Parish Life

Activities in the Parish

Parish Activities

Donations

Online Donations can be made using this link.

Card donations, can be made using the contactless devices in the church: two are by the church entrance, and one is by the font and candle stand on the left side of the altar.

Cash Donations can be made in the collection during mass.

Standing Order to the parish account. Please contact the parish using the contact page to request the account and gift aid details.

Other Catholic Activities

Catholic events outside the parish which are advertised on the church notice board and in the newsletter.

Catholic Faith

Learn about your Catholic Faith.

Sycamore is a course consisting of four online sessions, one hour each, which explores our Catholic faith from first principles. The course runs for four consecutive Tuesdays.

For more details phone:

🕐 8pm

📅 8 September 2026.

📍 Online

Find out more via email

Growing in Faith together

From the Southwark Catholic Diocesan Marriage and Family Life support team

GROWING IN FAITH TOGETHER

Consisting of four hour-long online sessions, this is a wonderful opportunity for married and engaged couples to enrich their friendship and love. More details: mflkent@rcaos.org.uk

🕐 8:30pm to 9:30pm

📅 8, 15, 22, 29 September 2026.

📍 Online

PROVIDING SUPPORT

A training day to equip parishioners to offer sensitive, empathetic support to the bereaved. For further details email mflbereavement@rcaos.org.uk

🕐 9am to 5pm

📅 19 September 2026.

📍 Aylesford Priory in Kent

FOR THE BEREAVED

Grief In Loss: Hope In Christ is a weekend for those who have been bereaved. It will take place away from the pressures of day-to-day life and can help one begin to come to terms with bereavement. It is a time for quiet, prayer, talking and acceptance.

Due to the special nature of this weekend retreat, held at Aylesford Priory in Kent, places are limited and subject to a telephone call to determine if it is right for you – 01622 717 272 or email reception/@thefriars.org.uk

📅 9 to 11 October 2026.

📍 Aylesford Priory in Kent

Retreat days for 13-17 year olds

Southwark Catholic Youth Services are organising a retreat for 13-17 year olds which will be led by Br Jerome Johnson OP & Dominican Friars and include Icebreakers, Prayer, Prayer, Small Groups and Pizza

Booking link: https://tinyurl.com/retreatsept26

🕐 7:30pm

📅 Saturday 19 September

📍St George’s Cathedral, Lambeth Road, London, SE1 GHR

Introduction to Pope Leo's new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas

More Human are running three evening sessions to introduce Pope Leo’s new encyclical Magnifica Humanitas including reflection on the text, prayer and discussion. For further information email info@FCJecoJustice.co.uk

🕐 7:30pm

📅 21 September, 23 November

📍 St Aloysius Parish Centre, 20 Phoenix Rd, Somers Town, London, NW1 1TA (entrance beside the parish church)

Walking pilgrimage from Maidstone to Southwark

A walking pilgrimage for England & Wales from Maidstone, Kent to Southwark, London

At the Hearts in Search of God Spring Gathering a proposal was made for a national walking pilgrimage in the week before the Adoremus Eucharistic Celebration on 10th October 2026.

The pilgrimage will start at the Church of St Francis of Assisi in Maidstone and finish at the Metropolitan Cathedral of St George in Southwark on Friday 9th October. The walk will mark the Year of St Francis of Assisi and will embody his values of joy, simplicity, humility, peace and love of creation. A small group of perpetual pilgrims will walk the full distance, joined by day pilgrims who will register for each day.

The route is currently being finalised, but the plan is as folows:

📅 Monday 5th October: From the Church of St Francis in Maidstone to Aylesford Priory

📅 Tuesday 6th October: From Aylesford Priory to the Church of the Most Holy Trinity Otford

📅 Wednesday 7th October: From the Church of the Most Holy Trinity Otford to the Church of St Vincent, Dartford

📅 Thursday 8th October: From the Church of St Vincent, Dartford to the Church of Our Ladye Star of the Sea, Greenwich

📅 Friday 9th October: From the Church of Our Ladye Star of the Sea, Greenwich to the Metropolitan Cathedral of St George, Southwark.

More details and registration can be found at: Pilgrimage Walk | Let us walk that we may adore 2026

The St Wilfrid's Camino

The annual St Wilfrid’s Camino will be held in the Diocese of Leeds over the weekend of 10th & 11th October, the nearest weekend to St Wilfrid’s feast day. This will offer another walking pilgrimage opportunity in northern England. This two-day Camino is from Leeds Cathedral to the Church of St Wilfrid, Ripon.

