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THE HOLY FAMILY

S A N D E R S T E A D

Part of the Archdiocese of Southwark

HOLY MASS FOR THE REPOSE OF THE SOUL OF POPE FRANCIS - TUESDAY, 22ND APRIL AT 6.00PM

By Webmaster • April 22, 2025
The death of Pope Francis is head-line news around the world. His warmth, his care for the poor and marginalised, his attachment to Truth, his enormous love for the Lord and his longing to share the hope and forgiveness of God, touches our hearts. Please join us for holy Mass as we thank God for Pope Francis and pray that he now fully receives the mercy and forgiveness of the Lord in the joys of Heaven for all eternity. MAY POPE FRANCIS REST IN PEACE AND RISE IN GLORY (nb no holy Mass on the morning of Tuesday 22nd April)

WASHING OF FEET - A SIGN OF LOVE

By Webmaster • April 14, 2025
During the course of the Last Supper, the first holy Mass, Jesus dramatically showed his friends how to love, by washing their feet. During our holy Mass of the Lord's Supper, on Thursday evening, I would like to bathe the feet of 12 members of our congregation, as a sign of how much Jesus loves them and loves every one of us. Please allow me to bathe your feet. We need 12 people, women and men, young and not so young. Please put your name on the sheet which you will find in the porch of the church, if you will help me with this ceremony.

HOLY WEEK AND EASTER

By Webmaster • April 14, 2025
This week is the most important week in the year for all who follow the Lord Jesus as Christians. The secular world thinks only of Bunnies, Easter Eggs, more Food and Entertainment. While those things are fine and we can rightly enjoy them at the right time, they must never take the place or be more important than what our Blessed Lord offers us in Holy Week and Easter. This is the week above all others, each year, to put what the Lord Jesus asks of us before everything else. This week, by the grace of Almighty God, we have the opportunity, over 2000 years later, to join the Lord Jesus in the final days of his life in this world, as he suffers, dies and rises from the dead to give us forgiveness for our sins and eternal life beyond the grave. Please come to holy Mass on Maundy Thursday and be with him as he shows us how to love and gives us the strength to do so. Give him some time after holy Mass and before Midnight to “watch and pray” Please come to the solemn, sacred liturgy of Good Friday at 3.00pm, the exact hour he is reputed to have died, after hours of torture and suffering to show the depth of his love for you. Please come to the beautiful, inspiring Easter Vigil and First holy Mass of Easter Sunday at 8.30pm on Saturday evening, to renew your Baptismal promises, to allow the light and joy and peace of the risen Lord fill your soul. In addition to the above ‘Triduum’ (3) sacred Services which are celebrated by everyone who has a real and deep love for the Lord, there are 2 other times in Holy Week to be close to him: A short, brief ‘Walk of Witness’ on Good Friday morning when we will be joined by people of other Christian Churches in Sanderstead. We will begin at 11.45am and walk along Sanderstead High Street. One of our parishioners will carry a cross, as the Lord himself did, to remind all those who see us of the meaning of Good Friday. The whole Walk and final prayers on the ‘Gruffy’ will only last 30 minutes.  A simple, short, outdoor Service by the side of our church, as dawn breaks, to celebrate the Resurrection of the Lord. We will light a fire and pray in thanksgiving to the Lord as the light of day comes upon the sleeping world. Afterwards, a cup of hot tea or coffee in the Cafe. We will be joined by members of other Christian communities in Sanderstead.

TIMES OF HOLY WEEK AND EASTER SUNDAY

By Webmaster • April 6, 2025
HOLY MASSES AND SERVICES AND EVENTS We are drawing near to the most important week in the year for all Christians. Please plan your time around the invitation of our Saviour to put him first before everything else, especially during Holy Week. Here are the times you will need to know: PALM SUNDAY (12/13 April) The normal times of our weekly 3 Sunday holy Masses - 5pm, 9.00am, 11.00am Tuesday of Holy Week (15 April): Penance Service and individual Reconciliation 6.00pm Mass of the Chrism in the Cathedral (16 April): 11.30am Please join me. We can travel together MAUNDY THURSDAY (17 April): 8.00pm Holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper and ‘Watching’ at the Altar of Repose until midnight. GOOD FRIDAY (18 April): Ecumenical Walk of Witness 11.45am Liturgy of the Passion 3.00pm Stations of the Cross: 6.00pm HOLY SATURDAY/ EASTER (19 April): Easter Vigil and first holy Mass of Easter 8.30pm EASTER SUNDAY (20 April): Ecumenical outside Dawn Service - around 5.30am 2nd holy Mass of Easter 9.00am  3rd holy Mass of Easter 11.00am
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Welcome to Holy Family Parish

