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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**
Easter Triduum at Worth Abbey Maundy Thursday 17th April – Easter Sunday 20th April 2025.
“When Jesus had received the sour wine, he said, ‘It is finished,’ and he bowed his head and gave up his spirit.” John 19:30: CAFOD Reflection for Good Friday 18th April 2025
CAFOD Stations of the Cross Meditate on Christ’s journey to the cross in solidarity with people experiencing poverty around the world. As you walk through the Stations, take time to pray and reflect on where we see Christ in our world.
GDWG – Gatwick Detainee Welfare Group would love men’s clothes and trainers. Trainers in any sizes, please.
Jeans, chinos or tracksuit bottoms (but not suit trousers) in all sizes and t-shirts and jumpers or hoodies in all sizes.
Clothes in good condition and freshly laundered, please. Clothes can be left in the Parish Office Porch. Thank you so much.
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 Pope Francis, our parishioners, Rowena Leaney, Martha Watson, Beryl McNulty, Lin Eade, Jelly Labto, Sheila Charman, Hal Clarke. Jenny Chapman, Gillian Maher, Krysia Smith, Maureen Evans, Pamela Bagwell, Terry and Susan Scoble, Sue Pearson, John and Sue Rutherford, Demelza Waring, Liz Hicklin, Helen Sweetman, Jill Carter and Laura Rawlinson.
Charlie and Mark Tibble’s House Group – An informal social gathering in Balcombe, on Friday 25 April. All parishioners are welcome to come and get to know your community better. Contact ctibble@stwilfrids.com
Worth Pro Earth welcomes new members. We meet once a month on a Wednesday, 2pm, St Benedict’s. Our next meeting is on Tuesday 22 April at 2pm.
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
Bishop Richard’s Holy Week Reflection April 2025
Sunday Mass Sheet for Palm Sunday (C) 13th April 2025 (Celebrant: Father Alexander)
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.
