If you would like a Mass intention said, please send the details via, email, phone, or letter.
0208 778 9460
The offering for the mass can be sent to the parish account using the details in the Donations section at the bottom of the website.
A HUGE thank you to everyone for their electronic offertory collections. Those of you who already had, or have recently set up, direct payments or standing orders, are financially keeping our Church afloat, and we are eternally grateful.
We would love more parishioners to provide their offertory contributions by electronic means, so if you can set up a direct payment or standing order here are the details...
Account Name: RCAS ST PHILIP NERI SYDENHAM
Sort Code: 60-21-12
Account Number: 37298445
We also want to give a HUGE thank you to those who have donated by envelope. The monies will take longer to arrive into out account, but everything helps.
At this difficult time, you can continue to support our parish mission and ministry, by donating your offertory using online methods, such as Direct Payments, Standing Orders, and via the diocesan JustGiving page.
However, for those who cannot use electronic payments, you can still post donations to the parish house.
All the details you need are given in the Donations section at the bottom of this website, but please do remember, whichever method your use please put STIPEND- then, your Surname followed by your Gift Aid number (if applicable), so we can understand the entries as they come through on our bank statements.
For example: STIPEND-PEARCE-999
If you use the 'JustGiving' method, you also need to state that your donation is for 'Our Lady & St. Philip Neri - Sydenham'.
Although we do have the new Gift Aid envelopes which are usually distributed at this time, we unable to use them in the current climate. We therefore, ask that you resort to making electronic payments as detailed above
Thank you all, for your kind generosity.
You may find it helpful to prepare a space, as focus for your prayer.
This might include a crucifix, icon or another holy image, and a lighted candle.
Many of you know Joe & Pauline Apicella. They have been working with the Kairos Forum to produce material for people with learning difficulties who cannot attend Mass at present. This material uses both signs and symbols and can be found on the Kairos website under SPACE.
Click here to view.
Southwark Catholic Youth Service has launched a YouTube channel and produced a short mini-series ‘Christ is Alive’. The bite size videos follow the reflections of Matthew,
Fletcher, Martha and Niamh on Pope Francis' document Christus Vivit.
The series consists of 6 x 2min videos, each with questions for reflection and supporting resources.
We invite young people to focus on staying spiritually healthy and to ponder some of the big questions about life, through journaling, Lectio Divina and prayer.
The Catholic Bishops of England and Wales recognise that this time of the COVID-19 pandemic is affecting every person in our countries. Those who are sick, and their families, are suffering many hardships of isolation from contact with those they love.
Our front-line workers in hospitals and in care homes all over our lands are giving exceptional service to those who are vulnerable at this time.
In order to show a spiritual solidarity with all those who are involved in the ways described above, each week from next Thursday, a Catholic Bishop will celebrate Mass in their Cathedral which will be live-streamed for people to join.
This will take place every Thursday at 7pm.
Click here for the schedule with links.
Archbishop John Wilson invites us to join him in prayer
A film from the Catholic Bishop's Conference about worship from home.
This is a free book, so please download, and feel free to share.
Nosy Crow, an award-winning, small independent children's book publisher, published this book to meet the needs of children and their families. No one involved in the production of the book was paid anything for their work.
There is a live broadcast of Mass, daily, on the DAB radio channel Radio Maria. It can also be accessed online by clicking here.
Several Parishes within the Archdiocese live-stream Mass each weekend. We have compiled a list of those that currently do so, along with links to each stream.
Click here to view.
Externally to the Diocese, The Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham offers a 12 noon Mass each day, whilst Church Services TV and MCN Media also offer Masses from around the country, and indeed, Europe.
Young people are very much at ease with the internet. Whilst we cannot gather together physically, we are still able to come together as a community in prayer. To this end we are pleased to share that CAFOD are holding a Children's Liturgy of the Word in the form of a webinar, each Sunday between 10 - 10.15 am
Click here to go to the CAFOD webinar (sign up) / download Children's Prayer Resources
In these difficult times it is often helpful to turn to time-honoured practices of prayer in the Catholic tradition. For centuries Catholics have united their sufferings with the Passion of Christ through praying the Stations of the Cross. Our Vicar General, Monsignor Matthew Dickens, wrote these meditations in 2009 and they were subsequently published by the Carmelite Press in 2012. Monsignor Dickens has kindly offered them as a source of comfort and reassurance in the weeks and months ahead.
Click here to view.
Prayer to Mary By Pope Francis
created by members of the Bishops’ Conference Spirituality Group
In response to the decision that all public Masses are to cease, Redemptorist Publications are delighted to be able to bring the Sunday Holy Mass, celebrated by Fr Denis McBride C.Ss.R. into your home every Sunday.
We pray that this will enable the faithful to feel connected, to their faith and church community, during this difficult time.
Click here to watch.
