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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** 

 

 

There will be a lite version of In Touch on 27 July and 17 August with parish prayers, mass readings and key announcements only. The full edition will be  back on 7 September. We would love to hear from you! If you have any feedback about In Touch, and/or would like to contribute to future editions (great ideas, photo essays, articles), please get in touch via worthabbeyparish@gmail.com

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: Don Harvey, Maria Stribbling, Elfriede Huckstep, Severina D’Souza, Rowena Leaney, Beryl McNulty, Lin Eade, Jelly Labto, Sheila Charman, Hal Clarke, Gillian Maher, Krysia Smith, Pamela Bagwell, Terry and Susan Scoble, Sue Pearson, John and Sue Rutherford, Demelza Waring, Liz Hicklin, Jill Carter and Laura Rawlinson. Please also pray for Fr. Kevin Taggart.

 

God of peace, bearer of hope, we seek your help for the peoples of the Middle East. Quiet the clamour of war  and guide us towards peace. Where there is hatred and division sow seeds of calm and openness. Where there is destruction help us to rebuild. Where children are crying bring an end to tears. Shelter your peoples and protect them. Guide them and keep them from harm. Show us how to break down  the barriers of history and fear and breathe whispers of hope. Amen.  Linda Jones / CAFOD

 

Weekly Updates

“For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, and he who humbles himself will be exalted.” Based on the gospel for Sunday 31st August, Twenty-second Sunday in Ordinary Time: Luke 14:1, 7, 1-14

Sunday Mass Sheet for the 22nd Sunday in Ordinary Time (Year C) 31st August 2025 (Celebrant: Fr. Paul)

About the Parish 

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.

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Season of Creation 2025

The 2025 Season of Creation theme is Peace with CreationThis theme is rooted in the biblical text of Isaiah 32:14-18, which describes a future where justice restores the barren land, bringing peace and trust. The Season runs annually from September 1st to October 4th.  In Pope Leo’s Message for the World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation 2025 he stresses that environmental justice – implicitly proclaimed by the prophets – can no longer be regarded as an abstract concept or a distant goal. Sign up to receive a daily prayer email and be guided through these reflections of penitence and praise, which inspire us to care for the earth and our most vulnerable brothers and sisters.

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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.