IMPORTANT PARISH OFFICE NOTICES
Welcome to St John the Evangelist Horsham
All are very welcome to join us in celebrating the Risen Jesus Christ. Please make yourselves known to Fr Aaron, our parish priest should you be visiting our Church here in Horsham.

Since our Parish foundation in 1865, St John the Evangelist Horsham has been at the heart of this growing community of prayer. With Mass every day and many other inclusive activities, we can confidently say that the living stones of the Catholic Church in Horsham are lively, committed and diverse.
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June 13, 2026
Barnabas, our Visting Seminarian, will be leaving us on 23rd June, to return to the Venerable English College in Rome. On Friday 19th June, we’ll be having Evening Prayer (Vespers) at 6:30pm in the Church, and a Leaving Party for him in the Parish Hall – a ‘Bring a Dish’ Shared Supper - starting at 7pm. Barnabas will be giving us a short talk on his experiences while he’s been with us in the Parish. Everyone is welcome, so please do come along, so that we can give Barnabas one of our famous Parish send-offs and please bring a dish with you, savoury or sweet, for people to share. Drinks will be provided. There will be an opportunity to donate on the evening to a leaving gift for Barnabas.
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April 18, 2026
The Gift Aid boxes for this new tax year are at the back of the church for collection. Please don’t use any of your current envelopes for future collections, as a number of the box numbers have been changed. There are special, thinner, boxes of envelopes for those of you who normally donate by monthly standing order and only use envelopes for the second collections, and for Easter and Christmas. If you have any queries, please contact the Parish Office. Thank you for your generous support.
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November 22, 2025
CAR PARKING RENEWALS Car parking Renewals for 2025-2026 are now due. This year’s parking subscriptions for 1st Nov 2025 – 31st October 2026 are: £135 Short Term Carpark – 3 Hours; £405 Long Term Carpark – All day. Renewals can be made using the following link https://www.stjohnshorsham.com/car-parking . We would encourage those that do not have access to the internet to get family or close friends to help with the renewals, as the Parish Office is not involved in this process. Once we have an idea of the number of renewals, any registered parishioner who is interested in obtaining a fob, may be put onto a waiting list, which will be held by the parish office.
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November 20, 2025
The 2026 First Holy Communion programme is now closed and no new applications will be accepted, thank you.
Welcome to St John the Evangelist Horsham
All are very welcome to join us in celebrating the Risen Jesus Christ. Please make yourselves known to Fr Xavier our parish priest should you be visiting our Church here in Horsham.
Since our Parish foundation in 1865, St John the Evangelist Horsham has been at the heart of this growing community of prayer. With Mass every day and many other inclusive activities, we can confidently say that the living stones of the Catholic Church in Horsham are lively, committed and diverse.
LIVE MASS & SERVICE SCHEDULE
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Week Day Mass
15th June – Monday, St Anthony of Padua, Priest, Doctor (Memorial)
12:00 noon Mass – Deceased Members of the Brown
and Lown Families RIP
16th June – Tuesday, St Richard of Chichester, Bishop (Memorial)
NO EARLY MORNING MASS
(9:30 am - Mass at St Gabriel’s, Billingshurst)
11:00 am Requiem Mass for Rosina Ricca RIP
(Celebrant: Fr Giandomenico)
12:30 pm to 3:00 pm – Adoration
17th June – Wednesday, Feria in Ordinary Time, Week 11
NO MASS
11:00 am - Funeral Service for Bruno Francisci RIP
(12:00 noon - Mass at Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis,
West Grinstead)
6:00 pm - Polish Adoration
7:00 pm - Polish Mass
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Week End Mass
13th June – Saturday, The Immaculate Heart of Mary (Memorial)
10:00 am Mass - Varghese & Mary Varghese Pookombil RIP
Followed by Confession, Adoration & Benediction
5:15 pm to 5:45 pm - Confession
6:00 pm Vigil Mass - Devassy Kallrackal RIP
14th June – Eleventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:15 am Mass - Philomena Maguire RIP
11:15 am Mass - Geoff Weaving RIP
1:45 pm - Polish Mass
5:00 pm - Italian Mass
20th June – Saturday, St Alban, Protomartyr of England (Memorial)
10:00 am Mass - Deceased Members of the Hayes Family RIP
Followed by Confession, Adoration & Benediction
3:30 pm - Silent Prayer (Meet upstairs in the Parish Hall for refreshments, input then into the Church for silent prayer)
N.B. 5:30 pm to 5:45 pm - Confession
6:00 pm Vigil Mass - Raymond Smale RIP
21st June – Twelfth Sunday in Ordinary Time
9:15 am Mass - Raymond Smale RIP
11:15 am Mass - Pro Populo
(including Rite of Welcome for the Recently Baptised)
1:45 pm - Polish Mass
2:45 pm - Syro-Malabar Rite Mass
5:00 pm - Italian Mass
PARISH NEWS HIGHLIGHTS
Please view our Parish Newsletter Here
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April 18, 2026
We warmly invite you to our Silent Prayer gatherings, now moving to a monthly meet-up. We will continue to gather in the same gentle rhythm and format: arriving at 3.30pm in the hall, upstairs, for refreshments, followed by a short reflection on Silent Prayer and the Carmelite Saints. We will then move into the church for a time of Silent Prayer, finishing at around 5.00pm. Our next date is Saturday 25th April and then Saturday 23rd May , keep an eye on the newsletter for future dates. Whether you are new to silent prayer or have been walking this path for some time, you are most welcome to join us. Please feel free to come along at any point.
