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St, Matthias 2025

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
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Mass intentions and Events
14th ~ 19th June 2026
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Sat
13th June



06.30pm





Confession 5.30pm until 6.00pm

William Conroy
RIP

Mary C Fernandes
RIP




FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY

Sun
14th
June
09.30am

Jean Anton
RIP

Karen Pugh
RIP
4th Anniversary)

ELEVENTH SUNDAY


11.15am

Hilda Kumar
RIP

Antonio & Margherita Leo 40th Wedding Anniversary.

5.30pm

People
of The
Parish



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Tue
16th
June
07.30pm
SHORT COURSE
ON THE EUCHARIST:


Sacrifice

in Church Hall

 

Wed
17th
June

10.00am

John Michael and Florence Neene Peers
RIP


Feria
10.30am
SHORT COURSE
ON THE EUCHARIST:


Sacrifice

in Church Hall

 

Thur
18th
June


12 Noon


Requiem Mass
for
Kathleen Duignan
RIP


Feria

Fri
19th
June

10.00am

Ellen Sims and her deceased relatives

Followed by Adoration until 11am

Saint
John Rigby

Martyr
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Mass intentions and Events
21st June 2026
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Sat
20th June



06.30pm





Confession 5.30pm until 6.00pm

People
of The
Parish



FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY

Sun
21st
June
09.30am

Clarence Rebello and Family

Angela Pederzolli
RIP 

TWELFTH SUNDAY

SECOND COLLECTION FOR DAY FOR LIFE

11.15am

Patrick Ganley
RIP
(Anniversary)

5.30pm

Cathy
RIP



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CARLO ACUTIS EUCHARISTIC MIRACLES EXHIBITION-ST JOSEPH'S NEW MALDEN

Please see Poster at the Church Entrances.



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.



A WARM SUMMER INVITATION FROM FRIENDS OF CHALLONER

Thursday 2nd July - Summer Serenade
(from 6.30pm).


Join us for a relaxed evening of
live al fresco entertainment.

Bring your picnic blankets and chairs- and if it rains, we'll simply move everything to the hall!

Sunday 5th July - Summer Fun Day.

Our biggest fundraiser of the year!

Expect fun stalls, tasty treats, a mini beer festival, live music, and lots, lots more!

It's free entry for all - come along
 between 12 and 4pm.

There will be a fabulous raffle

All proceeds go back to the school,
supporting Catholic education.

We look forward to meet you on these occasions at Richard Challoner School, just
a short walk from Malden Manor station.



NEXT SUNDAY: DAY FOR LIFE.

This is the day in the Church's life dedicated to celebrating the sacredness of life.

The proceeds from the Day for Life collection provide core funding to assist other life-related activities supported by the Church.



THIS WEEKS YOUTUBE VIDEO

WHY DO CATHOLICS BELIEVE
IN THE TRINITY?


Father Joseph Gulliford explains
why Catholics believe that there
is only one God, but we also profess
God to be Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

To some people it sounds like a contradiction: how can God be both one and three?

How can Catholics claim to worship only one God when they say the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God?

To understand the answer, we need to look at why Catholics believe in the Trinity, and what this teaching really means.

Youtube video



SHORT COURSE ON THE EUCHARIST: TUESDAY EVENING
OR WEDNESDAY MORNING.



1) Sacrifice: Tuesday 16th June 7.30pm or Wednesday 17th June 10.30am

2) Real Presence, Part 1: Tuesday 23rd June 7.30pm or Wednesday 24th June 10.30am

3) Real Presence, Part 2: Tuesday 30th June 7.30pm or Wednesday 1st July 10.30am



ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

10. We must, then, avoid the "Babel syndrome," namely the idolatry of profit that sacrifices the weak, a uniformity that neutralizes differences, and the pretense that a single language — even a digital one — can translate everything, including the mystery of the person, into data and performance.

The risk of dehumanization —
 of building a future that excludes God
and reduces the other to a means —
 is an ancient and ever-new temptation
that today takes on a technical guise.

Instead, let us choose the "way of Nehemiah," which highlights the importance
of working together to make the City of God
a safe place for returning exiles.

Rebuilding today means recognizing
that, precisely from the plurality of voices
and visions which, even though they sometimes remind us of the confusion
caused by the diversity of spoken languages, a bright possibility emerges.

Indeed, this is the possibility of building together, of transforming diversity into a resource and of making listening and
dialogue the common ground upon which
to cultivate justice and fraternity.

Within this shared task, Christians discover their unique role of guiding actions toward God so that, in his light, pluralism does not dissipate into disorder, but instead, through the practice of synodality, it becomes the space in which humanity rediscovers its
solid foundations and its final end.

In the Book of Revelation, John sees the New Jerusalem "coming down out of heaven from God" (Rev 21:2) as a gift for all humanity.

And this vision of grace is an invitation
 for us Christians to work together in order
 to foster a peaceful, just and dignified life
in community within today's "cities."