St Matthews West Norwood

13/04/2025

Holy Week and Easter Services at St Matthew's Catholic Church, 37 Norwood High Street, London SE27 9JU.

21/12/2024

25/03/2024

WALK OF WITNESS: The walk of witness this year on Good Friday will start from Tulse Hill Methodist Church on Christchurch Road at 10am, gathering from 9:30am. This time supersedes the one in the parish Easter /Holy Week programme.

01/06/2023

THE FEAST OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, THE ETERNAL HIGH PRIEST
Today we celebrate the Feast of Our Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High Priest. The feast focuses on the priestly office of Jesus, and therefore we pray especially for all clergy and particularly for priests on this day.

Priests act 'in persona Christi' ('in the person of Christ') We pray that God may bless their ministry and calling to pastoral service. In this month of June, which is dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus, may they remain always in the heart of the Lord.

01/06/2023

Sharing this event to support the work of the wonderful Friends of St Joseph's PTA. All welcome. Tickets available on attached link.

If you haven't purchased your tickets already, the early bird offer will soon be over, so share amongst family and friends if you haven't done so already. It will be a brilliant day 😁

31/05/2023

https://www.larche.org.uk/walking-together

Walk with our Communities on 24th June in our flagship annual event and together let’s raise funds for L’Arche around the world.

21/05/2023

It's ! 💚🌎

Laudato Si’ is an encyclical written by Pope Francis, imploring us to work together to create a better world for future generations.

Reflect and respond ➡️ cafod.org.uk/encyclical

21/05/2023

COMMUNICATIONS SUNDAY
This weekend we celebrate the 57th World Day of Social Communications.

In his message, the full version of which can be read below, the Holy Father stresses the need to listen before speaking truth with a pure heart to “see beyond appearances and overcome the vague din which, also in the field of information, does not help us discern in the complicated world in which we live.”

“The call to speak with the heart,” he says, “radically challenges the times in which we are living, which are so inclined towards indifference and indignation, at times even on the basis of disinformation which falsifies and exploits the truth.”

The Pope commends the example of the great Doctor of the Church, St Francis de Sales, and his commitment to patient dialogue with everyone – even those who opposed him. A gifted theologian, his well-known phrase “Heart speaks to heart” inspired many, none more so than the recently canonised Saint John Henry Newman who, on being made a Cardinal in 1879 by Pope Leo XIII, chose as his cardinalatial motto, Cor ad cor loquitur or Heart speaks to heart.

Good communication is essential to spreading the Word of God. Please pray for those helping to spread the Good News of Jesus Christ and for all Christian Communicators.

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Read Pope Francis’ message for World Communications Day: https://www.vatican.va/content/francesco/en/messages/communications/documents/20230124-messaggio-comunicazioni-sociali.html

Prayers for World Communications Day:
https://rcaos.org.uk/media/j5hdfhrj/prayers-for-the-57th-world-communications-day.pdf

Donate to the valuable media work of the Bishops Conference of England and Wales: https://www.cbcew.org.uk/donate-world-communications-day/

06/05/2023

PRAYERS FOR THE KING
As we approach the Coronation, we are encouraged as Catholics to to pray for His Majesty King Charles and Queen Consort.

06/05/2023

06/05/2023

Interested in seeing some wonderful art by people with learning disabilities? Meet our talented artists and craftspeople on Saturday 13th May as part of Dulwich Festival Artists’ Open House.
The venue will be the L’Arche London Craft Workshop, at 9-13 Norwood High Steet, SE27 9JU.