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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.
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.
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.
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Parish Clergy
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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
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