19th June 2015, Canterbury On Friday 19th June, Fr Anthony celebrated 40 years as a priest. Many parishioners from Tolworth travelled to Canterbury to join him in a celebration of his ministry so far with a Mass and party...
19.06.2015
Sunday 26th April Sunday 26th April dawned bright and sunny. Sorry, no, that is a lie – at 4.45am when we met at church it was dark and rainy (the former was just wishful thinking). Fr Tom kindly met us and provided coffee to start us...
26.04.2015
Corpus Christi, Collier Row, Romford In April, Fr Denis Canny, parish priest of Corpus Christi visited the parish and met with Fr Ed. On arranging the visit, he said he believed the design and architecture of his church resembled our own in...
14.04.2015
27th February – 1st March 2015 The afternoon of 27th February was bright, but cold as 20 members of the Confirmation programme prepared to depart on their retreat – the second of two such weekends. We set off from church at...
02.03.2015
6th – 8th February 2015 The afternoon of 6thFebruary was bright, but cold as 17 members of the Confirmation programme prepared to depart on their retreat – the first of two such weekends. We set off from church at 3.45pm and...
09.02.2015
Induction as Parish Priest, St Thomas of Canterbury Saturday 29th November dawned bright and sunny. Throughout the day, many parishioners made the journey down to Canterbury to witness Fr Anthony’s induction as parish priest of St...
29.11.2014
Friday 17th October 2014 The Induction Mass of Fr Ed as Parish Priest took place on Friday 17th October. The main celebrant was The Right Reverend Paul Hendricks, Titular Bishop of Rosemarkie and Auxiliary in the Archdiocese of Southwark....
17.10.2014
10th – 17th June 2014 Sunday 15th June – Assisi After an early start we arrived in Assisi with about 20 minutes to spare before our 11am Mass. We had Mass in the Basilica di Santa Maria degli Angeli which is a huge basilica built...
15.06.2014
10th – 17th June 2014 Our intrepid pilgrims set off for Rome on 10th June on what was a fine day in London. The journey though Heathrow was uneventful, and we got to our hotel (Domus Carmelitana, a Carmelite guesthouse) in Rome safely and in...
10.06.2014
22nd March 2014 The Helen’s Hikers group was back for its second outing as part of the Lenten Project, and in memory of Helen O’Brien. Fourteen intrepid souls set off from church on a 17 mile hike which took in a circuit of Richmond...
22.03.2014