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WELCOME TO WORTH ABBEY PARISH

Centred on the Benedictine monastic community at Worth Abbey, our parish is in the Sussex Weald near the village of Turners Hill, just south of Crawley. A parish of the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, it is a living and learning community where faith can develop and the lives of its people be enriched.

Are you looking for a lively Christian Church in your area?

Worth Abbey Parish is a friendly Christian church, a place where people of all ages and backgrounds can discover  a way of living life more fully through developing a closer relationship with the person of Christ in a community of believers. Our common faith tells us that we are the loved people of a God who stops at nothing to show us this love; and through the mysterious working of the Lord Jesus in his Church we are allowed to share His Divine power.

I'm interested in the Catholic Church. How do I find out more?

Worth Abbey is a community where people worship, learn, share and where the important milestones of faith are celebrated. There are many opportunities in the parish for individuals of all ages, and families, to develop and explore faith and to learn more about the Church. All are welcome – whatever their background, knowledge and experience. You don’t have to have all the answers…but you can ask the questions.

How can my child be baptised or receive first communion?

Parish Clergy

  Deacon Chris Dobson

Fr. James Cutts O.S.B
Tel:   01342 710313 
Mobile:  0798 1625150

Deacon Chris Dobson
Tel: 01342 710313
Mobile: 07754592899
The Parish Priest is Fr. James Cutts, OSB who was ordained in 1979. He worked for 17 years in Worth School, then led the Lay Community, followed by a spell in charge of the Estate at Worth. He became Parish Priest of Worth Abbey Parish in 2003.

Chris Dobson is the permanent deacon in the Parish and was ordained in 2004. He works part time in the parish as well as on the chaplaincy team at Gatwick Airport.

email Fr James Cutts email Deacon Chris Dobson

Our Lady of Lourdes





February 11th is the Feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of Prayer for the Sick when we are asked to pray for all those who are ill and all who care for them. It is especially dedicated to people who are incurably sick or terminally ill. On this day we are asked to extend the great well of practical compassion and care, so evident at the waters of Lourdes, to all in society. The state of societies can be measured in many ways, but it may be in our care of the sick and the dying that we have one of the best indications of our social health. The feast of Our Lady of Lourdes and the World Day of the Sick may point us towards the sources of healing that we all need (Taken from the Catholic Communications Network Press Release 9th February. For the entire text click here)

Pope Benedict's Message for the World Day of the Sick








 
 

5th Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C)



"They left everything and followed him" Luke 5: 1-11

Latest News

Lent begins on February 17th

Books and reflections for the season of Lent are available in the Abbey Bookshop

 

P2 Magazine

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Mass Times at a Glance

Worth Abbey

Saturday:

9.00 am, 5.15 (First Mass of Sunday)

Sunday:
9.30 am
Daily Mass:
(Except Thur)

8.00 am and 5.30pm

Thursday
Mass:
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Holy Days of Obligation:
Vigil Mass
7.30 pm.
   

St Dunstan's

Sunday:
11.30 am

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