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, except during August and early September.
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: see below for parish office opening hours.
You can contact us on 020 3137 3864 or bayswater@rcdow.org.uk
We also have a Permanent Deacon, Rev. Sam Mulira, who can be contacted on sammulira@rcdow.org.uk
On Thursday July 16 we shall have an extra Mass at 6pm followed by a special Meeting of the Marian Movement of Priests with the participation of two priests who are very involved in this ministry: Fr. Freddy Warner and Fr. Donal McIlraith, who is the responsible for the Marian Movement in Oceania. Fr. Donal will give a talk. All welcome.
On Saturday 8 August a Day with Mary will be held at St. Mary of the Angels, beginning at 9.30am and finishing at 5pm. All are welcome. Mass will be at approximately 10am that morning instead of 12 noon.
On Wednesday, 26th August at 3:00pm, Radio Maria UK is hosting a Worldwide Rosary at the Shrine of Our Lady of Willesden. The Rosary will be broadcast live across their global network of sister Radio Maria stations, with almost a billion people praying together. They are inviting pilgrims to come to the Shrine on Wednesday, 26th August for the 3pm Rosary broadcast and bring their voices to this extraordinary moment of worldwide prayer. More information can be found at www.RadioMaria.uk.
Tn these dark and difficult times for the pro-life movement, when it is now legal for a woman in the United Kingdom to abort her own baby right up to birth, the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) is launching a Join the Fightback Campaign this month. If you would like to be part of this, please fill in one of the postcards and return it either to SPUC or to the parish office.
We now have a cat once again in the parish house. Sadly our previous cat died after contact with lilies, which are often fatal for cats. As we cannot be sure that flowers from the Church will always stay there, we ask you not to bring lilies into the Church or halls, please.
We do not encourage you to take photos of people in the Church, especially of children. If you do take photos, you should not display them on social media and websites without the consent of those photographed or their parents.
A young parishioner and altar server at Westminster Cathedral has recently created a website analysing Catholic films. Each reflection consists of two parts: a six-sentence synopsis that captures the heart of the story, and a doctrinal dissection that takes an overarching Catholic theme, such as the sanctity of life, sin and grace, vocation, or mercy, and traces it through the characters, narrative, and imagery of the film. Drawing on Scripture, the Catechism, and the writings of the saints and doctors of the Church, the project is rooted in the conviction that serious cinema and serious theology share a common heart, and that the greatest films have always been asking, in their own way, the questions that the faith exists to answer. The inaugural edition was on Easter Sunday (with 4 films) and all following editions, including most recently Divine Mercy Sunday, will have 2 films. The website is called Faith in Film by Ferreira (faithfilmferreira.com), with everything explained more clearly on there.
A parishioner at the Oratory has built an app – Piips – to connect Catholics across London. The app lets users see what Catholics nearby are posting in real time, helping you discover Masses, events, and community wherever you are. You can download the app by scanning the QR code on the notice board or by visiting www.piips.net.
You can now take a virtual tour of our Church using Guide, an application mainly dedicated to art galleries and Museums but also with a few Churches. You need to download Guideapp – note the exact spelling – and search for Smota.
If you know of any elderly or housebound people who would appreciate being offered the sacraments at home, please speak to Fr. Keith or contact the parish office
Many thanks for your response to our Planned Giving Campaign. We have been told that there will be a 21% increase in giving which is a great result. Please note that you can also give either one-off or regularly through our parish website, going to Donate.
We are delighted to see more and more young families coming to Mass each week, and are planning to offer a variety of resources for parents to help their young children make a lasting friendship with Jesus centred on the Mass. These will include canvas Mass bags with the Church logo containing items such as rosary teethers, holding crosses and missals for very young children. Please email the parish office or speak to Fr. Keith or Caterina if you would like to know more.
Are you interested in becoming a Catholic or do you know someone who is? Did you miss out on the Sacrament of Confirmation as a teenager and would like to be confirmed now? We have a group especially for such people and would also like to invite parishioners to join it so they can help welcome new members. Please speak to Fr. Keith or send him a message.
We have received many appreciative comments about our Welcoming Ministry, and now we need more volunteers for this. Please email or speak to Grace, Caterina or Fr. Keith if you would be able to help us with this valuable work, even if you can’t do it every week: let us know which Mass you normally attend and we will arrange some simple training.
Our Breakfast Club for those in need is held every Tuesday morning from 6:15 to 8:00 in the Newman Room and has been growing in numbers each week (currently serving 20+ guests). We now need more volunteers to help the Companions of Malta who run the Club. Please contact Wojtek Szymczak (wojtek.szymczak@gmail.com) or simply come on Tuesday 6.30am to the Newman Room.
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 9.45am-1.30pm, when Mariella, our parish secretary, is there to welcome you and answer any questions you have. It is advisable to phone first – 020 3137 3864 – in case of any last minute change to the office hours.
Our parish Safeguarding Officer is Caterina Resca: bayswatersg2@safeguardrcdow.org.uk
Please introduce yourselves to me after Sunday Mass, or during the week, and may God bless you.
