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FR DAVID WRITES
Perhaps like you, I can hardly believe that we have already marked Remembrance Sunday (last week) and are almost at the Feast of Christ the King (next weekend). The strangest of years is almost at an end (please God, is there light at the end of tunnel?) Perhaps later we will have a better opportunity and perspective to make sense of just what has happened and how we have truly experienced it. For now, the lockdown goes on. Thank you for your prayers, support, love for each other, and kind messages which are shared throughout the parish. Let us persevere together! Finally, please keep me in your prayers next Sunday which will be the twelfth anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood; twelve years that have also gone by very quickly! God bless you all.
ENGLISH MASS TIMES ONLINE
Monday-Friday 12 noon; Saturdays 6pm; Sundays 10am
MALAYALAM MASSES
Fr Johnson will celebrate Mass in Malayalam every evening Monday-Saturday at 7pm online. The time for Sundays has changed to 3.30pm (Sunday afternoons).
CHURCH OPENING TIMES (PRIVATE PRAYER)
Wednesdays 12.30pm-2pm; Fridays 12.30pm-2pm; Sundays 10.30am-12 noon. Please don’t come before the time when the church is due to open.
MONTH OF THE HOLY SOULS
November is the month of the Holy Souls. We continue to pray for all the faithful departed, as well as all those who are named in our Book of Remembrance in the church.
RCIA
We are now ready to begin the new RCIA course. Thank you to those who have signed up. This week, Fr Andrew will email everyone involved with the joining instructions and link for the Zoom invitation. Please keep our candidates for Christian initiation in your prayers.
TELEPHONE MESSAGE—020 8016 2207
Please call this number 020 8016 2207 if you are at home and would like to hear a message of news and spiritual input from church. We will try to update the message as often as we can.
IF YOU VISIT THE CHURCH FOR PRIVATE PRAYER
HANDS - use the hand sanitiser on the way in and out of church (no exceptions)
FACE - always wear the face covering unless exempt
SPACE - maintain social distancing inside and outside church
TEST & TRACE - please sign in using the QR code or email address
Thank you to our volunteers who supervise and clean the church!
IICSA REPORT
This has been a difficult and distressing week for all victims and survivors of sexual abuse in the Catholic Church. Please keep them in your prayers. The report by IICSA on the Church in England and Wales was published on Tuesday. You can visit the diocesan and Bishops’ Conference websites to read the statements and responses by Cardinal Nichols and Archbishop McMahon.
BISHOPS’ CONFERENCE PROJECT
This week we were visited by a photographer from the Bishops’ Conference. They are working on a project to catalogue pictures of the churches for the 28 days of the current lockdown. We are pleased that our church was chosen to part of the work, in order to highlight how our churches are not only cherished sacred places but also safe spaces in the pandemic. When the finished photos are released, we will direct you to the website.
DAILY MOMENT OF PRAYER 6PM
The Cardinal has invited everyone to join in a daily moment of prayer at 6pm. This is not a liturgy or a broadcast, but something that each individual or family is called to share in personally. Please choose your own prayer or words at 6pm as we pray together during this difficult time of the pandemic, especially while we cannot come together for Mass in church.
CARDINAL’S BIRTHDAY
Last weekend, Cardinal Nichols turned 75 years old. This means, in accordance with the procedure, he tendered his resignation as archbishop of Westminster to Pope Francis. For now, the Pope has asked him to continue in office until further provision is made.
PARISH OFFICE
Please do not come in person to the parish office or presbytery. The best way to contact us is to email This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. so we can pick up and reply to messages even we were are out or away from the office. Please remember to check our website or read the newsletter (available on Friday lunchtimes & Sunday 10.30am from the back of church).
BAPTISMS
The celebration of baptisms is currently suspended.