A warm welcome to the website

of the English Martyrs Catholic Church

in Streatham!

Our Parish is part of the Archdiocese of Southwark and is located in the South of London. By virtue of our location, we are host to people from over forty nationalities. The church has been on its present site since 1893 and has served the community in various ways apart from her spiritual mission which is the primary aim of her presence in the community. The church building which is designed in 13th century gothic style is open to all who wish to worship with us on a daily basis and especially on Sundays when the community gathers for the celebration of the Holy mass.

At the moment the parish has two priests who ministers to the needs of the parishioners.

The website is aimed to provide details of our mass times, information about the sacraments, schools and other organisations attached to the parish, office hours and other relevant information.

Fr Gregory Mario Verissimo

 

 

ARRANGEMENTS FOR HOLY MASS

Saturday

Confessions: 5.30pm-6.15pm in Sacred Heart Chapel

Holy Mass: 6.30pm

Sunday

Holy Mass: 7.30am, 9.30am, 11.30am

Monday, Tuesday, Thursday

Holy Mass: 9.30am

Wednesday

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 6.30pm

Holy Mass: 7.30pm

Friday

Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament: 8am

Confessions: 8:45am in Sacred Heart Chapel

Holy Mass: 9.30am

•It is mandatory for everyone to wear a mask.

•If you are attending Mass, you must fill in an “NHS TEST and TRACE” form, available on the website, facebook page and at the back of this newsletter, and hand in a copy of it at every Mass you attend. This form will allow the NHS to trace any outbreak of the virus. We will store them safely and then destroy them after 21 days.

•The church will open 30 minutes before each event.

•Please sit only in the marked areas of the pew, this is to ensure we keep to the guidelines on social distancing.

•We are operating a one way system. You should enter by the central main door and exit by the side door. Please follow the direction of the stewards at all times. Please sanitise your hands on entering and leaving the church.

•Holy Communion will be distributed immediately AFTER Mass, so that you are able to leave the church immediately. Holy Communion is to be given on the hand only, but please do not wear gloves to receive Holy Communion.

•We have a limit of 72 people per Mass, so I would encourage you to try to spread out over the weekday Masses, to allow those who cannot attend Mass on weekdays to come to Mass on Saturday evening/ Sunday.

•There will be offertory collection points throughout the church and also contact less paying machine. Please support our church in this hard time.

NHS Track and Trace Form

Please CLICK HERE to print and fill in the sheet – and bring a new copy to Mass each time you come.

 

October – month of the Rosary

The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. Why pray the rosary? One reason the Blessed Mother asked us to pray the rosary might be because it can benefit anyone at any stage of the spiritual life from beginners to advanced. The “Catechism of the Catholic Church” teaches about various types of prayer including vocal prayer, meditation and contemplation. The rosary is a vocal prayer, a meditation and can lead to contemplation as Pope John Paul II mentioned in his encyclical Rosary of the Virgin Mary.