MAUNDY THURSDAY
Thursday, 28 March 2024
Thursday of the Lord’s Supper: 8pm, 28 March: Mass sheet
GOOD FRIDAY
Friday, 29 March 2024
Good Friday: 3pm, 29 March: Mass sheet
EASTER VIGIL IN THE HOLY NIGHT
Saturday, 30 March 2024
Easter Vigil: 9pm, Saturday, 30 March: Mass sheet
EASTER SUNDAY
Sunday, 31 March 2024
Then the other disciple who had reached the tomb first also went in; he saw and he believed. Till this moment they had failed to understand the teaching of scripture, that he must rise from the dead.
Easter Sunday’s Gospel reading: John 20: 1-9
Holy Mass: 10am & 12pm
Sunday Mass sheet
Syro-Malabar Qurbana: 7am
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THIS WEEK’S PARISH NEWSLETTER
Week of 24 March
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MASS TIMES THIS WEEK
Mass times: Week of 24 March
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CONFESSION
Every Friday and Saturday morning after Holy Mass
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DONATE TO THE PARISH
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CATECHISM CLASSES 2023/2024
Catechesis Registration form (Word)
Catechesis Registration Form (PDF)
Schedule of catechism classes (23-24)
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BECOMING A CATHOLIC
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WELCOME TO THE PARISH OF SAINT PHILIP HOWARD
The parish was established in 1978 by splitting off from the parish of Our Lady and the English Martyrs. It was decided that, since the mother parish of Our Lady and The English Martyrs celebrated two Cambridge men: St Thomas More and St John Fisher, this new parish should echo a Cambridge connection, hence Saint Philip Howard.
The early stages of the new parish meant that the worshipping community would no longer have to use the auditorium of Saint Bede’s Catholic School (as it was then) but would have a permanent home in this new building. A great deal of team work was required and the results show now a lively and vibrant parish which has become the spiritual home to over fifty different nationalities in Cambridge.
The church was built in 1978 and designed to be used as both a church and a hall. A number of modifications have taken place over the years to emphasise the religious nature of the building, the largest overhaul taking place to mark the Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of the Parish.
In late 2020, the outdoor shrine to Our Lady of the Rosary was renovated and a great deal of work was carried out to reconstruct an impressive new grotto. All this was done through the goodwill and generosity of so many of our parishioners who offered their time, services and money to construct the new Grotto and renovate the statue of Our Lady.
The layout of the building itself allows for an area which is strictly religious with the Blessed Sacrament and the various Saints who represent some of the fifty-four different nationalities in our worshipping community. A dividing screen separates the worship area from the other area which during the week is used as a hall. There are kitchen facilities in this latter part along with a smaller meeting area if required.
There is access for wheelchairs and a loop system for the hearing impaired.
Other facilities include a small multi-purpose room which has glass partitioning between it and the worship area. This houses the repository which sells religious items and cards, and it can only be used by parents with small children who can see and hear the Mass without feeling conscious about their children making a noise.
Toilet facilities are also available which include baby changing facilities, and a disabled toilet.
Parking is at a premium in most parishes. We have been able to double the size of our car park but still on big occasions such as Christmas and Holy Week we find that we too are stuck for space. We ask people to make use of the car park at Cherry Hinton Hall, about a three-minute walk from the church on these occasions.
For another description of the church and its building, click on this link.
The parish has been served by the following parish priests.
1978 – 1983 Father (now Monsignor) Anthony Rogers
1983 – 1988 Father Michael Edwards R.I.P
1988 – 1992 Father Michael Vulliamy
1992 – 1994 Father Henry MacCarthy
1994 – 1996 Father Richard White
1996 – 2016 Monsignor E.L. Harkness, OSB Obl., KHS, KStG, BA, STB, MCL, BCL, JCL
2016 – Fr. Philip John (Parish Priest)