St Joseph's Catholic Parish, Malvern, UK

07/09/2026

During August the parish One World Group helped raise awareness of the CAFOD Petition to Cancel the Debt.

Thank you to all who signed - we had a grand total of 132 signatures, beating our target of 100!

If you were away and missed our signings, you can still sign by going to Cafod ‘s website.

We are facing the most acute global debt crisis in history and it's the world's poorest countries who are the worst affected. Urgent action is needed to stop its devastating effects.

03/09/2026

TWENTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME BULLETIN

Here are this week’s parish announcements and upcoming events:

•Second Collection
Next Sunday, 13th September, the second collection will be for the Catholic Education Service.

•Mass on the Hills
Praying for the Care of Creation
Join us at 1pm on Sunday 13th September as we pray together for the care of creation.

•Our Parish Big Clean
Our Big Clean will take place from Monday 14th September to Saturday 19th September.
More details to follow — please consider getting involved and helping our parish community.

•Annual Pilgrimage Mass at Harington Hall
Sunday 6th September 2026.

• Parish Magazine
The Summer Supplement is now available.

•Annual Mass of Thanksgiving for Altar Servers
Saturday 3rd October 2026
12 noon
St Chad’s Cathedral

• Maintenance Committee
The Maintenance Committee needs help with certain specific tasks. If you can offer your time or skills, please get in touch.

• First Holy Communion Programme
We are looking for more team members to help with the First Holy Communion Programme, working with children.

•First Confession & First Holy Communion
Forms are available in the Narthex or online:
https://www.stjosephsmalvern.org/sacraments

•Youth Club
The Youth Club starts 4th September.

Please share these announcements with family and friends and help keep our parish community informed.

More information on the website or the link below: https://www.stjosephsmalvern.org/

03/09/2026

This is a fabulous course introducing our beautiful faith with a view of being able to explain it to other people. It's run by the Archdiocese of Southwark and is being run in Lancaster and Liverpool as well. It is mostly online with just two or three in person days a year. One of our parishioners has been tutoring on this course for years and has seen how faith has come alive for so many people as they are equipped to talk about it to others. Click on this link to find out more.

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22/08/2026

During August, our parish One World Group has been supporting CAFOD's campaign for urgent action on the international debt crisis, which is causing terrible suffering for people in many parts of the world.

Over 70 people have already signed CAFOD's petition at St Joseph's. Can you help us reach 100 signatures?

If you're attending Mass at St Joseph's this weekend, please stop a minute to add your support. We all need to help to build a fairer world.

We are facing the most acute global debt crisis in history and it's the world's poorest countries who are the worst affected. Urgent action is needed to stop its devastating effects.

20/08/2026

The outreach project of the (former) Malvern Book Co-operative are collecting books to supplement the library at HMP Hewell, a men's prison in Worcestershire.

We would welcome donations of spare books or purchases from charity shops. Suggested genres are adventure, thrillers, sport, and celebrities (avoiding anything with explicit violence or misogyny).

Children's books that fathers can read when their children visit would also be appreciated.

Please place any donations in the box just inside the main entrance. They will be collected on the 6th of September.

25/07/2026

Can you help?

As part of the preparations for the 150th anniversary events in October, we are planning an extra special clean and polish of the church between Monday 14th and Saturday 19th September.

We are looking for volunteers who can boost the normal Holy Duster Teams, help move chairs / furniture and generally ‘lend a hand’ where possible.

Any help would be appreciated, even for just an hour or two on one day only.

If you can help, please add your name to the list in the Narthex.

12/07/2026

As Children’s Liturgy at the 11am Sunday mass at St. Joseph’s nears the end for this school year, we thank all the leaders & helpers that made this session possible every week. Next week is the last one before the summer holidays and we will start again in September! 🙏🏼

09/07/2026

Stella Maris is the largest ship-visiting network in the world, and the official maritime charity of the Catholic Church.
We improve the lives of seafarers and fishers through our network of local chaplains and seafarer centres, expert information, advocacy, and spiritual support.

There is also info on:
https://stellamaris.org.uk/seasunday/
and
https://stellamaris.org.uk/sea-sunday-2026-vatican-message-to-seafarers-and-fishers/

Join us as we come together to pray for seafarers and fishers, and thank them for their vital role in our lives.

04/07/2026

There is a Second Collection for the CAFOD-DISASTERS EMERGENCY COMMITTEE Venezuela Earthquake Appeal this week-end 04/07/2026.
You can help our neighbours affected by the 24 June earthquakes in Venezuela with emergency shelter, water and food. CAFOD is already working with local Church partners to support people who have lost their homes, but need your support to help more survivors. Your donation will provide essential supplies and help families rebuild their lives.
More information on CAFOD website

Your donation to the Venezuela Earthquake Appeal will go directly to our partners who are already responding to the aftermath of the devastating earthquakes that have hit Venezuela.

30/06/2026

All the talk is in the Videos section and the others are in the Live section now available on the parish Youtube Channel, please see the link

Streaming channel for St Joseph's Parish, Malvern, UK