Announcements This Week

IMPORTANT: Please note that our permanent phone number is: 020 7603 0814

Music at 11.30 am Solemn Mass Mass Today: Scarlatti, D - Misa a cuatro voces o Misa de Madrid. Motet: MacMillan - O Radiant Dawn

Music at 10.00 am Family Mass: There is now a button on the parish website, which allows parishioners to listen to and practice the Sunday hymns ahead of time

Today is Gaudete Sunday, the mid-Advent Sunday of rejoicing because Christ’s coming is now near. The third candle on the Advent wreath and the vestments of the priest are both rose-pink in colour as a sign of our joy and hope..

Today we bless Bambinelli at the start of the 10.00 am Family Mass: the figures of the Baby Jesus, the Bambino, which you will place in your Christmas cribs at home, as well as those to be placed in the Christmas cribs inside and outside the church.

Today: please take a Christmas offertory envelope, and return it any time from now on – especially if you will be away at Christmas itself.

The Christmas Service Times leaflet is published, also giving the special Confession times before Christmas, which are now daily from Wednesday onwards.

Monday Mass is at 9.00am, not 6pm because of preparations for:

Parish Christmas Carol Concert: Monday 15th December at 7.00 pm, given

by our family Mass Choir. Retiring Collection for our Glass Door Homeless

Night shelter. Followed by mulled wine and mince pies in the parish centre.

The Catholic Children's Society welcomes (new) Christmas gifts

which they distribute to disadvantaged children: including young

carers, children who have recently lost a loved one, and families fleeing

domestic abuse. They expect a high level of need again this Christmas

and would be very grateful for any new toys, books or clothing you can

donate. If you would like to support their Christmas Gift Appeal, please

deliver your gifts to the parish office by 18^th December at the latest.

The new Sunday Missals for 2026 began last week. Please treat them with care as they need to last until this time next year! You may purchase your own copy from the parish office for £10.

The second and more intense part of Advent begins on 17^th December. Each day the Gospel Acclamation, (and Magnificat antiphon at Evening Prayer,) is composed of prophetic words of great beauty from the Old Testament, expressing a longing for god to send his long-awaited Messiah and Saviour. Christ is successively described as the Wisdom of God, Mighty Lord, Root of Jesse, Key of David, Day-Spring, King of the Nations, Emmanuel. These will be illustrated day by day on the porch noticeboard, to assist our personal prayers.

The parish office will close on Friday 19th December at 4pm and reopen on Monday 5th January 26 at 10am.

Christmas Eve and Christmas Day Volunteer Readers’ Rota

We invite our Parish Readers to offer to read for one of the vacant slots on the volunteer rota you received by email. Please either write your name on the paper copy of the rota in the outer sacristy or let Fr Richard know by email. Many thanks.

Donations are invited towards the cost of Christmas trees and Christmas Flowers in the Church (Envelopes available at back of church for this purpose.)

A Message from Fr Richard: Thank you for making my Thirtieth Anniversary of Ordination Celebration on 5^th December a most joyful occasion. I am so grateful for your great generosity represented by the many cards, gifts and assurance of prayers. Many thanks to those who arranged and led the beautiful celebration of Mass, and those who organised and contributed to the reception afterwards.’ Please take a prayer card from the back of church if you have not yet received one.

Restore Fair Parking Access for Worshippers and Community Users of Holy Trinity Church

Dear brothers and sisters,

As many of you will have noticed, Hammersmith & Fulham Council has recently implemented new parking restrictions in the streets surrounding Holy Trinity Church. These include:  Controlled parking hours extended until 11 pm and a maximum parking duration of 2 hours

Previously, parking was free in the evenings and all day Sunday.

These restrictions risk significantly reducing attendance at Sunday Mass and weekly community programs, especially for members who live outside the immediate area, have children, or are disabled. There is concern that some activities and services may need to be curtailed or closed if these changes remain in place.

We have sent a formal response to the council and we are inviting your support through a petition and community statement.

In the meantime, please allow a little extra time when travelling and check all parking signs carefully.

Thank you for your patience and for supporting our parish community as we work toward a fair and practical solution.

Please sign our petition here: https://c.org/SPVBLdmJxG

You can also scan the bar code from the poster in the porch or sign the paper copy.

Parents seeking a Certificate of Catholic Practice in connection with School applications, please contact Anja in the Parish Office who will send you a Priest Information Form to complete.

St Mary’s Primary School Applications are now open for Reception places for September 2026 via the E-Admissions portal: https://www.eadmissions.org.uk/ The deadline is 15 January 2026. See poster in the porch.

The next Prayer workshop is on Thursday 15^th January 26 at 2pm in Nazareth House. All welcome.

SUNDAY EVENING MASS AND YOUNG ADULTS

We are delighted to see the growing number of young people attending our 6:30 pm Sunday Mass! After listening to your feedback and receiving offers to help with music at this liturgy, we have decided making this Mass more youth-friendly through Christian music led by young volunteers. All young people and young adults are warmly invited—and those who wish can meet at the pub afterwards for fellowship. The Mass is also of course open to people of all ages!

The Stewards at Sunday 10.00 am Family Mass do a great job in welcoming parishioners as they arrive, providing them with the necessary books, helping them find a seat, and answering their questions. We are grateful to them and to Erica their Co-ordinator. We would love to recruit some further volunteers to join the team – the more we have the less often each one would need to be on the rota. Please let the parish office know if you can help in this way.

Recruiting for our 10M Mass Choir: become part of our vibrant and sociable community of singers who lead the Sunday 10am Mass and other liturgies and perform regularly in concert. No choral experience required. Contact Laurence for details: familymasschoirhtbg@gmail.com.

Need a gift for someone who has everything? Why not book a Mass for their intentions? Masses can be booked in the parish office where you will also receive a beautiful card. Recommended donation £10.

Church Roof Repairs

Repairs were carried out in August to make the roofs watertight. The cost was £53,000 and any donations would be welcomed.

Major Repairs to the stonework of the Tower and Spire of the Church are urgently needed. Protective scaffolding has been erected and a detailed programme of the works required is being drawn up.

Two new illustrated booklets are available as a kind of guide to our Church building here at Holy Trinity: 'The Stained Glass Windows of the Church', and 'The Church Carvings and Paintings.' Researched and written by our parishioner Christopher Road, augmenting the Parish History he has also written: 'Little Rome – The Story of Holy Trinity Brook Green'. The booklets are £5 each, and the Parish History is £12.50. They can be purchased during office hours from the Parish Office. You can also purchase a PDF version of the two booklets by emailing the parish office.

Holy Trinity Cine Club: for children in Year 7 to Year 9, and  Year 10 to 12 on a Friday evening once a month. Quality ‘surprise’ movie followed by discussion and pizza. All are welcome, suggested donation of £5 towards running costs. Contact cineclubbg@gmail.com. See poster in the church porch. The cine club will be back after the school holidays in September.

SACRAMENTS

Preparation for the Sacrament of Baptism: If you have a child for Baptism under 5 years old please email us for an application form. You will be contacted once the form has been received. A copy of one of the Catholic parents’ baptism certificate will be required.  Baptisms can only take place on Saturdays at 11am.