More details will be made available on the website of the Diocese of Leeds

Any help with promoting the pilgrimages woud be gratefuly received. Contact: Phil McCarthy, Hearts in Search of God project founder and lead, Hearts in Search of God: Pilgrim Ways for the Catholic Dioceses of England & Wales c/o Everyday Christian Marketing, The Gate Business Centre, Keppoch Street, Roath, Cardiff,UK, CF24 3JW. www.pilgrimways.org.uk

📅 Saturday, 10 October 2026 to Sunday, 11 October 2026

📍 Leeds Cathedral to the Church of St Wilfrid, Ripon

The 2026 Adoremus National Eucharistic Pilgrimage & Congress

Adoremus is the Bishops’ invitation to renew our devotion to the Eucharistic Lord and has two aspects

A representative gathering of the Church in London with Bishops, priests, and people
All parishes are encouraged to unite local events with the national gathering from which footage will be available to enable remote participation

🕐 10.30am Presentations on Eucharistic Art and Life for those able to arrive early, with refreshments available and some information stands around the campus

🕐 12pm The Adoremus Mass, Archbishop John Wilson. Followed by keynote address: Cardinal TImothy Radcliffe OP “The Eucharist: Our sacrament of hope in dark times”

🕐 packed, picnic lunches

🕐 3pm Eucharistic Procession to Westminster Cathedral of the Most Precious Blood with the representative group of the Church

🕐 5pm Solemn Benediction led by Bishop James Curry

For all there will be space to watch the start of the Procession at St George’s, to follow online, to watch the Procession as it passes (Stop and Pray) and to join the delegates for Benedition either in the Cathedral or the ground of the Cathedral for which a live sound stream will be provided.

🕐 6pm Mass, open to all

🕐 7.30pm, 8.30pm, and 9.30pm Holy Hour led by the Youth Ministry teams of Westminster, Southwark and CYMFed.

🕐 12am to 06am All Night Vigil

To secure a place, book at Adoremus – Westminster Cathedral

Further information will be posted at Adoremus 2026 – Catholic Bishops’ Conference

📅 Saturday, 10 October 2026 to Sunday, 11 October 2026

📍 St Georges Cathedral, Southwark, SE1 7HY

Sacred Heart Wimbledon Be Well Hub Events

Be well through being positive with Anthony Lee, Parish Resident Counsellor

Free and no registration required – we look forward to seeing you there!

Sacred Heart Wimbledon is a Be Well Hub, a space for you to turn to when you feel your mental health is low or you feel isolated.

We invite you to join our free talks on how we can improve our mental well being. Each talk lasts an hour, with refreshments served beforehand; come

to as many or as few as you can!

🕐 6.45pm for 7.00pm

📅 Tuesday 27 October 2026

📍 Lower Hall, Sacred Heart Wimbledon, Edge Hill,SW19 4LU

Maintaining mental balance

📅 Tuesday 24 November 2026

Youth Activities

For information about youth activities for all ages across the Archdiocese please visit our website.

London Catholic Social Group

London Catholic Social Group is a group for Catholic adults over 35 to meet for regular social and networking events in friendly and relaxed settings with the aim of making new friends, enjoying new experiences or just to socialise. Regular events include walks, meals, karaoke evenings, outings, galleries and an annual Christmas meal.

Contact the group via email

Wimbledon Young Adults - Prayer and a Pint

An informal social for young adults. A place to build community, pray, have a pint, play piano, sing, play pool, darts and a cash bar.

🕐 7:30pm – 9pm

📅 Every 2nd Thursday of the month

📍 Parish Lounge, Church Of The Sacred Heart Edge Hill, Wimbledon SW19 4LU.

For more details contact the faith minister Rob via email.

Find out more via email

Hope in Adoration

The Archbishop of Southwark explained that “it is by understanding that the Lord Jesus is present in the Eucharist, that we can begin to understand why worship before the Blessed Sacrament provides such fulfilment”.

He has therefore urged people to make spending time in Eucharistic adoration to find the hope Christ offers a priority for 2025.

For more details please visit their website.

🕐 Thursday after the 7.30am Mass until 5pm

🕐 Saturday mornings 10am to 11am

📍 St George’s Cathedral in Southwark

St Francis of Assisi Catholic Ramblers Club

Do you enjoy walking in the countryside? Come and make new friends and get fit at the same time.

Walks are led every Sunday with stops for a pub lunch and tea break

Membership is only £7 per year.

📅 Sundays

Find out more on their website.

Cantonese Anticipated Sunday Mass

廣東話主日提前覇撤

(廣東話及英語雙語進行）

日期：每月的第一個星狀六

「由2025年10月4日關始）

時間：下午3時

主祭：精買散

稱撇後於堂區让堂將會有茶聚 , 誠邀大家一同参與

🕐 3pm

📅 The first Saturday each month (From 4th Oct, 2025)

📍Holy Family Church, Sorrento Rd, Sutton Green, SM1 1QU.

聯絡電郵

National Gallery, London.

If you are visiting the National Gallery “There’s a great hanging cross by Segna di Bonaventura suspended from the ceiling as it would have done in the fourteenth century,” – it will look familiar !