OUR COMMON HOME: ENGAGING POLITICIANS
6:30pm, Monday April 13th 2026 – Online
Caritas Brentwood would like to invite you to an online gathering offering guidance and help in engaging our local politicians in dialogue about defending our common home.
Bishop John Arnold will be opening the meeting and Siân Thomas-Cullinan (Caritas Brentwood Director) will be facilitating. Please find full details below, along with a poster attached.
With the May local elections fast approaching, now is an important time to let politicians know your views on climate and justice. Following a meeting with the Catholic Diocesan Environment Leads of England and Wales, an alliance of organisations has come together to offer parishioners guidance on key environmental issues and to help them engage local politicians in dialogue about defending our common home and safeguarding the dignity of all our brothers and sisters.
Register here: https://tinyurl.com/delpolitics
Also this month we are excited to begin our Caritas Conversations. A set of online meetings where we come together to reflect on how the ministry of charity is lived out across Essex and East London. These meetings are open and free to parishioners, clergy, school staff, catechists, young adults and those actively engaged in social justice, offering space to connect, share good practice and learn from one another.
| 29th April | 18:30 | Refugees & Migrants |
| 6th May | 18:30 | Environment |
| 13th May | 18:30 | Homelessness & Cost of Living |
The Conversations will feature voices from both a national and local perspective and there will be time for discussion, as we explore how best practice can be lived out in our homes, local parishes and throughout our wider networks.
Your voice matters. These sessions are an important opportunity for us to listen to you (the communities and partners at the heart of our work). You can help us better understand the challenges faced across the Diocese and how we can respond together, inspired by our faith.
Whether you’ve joined us over the past three years, or this will be your first online Caritas Conversation, you are warmly invited to take part.
For Social Events – Visit our Parish Social Committee Facebook Page:facebook.com/SALSocialCommitee
Regular Events:
Alternate Wednesdays 2-4pm: Wednesday Club meets in the Parish Hall – Tea, coffee and cake. Suggested donation £2. Optional Bingo and other games.
First Friday Lunch 12.30-1.30 in the Gwinnell Room (St Mary’s Woodford). Homemade soups, crusty bread, cold meats, cheese, fruit, salad, hot puddings & custard and hot drinks. Suggested donation £5. All welcome, no booking required, and do bring along a friend. (NB – during Lent lunches will be soup and bread).
Second Monday Lunches 12-1pm at Woodford Methodist Church, Derby Road. Three course lunch £5.
Previous Events
March 10th-18th at 11am (exc Sunday) Novena Masses at St Joseph’s Church, Maidenhead SL6 7EG; March 19th at 10am Solemnity of St Joseph
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins Sunday 18th January 5.30 pm at St Mary’s Woodford. Prayer Service followed by refreshments.
TUESDAY 23RD DECEMBER at 5PM – 7:30PM at Whipp’s Cross Hospital – The Multi-faith Chaplaincy Team at Whipps Cross Hospital Invites you to join us in serenading the staff and patients who are working or staying in hospital over Christmas. Please mail jamesbernard.eaton@nhs.net if you can make it.
– MEET IN THE CHAPEL 1 ST FLOOR JUNCTION 5 – NEAR THE BLACK CAT – (Non-Stair access can be made available, please ask)
In previous years this has been a joyful and encouraging experience for all involved. For many, this will be the only Christmas Carol event they will get to share in – and they absolutely love it! We divide into teams in the Chapel and allocate different wards/areas to each Team. The bigger the turn out the more of the hospital we will reach. Water & snacks after the event for the singers and supporters! Christmas Blessings to you all!
Please pray for the repose of the soul of Rt Rev Thomas McMahon, Bishop Emeritus of Brentwood Diocese, who died peacefully at his home in Stock at 10 am on the morning of 24th November. May he rest in peace. Click to view the Requiem Mass (available for 30 days). Click to view obituary for Bishop Thomas
Sunday 20th December – Children’s Nativity Play at 3pm in church, followed by refreshments. All are welcome. Admission – free. See poster below:
Saturday 13th December 7.30pm Concert at St Mary’s Woodford – see poster below for details
Parish Mission – Redemptorist
Sunday 5th December 4.30pm Ecumenical Advent Carol Service at St Thomas of Canterbury Church. Refreshments will be served after the service.
CAFOD On Wednesday 9 July, thousands of people will be joining a mass lobby co-organised by our friends from The Climate Coalition. /https://cafod.org.uk/news/campaigning-news/join-us-for-the-mass-lobby-of-parliament
Saturday 5th July Parish Summer BBQ
- St Anne Line
- Every Tuesday at 7.30pm – Reading Dilexit Nos (He Loved Us) in the Parish Hall. (Mass is at 7pm)
- St Mary’s Woodford
- Wednesday 19 March 11.30am How can we share the good news of Jesus today? Revd Rachel Summers
- Wednesday 26 March 11.30am How can we find hope together amid grief and loss? Revd Dr Elizabeth Lowson
- Sunday 6 April 11.30am Assisted dying: how can we engage and respond, including where we disagree?
