Future Dates
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Oct
13
Sun
2024
Confessions before Sunday Mass at Confessionals in the Abbey Church
Oct 13 at 8:45 am – 9:15 am
Parish Brunch at Compass House
Oct 13 at 11:00 am – 12:00 pm

Welcome to Worth Abbey Parish

For more information on giving to the parish, click below.
Parish Giving

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**

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

 

Cardinal Vincent Nichols, President of the Bishops’ Conference, has written a pastoral letter calling on Catholics to play an active role in opposing assisted suicide. Cardinal Nichols offers three key points for Catholics to be aware of, and calls on the faithful to be fully engaged in the debate and to write to their MP to oppose assisted suicide being rushed into law. Read more.

Mark and Charlie’s House Group Gathering Friday 25th October 7.30pm  A very informal house group gathering in Balcombe on the last Friday of each month. All Worth parishioners are very welcome to come, socialise, relax, have a drink and some snacks and get to know your community better. Please contact Charlie Tibble c.tibble@stwilfrids.com.

Worth Pro Earth (WPE) welcome new members. We meet once a month on a Wednesday at 2pm in St Benedict’s.
Our next meeting is on Wednesday 13th November at 2pm. Please get in touch if you would like to attend.

Weekly updates

Sunday Mass Sheet  for the Twenty-eighth Sunday of the Year (B) 13th October  2024 (Celebrant: Fr Alexander)

“It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for someone rich to enter the kingdom of God.” Based on the gospel for Sunday 13th October, Twenty-eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time: Mark 10:17-30

Catholics across our community are called to act: Bishop Richard’s Weekly Reflection 13th October 2024

About the Parish

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 

To register as a parish member, please click here

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.

Prayer Request

 

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Repair cafes are free or low-cost events where volunteers fix broken items using their own tools and materials. They aim to reduce waste by encouraging a repair culture in the community. A repair can save time, money and waste. If you have something that needs fixing, just pop into your local repair cafe. In the vicinity of Worth Abbey Parish there are repair cafes in Horsham, Lindfield and Forest Row.

 

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God of Mercy,
We pray for Ukraine. For all of humanity distorted by war.
For all the lives lost, homes seized and peace broken.
May the Spirit of comfort and compassion envelop all who dwell in fear. May the Spirit of wisdom and humility enliven our global leaders. May we affirm the dignity and rights of all. May we seek peace.
Amen.