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Save the date. Pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela and discovering the local surroundings
Invitation from Fr. Ariel Dear friends, Throughout the centuries, the Holy Land, Rome, and Santiago de Compostela have stood as three of the most important pilgrimage destinations for Christians—especially during the Middle Ages—and they continue to hold deep spiritual and historical significance today. I warmly invite you to join me on a spiritual and cultural…
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Special Youth Mass. Sunday, 15th June at 6PM
🎉 You’re Invited! Join Us for a Special Youth Mass 🎶🍕 Holy Ghost Catholic Church in Balham warmly invites all teens and young adults to a Special Youth Mass on SUNDAY, 15th June at 6PM at Nightingale Square, London, SW12 8QJ. This vibrant evening will be a beautiful chance to come together in faith, experience…
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HAPPY EASTER! 2025
We wish all our parishioners a very happy and holy Easter. A reminder that on Easter Sunday we have Masses at all the usual times – 8.00, 9.30, 11.30 and 6.00 pm (the Easter Vigil, at 8.00 pm on Holy Saturday, replaces the usual 5.30 pm vigil Mass) There is no Holy Hour on Easter…
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Newsletter. Friday 4th April 2025
2. Details of the special services for Holy Week and Easter will be published soon – look out for emails and posters in the church porch 3. This weekend we welcome a priest from the Missionaries of St Paul, who will be making an appeal – the Missionaries of St Paul are visiting all the…
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Pastoral Letter on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. By Archbishop John Wilson
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ Following my pastoral message in March 2024, I wish to speak to you again about the process by which Parliament is currently considering legalising assisted suicide through the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill. As I made clear previously, concerning this grave matter, as Catholics we maintain a…
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Become a Catholic
BECOME A CATHOLIC RCIA – Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults Are you thinking about becoming a Catholic?Or are you a baptized Catholic who has not yet received the Sacrament of Confirmation? If you are not Catholic but would like to learn more about the Catholic faith, we warmly invite you to explore this journey…
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A special event with Father Jacques Philippe: God’s Mercy, the Foundation of Our Hope
God’s Mercy, the Foundation of Our HopeA special event with Father Jacques Philippe 📅 When: Saturday, April 26th, 3:00 PM – 7:30 PM📍 Where: Holy Ghost Church Join us for an inspiring afternoon with Fr. Jacques Philippe, a priest of the Community of the Beatitudes, renowned author, and retreat leader. Through his talk, adoration, and…
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Lent 2025 at Holy Ghost Balham
Mercy Evening – Testimony, Adoration, Prayer, Confessions – Tuesday 11th March, 7.30 pm Lenten talks: Can we be sure that God exists? Fr Matthew O’Gorman (Parish Priest of Corpus Christi Brixton)– Thursday 13th March – 8.00pm (refreshments from 7.30 pm)Parish Centre How do we know that Jesus was God? And why does it matter? –…
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Pilgrimage Sites: Jubilee Churches and Shrines in the Archdiocese of Southwark
Sacred Places of Pilgrimage and Hope As we journey through this Jubilee Year, the faithful are invited to undertake a pilgrimage of hope to sacred sites where they may obtain the Jubilee Indulgence, as granted by the Holy Father. Pilgrims who visit these designated Jubilee churches and shrines with a spirit of prayer and devotion…