FIFTH SUNDAY IN LENT                                            

 Sunday, 17 March 2024                                                                        

“Anyone who loves his life loses it; anyone who hates his life in this world will keep it for the eternal life.”

This coming Sunday’s Gospel: John 12: 20-30

 

 

5.30pm, Vigil Mass, Saturday, 16 March  

10am & 12pm, Sunday, 17 March

Sunday Mass sheet

3.15pm, Sunday, 17 March (Syro-Malabar)

 

 

 

 

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 THIS WEEK’S PARISH NEWSLETTER                     

 

Week of 17 March

 

 

 


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 MASS TIMES THIS WEEK                                           

 

Mass times: Week of 17 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)

Class information

 

 

 

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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)

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