On the 16th to 18th of July, a group of fourteen parishioners ventured down to Worth Abbey near Crawley for the first Parish Retreat. The retreat was hosted by Worth Abbey’s Open Cloister programme in St Bruno’s retreat house.
Those attending the retreat participated in the prayer life of the abbey which revolves around the singing [...]
Welcome…
...to St John the Baptist Purley
We are a thriving Roman Catholic parish in the London Borough of Croydon. We are a community drawn from over forty countries.
We hope that you can use these pages to find out more information about us and hopefully drop in to one of our Masses or parish groups.
OliveAid
Practical help for our Christian brothers and sisters in the Holy Land
The gift of an Olive Tree can help farmers rebuild the economic infrastructure of Palestine. By replanting the Olive groves destroyed through years of conflict you will be providing employment, income and the most important gift of all – hope for a future free from poverty and suffering.
CAFOD Haiti Appeal
Please donate to the CAFOD appeal for the victims of the easrthquake in Haiti. You can do this online here.
The Lord be with you… And with your spirit
The first of a series of articles about the new translation of the Mass
There has been a lot in the Catholic press recently about the new translation of the Roman Missal; a number of articles have questioned why we will be adopting this translation in the next couple of years and why we need to change at all. It is worthwhile examining how the current English translation came about and how the new translation was developed.
Mass Times
7:30 and 10:00 Weekdays
10:00 and 18:30 Saturdays
8:30, 10:00, 12:00 & 18:30 Sundays
Holy Days 19:30 Vigil, 7:30, 10:00 & 19:30
Confessions Saturday 10:30-11:30
Parish Retreat 2011
Worth Abbey
In July 2010 the first parish retreat was hjeld at Worth Abbey near Crawley and planniong has now begun for another retreat in 2011.
You can find out about this here.
News
Worth Abbey Retreat 2010
The John Fisher School Chapel
Please note – During the School holidays, which started on Wednesday 21 July and end on Wednesday 1 September there will be no services in the Chapel during the week. There will, of course, be Mass in the Chapel each Sunday at 08.30. As soon as possible after the holidays begin, work will begin on [...]