ST JOHN THE EVANGELIST

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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.

Pope Leo XIV appoints Fr Stephen Wang as new Bishop of Arundel and Brighton

By Emma Martin • July 2, 2026
Rector of the Venerable English College in Rome succeeds Archbishop Richard Moth as the Sixth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.

GIFT AID BOXES FOR THE 2026/2027 TAX YEAR

By Webmaster • 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.

Car Park Renewals 25/26

By Webmaster • 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.

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2026

By Webmaster • 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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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 Tristan 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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  LIVE MASS & SERVICE SCHEDULE

  • Week Day Mass

    20th July – Monday, St Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial)

    12:00 noon Mass - Roma Tomaszewska RIP & Alfonso and Jackie O'Gorman RIP

    2:00 pm Mass for St John’s Primary School Leavers

     

    21st July – Tuesday, St Lawrence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor

    7:30 am Mass - Intentions of the McDonogh and Austin Families

    10:30 am to 3:00 pm – Adoration


    22nd July – Wednesday, St Mary Magdalene (Feast)

    NO MASS

    (12:00 noon - Mass at Our Lady of Consolation and St Francis, 

    West Grinstead)

    NO POLISH ADORATION

    NO POLISH MASS


  • Week End Mass

    18th July – Saturday, Our Lady on Saturday

    10:00 am Mass - Norah Hart RIP

    Followed by Confession, Adoration & Benediction

    3:30pm - Silent Prayer 

    (Meet upstairs in the Parish Hall for refreshments, input then into the Church for silent prayer) 

    5:15 pm to 5:45 pm - Confession

    6:00 pm Vigil Mass - Paulose Vithayathil RIP and Devassy Kallrackal RIP


    19th July – Sixteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    9:15 am Mass - Intentions of Gerry Hannan

    11:15 am Mass - Pro Populo

    1:45 pm - Polish Mass

    2:45 pm - Syro-Malabar Rite Mass

    NO ITALIAN MASS


    25th July – Saturday, St James, Apostle (Feast)

    10:00 am Mass - Intentions for Bennett

    Followed by Confession, Adoration & Benediction

    2:30 pm - Knanaya Mission Mass

    5:15 pm to 5:45 pm - Confession

    6:00 pm Vigil Mass - In Thanksgiving


    26th July – Seventeenth Sunday in Ordinary Time

    9:15 am Mass - David Brown RIP (First Anniversary)

    11:15 am Mass - Pro Populo

    1:45 pm - Polish Mass

    NO ITALIAN MASS

PARISH NEWS HIGHLIGHTS

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SILENT PRAYER

By Webmaster • 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.

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY, SUNDAY 18TH TO SUNDAY 25TH JANUARY

By Webmaster • 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.

ADVENT IS HERE!

By Webmaster • 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

Pope Leo XIV appoints Fr Stephen Wang as new Bishop of Arundel and Brighton

By Emma Martin • July 2, 2026
Rector of the Venerable English College in Rome succeeds Archbishop Richard Moth as the Sixth Bishop of Arundel and Brighton.

OUR VISITING SEMINARIAN, BARNABAS, WRITES - 28th June

By Webmaster • June 29, 2026
On today’s feast, we celebrate two of the greatest figures of the Church - St Peter, our first pope, the rock upon which Christ builds his Church, and St Paul, the great proclaimer of the Gospel and establisher of so many churches. The fact that both men struggled with significant weakness and had fallen short of the exhortations of the Gospel is a great source of comfort to us. Through their example, we ourselves know that Christ calls us to mission in the midst of our own struggles and brokenness. Moreover, these imperfect men were chosen specifically to demonstrate that the gates of Hell will not prevail against the Church. No matter the times we are in, no matter the weaknesses, difficulties, and yes, sins we encounter in the Church and in ourselves, Christ assures us that the ship will not sink, that all will not be lost, that the Lord will triumph - in fact, He already has! This impresses on us all the more how essential it is that, no matter what our frustrations may be, we must remain in unity with the See of Peter under the Holy Father, not merely in a cold, legalistic way but in a positive affirmation that, amidst it all, we are called to live out our vocations in union with his. At times this can be a bit of a challenge, when we face divisions and difficulties in the Church, and when we know that there are so many Christians whom we love, benefit from and respect who are not in full communion with the See of Peter. But in preaching the beauty of the gift that the Papacy is for the Church, we can hopefully encourage others to also receive that gift and continue to pray for them and walk with them with loving patience. I am particularly mindful of this today, as I go to St Peter’s for the Pallium Mass, in which Archbishop Richard Moth and other recently appointed Archbishops will receive the Pallium from Pope Leo. The Pallium (the word coming from the Latin for ‘mantle’ or ‘cloak’) is an ancient sign of the Pope’s authority, which Archbishops wear to indicate their participation in that authority, and indeed their unity with it. This isn’t something that merely constrains bishops to ‘toe the line’ as one would expect from a secular institution; instead, it is ultimately a gift that leads to a great spiritual freedom, as it means that their authority to bind and loose is the same authority granted to the Apostles in union with Peter, giving them the great confidence that they are indeed appointed by the Church, and therefore sent by God to be a part of His great mission.  Much as I love being back with my brethren at the seminary, it is with a heavy heart that I have left Horsham. I’ll be keeping you all in my prayers as I brave the heat in the Eternal City, and I’ll raise an Aperol Spritz in your honour. God bless you, and happy Solemnity!

PARISH OFFICE NOTICES

FIRST HOLY COMMUNION 2026

By Webmaster • November 20, 2025
The 2026 First Holy Communion programme is now closed and no new applications will be accepted, thank you.

First Holy Communion and Confirmation Programmes 2026

By Webmaster • September 1, 2025
Applications for First Holy Communion are now open. View First Holy Communion page here

Synod 2021 – 2023: Parish Report

By Webmaster • February 2, 2022
Our parish Synod meetings have now been completed. The feedback report which is currently being submitted to the Diocese can be seen below! Thank you so much for you prayers, efforts and contributions to our Synodal journey.

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. 

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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.


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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"