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Video live streaming of the Parish Sunday Vigil Mass celebrated each Saturday at 5.00pm can be viewed here **Privacy Impact Assessment of Live Stream**
Worth Abbey is one of 3 places which have been designated as special places of pilgrimage where Holy Year Indulgences can be gained.
A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Church which cleanses our soul and helps us to grow closer to God. When we sin, we not only damage our relationship with God, we create a need for healing and repair in our souls and in the world. Through Reconciliation God forgives our sins, but the effects of our sins may still need to be addressed. Indulgences are a beautiful practice combining prayer, good works and spiritual renewal, to help repair that damage. Find out more here
STOP PRESS! 7th September Following the 9.30am Sunday Mass there will be a talk by Jenny Finlayson from CAFOD on the Jubilee
Please pray for the sick of our parish Elizabeth Huckstep, Severina d’Souza, Rowena Leary, Beryl McNulty, Lin Eade, Jelly Labto, Sheila Charman, Hal Clarke, Gillian Maher, Krysia Smith, Pamela Bagwell, Terry and Susan Scobie, Sue Pearson, John and Sue Rutherford, Demelza Waring, Liz HIcklin, Jill Carter and Laura Rawlinson. Please also pray for Fr Kevin and the healing of our Diocesan Youth Adviser Lizzie Wakeling.
Please pray for the soul of Worth parishioner Paul Kibble, who died on August 20. Please continue praying for the soul of Pope Francis, and the souls of Peter Grace, Margaret Owers, David Carter, Reg Parker, Rorie Duncan, Bridget Cheal Snelling, Norman Maddock, Alexandra Church, Charles Hurdman, Michael Burke, Matthew Lovell, John Blake, Anton Wasylkiw, Georgette Groombridge, and Rosemary Albert whose anniversaries are in September. Eternal rest grant unto them, oh Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.
God of peace, bearer of hope, we seek your help for the peoples of the Middle East. Quiet the clamour of war and guide us towards peace. Where there is hatred and division sow seeds of calm and openness. Where there is destruction help us to rebuild. Where children are crying bring an end to tears. Shelter your peoples and protect them. Guide them and keep them from harm. Show us how to break down the barriers of history and fear and breathe whispers of hope. Amen. Linda Jones / CAFOD
Weekly Updates
“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Based on the gospel for Sunday 31st August, Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 14:1, 7, 1-14
Sunday Mass Sheet for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 31st August 2025 (Celebrant: Fr. Paul)
We, the parish of Worth Abbey, in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton, welcome parishioners from a wide area. We benefit from a unique location among the Benedictine monastic community of Worth. We wish to become, by the grace of God, a strong Community, united in prayer to Jesus and to one another, by relations of love and commitment.
Our mission is to foster values of welcome and hospitality towards our fellow Christians, and to those of other faiths and none.
We are committed to service and outreach to the poor and those in need; to evangelisation; to the young; and to the protection of God’s Creation.
We seek to build upon existing work to nurture a flourishing parish
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Please remember that the black bin in the Parish Office porch is available for your food bank donations.
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