Our Lady Immaculate
Roman Catholic Parish, Tolworth
We desire to create and maintain a living Christian community in the parish of Our Lady Immaculate, Tolworth, and offer a warm welcome to all who attend our services and community functions. We hope that parishioners, old and new, will participate fully and joyfully in our spiritual and social life.
Many organisations, groups and individuals contribute to this life and the purpose of this website is to give some information about our Liturgy; about preparation for, and celebration of the Sacraments; to outline the considerable variety of activities pursued by parish groups; and to identify the contacts through whom every parishioner can be welcomed into those parts of our life and work that appeal to them most strongly.
By baptism all of us have the responsibility of placing our gifts and talents at the services of the Church and community.
You are cordially invited to take your part.
Mass & Prayer Times:
The Celebration of Mass takes place daily (see left hand column for Mass times). Things are a little different whilst the virus is around, so please download our guide for attending Mass in OLI
EVERYONE ATTENDING MASS must complete an NHS Track & Trace Card and submit it to a steward on entering the building (cards will be provided at the door of the church for anyone who does not bring one with them). Please download a card in either Microsoft Word or in a PDF Form and bring it completed every time you attend Mass
The Archbishops have re-iterated that for the moment, “the obligation to attend Sunday Mass remains suspended” and that as “there is no Sunday obligation, we ask you to consider the possibility of attending Mass on a weekday. This will ease the pressure of numbers for Sunday celebrations and allow a gradual return to the Eucharist for more people.”
Download this Sunday’s MASS SHEET so you can follow along at home (or bring it with you if attending Mass in person)
Weekday Mass sheet can be downloaded here
Service sheet for the Advent Service on Monday 30th November at 7pm can be downloaded here
Arrangements for our church during Lockdown No. 2
5th November – 2nd December 2020:
| Weekday Mass | (Virtual only) Weekday Mass times will remain unaltered with 9.30am daily and Saturday morning at 9am, along with 7pm on Tuesday & Wednesday and 7am Thursday & Friday |
| Weekend Masses | (Virtual only) 6.30pm Saturday Sunday Mass times will be at 10am and 6pm |
| Virtual Streaming | At the above times. Recordings of Masses can be found on our Church Services TV Page if you are unable to watch live |
| Holy Communion | For those who wish to, and who have attended Mass virtually on Saturday evening or Sunday morning, there will be an opportunity to receive Holy Communion between 11am and 11.15am on Sunday morning. This is private prayer time and not a public liturgy. Please arrive during this 15 minute period whenever you like by the front door of the Church (a queue may have to form outside if many take up this opportunity). Stewards will usher you forwards when it is safe to do so, you will receive, and then exit via the side door (depending on numbers, you may be able to stay for a short time in private prayer). |
| Private prayer | Please see times below. No acts of communal worship may take place |
| Holy Water | Available for collection during private prayer times by those who wish to have some – please bring your own container |
| Mass intentions | Some of these may have to be re-scheduled, so if you have a particular Mass booked, please keep an eye on the newsletter for its potential new slot (this will only affect bookings where a Mass is disbanded during lockdown) |
| Confessions | Saturday mornings at 9.45am – 10.30am |
| Visiting the presbytery | We are under restrictive movements during lockdown, but do communicate via email / phone as they will still be manned |
| Weekly offering | The bills still need to be paid! Please consider online payments or standing orders (see website under Our Parish), or place your money in an envelope and post through the presbytery letter box, or save it up and bring in in December |
Opening times of our church for private prayer:
| Saturday 28th November | 9.45am – 10.30am |
| Sunday 29th November | 2pm – 3.30pm |
| Monday 30th November | 10.15am – 11.15am & 5pm – 6.30pm |
| Tuesday 1st December | 10.15am – 12pm & 4pm – 7pm |
| Wednesday 2nd December | 10.30am – 1pm |
| Thursday 3rd December | 10.30am – 12pm |
| Friday 4th December | 10am – 12pm |
| Saturday 5th December | 9.45am – 10.30am |
| Sunday 6th December | 2pm – 3.30pm |