St Thomas More Church, Dulwich

Welcome to our parish website

We hope you will be able to access
the information you need;
if not, do please, email or telephone us.
Our parish website is updated weekly.
Please, read our current Newsletter
at the bottom of this page.

Mass for Pope Francis RIP

At 9:45 AM, Cardinal Kevin Farrell,
Camerlengo of the Holy Roman Church,
announced the death of Pope Francis
from the Casa Santa Marta saying:

“Dearest brothers and sisters,
with deep sorrow I must announce
the death of our Holy Father Francis.
At 7:35 this morning,
the Bishop of Rome, Francis,
returned to the house of the Father.
His entire life was dedicated
to the service of the Lord and of His Church.
He taught us to live the values
of the Gospel with fidelity, courage,
and universal love, especially in favor
of the poorest and most marginalized.
With immense gratitude for his example
as a true disciple of the Lord Jesus,
we commend the soul of Pope Francis
o the infinite merciful love
of the One and Triune God.”

The Mass for the repose of the soul
of Pope Francis will be celebrated
on Easter Monday 21 April at 15.00
followed by the short Exposition
of the Blessed Sacrament and
reception in John Paul Centre afterwards.
Fr Bart

Easter Octave 2025

19 April Holy Saturday
20.00 Easter Vigil

20 April Easter Sunday
Easter Masses
08.30, 10.00, 12.00 and 17.30

Divine Mercy weekend

26 April Saturday
08.30     Adoration and Confessions
09.30     Mass
10.00     Please, come and help clean the church
17.00     Confessions
17.30     Vigil Mass

27 April Divine Mercy Sunday
Divine Mercy Sunday Masses
08.30, 10.00, 12.00 and 17.30
15.00 Divine Mercy Hour
(Holy Hour with Confessions)

We are a Jubilee Church!

St Thomas More Church has the great privilege
to have been designated a Jubilee Church.
A Jubilee Indulgence can be obtained
by those who devoutly visit any Jubilee site
which we are one of, and there engage
in Eucharistic Adoration, meditation
or Rosary concluding it with Our Father,
Profession of Faith and prayer to Our Lady.
Please, engage in welcoming pilgrims in our church.

More information about what
the plenary indulgence is
can be found here.

More information about the Jubilee Year
celebration in our Archdiocese of Southwark
can be found here.

A decree for our parish to be
a Jubilee Church can be found here.

Medjugorye Pilgrimage

We are excited to announce that our parish pilgrimage
will be taking place 2-9 June 2025.
The cost of the pilgrimage is £756 per person
sharing a twin room.
This includes flights, transfers, accommodation,
food (breakfast and evening meal)
and programme of activities.
What is not included:
single room (supplement £150)
optional excursions, insurance and lunches.
Please find a poster here
with further details of our adventure!
Please speak to Fr Joseph – Pilgrimage Leader,
if you have any questions or email him
on josephgulliford@rcaos.org.uk
Please, make your minds up soon,
as 20 out of 25 places are already booked.

Jubilee Year 2025 in St Thomas More

The Jubilee Year 2025 started in Rome
on 24 December 2024 at 19.00 and
will last until Epiphany 2026.
In our Archdiocese and our parish
The Jubilee Year will start officially
on Sunday 29 December with the
Feast of the Holy Family.
We would like to present to you
some of the initiatives we would like to
start running and organise to celebrate
a year of grace and mercy.

Bible Group from 24 February 2025 – Fr Daniel
Children’s Liturgy from Lent 2025 – Fr Bart
Divine Mercy devotion – Fr Daniel
Apostolate for the Eucharistic Adoration
from Easter 2025 – Fr Bart
Pilgrimage to Medjugorie
in 2-9 June 2025 – Fr Joseph
A day for better Marriage
5 July 2025 – Fr Bart
New lighting system for the church –
whenever funds available
Parish Finance and Fundraising Teams
Solar Panel system on the John Paul Centre –
whenever funds available
Parish Finance and Fundraising Teams

We know that this is an ambitious plan,
but guided and strengthen by God
together we can make this year
a great celebration of our parish community.

In January we will be asking everyone
to get in touch about any initiative
anyone would like to get involved in.
Fr Bart

Church open for private prayer

We are happy to keep our church doors
open for personal prayer ready for anyone
to come in and pray in peace on
every day between 08.30 and 16.00.
The altar area is guarded off and alarmed
to ensure safety. Please refrain from
crossing the cordoned off area.
In case of emergencies,
please ring the doorbell of presbytery
or find the priests’ mobile numbers
on the boards in the porch.

Parish Youth Club

We have reopened John Paul Centre
for our Parish Youth Group, which meet
every Friday evening (term time)
from 19.00-20.30 in the John Paul II Centre.
If it would like your child to join
please, e-mail dulwichyouth@rcaos.org.uk
It is compulsory to fill the consent form
that parents must sign at the beginning
of every school year.
Youth Club Leaders

Car park policy

Please, find below the policy
for the use of the church car park.
It can be found here.
Anyone parking on St Thomas More
Church car park agrees to the
parking policy at the same time.

Preparation for Confession

Confessions are heard in confessionals
on Wednesdays 19.00 – 20.00
and Saturdays 8.30 – 9.30
Links to Examinations of Conscience
you can find below:
Confession leaflet for adults
Confession leaflet for teens
Confession leaflet for children
Several versions of the examination of conscience

To find the full history
of live-streamed Masses click here.