Pope Francis: Letter to the People of God Pope Francis has responded to new reports of clerical sexual abuse and the ecclesial cover-up of abuse. In an impassioned letter addressed to the whole People of God, he calls on the Church to be close to victims in solidarity, and to
Continue readingYour generosity over the last few weeks in donating items to allow the Foodbank at Holy Trinity Church, Penge to continue providing emergency supplies and lunch to those in great hardship has been astonishing. Thank you so much for all the items you have given and for the envelopes containing money that have
Continue readingOver 70 young people from Bromley Deanery parishes and schools are participating in this year’s Faith in Action Award. It has been a privilege to work with all the candidates and to see the commitment and hard work they have put in to their journals, ongoing service to the parish and school community and engagement
Continue readingThis weekend (28/29 July) is our regular collection of items for asylum seekers and refugees living in the Catholic Worker community house in north London. Many thanks for the generosity you have shown in the past. This is what we are looking for: tinned tomatoes, nuts, raisins, cheese, tuna, chilli sauce, rice, couscous, pulses, olive
Continue readingThis week sees the last few days of school for most of our young parishioners, with many already being on holiday. Our thanks and prayers must go to all those who work in our two parish schools for everything they do for our children. We thank the teaching staff and assistants, cleaners, cooks, dinner ladies,
Continue readingYou may have read about the indiscriminate violence against Christians being carried out in areas of Nigeria. In a church in Benue State two priests and nineteen parishioners were slaughtered whilst celebrating mass. Our own Fr Victor Akongwale has had his church attacked and a parishioner killed, and the school
Continue readingFr Steve and the Finance Committee wish to express their thanks for your support of the planned giving appeal over the past few weeks. Initial indications are that we had a positive reaction. We will provide a fuller update at the end of July when we have analysed the impact on our income. If you were
Continue readingFollowing the appeals at Masses on Sunday, please use the links below to add your details to ChurchSuite and set up donations and register for Gift-Aid. Our aim is to replace as much of our weekly cash collections with electronic payments which makes it more convenient for you. If you are
Continue readingI would like to welcome from the Diocese of Lira in Uganda, Fr Boniface Arapa to our parish. Fr Boniface will be with us throughout July and the first week of August. Please introduce yourselves to him and make him feel welcome as I know you will. Fr Steve
Continue readingLast weekend saw our final two first holy communion masses. Coming the week after almost forty children in our Catechism Group made theirs, the two masses saw forty-seven children from St Edmunds who attend St Mary’s School receive holy communion for the first time. It was also the first time
Continue reading