WELCOME TO WORTH ABBEY PARISH
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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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Father James Cutts OSB |
The Parish Priest is Father James. Fr James 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 Worth estate. He became Parish Priest in 2003.
Tel. no. 01342 710313
Mob. no. 07981625151
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Mandy Horton is the Parish Secretary.
Mandy works Tuesday to Friday in term time from 9.00 am to 1.00 pm. In the school holidays she works for 3 hours, 3 days a week
Tel. no. 01342 710313
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Sean Cahill is the Parish Youth Minister. He works in the parish 2 days a week. |
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Catholic Education Sunday, 5th February
Today on this Education Sunday we pray for and give thanks for the Lord's fellow workers in the field of Catholic education. We recognise that our schools and colleges are not merely places of secular learning; they share in the divine mission of helping all to arrive at the fullness of Christian life.
In his letter for Education Sunday, Bishop McMahon says:
"Our schools are a very significant way in which the Catholic community in England and Wales places itself at the service of society.
"We are mindful that our educational institutions, many of which are among the very best in the country, depend on us for their success and their faithfulness to the evangelical commission to make disciples of all people. They depend first of all upon the support and cooperation of Catholic parents, who are the first teachers of their children. They depend on local parishes in whose mission and witness they share, and they depend on a great number of committed staff who reflect in their own lives the joy that knowing Christ brings.
"Our Catholic schools and colleges are a great treasure. This treasure has been given to us and we must ensure that we hand it on to future generations. Education is in a time of great change. For some schools, this may mean working in new ways and in new relationships. Whatever the challenges that we face, now or in the future, let us remain focussed upon Christ in all that we do." |