- Chingford Parish Church
- Janet Roberts’ artwork is on display in and the focus for the Stations of the Cross at 10.30 a.m. on these days
- Saturday 15th March
- Saturday 22nd March
- Saturday 12th April
- Ecumenical service in George Lane – Good Friday 18 April at 12 noon
On Thursday 27 February (the date of the martyrdom of St Anne Line) around 50 parishioners went to Tyburn Convent for Mass at 3pm, followed by a tour of the crypt and refreshments. All felt it to be a joyous day for our parish and we prayed for all – those who were there and those who could not be there.
Sunday, 9th March to Saturday, 15th March. Accompanied Prayer
Friday 7th March World Day of Prayer – Ecumenical service 11.30am at St Peter-in-the-Forest, 18 Woodford New Road, E17 3PP
We celebrated the Feast of St Anne Line on Saturday 1 February after the 6.30pm Mass in the hall. The theme was International Bring A Dish to share with others.
Sunday 19th January 6pm Woodford Fellowship of Churches for Christian Unity. Service at St Barnabas church, Snakes Lane East, IG8 7HX.
Children’s Nativity Play Saturday 21st December.
Ecumenical Carol Service 4.30 pm 8th December at St Thomas of Canterbury
Christmas Bazaar Sunday 17th November from 10.30 am
Franciscan Friars of the Renewal November 23rd 9.30am-3.30pm
Quiz night Saturday 26th October at 7.30 pm
Saturday 19th October 10am-1pm Repair Cafe at St Mary’s Woodford. Bring along your items and goods for repair.
Season of Creation October 2nd in Chelmsford (Anglican) Cathedral.
Bingo night Saturday 21st September at 7.30
Saturday 14th September 2.30 pm Free Relaxed Concert – Christchurch, Wanstead
Parish BBQ Saturday 13th July.
Thursday 27th June 7.30pm Local Hustings – see poster and document below for full details.
Saturday 22nd June 7.30pm Murder, Mystery Event.
Saturday 20th April 10am-1pm Repair Cafe at St Mary’s Woodford.
Wednesday 24th April 4.15-5.30pm Our Common Home – Meeting in the Parish Hall.
Sunday 14th April Table Top Sale during the coffee morning after masses.
Sunday 21st January 6.30pm Service for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. At Woodford Methodist Church, Derby Rd.
Saturday 20th January 10am-1pm Repair Cafe (Free event). Memorial Hall (next to St Mary’s Woodford).
Sunday 14th January 2-3.30pm Memory Cafe for those living with Dementia and their carers and loved ones. St Mary’s Woodford
December 9th 3.30 -5.30pm Mulled Wine and Mince Pies in the Parish Hall
December 10th 2-3.30pm A New natured-based dementia memory cafe starts this Sunday at St Marys Woodford. Free to attend and open to all. With thanks to the funders Colours of Redbridge ‘We can create’. Future dates confirmed are Sundays 14 January, 11 February, 3 and 24 March.
Saturday October 28th CALLING THE YOUNG (UNDER 35’s)
Come along on Saturday October 28th for an evening of Pizza, chat, music and debate. Ask
Fr. Barto questions about the Catholic Faith. Above all, be involved with other like-minded
young people. We are all the Church and in this time of the Synod of Bishops when the
focus is on Communion, participation and Mission. We can become a missionary people.
In the Church hall from 7.30pm for pizza and discussion.
Saturday November 11th – On Care for Our Common Home
(PLEASE NOTE CHANGE OF DATE AND TIME)
To follow up on Pope Francis’ vision on the Environment and Care for the Earth outlined in Laudato Si/Laudato Deum we will have a session entitled On Care for Our Common Home in the parish hall on Saturday November 11th after the evening mass. All are welcome to attend. Refreshments will be served!
Sunday 26th November – Christmas Bazaar
(in aid of the Church and Parish Hall Maintenance Fund) Please see the poster below for more information.
Sunday 3rd December – Children’s Christmas Party
Past Events
Saturday 2nd September after the Vigil Mass we showed the film, The Letter, in the Parish Hall. This film is also available on You Tube https://youtu.be/Rps9bs85BII?feature=shared
1st July 2023 – Summer BBQ – photos to be uploaded soon.
Papal Nuncio visit – More photos to be uploaded soon.
Wed 14 June 2023 – Pastoral visit and Confirmation by Bishop Alan
For more photos see Parish Activity Photos page.
Prayer Together Easter 2023: St Anne Line, Woodford Methodist Church, St Mary’s Woodford and The Salvation Army.
For more photos see Parish Activity Photos page.