Announcements This Week

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Music at 11.30 am Solemn Mass Today: Victoria - Requiem a 6 voces

Motet: Lobo - Versa est in luctum

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.

Today is the Feast of the Anniversary of Dedication of the Lateran Basilica - the Church in Rome where Pope Leo has his Chair as the Bishop of Rome. It is called the Mother and Head of all the Churches of the City and the World.

Today at 10.00 am: Enrolment Mass of those children and their families who have been accepted onto the First Communion Programme this year.

Today at 11.30 am: Act of Remembrance and Solemn Requiem Mass for the War Dead.

A Heartfelt Thank You from the family of Irene Macneil: We are deeply grateful to everyone for the kindness, prayers, and support you have shown to us during Mum’s illness and since her passing. Your many prayers, the Masses offered for her intentions, and the comforting words we have received have meant more to us than we can ever say. We are especially thankful to everyone who joined us for Mum’s funeral. Your presence, prayer, and friendship made the day a truly special and uplifting occasion for all of us. A sincere word of thanks also to all who helped in any way with the funeral, the many priests who attended, the organisers, the sacristan, servers and musicians. Your kindness will never be forgotten and we will keep you all in our prayers with gratitude and affection. Stuart, Amanda, Nicky, Sean and Liam.

November is the Month of the Holy Souls. Please take a special sheet from the back of church, together with a donation envelope towards Requiem Masses, and write down the names of your own dear departed for whom you wish prayers to be offered, and return both to the presbytery. The pages will be assembled in a book of remembrance, which will be placed before the altar throughout November.

Three Days of Adoration of the Blessed Sacarament

Leading up to the Feast of Christ the King

‘Love Made Flesh, Love Made Present'

Thursday 20th and Friday 21st November

9.30 am – 9.00pm

Saturday 22nd November

10.00 am – 6.00 pm

Please take an information leaflet

Sign the rota on the porch noticeboard to show when you can pray in church

Sign the list for the Saturday evening party to show the food you can bring to share

Save the Date! Fr Richard is celebrating his 30th Anniversary of Priesthood with a special Mass on Friday 5th December at 7.30pm followed by a reception in the parish centre. As a sign of appreciation of Fr Richard’s dedication to our parish, there is a collection towards a special gift to which you are invited to contribute. You may drop your donation into our letterbox at any time in an envelope marked for the attention of the parish office. You can also contribute by bacs, marking your payment as gift for Fr Richard. Thank you.

Next Sunday: the Annual Collection for the Sick and Retired Priests’ Fund of our Diocese takes place after all Masses. Last year, the Diocese of Westminster provided care to 73 retired priests, at a cost of £1,270,000. Using a donation envelope enables you to gift aid. You can also set up a regular donation and become a Patron by completing section 4 on the envelope form.

Parents seeking a Certificate of Catholic Practice in connection with School applications, please contact Anja in the Parish Office who will send you a Priest Information Form to complete.

St Mary’s Primary School Applications are now open for Reception places for September 2026 via the E-Admissions portal: https://www.eadmissions.org.uk/ The deadline is 15 January 2026. See poster in the 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!

Holy Trinity Glass Door Women’s Night Shelter

We are running the women’s night shelter for Glass Door in the Parish Centre every Tuesday from 11 November until Easter. Each week we welcome up to 30 or 35 guests, serve hot drinks and a 3-course meal and clear up afterwards including washing up the dishes. Volunteers arrive at 6.30 and finish by 9.30. As it is a women’s only hostel it means that we need mainly women to help with guest facing roles, there are roles for male volunteers behind the scenes. We are looking for approximately 9 or 10 volunteers each week. If you cannot volunteer on the night, you may provide homemade puddings or cakes for the dessert table plus fruit and cheese, herbal/fruit teas and fresh fruit juice. Contact Heather Alston, hja@rawspace.co.uk or WhatsApp on 07966233581 if you would like to get involved. And if you have friends who are interested in volunteering, do please pass this on.

Sr Hannah Dwyer, former Headteacher of Larmenier & Sacred Heart Catholic Primary School, was a much-loved member of our parish community who made an enormous impact on so many. There will be a Mass of Thanksgiving in memory of her life and work. Past pupils, parents/carers, staff, governors and friends of the school are warmly invited to attend.

Venue: Holy Trinity Church, Brook Green      

Date: Wednesday 12th November 2025, 6.00 p.m.

Please scan this QR code to inform the school if you are able to attend

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.

Do you want to become a Catholic or as an adult, receive the Sacrament of Confirmation? Please contact Therese (if you haven’t done so already) to arrange a meeting with her. She can be contacted via email at brookgrencat@rcdow.org.uk or you can speak to her after the 10am or 11.30 am Mass on a Sunday.

Cardinal Vaughan School invites Senior Citizens to their annual Christmas Tea Dance on Friday 5th December 4-6pm. Transport provided, if needed, 10 places available. If interested please contact the parish office by 10th November.

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.

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. The cine club will be back after the school holidays in September.

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. The next baptism preparation course will be on Thursday 4th December at 8.30pm.