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Holy Week Services 2026
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Maundy Thursday- 2nd April – 8.00 pm Good Friday – 3rd April – 3.00 pm Holy Saturday – 4thApril – 8.00 pm Easter Sunday 5thApril – 8.00 am, 9.30 am,11.30 am 6.00 pm Confessions available after the Thursday and Friday services, and on Saturday 10.00 – 11.00 am During the Easter Octave (6th – 11th…
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Lent 2026 at Holy Ghost Church in Balham
*** MERCY EVENING Tuesday 10th March Testimony, Adoration, Prayer, Confessions – Tuesday 10th March, 7.30 pm in church LENTEN TALKS: Monday 23rd February An introduction to Ignatian Spirituality Fr Ulysses Cabayo SJ (a priest of the Jesuit community in Clapham) – Monday 23rd February 8.00pm (refreshments from 7.30 pm)Parish Centre Monday 2nd March The sound of…
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Special event for Young Adults with Father Joe Owusu-Ansah
On Sunday 25th January we have a special event for Young Adults. Father Joe Owusu-Ansah will be coming to celebrate the 6.00 pm Mass, and then he will be present for a ‘beer and burgers’ supper immediately after Mass.
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Christmas Services 2025
Below are the Mass times for the Christmas period 2025. Please read the schedule carefully, especially the Mass times after Christmas Day. Mass times: Wednesday 24th December (Christmas Eve) Masses at 6.00 pm and 12.00 midnight (Carol service before Midnight Mass, Beginning at 11.30 pm) Thursday 25th December (Christmas Day) Masses at 8.00 am, 9.30…
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Parish Invites Faithful to Remember Loved Ones During Month of Holy Souls
November marks the Month of the Holy Souls, a special period in the Church’s calendar devoted to prayer and remembrance of those who have passed away. Parishioners are invited to honour the memory of deceased family members, friends, and benefactors by submitting a November Dead List. Special labelled envelopes are now available in the church…
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Choral Scholarship Opportunities at Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Balham (2025–2026)
Holy Ghost Catholic Church, Balham is looking to appoint four Choral Scholars (SATB) to support and augment the parish’s volunteer adult choir, and offer high-level musical leadership. The main liturgical commitment is the Sunday morning mass (11AM for 11:30AM), Christmas, Holy Week, and occasional weekday evening masses for feasts and solemnities. The scholarship is ideal…
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Important notices for this Summer 2025
NOTICES 19 JULY 2025 · As usual, the 8:00 a.m. Sunday Mass and the Holy Hour on Sunday evening will be suspended during the summer holiday period. The last 8:00 a.m. Mass is today, Sunday 19th July, and it will resume in September. · We are organising a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela, Spain in…
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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…