Rosary and Coffee with the Salesians

To mark the end of the lovely month of Our Lady, and hopefully Covid safe, the Salesian Sisters at 25 Village Way, would like to invite anyone who feels safe and able, to come to their garden on  Monday, May 31st, Feast of the Visitation, straight after morning Mass to

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Feast of St Philip Neri

Today the Church honours St Philip Neri, the 16th century priest who founded the Congregation of the Oratory. Many boys from our parish over the years have attended their school in Fulham. Rosary today before the 10am Mass. As announced yesterday the 8am Mass resumes this coming Sunday. God bless

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The Venerable Bede

Today is the feast of ‘the Venerable Bede’ who has a good claim to be the father not only of English Church History but of English history, the eighth century monk who in his writings tells us so much about the Anglo Saxon Church. As numbers at our two Masses

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The Dedication of our Church

Yesterday, the feast of Pentecost (Whitsunday) was the final day of the Easter season. Today is the anniversary of the dedication of our parish church in 1950 by Bishop Cyril Cowderoy. If you are in the church today you will notice the consecration candles lit round the walls of the

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Pastoral Letter for Pentecost 2021

  Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, The Solemnity of Pentecost reminds us that everything which exists, every person and the whole of creation, is a gift of “God the Father almighty, Creator of heaven and earth.” God our loving Father creates and continues to give life to the world

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Step by Step

We have received guidance from the Bishops’ Conference on what we can now do in our church. There are still restrictions in place and, following talks with Archbishop John and our diocesan bishops, the priests of the diocese have been given the freedom to implement changes as and when they

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St Dunstan of Canterbury

Today the Church honours St Dunstan of Canterbury, shown here – the story is that he pinched the devil’s nose with tongs. It is also the twentieth anniversary of the death of Monsignor Peter Strand, former Parish Priest here and then after that at Hayes. May he rest in peace.

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Sunday, World Communications Day

Today, the Seventh Sunday of Easter is World Communications Day, when we pray for Catholic journalists and those who work in media and communications for the Church – normally there is a collection for the Catholic media office. The links for the day, including Pope Francis’ message, are here: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/…/world-communications-day-2021/

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Right to Life UK’s new News Platform

Right to Life UK has launched a new digital news platform, Right To Life News. Their website is already the most viewed pro-life website in Europe and the fourth most viewed pro-life website in the world – and they hope that Right to Life News will enable them to reach

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