St Edmund’s SVP: Still Helping
This weekend we would be having a second collection for the SVP. It is the third one this year that we have not been able to take so please read
Continue readingIntroduction to Fratelli Tutti (‘Brothers and Sisters All’)
Fr Ashley has prepared a brief summary of the Pope’s new encyclical, Fratelli Tutti, which is available to read/download: CLICK HERE. Copies of Pope Francis’s encyclical on Fraternity & Social
Continue readingLEPRA – We will beat Leprosy together
Today, 600 people will be diagnosed with leprosy. Leprosy is completely curable if treated early. Lepra works directly with communities in Bangladesh, India, Zimbabwe and Mozambique to find, treat and
Continue readingPrisoners’ Sunday
Pact is a national charity which supports people affected by imprisonment. It provides practical and emotional support to prisoners’ children and families, and to prisoners themselves. This Sunday is a
Continue readingCollection for Asylum Seekers and Refugees in London
This community relies entirely on donations to feed the many men it shelters. We have missed several of our regular collections and we don’t know how long this will continue,
Continue readingThe feast of the Holy Guardian Angels
In a time of crisis worldwide we ask the angels to protect particularly those suffering from the virus. Traditionally we have often associated this feast with children, nurturing them in
Continue readingSt Edmund’s Christmas Shoebox Appeal 2020
We are really pleased to learn that Blythswood have their shoebox appeal this year and we will be collecting shoeboxes in the parish again, albeit with a few small changes
Continue readingWorld Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants
Today is the World Day of Prayer for Refugees and Migrants and here is the message for today from the Holy Father: http://www.vatican.va/…/papa-francesco_20200513_world… Today’s gospel reading is the parable of
Continue readingThe Passage…to ending homelessness
The Passage, the charity for the rough sleeping community in London, founded by the late Cardinal Basil Hume over 40 years ago, has had a challenge during September to get
Continue readingOur Lady of Walsingham
In England and Wales today is the feast of Our Lady of Walsingham – a new administrator of the shrine is being installed… Posted by St Edmund's Church, Beckenham on Thursday,
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