St. James the Great
​Catholic Church
Lakeswood Road, Petts Wood BR5 1AY
​(located at the corner of Lakeswood Road )

Parish Newsletter for 14th June 2026

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Welcome to the website of St James The Great Catholic Church, a friendly, vibrant and welcoming parish in Petts Wood. Do join us at one of our seven weekly masses with refreshments being served in the community centre after Wednesday and Sunday masses.

You can watch our masses live on this Website. Our parish priest Fr. Daniel is supported by over 100 volunteers who help to run the church, the community centre and the parish office.
Please can you help!
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Wednesday lunches – Helpers are needed once a month with the Parish Wednesday lunches, preparing a light lunch for approximately 15 to 18 parishioners. Please contact the parish office as soon as possible.  
 
Repository – We are in urgent need of more people to help for approximately 10/15 minutes after all weekend Masses. Please speak to Suzanne in the parish office for more details.
 
Weekday readers – for the 10 am on Monday to Thursdays
 
Sunday Coffees – We also need help in the community centre for Sunday coffee after the 9.15 and 11 am Masses.
Pope Leo XIV has released his first encyclical, Magnifica Humanitas. You might have seen this in the news and wondered: What is an encyclical? Put simply, it is an official essay written by the Pope to the entire Church, usually about big moral questions of the age.

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Parish Information

​​Normal Mass Times

Saturday 6pm
Sunday 9.15am and 11am
Monday 10am
Tuesday 10am
Wednesday 10am
Thursday 10am
Friday no mass
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All masses are live streamed, except for the 9.15am on Sunday.

Watch Livestream here

​Parish Office hours: 9am until 2pm Monday to Thursday.
Parish Office Address: 281a Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, BR5 1AY.
Presbytery Address:  283 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, BR5 1AY.
Telephone: 01689-827100
Email: [email protected]
Website: stjamespettswood.weebly.com

Parish Team
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Parish Priest: Fr. Daniel Eteudoh - [email protected]
Parish Administrator: Suzanne Horner
Parish Secretary: Caroline Towell
Safeguarding: Kate Charlesworth

Confessions: 5pm to 5.45pm on Saturday or by appointment with Fr. Daniel.

Eucharistic Adoration: each Wednesday after Mass from 10.45 am to 11.15 am. This Devotion to the Eucharist is a time of silent prayer and quiet music. Everyone is welcome for all or part of this time of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament. Eucharistic Adoration also takes place every 2nd month on the first Friday of the month from 7-8pm followed by Benediction.

​Mass Intentions: If you would like to reserve a Mass for your intention, please pick up a special envelope from the back of the church and hand it in to the Parish Office.  Every effort will be made to accommodate your preferred date, so it is useful to ask well in advance.  The minimum donation suggested by the Diocese for a Mass Offering is £10 and this can be gift aided.

Refreshments are available in the Community Centre after Sunday and Wednesday masses. Tea and Coffee are served and the licensed bar is usually open after the Sunday 11am mass. Do come and join us.

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Please do not park in front of resident's driveways in the surrounding roads.
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