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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** .
Please note: Due to a moving of the monastic services to the Abbey’s Unity Room (to upgrade the Abbey Church lighting), live-streamed services from the main Abbey Church will be suspended on the following dates: Monday 20 October to Friday 24 October, Monday 27 October to Friday 31 October.
15th October Mass will be with the School at 4.30pm to celebrate the Feast of Our Lady of Worth. There will be no Monastic Community Mass at 5.30pm.
Worth Abbey is one of 3 places which have been designated as special places of pilgrimage where Holy Year Indulgences can be gained.
A plenary indulgence is a grace granted by the Church which cleanses our soul and helps us to grow closer to God. When we sin, we not only damage our relationship with God, we create a need for healing and repair in our souls and in the world. Through Reconciliation God forgives our sins, but the effects of our sins may still need to be addressed. Indulgences are a beautiful practice combining prayer, good works and spiritual renewal, to help repair that damage. Find out more here
Please pray for the sick of our parish Krysia Smith, Catherine Elia, Jim Tierney, Patrick Cambridge, Barry Wingrove, Elizabeth Huckstep, Severina d’Souza, Rowena Leary, Beryl McNulty, Lin Eade, Jelly Labto, Sheila Charman, Hal Clarke, Gillian Maher, Krysia Smith, Pamela Bagwell, Terry and Susan Scobie, Sue Pearson, John and Sue Rutherford, Demelza Waring, Liz HIcklin, Jill Carter and Laura Rawlinson. Please also pray for Fr Kevin and the healing of our Diocesan Youth Adviser Lizzie Wakeling.
Please continue praying for the soul of Pope Francis, and the souls of Jo Dobson, Denis McCrory, Elvira Castro, Fr. Robert, David Whiting, Desire Powlett, Bill Murphy, Alan Thomas, Jack Prosser, Glen Robertson, Mary Mason, Jack Harwood-Davis, Archbishop Cyril Cowderoy, and Arthur Maynard whose anniversaries are this week. Eternal rest grant unto them, oh Lord. And let perpetual light shine upon them. May they rest in peace.
The Gatwick Detainees Welfare Group is in urgent need of informal clothing for young men. If you have any gently used jeans, T-shirts, tracksuits, sweaters, anoraks or trainers to spare, please consider donating them. Medium sizes are most commonly needed. Your donations will bring comfort and dignity to those in difficult circumstances. Please bring your freshly washed donations to the Parish Office. Thank you for your generosity! “I was naked and you clothed me; I was sick and you cared for me; I was in prison and you came to visit me”. – Matthew 25:36
Pope Leo asks us to pray for the situation in Palestine: I continue to be saddened by the immense suffering of the Palestinian people in Gaza. In recent hours, in the dramatic situation in the Middle East, some significant steps forward have been taken in peace negotiations, which I hope will achieve the desired results as soon as possible. I ask all those in positions of responsibility to commit themselves to this path, to bring about a ceasefire and to release the hostages. Let us #PrayTogether so that the ongoing efforts may put an end to the war and lead us towards a just and lasting peace.
Weekly Updates
“Increase our faith.” Based on the gospel for Sunday 5th October, Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C).
Bishop Richard’s Weekly Reflection October 23rd “We see fresh green shoots of faith” “As Christ’s faithful people we must persevere in proclaiming the message of life in Him, even when the circumstances are difficult.”
Sunday Mass Sheet for the Twenty-seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, 5th October 2025 (Year C) (Celebrant: Fr. Peter).
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 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.