I wish all our visitors to this website, great peace and joy.
I hope you enjoy exploring our site and discovering the varied life of our vibrant parish.
If you would like to join us for the celebration of holy Mass, you will be welcomed with open arms.
So too, if you would like to join in any of our events and meetings, it will be a pleasure to see you.
If there is anything I can do to help or support you, please let me know.
With assurance of my prayers and warmest best wishes,

Fr Malachy

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Holy Family Catholic Church

I wish all our visitors to this website, great peace and joy.
I hope you enjoy exploring our site and discovering the varied life of our vibrant parish.
If you would like to join us for the celebration of holy Mass, you will be welcomed with open arms.
So too, if you would like to join in any of our events and meetings, it will be a pleasure to see you.
If there is anything I can do to help or support you, please let me know.
With assurance of my prayers and warmest best wishes,

Fr Malachy


  • Weekend Mass

    Saturday: 5:00pm (Vigil Holy Mass)

    Sunday: 9am and  11am 

  • Weekday Mass

    Monday: 9:30am

    Tuesday:  9:30am

    Wednesday: 9.30 am

    Thursday: 9.30am

    Friday: 9.30am

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CHILDREN PREPARING FOR FIRST HOLY COMMUNION AND RECONCILIATION - NEW DATES

By Webmaster • April 14, 2025
NEW DATES FOR THE MEETINGS OF PARENTS OF CHILDREN PREPARING FOR FIRST RECONCILIATION AND FIRST HOLY COMMUNION Sat 26th April: 10.00 – 10.30am Sat 10th May: 10.00 – 10.30am FIRST RECONCILIATION: Sat 17th May: 10.00 – 10.30am Fri 30th May: 5.00 – 5.30pm Fri 6th June: 5.00 – 5.30pm Fri 13h June: 5.00 – 5.30pm Fri 20th June: 5.00 – 5.30pm  Sun 22nd June FEAST OF CORPUS CHRISTI 11.00AM HOLY MASS – FIRST COMMUNION

Who Have You brought With You?

By Webmaster • April 6, 2025
“WHO HAVE YOU BROUGHT WITH YOU?”  These are the words of the Lord Jesus to each one of us, every time we come to holy Mass. Please don't be content to come alone or just to come with someone who already comes every week, to holy Mass. Invite and encourage others in your family, those living next door to you, those living down your street, your friends. Do that and the Lord will work through you, probably slowly and bit by bit. Do that, and one day you will hear him say to you, “Well done, good and faithful child of mine. Enter into the joys prepared for you, for all eternity.”

BEQUEST, IN A WILL

By Webmaster • April 6, 2025
It is wise to write a Will so that the resources you have when the time comes for you to leave this world, goes to the people and organisations you wish. May I suggest that you might consider leaving a Bequest in your will to our parish or to our diocese or to our priest as well as to other causes. A gift in your will can enable us to continue to help people to know the Lord Jesus and his saving love. What a wonderful legacy you would be leaving behind.

PARISH EXPENSES AND OUR SUNDAY OFFERTORY COLLECTION

By Webmaster • March 24, 2025
For this month of March our essential Parish expenses will be little short of £5,000.00 That is: £1,440.00 Monthly diocesan levy; £750.00 Repairs to Drains; £180 Health and Safety Boiler checks; plus Council Tax, Insurance for Church, Cafe, Cottage, Presbytery, Heat, Light, Petrol, House-Keeping etc etc.  I’m afraid our weekly Sunday Offertory Collection, in church, via Bank Order, via Card Reader, of about £650 in total, is falling short of what is needed to pay our bills! Please may I ask you to consider increasing your already generous giving. I’m afraid £5 is not enough! Please consider doubling what you give and please no more coins in the church collection plate! We live in a relatively affluent community - I hope I am not asking too much of you. Forgive me if I am but if you can support your parish better, please do so. Many thanks.

