The Catholic Parish of

THE HOLY FAMILY

S A N D E R S T E A D

Part of the Archdiocese of Southwark

CHILDREN’S LITURGY OF THE WORD DURING 11.00am SUNDAY HOLY MASS

By Webmaster • November 9, 2025
We began again our ‘Liturgy of the Word’ for children of Primary School age on Sunday November 2nd and will continue on the following consecutive Sundays. Dear Parents please bear these dates in mind when you bring your children to holy Mass. During these ‘Liturgy of the Word’ sessions, our children will have opportunities to understand and enjoy God’s loving Word during the 11.00am holy Mass.

ADULT FAITH FORMATION MEETING

By Webmaster • November 9, 2025
We will shortly begin again our meetings for everyone who is ready to grow in Faith and who wishes to have a grown-up Faith. For many people, opportunities to move from a childish Faith to a mature Faith have been very limited or even not available at all! These meetings are moments to talk about any aspect whatsoever of human life and to receive a little help to see how our loving Lord is so close to us in everything and to see how he is trying to draw us all into a genuine adult Faith relationship with him and his Church.  We will meet on Saturday mornings, at 12.00midday for one hour, in our Parish Room. Owing to other commitments, we can only have 4 meetings before Christmas, on the 22nd and 29th November and the 13th and 20th December.

HEALTH AND SAFETY - LEAVES!

By Webmaster • November 9, 2025
Please be careful on the pavement in front of the church and on the pathways leading to the main door of the church and around the church and Cafe and presbytery. As Autumn takes hold and the daylight hours decrease, fallen leaves make for slippery surfaces. If you see fallen leaves around our church and buildings and on the pavement in front of the church, please clear the leaves. There is a brush in the church porch. Thank you.

ON-GOING CATHOLIC FAITH FORMATION MEETING FOR ADULTS

By Webmaster • November 2, 2025
We will shortly begin again our meetings for everyone who is ready to grow in Faith and who wishes to have a grown-up Faith. For many people, opportunities to move from a childish Faith to a mature Faith have been very limited or even not available at all! These meetings are moments to talk about any aspect whatsoever of human life and to receive a little help to see how our loving Lord is so close to us in everything and to see how he is trying to draw us all into a genuine adult Faith relationship with him and his Church.  We will meet on Saturday mornings, at 12.00midday for one hour, in our Parish Room. Owing to other commitments, we can only have 4 meetings before Christmas, on the 22nd and 29th November and the 13th and 20th December.
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Welcome to Holy Family Parish

I wish all our visitors to this website, great peace and joy.
I hope you enjoy exploring our site and discovering the varied life of our vibrant parish.
If you would like to join us for the celebration of holy Mass, you will be welcomed with open arms.
So too, if you would like to join in any of our events and meetings, it will be a pleasure to see you.
If there is anything I can do to help or support you, please let me know.
With assurance of my prayers and warmest best wishes,

Fr Malachy

Holy Family Catholic Church

I wish all our visitors to this website, great peace and joy.
I hope you enjoy exploring our site and discovering the varied life of our vibrant parish.
If you would like to join us for the celebration of holy Mass, you will be welcomed with open arms.
So too, if you would like to join in any of our events and meetings, it will be a pleasure to see you.
If there is anything I can do to help or support you, please let me know.
With assurance of my prayers and warmest best wishes,

Fr Malachy


  • Weekend Mass

    Saturday: 5:00pm (Vigil Holy Mass)

    Sunday: 9am and  11am 

  • Weekday Mass

    Monday: 9:30am

    Tuesday:  9:30am

    Wednesday: 9.30 am

    Thursday: 9.30am

    Friday: 9.30am

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CRUCIFIX

By Webmaster • September 22, 2025
As you see, we have raised up the outside crucifix to a height which now makes it fully visible to all who pass by our church. It is also now surrounded by a solid base.  This is another way in which we are demonstrating that we are a Christian community obedient to the Lord and to our Archbishop, by becoming a missionary parish. We are trying to make stronger the ‘rumour’ of the living presence of the true God who loves everyone and who can save all who come to him from their sins and from death itself. In a secular culture where the worship of false Gods like Money and Power and Violence and Fame and Selfishness in all its forms and Greed are so strong, the Lord needs you and I to take every opportunity we can to make his saving loving presence known.

