St Joseph's is the Catholic Parish Church for Epsom in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton. We are an active welcoming community, offering spiritual and pastoral support for everyone.
Mass will be continue to be 'live streamed' at the revised times:-
Weekdays Monday - Friday at 10.00a.m., Saturday at 5.30p.m. and Sunday at 10.30a.m. and 5.30p.m. Recordings of the Masses will also be available to view at a later time.
Click here to view YouTube live stream and recordings of masses
Your offertory donations are vital to our parish finances. Ways to contribute are as follows:
If you are a UK taxpayer, please join our Gift Aid scheme. This will boost the value of your donation by 25p for every £1 you donate, at no extra cost to you.
Simply fill in the Gift Aid Form and return it to the parish office or by email to ga.epsom@abdiocese.org.uk. Hard copies available in the narthex.
If you are new to St. Josephs please take the time to complete a registration form, this lets us know a little about our parishioners and enables us to keep in contact with you. You can pick up a form from the Narthex or the parish office.
Registration form now available online.
What a wonderful community!! Between both St Joseph's School and Church, our harvest collection came to a staggering 257 kilos!
These donations mean that meals can be made and eaten by those in need within our wider community. Thank you for your unstinting support for the Foodbank.
Unfortunately, demand is still high and we now feed over 700 people each month (September was 705, August was 777).
To maximise our storage space, we would be grateful if you could only donate items listed above. Strong bags would also be really appreciated. Many thanks once again.
CANON BILL’S UPDATE
December has begun and we are not only thinking about preparations for Christmas but making sure we do not allow this short and beautiful season of Advent to be forgotten. Not only is this a time of waiting for something wonderful to happen, but it is especially a time for prayer and reflection, a mini call to ever deeper holiness and meditation on the birth of Jesus, "The Incarnation".
No doubt other demands, especially those of a more material nature, will compete for our time and our money. All the more reason why we need to stay focused on what will nourish our Christian faith during this short season.
This year is a little bit different over Christmas as Sunday 24 December is also Christmas Eve and as such, we will also have Sunday Masses scheduled on that day. These are the Mass times which have been agreed for St Joseph’s this Christmas.
Saturday 23 December
5.30p.m. – Vigil Mass of Sunday 24 December
Sunday 24 December Christmas Eve
10.30a.m. – Family Mass for Sunday 24 December
3.00p.m. – Children’s Mass
5.30p.m. – Vigil Mass for Christmas Day
9.00p.m. – Midnight Mass
Monday 25 December Christmas Day
8.30a.m. – Dawn Mass
10.30a.m. – Family Mass
Tuesday 26 December Boxing Day
10.00a.m. Mass
Fr Stephen and I will also be celebrating Masses at St Michael’s in Ashtead so you may wish to attend Mass there if the timings are more suitable for you.
God Bless
Canon Bill
Latest Parish Newsletter : 3 Dec 2023
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Our Connect group has created an online way of still praying and sharing together, and we'd like to invite you to join us. Just go to https://stjosephconnect.blogspot.com.
There you'll find a reflection on the forthcoming Sunday's gospel reading, and some other things which may also interest you. Anyone can join the conversation by leaving a comment so we can all stay Connected! (But you'll have to bring your own coffee and cake.) Please come along and have a look, and take part - and tell your friends.
A shout out to all secondary school, college and Uni students...we'd like to invite you to a Christmas Youth Celebration at St Joseph's Church on Saturday 23rd December from 7pm.
This gathering is aimed just for you and please bring along your friends. Everyone is invited no matter where they live, which school they go to and what their beliefs are.
Drinks, snacks and plenty of fun-filled options to choose from too, will follow in the hall and a place to hang out with your friends for the evening.
If you'd like to take part in the preparations, share your ideas or have any questions please do get in touch with either May (07970230246) or Rachel (07899902051).
