Announcements This Week

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

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 whole of October is the Month of the Rosary, a devotion that can be said anywhere, either individually, or with others. It is recited aloud as a group in church after Mass on Tuesdays and Thursdays. With Mary, we contemplate the mysteries of the life of Jesus: joyful, luminous, sorrowful and glorious.

Family Rosary - Parents and children are invited to a time of praying the rosary during the month of October on Monday after school in the church on 19^th October. Just come along if you would like to join and bring a rosary if you have one.

CONFIRMATION PROGRAMME 26/27: If you are in year 10 or above in school, and you attend Mass at our Church, we would like to warmly welcome you to join our Confirmation programme 2026/2027. We are running the course on a regular basis on Mondays from 7pm to 8pm from November 26 to April 27. Candidates are expected to be fully committed to the programme and to attend Sunday Mass. If you wish to be enrolled, please collect a form at the back of church or from Therese, our catechist.  Return the form to the parish office and we will invite you to a meeting to speak about details and conditions of the course. You can also email the parish to receive a form.

MARRIAGE COURSE 26/27: If you are discerning to get married or you would like to rekindle you marriage sacrament; we invite you to our Parish Marriage Course that will take place one evening a week from the end of October to the end of December. Please contact Fr Juan for more information. Dates soon to be confirmed.

Prayer Workshop Thursday 29^th October at 2pm in the Nazareth House prayer centre. All welcome.

Senior Citizens’ Christmas Tea Dance at Cardinal Vaughan School on Friday 4^th December 4-6pm. 10 places available for parishioners of Holy Trinity. Transport provided. Please let the parish office know if you would like to attend this free event.

November is the Month of the Holy Souls. Sheets are available for you to make your list of your dear departed whom you would like us to pray for at Mass throughout November, and envelopes for a Mass offering.

Annual Christmas Carol Concert – Singers Wanted

We are inviting singers to join this year’s Christmas Carol Concert and help make it possible. Rehearsals would be on Mondays from 7–8pm, in church. If you would like to take part, further details can be found in the church porch.

Are you interested in becoming a Catholic? Several people have expressed an interest in joining this year's Rite of Christian Initiation Course (RCIA), which will begin on Wednesday 7th October. There is still time to apply to register! If you would like to join this course, please contact our priests or Therese (our Catechetical Co-Ordinator).

If you wish to request a Certificate of Catholic Practice for transfer to Secondary School please request a Priest Information Form from the Parish Office by email.

If your application is for primary school, do not request the Priest Information Form until after half term. Return the form into our letterbox once you have completed it. This form is not sent to the schools you are applying to, but will help Fr Richard or Fr Juan who will be signing the certificates. We will contact you once the forms have been received. 

Holy Trinity will again host the Women’s Glass Door Night Shelter on a Tuesday Night, from 1^st December till 16^th March.  Glass Door provide emergency shelter over the winter months, serving a hot meal and creating a safe space for guests who have nowhere else to go.

We provide a 3 course meal for guests, hot drinks, soup, a vegetarian and meat option as a main course and a dessert table with fruit, cheese and homemade cakes.  The guests then spend the night in the shelter and leave first thing in the morning.  The opportunities to help include either volunteering on the night serving food and hot drinks and assisting in the kitchen including washing up.  We ask volunteers to come from around 6.15 until 9.30pm  If you are unable to help in the evening we are always looking for people to bake cakes for the guests.

We are very lucky to have the support of so many parishioners, and if you would like to get involved, please contact Heather Alston by WhatsApp (07966233581) or email (hja@rawspace.co.uk).  

Safeguarding Training for Parish Volunteers at Holy Trinity Parish, All volunteers are now required by the Diocese to undertake safeguarding training, or update it if you have done it a while ago This is to help us all play our part in ensuring the safety of children and vulnerable adults in all our parish activities. The training is not long, and is attractively presented. It can be easily accessed through:

https://training.catholicsafeguarding.org.uk/course/Westminsterarchdiocese.

The Level 3 Training, which is the one we need to complete, is the one which has a picture of the Cathedral as the course back drop. The training is online and can be completed within an hour. After completion, volunteers will immediately receive a certificate on line. We ask you to show it to our Parish Safeguarding Representative, by handing a copy of it into our Parish office, marked ‘To Holy Trinity Parish Safeguarding Representative.’

There is a New Parking Meter in the church porch where you can register your car and pay a reduced parking rate. Sadly, the council will not agree to free parking on Sundays but this meter will at least make the pay to park fee a bit less painful. Times are unrestricted, the 90 minute parking restriction does not apply.

‘Arise’ A newly published book on the resurrection has emerged from our Parish! Based on a 50 Day Journey into the Mystery of the Resurrection, newly published by Sophia Press and written by one of our parishioners. The cost of the book is £15 and those who would like to purchase it can obtain a copy from 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.

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.

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.

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.