THE CATHOLIC EDUCATION SERVICE ANNUAL COLLECTION, NEXT WEEKEND

By Webmaster • September 8, 2025
The CES supports Catholic Education in the 2000 Catholic schools, academies and colleges of England and Wales, providing education over 800,000 students. The CES is the chief negotiating and advisory body on matters affecting all aspects of Catholic education.

BEQUEST, IN A WILL

By Webmaster • September 7, 2025
It is wise to write a Will so that the resources you have when the time comes for you to leave this world, goes to the people and organisations you wish. May I suggest that you might consider leaving a Bequest in your will to our parish or to our diocese or to our priest as well as to other causes. A gift in your will can enable us to continue to help people to know the Lord Jesus and his saving love. What a wonderful legacy you would be leaving behind.

NEW SOUND SYSTEM INSTALLATION

By Webmaster • September 1, 2025
I’m hoping that on Thursday this week, a team of engineers will be installing a new Sound System in our church to replace the rather old, tired system that hasn’t worked well for some time.

APPEAL TO FEED THE STARVING PEOPLE OF GAZA

By Webmaster • September 1, 2025
Thank you to everybody who has already shared their financial resources. We will keep our Appeal open until Wednesday this week. Please put any contribution you wish to make into an envelope and drop it into the presbytery before Wednesday. There may still be a few ‘Cafod’ Gift-Aid envelopes in the porch of the church which you might like to use. If you use these envelopes, Cafod can also claim a Gift-Aid contribution.
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Golden Jubilee of Priesthood

By Webmaster • September 1, 2022
PARISH CELEBRATION - THANK YOU, WITH ALL MY HEART What an amazing, quite wonderful Celebration we all enjoyed, last Sunday. It was an occasion full of joy and happiness, as we thanked the good Lord for all his loving kindness. It reminded me of the description, in the Acts of the Apostles, of how the first Christians lived - sharing and caring, as they rejoiced in their awareness of the risen Lord alive in their midst, by the power of the Holy Spirit. There isn’t enough space on this Newsletter to thank so many people by name, who in so many ways, made the Parish Celebration a huge success. Thank you, with all my heart, to everyone for everything you did. The memory of my Golden Anniversary of Priesthood will remain with me for ever. Please send me, digitally, your photographs. Unless you instruct me otherwise, I would like to publish some of them on our parish website, as a permanent reminder of a quite wonderful moment in the life our parish. Thank you for all your gifts and cards and best wishes. I am deeply honoured to be your priest. Thank you for your generous Collection for me which raised £1,596.00.

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HOLY FAMILY PARISH WEBSITE

By Webmaster • November 10, 2025
I’m very pleased to tell you that Lissy will be taking over the development of our website and our use of Social Media. Lissy has great expertise in this area. Thank you so much to Lorenza for all the work she did to keep our parish moving forward in this vitally important field of new technologies.

MORNING RECOLLECTION FOR EUCHARISTIC MINISTERS LECTORS, IN ADVENT, ON SATURDAY 13TH DECEMBER

By Webmaster • November 10, 2025
This is just an early note for all our Eucharistic Ministers and all our Lectors, to please join me for a short time of prayer and reflection, before Christmas. We will begin at 10.30am for a period of silent prayer before the Blessed Sacrament followed by a meeting in our Cafe at 11.00, finishing at 12.00midday in time for our Meeting for Adults who allow the Lord to deepen their understanding of their Faith.

THE SACRED AREA OF THE SANCTUARY WHERE THE BLESSED SACRAMENT IS RESERVED

By Webmaster • November 10, 2025
I’m sure you will notice that a special rope will soon be placed across the front opening of the sanctuary area, in the church. The rope is simply a visual aid to remind us that the area of the sanctuary is a very holy place because on the sanctuary is the tabernacle which contains the consecrated bread, Holy Communion, the presence of the Lord Jesus. It is an area that we treat with enormous awe and respect. Normally, we will be able to enter the sanctuary area from the side openings. During holy Mass however, at the time of receiving Our Blessed Lord in Holy Communion the rope will be removed to enable our Eucharistic Ministers and myself to distribute Holy Communion and then to return the remaining consecrated hosts to the tabernacle. The rope will be replaced across the front opening of the sanctuary, when the time for the distribution of Holy Communion has ended. All this is really to help us to have a strong sense of the very important sacredness of that part of the church.  Let’s try also to keep the whole church building a place of quiet at all times so that in our busy, noisy world, there is a place set apart for prayer and meditation.

