Sign-Up sheets are available in the sacristy for the Easter Triduum. Please note, five readers are required for the Easter Saturday Vigil.
 Mothering Sunday is a day honouring mother churches, the church where one is baptised and becomes "a child of the church", celebrated since the Middle Ages in the United Kingdom, Ireland and some Commonwealth countries on the fourth Sunday in Lent. On Mothering Sunday, Christians have historically visited their mother church—the church in which they received the sacrament of baptism.
Constance Adelaide Smith revived its modern observance beginning in 1913 to honour Mother Church, 'mothers of earthly homes', the Virgin Mary (mother of Jesus), and Mother Nature. It gained popularity in response to the originally American Mother's Day. The holiday is also known as "Mother's Day" in the UK, and has become a celebration of mothers and motherhood. I warmly invite you to join me on this year’s SOUTHWARK DIOCESAN PILGRIMAGE TO LOURDES: 21 to 28 August 2026. A pilgrimage is a great opportunity to refresh and renew our relationship with the Lord Jesus, with the help of Our Lady’s prayers. I have also found it a blessing to be able to accompany and to be inspired by other pilgrims, some of whom are sick, elderly or disabled. Last year, Deacon John Fogarty and I did a short presentation in parishes, which we would be happy to repeat in your parish, if it can be arranged. Details for booking travel and accommodation can be found here.
We also ask pilgrims to complete a form with details, including medical requirements (if any) here. For more information, please contact Canon Edward Perera or Deacon John Fogarty or myself, Bishop Paul Hendricks. Our Big Lent Parish Walk takes place on Saturday 28th March. If you would like to join the walk we are meeting at 2.00 p.m. at Sutton Tennis Village. (Rose Hill Recreation Ground, Rose Hill, Sutton SM1 3HH). We will walk around the park there. If you would like to sponsor the walking team please click here. We have already raised £120.00! Thank you to our wonderful donors.
Thank you so much for your generous donations and prayers for our global family. We are still raising monies for this incredible work. By giving today we are enabling our global neighbours to grow food in gardens that float on flood water and we are providing solar powered irrigation systems.
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