Announcements This Week

IMPORTANT: Please note that our phone line is not working. Please call us on 020 7603 0814

Please note: New parking restrictions are now in force in the streets opposite the church: Monday to Sunday 8.30am-11pm, pay and display!

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. The family choir takes a break and will be back in September.

This is the Parish Newsletter for the month of August. The next newsletter will be published on 7th September.

The Parish Office closes for the summer break on Thursday 31st July at 4pm and reopens at 10.00 am on Monday 1st September.

Welcome back to our friend Father Vincent Nsumba, who will be staying with us in the Parish until late August. Father Vincent teaches in seminary in Uganda.

Church Roof Repairs

You may have seen scaffolding going up around the church last week. This is because repairs are being carried out during the month of August in six or seven small areas of the church roofs, where there has been water penetration. The cost will be £53,000 – any donations towards the cost are welcomed. Once the repairs are completed the church should be water tight for a number of years! Because of the scaffolding, the side porch of the church is not accessible throughout August.

Major Repairs to the stonework of the Tower and Spire of the Church are urgently needed, a recent detailed survey has demonstrated. Under the guidance of our diocesan buildings surveyor protective scaffolding will be erected and a detailed programme of the works required will be drawn up.

First Holy Communion 2025/2026. If you have a child in years 3 and 4 at school, they can be enrolled onto the First Holy Communion course starting in October. Enrolment begins with 2 opportunities in September to sign up after the 10am Mass. These dates are 7th and 14th September when Therese (our Catechetical Co-Ordinator) will be available for you to do this. After this initial sign-up Therese will make an appointment with you via email with the application form attached. You will be asked to bring your completed application to your appointment.

Confirmation 2025/2026

If you are in year 9 or above, you are invited to apply to join the Confirmation course in 2025/26. The course will start in the autumn and applications are accepted till the end of October. Please fill out the form via this online link:

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=ev868oUFaUGcVaeAS3KojR36F4nLYb1CkxkdrFdE9ktUODlLMlRLREU1NzVYMDhYTjFaRVlEVjFNVC4u

Paper copies will be available after Mass from September. Once we receive your application, you will be invited to attend a meeting with a couple of catechists from the catechist team.

Do you want to become a Catholic or as an adult, receive the sacrament of Adult Confirmation? Please contact Therese (if you have not done so already) to arrange a meeting with her. She can be contacted via email at brookgreencat@rcdow.org.uk or you can speak to her after the 10am or 11.30 am Mass on a Sunday. For anyone wanting to take the course to become a Catholic or receive Confirmation, there will be an initial enquiry meeting on Tuesday 16th September 2025. Attendance to this meeting is only for those who have met with Therese first.

Pilgrimage to Compostela: Thank you to all those who have donated towards the cost of our Youth Pilgrimage to Compostela which is now fully booked. Donations are still gratefully accepted to support those who struggle with the cost of the trip. We will walk an average of 20km per day and enjoy plenty of time together having fun, prayer and enjoying nature and the different Galician towns we will visit. You can put an envelope addressed ‘Compostela’ or ‘Youth Pilgrimage’ through the Parish Office letter box with your contribution. Thank you.

The Monthly Hour of Devotion, Saturday 2nd August at 2pm , will be the continuation of the Five First Saturday devotion requested by Our Lady in Fatima (4th month). It will be followed by 30 minutes Silent Adoration and Benediction. All are welcome.

Summer Calendar AUGUST

Fri 1        St Alphonsus Liguori                              Mon 18      feria

Sat 2       feria – of B V Mary                                 Tues 19      St John Eudes

Sun 3      18th Sunday of Year C                           Wed 20      St Bernard

Mon 4    St John Vianney, Cure d'Ars                 Thurs 21     St Pius X

Tues 5    Dedication of St Mary Major                Fri 22          Queenship of the B V Mary

Wed 6    TRANSFIGURATION OF THE LORD      Sat 23         St Rose of Lima

Thurs 7  feria                                                           Sun 24        21st of Year C

Fri 8        St Dominic                                                Mon 25      St Louis

Sat 9       St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross         Tues 26       Bl Dominic of the Mother of God    

Sun 10 19th of Year C                                                                                      

Mon 11  St Clare                                                     Wed 27      St Monica

Tues 12    St Jane Frances de Chantal                    Thurs 28     St Augustine of Hippo

Wed 13   feria                                                           Fri 29          Passion of St  John Baptist

Thurs 14  St Maximilian Kolbe                               Sat 30         feria – of BV  Mary

                Vigil of the Assumption                          Sun 31        22nd of Year C

Fri 15      ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY

Sat 16    St Stephen of Hungary                           Bank Holiday Monday, 25th August

Sun 17   20th of Year C                                                       Mass is at 12 noon

SEPTEMBER

Mon 1    feria                                                           Fri 5           feria

Tues 2    feria                                                           Sat 6          feria – of B V Mary

Wed 3    St Gregory the Great                              Sun 7         23rd of Year C

Thurs 4   St Cuthbert

ASSUMPTION OF OUR LADY                      

         Friday 15th August

      Holyday of Obligation

9.00 am Mass

6.00 pm Solemn Mass with choir

(Mass of the Vigil of the Assumption on Thursday

14th August at 6.00 pm also fulfils the obligation)

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.

Thanks to the National Lottery Community Fund, we have received a grant to help refurbish the parish centre. We provide a weekly night shelter for homeless women from November to Easter and the money we have received has enabled us to make the hall more comfortable. The West London Scouts also had their storage area made safe and easier to use. Other community projects will now be able to resume thanks to the lottery fund. This is what your money pays for when you play the lottery (if you don’t win, that is :) )

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