Lent 2026 at Holy Ghost Church in Balham

ASH WEDNESDAY

Wedneday 18^th February 2026

Masses at:

6.45 am, 9.30 am, 8.00 pm

All with the Blessing and Distribution of Ashes

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MERCY EVENING

 Tuesday 10^th March

Testimony, Adoration, Prayer, Confessions – Tuesday 10^th March, 7.30 pm in church

LENTEN TALKS:

Monday 23^rd February

An introduction to Ignatian Spirituality Fr Ulysses Cabayo SJ (a priest of the Jesuit community in Clapham) – Monday 23^rd February 8.00pm (refreshments from 7.30 pm)Parish Centre

Monday 2^nd March

The sound of the Cross: Singing the mystery of Christ’s Passion – Jonathan Schranz (Director of Music, St George’s Cathedral Southwark)– Monday 2^nd March 8.00 pm (refreshments from 7.30) – Parish Centre

Monday 16^th March

Why should Catholics care about history? – Father Richard Whinder (Parish Priest, Holy Ghost Balham) Monday 16^th March 8.00 pm (refreshments from 7.30) – Parish Centre

Thursday 26^th March

Our Only Hope: The Cross in the Liturgy of Passiontide – Fr Matthew Jarvis OP (Dominican priest and preacher) – Thursday 26^th March – 8.00 pm (refreshments from 7.30) – Parish Centre

LUNCHTIME MASSES

Every Monday and Friday in Lent at 12.30

WAY OF THE CROSS

Every Sunday at 5.15 pm