Announcements This Week

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

Music at 11.30 am Solemn Mass

Today: Lotti, A - Missa Brevis in D minor Motet: Wesley - Wash me throughly

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.

Please pray for our Catechumens who are now ‘the Elect’ making their final preparation for Baptism at the Easter Vigil. Their names are inscribed in the Book of the Elect, displayed in the Baptistery, along with that of our candidate for reception into the Catholic Church, as a way of requesting your prayers for them.

Today is Mothering Sunday, the mid-Lent Sunday of rejoicing, celebrating our Mother the church, symbolised by the city of Jerusalem in Scripture, Mary Mother of the Church, and our own mothers, living or departed. Flowers will be blessed and distributed to children in church to give their mothers as a token of thankfulness

The Holy Week and Easter Services leaflet is published today. It also gives times for confessions before Easter, on a daily basis from next Sunday. Please note there in no 6.30 pm Evening Mass on Easter Sunday. We strongly encourage everyone who can, to come to the Easter Vigil during the Holy Night, on Holy Saturday at 9.00 pm.

 Lent Talks in Church on Tuesdays at 6.30 pm – ‘’VATICAN II – GUIDING STAR’’

Third Talk is this Tuesday 10th March, given by Fr Oscar Arila

‘The Liturgy – Worship of the Church.’

In 2025 we kept the 60th Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council, which was a General Council of the church, in which all the Bishops of the Catholic world took part, 1962-1965. Its four main documents, (‘Constitutions’,) began a great movement of renewal in the Catholic Church. Pope Leo is currently giving a series of General Audience addresses on these documents. He invites us to reread and reflect upon them, since as he says ‘Vatican II still constitutes the guiding star of the Church’s journey today.’ Our four Lent Talks give us the opportunity to do so.

‘No Greater Love’ – Bible study group on Wednesdays during Lent from 2-3pm in the presbytery. Please let Therese know if you intend to come. It is advisable to attend all sessions but you are still welcome to attend the ones you can. This time of day may suit parents, as it is prior to school pick up. All are welcome, including walk ins.

Stations of the Cross on Wednesday at 6.30 pm, and on Friday at 9.35 am, following Mass.

Lent Booklets about the Meaning of Lent, Stations of the Cross, and other Lenten devotions on sale from the Catholic Truth Society stand in the porch.

Collection of Non-Perishable Foodstuffs for our Hammersmith & Fulham Foodbank at all Masses next weekend Saturday 21st/Sunday 22nd March only. Long life juice, jams and spreads are especially needed. Please brings your items with you to Mass and leave in the church porch that weekend only!

Our Parish Lent Information leaflet, ‘Return to the Lord your God’, is available, giving details of our Lenten activities and devotions. The Holy Week and Easter Services leaflet will be published on Sunday 15^th March.

Diocesan Lent Appeal (‘Lenten Alms’)

This appeal supports four main areas if need in our diocese: Youth & Evangelisation, Social Action, Education, Marriage and Family Life. A magazine ‘Mosaic’ at the back of church describes some projects which have been funded by last year’s Lent Appeal. Giving envelopes can be taken from the back of the church, and returned to us any time during Lent or at the end of Lent. There will be a collection for this purpose at the offertory of the Mass of the Last Supper on Maundy Thursday.

Parents of First Communion Programme – please collect your child’s parable project work from the Lady Chapel where it has been on display for the last fortnight.

Unclaimed Lost Property from the last few months is once again displayed in the side porch. Today is the last opportunity to collect your items.

Update on our Parish Women’s Glass Door Night Shelter

We are nearing the end of the Night Shelter season, and many of our guests are feeling sensitive and worried about what they will do next. Having discussed this with the volunteers and Glass Door, we would like to give the guests a voucher for Primark or Superdrug to treat themselves or just to buy necessities. If you would like to contribute, please could you put an envelope through the presbytery letterbox, marked Night Shelter Donation, by the end of Sunday 22^nd March, as our final Night Shelter is on 24th March. Thank you so much to everyone for their support this year, including Father Richard and his team welcoming us, the volunteers helping us on the night, and the cake bakers providing delicious homemade cakes each week. If you have any queries do contact Heather on 07966233581

Annual Mass of Thanksgiving for Matrimony at Westminster Cathedral, Saturday 23rd May 2026 at 2:30pm. For couples in the Diocese celebrating their 5th, 10th, 25th, 30th, 40th, 50th and 60th (and any year over 60) wedding anniversary of Catholic marriage. Please email us husband and wife’s names, wedding date, years married, address, email (or phone number, if no email). We forward this information to the Diocesan Marriage & Family Life office, who in due course will send you the Cardinal's invitation

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.

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.

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.