Our Lady and St Thomas of Canterbury, Harrow-on-the-Hill

09/21/2021

This is an important message for those parents who need to get Catholic Certificates of Practise (CCPs) signed by Fr Derek urgently.
He will be signing CCPs on Friday 24th September from 2:30pm until about 8:00pm at the Presbytery. Please just turn up between those times, there is no need to book a slot.

We will announce more dates for CCP signing in the coming days.

Thank you for signing up to these updates. Please don’t forget, however, to keep an eye on the church website as usual. https://harrowcatholicchurch.org
The main features of this update email are the school open days schedule plus the registration date for St Anselm’s.

Harrow-on-the-Hill

09/13/2021

REGISTRATIONS
St Anselm's Primary school
Applications are now invited for children born between 1 September 2017 and 31 August 2018

OPEN DAYS
Cardinal Vaughan
Year 7 - Tuesday 14th & Thursday 23rd September
Year 12 - Thursday 7th and Tuesday 12th October

St Dominic's Sixth Form College
Sunday 2nd October

Joan of Arc Catholic School, Rickmansworth
Open Evening 7th October & Open Morning 8th October 2021

The Sacred Heart Language College (Wealdstone)
Wednesday 15th September & Thursday 23rd September

08/28/2021

Our Page Centre will now be open for the use of toilets and a few of our already established groups. No hiring out of the Page Centre will commence for the time being. Sacramental programmes continue and our thanks to Loraine for the Baptism course and our catechists who have once more generously offered their time and energy to accompany our First Holy Communion children and Confirmation candidates through their preparations. We look forward to welcoming the whole parish back IN PERSON to Sunday Mass. If there are any housebound parishioners who would now like a visit, please contact the parish office.

08/28/2021

As the school begins to resume this week can we remind parents that the small car park in front of the church SHOULD NOT BE USED to either drop off or pick up children. This area should be left free for the safety of ALL our children, their parents and carers. Half gates have been ordered for our entrances but might not arrive for a few weeks unfortunately. We hope and pray that our teachers and teaching assistants have had a very well-deserved break and are ready to begin their important ministry in our school allowing our children to grow to become the person God has created them to be.

08/28/2021

This week we have our Bank Holiday Monday and there will be a Mass at 10am on MONDAY morning. A gentle reminder to those who come to Mass either on weekdays or Sunday- we are still trying to ensure that everyone is safe and therefore track and trace is still important. Please use the QR code at the door of the church or fill in a little slip of paper or register your intent to be at Sunday Mass through the on-line booking. The church is open to everyone and our numbers are slowly increasing. As holidays come to an end we will continue to monitor the situation with our weekday Masses - Wed, Thurs, Fri at 9.30am (at the end of September we will begin to have a 12noon Mass followed by exposition and Rosary most Tuesdays) and Sat vigil at 6pm and Sunday 8.30, 10 and 11.30am. We will continue with these timings as it gives us enough time between Masses to do a general clean up. ONCE AGAIN WE ARE INDEBTED TO THOSE MEN AND WOMEN WHO VOLUNTEER TO CLEAN UP AFTER MASSES - THANK YOU TO ALL OF THEM

06/22/2021

2021-22 FIRST RECONCILIATION & FIRST HOLY COMMUNION PROGRAMME
Fr. Derek is inviting parents of children in year 3 or above in September 2021 to register for the 2021-22 First Reconciliation & First Holy Communion Programme. Registration will close on Tuesday 31st August.
Information on how to register can be found on the church’s online noticeboard: https://harrowcatholicchurch.org/notice-board/

Dear parents, this is an invitation for parents of a child in Year 3 (in September 2021) or above to apply for admission to the preparation course for the Sacraments of Reconciliation and First Holy Communion.
Due to current Coronavirus rules, we have not set our start date, but now is your time to enrol into our programme entitled “TOGETHER WE BELONG”.
The title is meant to emphasise the close collaboration between our Parish, the children and you, their parents. There will therefore not only be sessions for the children, but also for you, so that you may actively encourage and support them in deepening their faith and love for God and their understanding of the wondrous gifts in God’s forgiveness and the Most Holy Eucharist.
When your child was Baptised, you promised to God to bring them up in the knowledge and practice of our catholic faith. The programme will be a wonderful opportunity for you to renew that promise with even more enthusiasm because of your love for your child. To know and live in the friendship of Our Lord Jesus is a truly wondrous gift sustained by Himself in the Holy Eucharist. May God bless you and your child,
Fr Derek McGuire, Parish Priest

03/02/2021

The weekend Masses are beginning to get booked up within a day of going public. The extra numbers appear to be coming from more families wanting to come to Mass. Fr Derek would like to introduce a third Sunday Mass at 10:00am. This would mean that the 11:15am Mass would then become the 11:30am Mass. We will not be able to do this unless we get more stewards and cleaner volunteers. If you would like to volunteer to help us to have an extra Mass, please complete the registration form which can be found here:

We always have plenty going on in the Parish to help to meet new people and grow in faith. Keep an eye on this page to keep up to date with what is going on! Volunteers needed for Stewarding and Cl…

02/25/2021

The 2021 Confirmation programme at Our Lady & St Thomas of Canterbury will commence soon for children in school Year 9 or above.
Candidates need to register by 3pm on Sunday 14th March.

If you have any queries, please contact the admin team at [email protected]

01/22/2021

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01/13/2021

Fr. Guy's retirement fund will remain open until the end of January 2021.

You can donate by using one of the following methods:

1. Cash in an envelope clearly indicating that it is for 'Fr Guy's donation'.

2. Cheque written to 'Harrow Catholic Church' in an envelope clearly indicating that it is for 'Fr Guy's donation'.

3. Via our PayPal money pool account at:

The Parish Council and members of Parish organisations were all invited to meetings to discuss how we will say ‘Goodbye’ to Fr Guy when he retires. As a Parish we have set up a fund to be part of our gift to Fr. Guy on his retirement in January 2021. We would like this ‘cash’ gift part of th...

01/10/2021

*PLEASE SHARE:*
Fr. Guy will be leaving us shortly, and we are hoping to create a display of his parishioners.
*To be part of this, please email A FAMILY GROUP PHOTO (one per family) to:*
*[email protected]*
by *no later than 5pm on Wednesday 13th January*

01/02/2021

Happy new year to all of our parishioners. Here is some information re Fr Guy’s retirement:

On Sunday 10th January 2021 Bishop John Sherrington will be coming to the parish to concelebrate Mass with Fr Guy before his retirement on 17th January 2021. This Mass will be streamed live at 11:1…