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January 17, 2026
We invite you to join Horsham Churches Together for the 2026 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, from 18th to 25th January 2026. This year, we are guided by the ancient, prayerful traditions of the Armenian Church and St. Paul’s timeless call to be ‘one body and one Spirit’ in Ephesians 4. There will be daily prayer meetings and a United Service at St Mary’s, The Causeway, Horsham RH12 1HE at 6pm on Sunday 25th January 2026 – this will be led by Fr Tristan and he would love to see as many St John’s parishioners there as possible! Other events taking place during the week are as follows: Sunday 18th Jan, 6:30pm – Prayer Meeting at Horsham United Reform Church, RH12 2RG. Monday 19th Jan, 1pm – Prayer Meeting with Horsham Eco Church @ St Marks, Holbrook, RH12 5PU. Tuesday 20th Jan, 7:30pm – Prayer Meeting at Cornerstone Methodist Church St Andrew’s, Roffey, RH12 4DX. Wednesday 21st Jan, 7:30pm – Turn the Battle Encounter Night at Kingdom Faith Church, Horsham, RH13 5PX. Thursday 22nd Jan, 7:30pm – Prayer Meeting at Brighton Road Baptist Church, Horsham, RH13 5BD. Friday 23rd Jan, 1:30pm – Prayer Meeting at Trafalgar Road Baptist Church, Horsham, RH12 2QL. Saturday 24th Jan, 10am – Prayer Meeting at St Margaret’s Church, Warnham, RH12 3QW.
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November 29, 2025
ADVENT IS HERE! • Candlelit 'RORATE' MASSES will take place on the first three TUESDAYS of ADVENT starting 2nd December at 7am. Please note the earlier start time . The Mass will take no more than 30 minutes and be followed by breakfast served in Hall, so people have time to get to school and work afterwards. All are welcome to join us for this beautiful way to mark the Advent season. • ADVENT RECONCILIATION - Advent is a good time to celebrate the Sacrament of Reconciliation, so that, as He cleanses from the sin with which we all too often reject Him, we can welcome Him anew to be born into our hearts at Christmas, just as Mary, Joseph and the shepherds welcomed His birth into the world. Canon Tim Madeley will be hearing Confessions here on Saturday 13th December from 10.30am . Additional Advent times in our soon-to-be parish communities are: - HENFIELD – Monday, 8th December at 7.00pm (Fr Hugh) - WEST GRINSTEAD – Friday, 12th December at 7.00pm (Canon Tim & Fr Tristan) - BILLINGSHURST – Saturday, 13th December at 10.00am (Fr Tristan) - CRAWLEY – Friday, 19th December at 6.00pm (Fr Nelson, Fr Anthony, Fr Peter, Fr Joachim, Fr Tristan) - CRAWLEY – Saturday, 20th December at 10.30am (Fr Nelson, Fr Anthony, Fr Peter, Fr Joachim) - WORTH ABBEY – Monday, 22nd December at 7.30pm (Priests of the Benedictine community) • FAMILY COME AND SING CAROLS - As we journey through Advent and prepare our hearts for the coming of Christ at Christmas, we warmly invite you to our Family Come and Sing Carols event on Sunday 7th December at 3pm in the Parish Hall. Gather around the piano to sing favourite carols, with Advent-themed crafts for the children. We’d love it if you could bring a little something festive—like mince pies, cake, or mulled wine—to share. If you play an instrument, you’re welcome to bring it along and join in the music-making. Let us come together as a parish community in joyful anticipation of Christmas. • ‘GAUDETE’ SUNDAY, 14TH DECEMBER – Please remember to bring your crib figures and Nativity sets to Mass on the weekend of 13th and 14th December, when they will be blessed at the end of all Masses. You will also be able to pick up some blessed straw on your way out of Church, for placing in your home Nativity scenes.
