We are starting a monthly get together for local people in Merton who suffer from Dementia, their families and carers on the 4th Sunday of each month starting on Sunday 25th January 2026 in the Parish Hall. There will b e free food and drinks events with singalong music and dancing. It will be held between 2.30 and 4.30pm. Prior Booking is essential. St John Fisher Merton, 207 Cannon Hill Lane, Merton, London, SW20 9DB Tel: 020 8542 6355 Email: [email protected].

A conference at the Pontifical Gregorian University focuses on the figure of Peruvian saint, Rose of Lima, ahead of the installation of a statue of the saint on January 31st in the Vatican Gardens. Read more here.

At a ceremony in St George’s Cathedral on Saturday 24 January, centred around prayer and scripture, 14 new youth missionaries were commissioned and 6 recommissioned by Archbishop John Wilson. The youth missionaries join the Archdiocese of Southwark’s Mission Team, which are students and professionals aged 18-30 who give one Saturday every two months to lead retreats and serve young people in parishes and schools across the archdiocese. Read more here.

The next meeting will be held on Monday 2nd February at 7pm in the parish hall.

Discover why becoming a chorister is such a transformative and inspiring experience for boys in Years 3 and 4. During the session, you’ll have the chance to meet our Head Chorister, learn what chorister life is really like, and find out why singing in a world-class choir is both rewarding and joyful. In addition to their world-class musical training in the Cathedral Choir, the choristers receive a first-rate education at Westminster Cathedral Choir School with significantly reduced fees. The Westminster Cathedral choristers come from a wide range of backgrounds. They leave the choir with an outstanding musical training and the majority go on to secure prestigious music scholarships at some of the country’s leading public schools including Eton, Harrow, Radley, Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School, and London Oratory School. See poster in the porch.