details of Easter services. Thank you.
Continue readingHoly Week services are published above. To download or print a copy: click here. The Palm Sunday Newsletter is available: click here.
Continue readingThe Claver Sisters have changed the date of their 2017 Garden Party. It will now take place at the Claver Convent on Saturday the 8th July. Sister Assumpta says: We are raising funds for a priest in a riverside parish. Fr Alexis Harolimana in Ntokou, diocese of Owando, Republic of
Continue readingThere will not be a St Edmund’s summer fair this year. We understand that this is a disappointment to many of you. However, in the near future the Parish Finance Committee will be announcing an appeal for funds to carry out major structural works on the Church. Because of this
Continue readingEASTER VIGIL Each year following the Easter Vigil we hold a reception in the Hall to celebrate the resurrection of the Lord and to welcome our new Catholics into our Parish. The team of volunteers who organise this has dwindled and we are in real need of help so this
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