OLDE FORGE CAFE - FREE COFFEE AND CAKE FOR OUR VISITORS

By Webmaster • November 9, 2025
Please do your best to bring members of your family, your friends, neighbours and colleagues who normally have little, if any contact with our Catholic parish, to the Olde Forge Cafe. Please remember that those you bring with you DO NOT give a donation for their coffee and cake. Only us, who are regular members of our parish, are asked to give a donation, each time, to cover the cost of the Coffee machine, coffee beans, heat, light etc. Dear Bakers and those who provide milk, please remember to take your expenses from the donations received.

THANK YOU

By Webmaster • September 22, 2025
To Bridget who delivers a supply of our weekly ‘Food Bank’ fruit and vegetables to our sisters and brothers in New Addington.

OLDE FORGE CAFE - A CALL FROM THE LORD TO BE EVANGELISERS

By Webmaster • September 21, 2025
Our Olde Forge Cafe has been up and running for some time now. There have been very wonderful signs, during these past months, that the Lord has been working through our efforts in the Cafe, to bring his love and truth to others who don’t yet know him well. Thank you so much especially to everyone who ministers as a Host or Baker. Thank you to everyone who has invited friends, family members, neighbours, colleagues to join them for refreshments in the Cafe. Of course we are delighted to offer our guests free drinks and cakes, while we ourselves offer a donation to cover costs. If you haven’t yet come into the Cafe or if you haven’t yet brought a guest with you, please may I urge you in the name of the Lord and at the request of our Archbishop, to please do so. Every one of us is called by the Lord to bring others to know him. If you do or even if you don’t think our Cafe is the best way to do this as a parish Faith community, nonetheless please take a full and active part in this initiative. In that way we really are trying to fulfil what our dear Lord Jesus is asking of us.

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MORE DATES FOR YOUR DIARY

By Webmaster • November 10, 2025
Please note in your diaries: Advent Service of ‘Light in Darkness’, followed by Tea in the Olde Forge Cafe: Sunday 14th December at 3.00pm. Advent Penance Service and Individual Reconciliation: Wednesday 17th December at 6.00PM Christmas holy Masses and Carols: Wednesday 24th December - Carols at 5.30pm, holy Mass at 6.00pm; Wednesday 24th December - Carols at 11.30pm and holy Mass at 12.00Midnight;  Thursday 25th December - Carols at 10.30am and holy Mass at 11.00am

RCIA MEETINGS - EVERYONE WELCOME

By Webmaster • November 10, 2025
I was asked if anyone who is already a Catholic could still come to our Rite of Christian Initiation meetings. The answer is, of course, yes, with great pleasure. Every meeting in our parish is open to everyone. Do come to these meetings and your own relationship with the Lord will grow stronger and deeper.

THE MONTH OF NOVEMBER - PRAYING FOR THOSE WHO HAVE DIED

By Webmaster • November 9, 2025
We began the month of November with the great Feast of All Saints, inviting everyone who is now with the Lord in Heaven, living in eternal joy, to pray for us. Tomorrow, the Feast of All Souls, we begin to think of those who have died and, while not yet in Heaven, are on their way home! We believe that the holy Mass and our prayers help these Holy Souls on that journey. Do come to holy Mass tomorrow, All Souls Day, and join me and through the holy Mass we can help our loved ones to speedily reach our homeland of Heaven.  If you would like me to offer holy Mass during the month of November, for specific members of your family or friends who have died, please fill in one of the Holy Mass envelopes which you will find in the church porch, enclose your stipend and please give it to me or pop it through the presbytery letterbox. In the holy Mass, we are connected to the Lord Jesus in his death and resurrection. The holy Mass is the most powerful means possible to allow the Lord to bring us and our loved ones safely home to Heaven.

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