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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**
From 14th July to 18th August, all monastic liturgies will be held in the Unity Room to allow for essential maintenance work in and around the Abbey Church. Matins: 7:00am, Lauds: 8:00am, Mass: 5:30pm, Vespers: 6:45pm. Please note: live-streamed services from the main Abbey Church resume on Monday 11th August
From 13th to 15th August the monastic community will be on retreat and from 18th to 20th August they will be in community meetings.
Fr Paul will be away for two weeks, from 28 July – 10 August. We will do our best to pick up all messages but our response may not be as quick as we would like. Please be patient. If there is an emergency while Fr Paul is away it might be best to get in touch with your nearest parish. Haywards Heath 01444 450139 haywardsheath@abdiocese.org.uk; Horsham: 01403 253667 horsham@abdiocese.org.uk; Horley (also for East Surrey Hospital) 01293 431703 horley@abdiocese.org.uk; East Grinstead & Lingfield 01342 325705 eastgrinstead@abdiocese.org.uk; Crawley Tel – 01293 524176 Email – crawley@abdiocese.org.uk
In Touch. There will be a lite version of In Touch on 27 July and 17 August with parish prayers, mass readings and
key announcements only. The full edition will be back on 7 September. We would love to hear from you! If you have any feedback about In Touch, and/or would like to contribute to future editions (great ideas, photo essays, articles), please get in touch via worthabbeyparish@gmail.com
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
Please pray for the sick of our parish: Don Harvey, Maria Stribbling, Elfriede Huckstep, Severina D’Souza, Rowena Leaney, Beryl McNulty, Lin Eade, Jelly Labto, Sheila Charman, Hal Clarke, Gillian Maher, Krysia Smith, Pamela Bagwell, Terry and Susan Scoble, Sue Pearson, John and Sue Rutherford, Demelza Waring, Liz Hicklin, Jill Carter and Laura Rawlinson. Please also pray for Fr. Kevin Taggart
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
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.
Prayer requests can be found on the Pastoral Care page.
