Welcome to the Roman Catholic Parish of St. Mary of the Angels. We are a friendly community serving Bayswater and part of Notting Hill, including Westbourne Grove and Portobello Road.
Weekend Masses are at 6pm on Saturday, and at 11am and 6pm on Sunday. There is also a Portuguese Mass at 9am on Sundays and a Brazilian Mass at 4.30pm on Saturdays.
Weekdays, including Saturday: Mass is at 12 noon, but see below for any alterations.
Confessions are heard before any Mass and on request
Our Church is open 8am – 6.30pm every day, with Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament for most of that time
Our postal address is The Parish House, Moorhouse Road W2 5DJ.
You can contact us on 020 7229 0487 or bayswater@rcdow.org.uk
Forthcoming Events
Our Confirmation class this Sunday is at 1pm. At 2.30pm there is a Mass in Tagalog (Filipino)
This Tuesday (30 April) our Mass (at 12 noon) will be the funeral Mass of Mary Hennessy.
Congratulations to Fr. Jean-Claude, who celebrates his 15th anniversary of ordination this Friday (3 May), and his birthday next Sunday.
This Friday (3 May) is the First Friday, so we will have Divine Mercy devotions after the midday Mass and an all-Night Vigil beginning with Mass at 10pm. The following day is the First Saturday, when we have Rosary with Meditations after the midday Mass.
CAFOD have launched an emergency appeal for the severe humanitarian crisis in Sudan, a situation which has become desperate very quickly. At least 8 million people have had to flee their homes and at least 25 million Sudanese need immediate help. Families are already going hungry, and this crisis risks becoming the worst in living memory. Most aid agencies have pulled out because of the dangerous situation, but the Church is still there and CAFOD has been working there for fifty years and is able to help. If you are able to give something, please send it directly to CAFOD: cafod.org.uk/SudanAppeal or call 0808 58 588 85. You can also give via our parish either by cheque or cash in an envelope with Sudan Appeal on the outside or by paying through the card machine and emailing us to let us know how much of your donation is for CAFOD.
We will also have a special Book of Condolences available at the back of Church when a funeral is coming up. You are welcome to write a short message in it.
Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, has written a letter to the faithful of his diocese. Among the many who offer their insights and concerns, this is a uniquely authentic voice. The letter is available at https://www.lpj.org/posts/letter-to-the-entire-diocese.html.
The Friends of the Holy Land seem able to get financial aid directly into Gaza. If you would like to assist with this aid you can donate to Friends of the Holy Land at https://www.friendsoftheholyland.org.uk/Appeal/donate
If you’d like to run the iconic London Marathon in 2024 and fundraise for refugees and asylum seekers, why not run with Jesuit Refugee Services (JRS)? You can find out more and apply at www.jrsuk.net/london-marathon/. The money that you raise will go directly to supporting destitute refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.
Whether you have been a regular practising Catholic or not in the past, we welcome you to worship with us on Sunday, and to let us know any ways you would like to contribute to our parish life, or in which we can be of help to you.
Our parish office is open Monday-Friday from 9am-3pm, when Mariella, our parish secretary, is there to welcome you and answer any questions you have.
Please introduce yourselves to me after Sunday Mass, or during the week, and may God bless you.
