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Sep 2023
Parents of Children in Year 4 of Primary School in September 2023 areeligible to enrol their children for the First Holy Communion Programme2023-24. Here is how you sign up:Email the parish office (forestgate@brcdt.org) and request a First HolyCommunion Registration Form, please note you will need to provide a copyof your child’s baptismal certificate when returning registration form.Registration open now until Sunday 24th September 2023.The programme will begin on Saturday 30th September 2023 for allthose who have completed registration. This meeting is for parents andchildren, further information will be given at this meeting....
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Sep 2023
The RCIA Journey in Faith programme at St. Antony’s is now open forregistrations for the 2023-4 year. RCIA is for adults who would like to become Catholic or complete their initiation(receive confirmation and/or the Eucharist). We also welcome adults who want tolearn more about the Catholic faith without making a commitment to join the Church(e.g. you might be married to a Catholic, or just searching for a spiritual home andcurious about what the Church teaches). To find out more or to register, contact Catherine onstantonysyouthproject@gmail.com, 07807 348 223, or in person.Registrations are......
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Jul 2023
We are delighted to announce that the Diocese of Brentwood will be graced with thepresence of esteemed relics during the Knights of Saint Columba National Relic Tour 2023. From July 30th to August 12th, we welcome you to witness and venerate the sacred relics of St. Columba of Iona, St. Andrew the Apostle, and St. Margaret of Scotland.The relics will be here at St Antony’s Church from Wednesday 2nd August—Friday 4th August 2023Wed 2nd Aug 12.30—6pm: Welcome service and VenerationThurs 3rd Aug 8am-12 Noon: Veneration before and after 10am Mass till 12......
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Jul 2023
Dear friends, we have been blessed for this last year to have had Father Philip Okoliwith us here in the parish. Sadly for us, Bishop Alan has now asked him to moveto help out at St James and St Helen Parish in Colchester. Father Okoli, whiledoing his studies in Colchester this last year, has helped out here at the parish. Hiswisdom, kindness, generosity and love of God has shone through in everything hehas done. Even though his stay with us will have been short, we will miss him andpray his ministry will......
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Jun 2023
Dear Friends, a pilgrimage to the Holy Land powerfully brings the Bible to life. In 2024 there will be 2 pilgrimages from St Antony’s led by Fr. John in the footsteps of Christ. There will be a Young Adult (age 18-40) one (February 21-28) and a pilgrimage open to all in May (May 14-21). This pilgrimage in May, will be a joint pilgrimage between St. Antony’s and St. Margaret’s in Canning Town led by Fr John and Fr. Tony Grant. The Young Adult pilgrimage in February will entail a lot of walking,......
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Jun 2023
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May 2023
This time of prayer and devotion is designed to prepare our hearts to celebrate this great feast and to get to know better this amazing saint. Each night will be devoted to one of the virtues of St Anthony. The Novena starts on Sunday June 4th: St Anthony – Liberator of Prisoners. 7.00pm – Blessing of the St Antony Flag and Statue 7.30pm Novena (just before evening Mass) St Antony’s Day – 13 JuneThe evening Mass and procession will take place outdoors this year with Procession at 6:30 and mass at 7pm.......
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May 2023
Dear friends, this year for the weekend of the Solemnity of Corpus Christi we will be having a 40-hour adoration to honour and worship the Eucharistic presence of Our Lord. I invite you and encourage you all to do an hour (or more!) with the Lord (Matthew 26:40) in the build-up to the celebration of the Body and Blood of Christ on Sunday June 11th.The 40-hour adoration will begin on Friday June 9th after the 9:30pm Mass. We will need volunteers to come and spend time in the presence of the Blessed......
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May 2023
Join Bishop Alan and other parishes of the Diocese of Brentwood in Walsingham. We will celebrate Mass at the Basilica before walking the Holy Mile to the grounds of Walsingham Abbey to celebrate Vespers and Benediction on the site of the Holy House. If you would like to come, please contact Valarie at 07590 979343 by phone or WhatsApp....
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Apr 2023
Healing Service with Fr. Michael, CFR on Saturday 22nd April 1pm at OurLady of Compassion Church, 555 Green Street, Upton Park. Are you feeling underthe weather, depressed, or poorly in anyway? Whether your illness is major(terminal) or minor, come as we pray for the Lord’s blessing and healing for you.Fr. Michael has an international healing ministry and has seen the Lord performmighty miracles: the blind seeing, the deaf hearing, tumours disappearing. Please tellyour friends!...