IMPORTANT NEWS FROM FR TRISTAN
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June 13, 2026
And proclaim as you go, saying, “The kingdom of heaven is at hand.” Heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse lepers, cast out demons. Liturgically it has certainly been a rather exciting week. Last Sunday we celebrated the solemnity of Corpus Christi, on Friday the solemnity of the Sacred Heart, and indeed I would be remiss without mentioning the memoria of St Barnabas on Thursday! But as we return to the more regular rhythm of the Church’s liturgical calendar in Ordinary Time, perhaps we can pause to reflect on the message in today’s Gospel that the Apostles preached to the lost children of Israel; The kingdom of heaven is at hand. There are many things that one can say about this passage. We know that the kingdom of God is here and yet is not of this world; that it is to be truly experienced in the next life, and yet also fast approaching, as we await the remaking of all things on the last day. In fact, some people have, out of an attempt to appropriate or control what the kingdom of Heaven is all about, either turned it into something worldly and political, or something merely theoretical and metaphorical, thus losing what it really is, a theological reality. Ultimately, the kingdom of God is intimately tied up with Christ’s coming to us. He has come, and He is here, really, truly, substantially, and yet, He shall come again on the last day, and we are told to wait with our lamps full so that we may joyfully enter the coming wedding feast. How are we to readily anticipate the coming of Christ whilst also being in His presence? How do we wait for Christ, whilst in a sense waiting with Him? One of the most profound ways in which we can do this is Eucharistic adoration. In this time in which the Kingdom of Heaven is at hand, Christ’s Eucharistic presence is indeed giving miraculous healing and cleansing effects to many. In Lourdes, it is significant that it is in fact during the Blessed Sacrament procession that the most people are healed rather than at the grotto or the baths, and so how wonderful it was for us to process with Our Lord in His Eucharistic presence last Sunday, bringing Him to the people in our local community! What better way to proclaim that the kingdom of God is at hand than worshipping Him in our streets!  So let us try to be mindful of Our Lord’s Eucharistic presence, as we spend time with Him in the Blessed Sacrament, and as we receive Him in Holy Communion. Perhaps we can try to spend slightly more time before Him in prayer this week, or perhaps we can try to be especially reverent when receiving Him, and if possible, find an extra moment to be with Him in silence, to allow Him to continue to cleanse and cast out whatever prevents us from being closer to Him in our hearts.
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May 30, 2026
“Last week in my homily I referred to the fact that the one thing that characterises our holy religion more than anything is the sheer amount of celebrations we hold - and they continue to come thick and fast! It was a joy to celebrate the Confirmation Mass this year, where Canon Tim and I confirmed 24 of our young people on Pentecost Sunday (for want of a bishop!) On Tuesday, Barnabas and I attended the 30th Anniversary Mass of the ordination of our Diocesan Administrator, Canon Jonathan Martin and then, the next day: The Jubilee Mass to celebrate the 25th, 50th and 60th anniversaries of several of our other priests (including our former parish priest, Fr Raglan!) On top of this, I know that many of you are celebrating anniversaries of marriage too (including a Ruby Anniversary last week!) just as this year's wedding season is beginning, with several new couples pledging their lives to Christ in that beautiful sacrament. In a few weeks’ time we will be celebrating the Sacrament of the Sick here in the Church with those who find it difficult to make it often to Mass, which is always a poignant occasion.  In terms of the liturgical year, as well as the Solemnity of the Most Blessed Trinity today, this month also sees the celebration of the solemnities of Corpus Christ and the Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. To this latter devotion, the whole month of June is traditionally dedicated: praying to Jesus, who though divine, chose to live with us with a heart that is truly human - a heart of flesh, pierced on the Cross - able to identify with us. How much this loving, human presence is verified for us through His touch at all these feasts and sacraments, where he celebrates His Death and Resurrection in us and we in Him through the Spirit! What proof of His abiding love!
PARISH OFFICE NOTICES
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November 20, 2025
The 2026 First Holy Communion programme is now closed and no new applications will be accepted, thank you.
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October 10, 2025
DIOCESAN VACANCY - Communications Officer, part-time, permanent. Salary: £17,500 for 0.5 FTE (Based on a full-time salary of £35,000). Location: Based in Crawley, with hybrid working & travel across the Diocese required. Application deadline: 16 October Interviews: 22 October in Crawley. The successful applicant will produce and edit accurate, well-written online and offline content across diocesan platforms, telling the Church’s story and its contribution to society. The successful candidate will support the Head of Communications in managing the digital and print presence of the diocese, including content management for our website and social platforms and communications for fundraising campaigns. To find out more and to apply, go to the Diocesan website: abdiocese.org.uk/careers/ptcomms
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September 1, 2025
Applications for First Holy Communion are now open. View First Holy Communion page here
Recently members of the Grandparents Group and other members of the parish and friends have been knitting squares which were then sewn together to make blankets for refugees arriving in Greece.
DISCOVERING FAITH IN UNEXPECTED PLACES...
Here within the Parish of St John's Horsham, we are truly blessed to be able to serve a community of faith filled, God loving parishioners. The Holy Spirit is pouring out his blessings in so many different ways. If you would like to get involved, then you may want to attend one of our many group meetings. Visit our Parish Groups section to find out more.
Pope Francis
"From the open heart of the Crucified one, God’s love reaches each one of us. Let us allow His gaze to rest on us. We will understand that we are not alone, but loved, for the Lord does not abandon us and He never, ever forgets us"