OLD FORGE CAFE BAKER’S AND HOST'S ROTA

By Webmaster • March 23, 2025
OLDE FORGE CAFE BAKERS/PROVIDERS ROTA MARCH 2025 30th : Lizzie APRIL 2025 5th : Jenny 12th : Patricia McCarthy 19th : Ross 26th : Giannina Please, if possible, could you provide enough cakes for the whole of each week. Thank you to everybody who is helping to provide cakes. To avoid having too many cakes, Coral mentioned to me that non-perishable cakes can be safely stored in the Cafe for a short while. When it is your turn to provide a non-perishable cake, please bring your cake to the Cafe a few days before the date of your turn. OLDE FORGE CAFE - HOSTS ROTA MARCH 2025 25th : Gardening Group 26th : Admin’ Group 29th : Maggie, Giannina 20th : Kim, Manuel APRIL 2025 1st : Gardening Group 2nd : Admin’ Group 5th: David, Marian 6th : Lesley, Linda 8th : Gardening Group 9th : Admin’ Group 12th : Gabrielle, Regina 13th : Bridget, Geraldine 15th : Gardening Group 20th : Jannine, Collette 22nd : Gardening Group 23rd : Admin’ Group 26th : Phil, Mary 27th : Patricia, Jim 29th : Gardening Group MAY 3rd : Kim, Manuel 4th : David, Marian Please note that for each of the above dates when the Cafe is open, one of the two Hosts has been trained in the use of the new coffee machine. Please would that trained person be the only person operating the machine and also please train the other person in its use. Many thanks. Thank you to everybody who acts as a Host. If an unexpected emergency occurs on the date you are scheduled to be a Host, please don’t worry about the Cafe. No need to try to find someone to ‘stand in’ for you. There is no need whatsoever to ‘swop’ with someone! We are not a Business, having to stay open to make money! - we open when and if we can. We take this role of ‘Host’ as a Vocation from the Lord to be his Missionary and his Prophet. Actually, the Cafe has, at times, functioned well with just one Host. The success of our Evangelisation Cafe depends on us. The more we speak to others of our Cafe, inviting them to visit us, the more successful it will be. Please invite members of your families, your friends, your neighbours and colleagues. Please check when it is your turn to be a Host (or a Baker!). Please see this role as a Calling, a Vocation from the Lord which you are generously telling the Lord you will do”. Thank you so much for your trust in the good Lord
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WEEK DAY LECTORS

By WEBMASTER • April 20, 2025
Tue 22: Maggie Wed 23: Collette Thu 24: John Fri 25: David

CHURCH CLEANING FOR EASTER

By Webmaster • April 13, 2025
Please could you help with 30 minutes of your time to clean our church for Easter. Please come on the morning of Saturday the 19th April at 9.30am. Thank you for this humble service which in itself is a beautiful prayer to the Lord.

LECTORS FOR HOLY WEEK

By Webmaster • April 13, 2025
PALM SUNDAY Sat 12 April: 5.00pm Readings/Bidding Prayers Phil Passion Paul(Narrator), Patricia(People) Sun 13 April: 9.00am Readings/Bidding Prayers Chinwe. Passion Gerry(Narrator), Lorenza(People) 11.00am Readings/Bidding Prayers Claire Passion Jim(Narrator), Mutsa(People) MAUNDY THURSDAY Thu 17 April: 8.00pm First Reading Lisa. Second Reading/Bidding Prayers Marian GOOD FRIDAY Fri 18 April 3.00pm Readings Gerry. Passion Paul(Narrator). Jim(People) EASTER Sat 19 April 8.30pm Reading 1 Lorenza; Reading 3 Lisa; Reading 5 Lizzie; Reading 7 Paul New Testament Reading/Bidding Prayers Jim Sun 20 April 9.00am 1st Reading Gerry; 2nd Reading/Bidding Prayers Collette 11.00am 1st Reading Chinwe; 2nd Reading/Bidding Prayers Patricia

THANK YOU

By Webmaster • April 22, 2025
To everyone who helped in so many different ways during Holy Week and on Easter Day. May the good Lord reward you for all your great efforts.

THANK YOU

By Webmaster • April 6, 2025
To everyone who increased their Sunday Offertory Collection contributions and no longer uses coins, either by use of the Card Reader in the church, through a Bank Order or through the Collection during Sunday holy Mass. Thank you for supporting your parish in this practical way. Thank you to the person who gave a very generous contribution.

WELCOMERS

By Webmaster • April 6, 2025
Before ‘Covid’ struck. We had a wonderful group of individuals whose ministry was to be in the porch of the church and there to greet and welcome people arriving to celebrate the Sunday holy Masses. I hope we can revive that ministry. Please let me know if you could do this. All it means is to arrive in the church a little early. Please note that this will be a ministry only for people who are not yet actively involved in our parish.

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RCIA MEETING - NEXT SATURDAY 11.00AM

By Webmaster • April 22, 2025
The next meeting for our parishioners preparing for Adult Baptism and the Sacrament of Confirmation will be next Saturday 26th April, at 11.00am in the Parish Room

PENANCE SERVICE AND INDIVIDUAL RECONCILIATION

By Webmaster • April 14, 2025
Tuesday 15th April at 6.0 0pm If you haven’t yet, during Lent, experienced the gentle forgiveness of God in this wonderful Sacrament, please come and allow the loving Lord to fill you  with his peace so that you will be ready to enter into Easter Joy.

BRIEF RECOLLECTION FOR ALL OUR EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS IN PREPARATION FOR THE RENEWAL OF THEIR SACRED MINISTRY

By Webmaster • April 6, 2025
May I ask all our Eucharistic Ministers to please join me on Saturday 12th April from 10.00am until 11.45am for a short period of prayer and reflection on this very sacred ministry. Please may I invite these women and men, chosen by the Lord, to renew their acceptance of this priceless, awesome role, on the evening of Maundy Thursday, during the holy Mass of the Lord’s Supper. Please join me in our church for half an hour of silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament at 10.00am and then from 10.30 in our Cafe for a time of reflection together.

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