Future Dates
for Your Diary

Dec
8
Sun
2024
Confessions before Sunday Mass at Confessionals in the Abbey Church
Dec 8 at 8:45 am – 9:15 am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at Abbey Church
Dec 8 at 6:30 pm – 7:00 pm

Following Vespers

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**

 

 

 

Monday, 9th December, the Feast of The Immaculate Conception Mass will be with the School and will begin at 4.30 pm. There will be no mass at 5.30pm.

 

 

 

 

The CTS New Sunday Missal (Standard edition, £19.95) is now available in the Abbey Bookshop. The Missal beautifully presents the new texts of the Lectionary and contains the readings and Order of Mass for every Sunday and solemnity of the liturgical cycle. This beautiful hardback missal with two ribbons will support prayer and devotion in all seasons of life. (Now available in the Abbey Bookshop in the Narthex)

The CTS New Sunday Missal 2025 Helpfully presented in calendar order from the First Sunday of Advent 2024 to Christ the King 2025, this lightweight, paperback Sunday Missal contains everything you need for Sunday Mass and Solemnities all year. (Available shortly in the Abbey Bookshop at £9.95). Weekday Missals  will be available in April 2025.

 

 

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

 

 

Sign up to CAFOD’s online Advent calendar of daily prayer and reflection for an opportunity to pause, reflect, pray and take action as we prepare for Christmas. Join CAFOD as we journey through Advent with our global family. (The daily reflections replace CAFOD’s weekly reflections for the season of Advent). Diocesan reflections and intentions for prayer resources December 2024

 

Bishop Richard has issued a response to the passing of the Assisted Dying Bill November 29, 2024

The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of England and Wales has also issued a Statement on the Second Reading of Assisted Suicide Bill 29th November 2024

Weekly updates

Read Bishop Richard’s Weekly Reflection for the Second Sunday in Advent (C) 8th December 2024 or watch it here

Sunday Mass Sheet  for the Second Sunday in Advent (C) 8th December 2024 (Celebrant: Fr Patrick)

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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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.