Future Dates
for Your Diary

Feb
15
Sun
2026
Confessions before Sunday Mass at Confessionals in the Abbey Church
Feb 15 at 8:45 am – 9:15 am
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament at Abbey Church
Feb 15 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 and the Parish Sunday 9:30am Mass can be viewed here **Privacy Impact Assessment of Live Stream** .

 

 

 

Please pray for the sick of our parish: John Maher, Elfriede Huckstep, John Mulhall, Sandra Flexman, Margaret Ogden, Anne Wise, Mandy Horton, Patricia Horsman, Stella Higham, Jim Tierney, Krysia Smith, Catherine Elia, Patrick Cambridge, Barry Wingrove, Rowena Leaney, Beryl McNulty, Lin Eade, Jelly Labto, Sheila Charman, Gillian Maher, Pamela Bagwell, Terry and Susan Scoble, Sue Pearson, John and Sue Rutherford, Demelza Waring, Liz Hicklin, Mike and Jill Carter and Laura Rawlinson. And also please pray for the healing of our Diocese Youth Adviser Lizzie Wakeling.

Please continue praying for the soul of Rory Clarke who has recently died and keep his family in your prayers. Please continue praying for the souls of Pope Francis; and for Fr. Kevin Taggart and parishioners Tony Hicklin and Peter Annabring, who died recently. Please pray for the souls of Gwen Brophy, Clare Crossman, Oliver Burridge, Harry Simmons, Kathleen Glew, Mary Cockerill and Miriam Vinycomb whose anniversaries are this week. Eternal rest grant unto them, oh Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.

 

 

LIFE: stay connected with the monks through the Worth Abbey Newsletter. The newsletter contains the latest news and updates, key dates for your diary, and important information about our outreach initiatives.

 

 

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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

OUR REGULAR ACTIVITIES
Sacrament of Reconciliation – Sundays 08.45–09.15am in the church, or by appointment with Fr. Paul.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament – Wednesdays 2:30-3:30pm; Sundays 6.30pm after vespers, and every first Sunday of the month, 10:30am (right after Mass)–11am
Rosary Group – Mondays 7:10-8pm in the church after vespers. Please contact Rachel Davies: 07801 696354.
Lectio Divina – Tuesdays at 8pm via Zoom. Please contact Jenny Chapman jenny_chapman@sky.com. All are welcome!
Christian Meditation – Unity Room, 7-8pm, 4th Wednesday of the month: 26 November
Vigil for Vocations – Every first Friday of the month at 8.30-9pm, after compline.
Bible Study Group – Mondays, 11am at St Benedict’s (Parish Office). Please contact the Parish Office.
Family Faith Formation – Monthly, every 3rd Sunday. New parishioners, all families welcome!

 

 

Laudato-Si-Movement

After a historic Jubilee of Hope and the inspiring Raising Hope Conference, the Laudato Si’ Movement enters 2026 ready to turn deepened hope into bold, collective action. This new year invites our global community to keep building a Church awake to the cry of the Earth and the cry of the poor—rooted in prayer, shaped by encounter, and committed to ecological conversion. Our 2026 plans flow from the movement-wide Encounters process, which continues to guide us in living synodality more fully. This means listening carefully to local realities, honoring the bonds that shape each community, and allowing global work to truly rise from the ground up. Even as we grieve the ongoing impacts of the climate crisis, we remain grounded in gratitude for one another and strengthened by the belief that “injustice is not invincible” (Laudato Si’ 74)

 

 

 

 

 

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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.