This Sunday
This Sunday (7 August) is the Eighteenth Sunday of the Year.
Solemn Mass & Holy Baptism
11.00am
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The Baptism of Christ
Giotto (c. 1305)
We look forward to welcoming Amara, her family, Godparents and supporters to Mass this Sunday, as she receives the Sacrament of Baptism
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This Sunday's Service Booklet
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Summer Fair
Thank you to those who supported the recent Summer Fair.
We raised a total of £676 for church funds.
Thank you to all who assisted with setup and who worked so hard on the day.
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BBC Choral Evensong
Fr Philip was pleased to be at St Stephen's House, Oxford recently to record Choral Evensong for BBC Radio 3.
The service, sung by Genesis Sixteen (directed by Eamonn Dougan), will be broadcast today at 4pm.
It will be available afterwards on the BBC website - please click button below
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Many Thanks
to all who helped last Sunday to tidy the Columbarium area. Our next session will be after Mass on Sunday 25 September.
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The Assumption
Sunday 14 August
Solemn Mass at 11.00am, followed by a parish barbeque.
Later that day:
Evensong, Procession of Our Lady & Benediction at 6pm
All Saints', Margaret Street
Preacher: Fr Graeme Rowlands
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Night Shelter Volunteering
November 2022 onwards
After the Covid hiatus, our neighbours at St Barnabas’, Clapham Common, in partnership with GlassDoor will be hosting a weekly night shelter on Thursday evenings from November.
Would you like to volunteer for a few sessions – each one is early evening between 6.30 and 9pm?
Fr Philip plans to volunteer, and would be pleased if some people from the Ascension might like to join in with this important work.
Please have a word with him if you wish to know more.
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Brighton Trip
Saturday 20 August 2022
There are still some spaces on the coach for our Brighton trip later this month. Please contact Fr Philip or have a word with Barbara Marcham.
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Walsingham:
Healing & Renewal Pilgrimage
Monday 29 August 2022
Friends from St Alban’s, South Norwood are travelling by coach to this pilgrimage and have invited anyone from the Ascension who wishes to join them.
The coach leaves Thornton Heath at 6.45am.
Cost: £27 per adult; £10 per child.
Please speak to Fr Philip if you’d like to come.
Travel from here to Thornton Heath can be arranged, depending on the number of people that wish to come.
12 noon Mass in the Shrine Grounds
Principal Celebrant: Bishop of Fulham
2.30pm Sermon, Ministries of Healing, Benediction
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