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Pope Leo XIV appoints Fr Stephen Wang as new Bishop of Arundel & Brighton

We live stream our Parish Sunday Vigil Mass celebrated each Saturday at 5:00pm, and our Sunday Monastic Mass at 9:30am.

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Please Pray for the Sick of Our Parish

Mary Baker, Paul Pemble, Michael Wall, Krysia Smith, John Maher, John Mulhall, Margaret Ogden, Anne Wise, Mandy Horton, Patricia Horsman, Stella Higham, Jim Tierney, Catherine Elia, Patrick Cambridge, Barry Wingrove, Rowena Leaney, Beryl McNulty, Jelly Labto, Sheila Charman, Gillian Maher, Terry and Susan Scoble, Sue Pearson, John and Sue Rutherford, Liz Hicklin, Jill Carter and Laura Rawlinson.

Special Intention: Please pray for the healing of our Diocese Youth Adviser, Lizzie Wakeling.

Anniversaries of the Faithful Departed

Please continue praying for the souls of Fr. Kevin Taggart and parishioners Mo Jalie, Ann Buckley, Elfriede Huckstep, Gerry Loney, Rory Clarke, Tony Hicklin, and Peter Annabring.

Whose anniversaries occur this week: Eileen O’Dwyer, Jennie Manktelow, Lilian Baker, Bob Mabey, Lilla Bethune, William Kibble, Ben Fielder, Julia Harvey, Dick Norman, John Palmer, Mary Relfe, Henrietta Landon and Sidney Hoare

“Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace. Amen.”

Please Note: Our final copy of “In Touch” Newsletter until after the Summer is currently listed.

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 Note: Prayer requests can be found on the Pastoral Care page.

Our Regular Activities

Sacrament of Reconciliation

Sundays 08.45–09.15am in the church, or by appointment with Fr. Rod / Fr Paul.

Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament

Fridays 4:00-5:00pm; 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 welcome!

Christian Meditation

Unity Room, 7-8pm, 4th Wednesday of the month.

Healing Service

4th Sunday of the month 10.45am to 11.15am in the Blessed Sacrament Chapel.

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!

Holy Hour

Fridays, 7:15pm at Blessed Sacrament Chapel.
Music, reflections and Adoration.

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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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.