Home Our Patron Saint Parish Office Parish News Parish Map Parish History SycamOre Mass Schedule Baptism Children's Liturgy Reconciliation Holy Communion Confirmation Marriage Adult Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Child Protection Organisations Schools R. Challoner Boys School Links Contact Us Saint Matthias Catholic Parish of Worcester Park Including New Malden, South of the A3 Parish Priest: Father Sean O'Connor 201 Cheam Common Road, KT4 8SX. Tel: 020 8337 1782 Parish Web Site: www.saintmatthias.org.uk Father Sean: seanoconnor@rcaos.org.uk Parish Office: worcesterpark@rcaos.org.uk St Helier & Epsom Hospital Chaplain: Fr. Philip Pak 07477545080 Safeguarding: Sarah Wiseman Anthony Gallagher worcesterparksg1 @safeguardrcaos.org.uk Mass intentions and Events 12th ~ 17th April 2026 Sat 11th April 06.30pm Nan and Paul Lavelli RIP FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY Sun 12th April 09.30am Mary Walsh Cakes and Coffee in Hall SECOND SUNDAY OF EASTER (OR OF DIVINE MERCY) 11.15am Jimmy Beatty (Birthday) RIP Joe Woods RIP 5.30pm People of The Parish Wed 15th April 10.00am Mary Stephenson RIP (7th Anniversary) Feria Thur 16h April 10.00am Deceased Worshippers from St Matthias Teas and Coffees in Hall Feria Fri 17th April 10.00am John Michael and Florence Nene Peers RIP Followed by Adoration of The Blessed Sacrament until 11am Feria Mass intentions and Events 19th April 2026 Sat 18th April 06.30pm Holy Souls FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY Sun 19th April 09.30am Cox and Dunne Family Cakes and Coffee in Hall THIRD SUNDAY OF EASTER 11.15am Martin Thornton RIP (Anniversary) 5.30pm People of The Parish THIS WEEKS YOUTUBE VIDEO WITH CANON DAVID GIBBONS ‘WHY DO CATHOLICS BELIEVE THE MASS IS A SACRIFICE’ ? The Catholic Church teaches that the Mass is a sacrifice. But some people question whether this  is true and ask where in the Bible, and indeed, if the early Christians really believed the Mass to be a sacrifice. Canon David Gibbons explains that by participating in the Mass,  the priest offers Christ to the Father, you also offer yourselves, your service, and your faith. This makes the sacrifice the primary meaning of the Mass. Youtube video BAPTISMS Contact Fr. Sean. MARRIAGES The Diocese requests couples to give Fr. Sean at least 6 months notice, especially if they intend to be married outside the Parish. SINCERE THANKS. You are a wonderful Parish who are very generous to me at Easter and in welcoming my Mother. Thank you to all who help in any way  here in Saint Matthias. In the words of our Archbishop, those who think they should be thanked personally, this message is for you. Seriously, thank you to our Easter Garden builders, Technology helpers, Readers, Choir, Altar Servers, Sacristans, Cleaners, Catechists, Florists, Linen Cleaners, Safeguarding Leads, Health and Safety, Collectors and Counters, Gift Aid co-ordinator, Accountant, Newsletter Staplers, Church Openers, Lima Supporters, Eucharistic Ministers, Ladies Group, Men's Group and all others who in their quiet way keep this Parish and their Priest on the straight and narrow. ARCHBISHOP JOHN AT THE EASTER VIGIL "The message we receive tonight,  the Easter proclamation is that Jesus Christ is risen from the dead. He has overpowered darkness. He has defeated sin. He has conquered death and one day  He will come again in glory. For He is alive and He lives in you by His Holy Spirit... "Some of our brothers and sisters will be baptised this evening. Others will be received into full communion with the Catholic Church. They will all receive the sacrament of confirmation and come and receive with us the Holy Eucharist. This is a beautiful sign of growth in the life of the Church..." POPE LEO XIV Pope Leo XIV has called on world leaders to lay down their weapons and choose "encounter" over domination. "Let those who have weapons lay them down!", the Pope urged on Easter Sunday in his traditional Urbi et Orbi ("To the City and the World') message. Pope Leo urged "those who have the power to unleash wars" to choose peace. This should not be a peace "imposed by force", he stressed, but one achieved through dialogue - "not with the desire to dominate others, but to encounter them". Pope Leo warned that the world is "growing accustomed to violence". We are "becoming indifferent", he said, not only to the deaths of thousands of people, but to the "hatred and division" war causes, as well as its "economic and social consequences". Borrowing a phrase from the late Pope Francis, Pope Leo warned of the "ever-increasing "globalisation of indifference" "We cannot continue to be indifferent!", he urged. "We cannot resign ourselves to evil!". For this reason, he said, he would be leading a prayer vigil for peace on Saturday, April 11th, in St Peter's Basilica. At Easter, Jesus won victory over death, and thereby "defeated once and for all the ancient adversary, the prince of this world". However, Pope Leo stressed, the power with which Christ won this victory is "entirely nonviolent" ", based on a love which "creates and generates", "forgives and redeems". This spirit of love and forgiveness, he said, is the "true strength" that establishes peace, and fosters relationships amongst individuals and societies. Easter peace is not merely "the silence of weapons" but also an inner peace which "touches and transforms  the heart of each one of us". "Let us allow ourselves to be transformed  by the peace of Christ", entrusting to the Lord "all hearts that suffer and await  the true peace that only he can give."