Welcome to the parish of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary
COVID-19 continues to affect our lives and the way we are permitted to gather. To ensure we remain a Covid safe environment please play your part and remember:-
WASH
your
HANDS
COVER
your
FACE
KEEP
your
DISTANCE
Live Daily Mass
You can watch/join a daily Mass from Sacred Hearts at various times through out the week. Please click on the scheduled mass below that you want to join.
Mass time change
Starting on Thursday 5th November the evening mass on Thursdays will be celebrated at 6pm
10.30am Sunday & Weekdays
7pm Thursdays (ONLY)
5.30pm Saturdays (ONLY)
8:15am Sundays (ONLY)
Lord Jesus, I believe that you are present in the Holy Sacrament of the altar.
I love you above all things, and I passionately desire to receive you into my soul.
Since I cannot now receive you sacramentally, come spiritually into my heart,
so that I may unite myself wholly to you, now and forever. Amen
Offertory – You can make a donation to Sacred Hearts parish in this testing time by using the ‘Donate’ button below.
It will accept PayPal and all Debit and Credit cards.
Alternatively
1. click HERE and download a standing order form and post it back to the parish signed and completed or
2. Any envelopes can be put through the presbytery door
As part of the NHS Track and Trace requiremnets you will be asked to provide your contact details when you come into the church alternatively you scan the QR code at the entrance or complete the online form below
Other downloads include the Guidance Procedures when coming into the church →
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Track, Trace and Test information - supporting the NHS
Parish life
Readings for Today
Find the reading and prayers for the day for reflection
Safeguarding
Being loved and being kept safe go to the very core of the Church’s Ministry
Parish Hall
A large hall with a stage, lounge/bar, committee room and kitchen
Clifton Youth Ministry
Opportunities to further Your involvement in the Catholic Church
Our Film Society
Charlton Kings Film Society is delighted to introduce its 4th season.
Squash and Racket Ball Club
the valuable benefits of membership, which is open to the public.
THE CHURCH CAPACITY IS 70 PEOPLE
The Sunday obligation has not been re-instated.
The vulnerable should carefully consider the wisdom of returning to Mass too soon. They are not obliged to do so. Those who are able are encouraged to gather on a weekday rather than a Saturday evening or Sunday, to release the pressure on weekend Masses.
OPENING TIMES: The church will be open 30 minutes before the scheduled mass time. The church will close at the end of mass with the distribution of Holy Communion
At the end of each mass the stewards/welcomers will wipe down all the surfaces.
FACE COVERINGS
Face coverings are now mandatory in ALL Places of Worship
All those who are attending churches must wear a face covering unless they are exempt from doing so. This is for the good of all who gather in the Church for Mass as it is an enclosed public space where there are people from differing households who they do not normally meet. Priests in the sanctuary providing they are sufficiently distant (2m or more) from the congregation do not need to wear a face covering except when distributing Holy Communion.
HOLY COMMUNION:
will be given silently in the hand only, with the communicant standing, and avoiding any physical contact. When you approach the priest or minister of Holy Communion please have your arms at “full stretch” so that there is a good distance between the priest and the communicant. Your hands, palms upwards, one of top of the other, should be extended as flatly as possible. The communicant should unloop their face covering and consume the Sacred Host and then replace the face covering before leaving the church, remembering to place your offering in the collection basket and sanitise your hands. Thank you for your co-operation
Anointing of the sick
If you know you are going into hospital, please ensure that you are anointed before you go in, as visits to hospitals have been severely restricted.
ANY and ALL requests for visits within the hospital at this time must go through the Chaplaincy office at the hospital (and not directly to your parish priest)
In an emergency
It is important that on admission to hospital, a patient (or his/her carers) inform the admission staff that they are Catholic. The hospital will not ask for this information, it is up to the patient to make it known and to make sure that a note is made. As of September 2018, Gloucester NHS no longer employ a catholic chaplain. In an emergency, please ask the nursing staff to contact the Chaplaincy Office at the hospital
or
Please ring 03004 222 222 and ask for the on-call Catholic Chaplain.
If you need a priest, other than for the hospital, and you can’t contact the parish priest at Sacred Hearts please contact the Cheltenham Dean at St Gregory the Great, 10 St James Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR, on 01242 523737
The Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary is a thriving parish community in Charlton Kings, Cheltenham. We look forward to meeting and celebrating the word of the Lord with you at Mass or at one of our many parish events.
Here at Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, Charlton Kings we strive to be a family-friendly community, where sincere affection, patience, tolerance and mutual respect be freely given to all.
COVID19
Due to the need to stop the spread of COVID-19 and to remain safe the squash courts will remain closed until further notice. The parish hall is closed to ALL hirers at this time.
Parish Office
The advice remains the same – that we should keep apart at least 2metre where possible, where this is not possible we have 1metre+ protocols in place which requires the wearing of masks which includes, when you come to the presbytery or parish office.
The parish office is now open for a limited period on Mondays, Thursdays and Fridays between 10am and 11.30am
To contact Fr Mark please ring 01242 524932 and leave a message on the answerphone or alternatively CLICK HERE to send an email.
Sacred Hearts parish is always welcoming new people and encouraging them to get involved in one of the many ministries within the parish – as a community we are called to accept the invitation to come to faith in Jesus, to love and serve one another
Please download the parish census form, complete it and return it to the parish office.
New to the parish (Form)
Information provided on this form, together with all other personal data held by the Parish and the Clifton Diocese, is processed in accordance with the Diocese’s Privacy Notice; which is available at https://cliftondiocese.com/privacy-notice
or from the Parish Office.
Maintaining things as they are does not transform and change people’s lives – getting involved in parish life will help to do that!
October is the Month of the Holy Rosary
Join with Fr Mark and pray one of the four different sets of Mysteries during the month
After the initial prayers, he leads the first half of each prayer, for you to pray the second half
Glorious Mysteries
Sundays and Wednesdays
Joyful Mysteries
Mondays and Saturdays
Sorrowful Mysteries
Tuesdays and Fridays
Luminous Mysteries
Thursday
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The Rosary Whirlwind Mission for October culminates in the National Rosary relay Rally across the Dioceses of the British Isles on Saturday 31st October.
The designated hour for the Diocese of Clifton is from 1pm to 2pm. This will be streamed live on this website.
October Rosary Whirlwind Mission for October is going from strength to strength.
- An amazing 200-300 participating every evening in our Evening 8pm Rosary around the British Isles.
- Our 13 October Fatima Whirlwind covered the British Isles in Rosaries.
- Now we begin plans for our All Hallows Eve Rosary Rally from 9.00am-9.00pm as Rosary Holy Hours travel around our Dioceses across our nations.
Intentions – for Faith, Life and Peace to prevail in our Nations
Our Refuge for these times are the Sacred Heart of Jesus and the Immaculate Heart of Mary.
- Praying for the spiritual well-being of the British Isles and for its preservation from decadence, adversity and war, in these days when our nations seem so beset by violence and lawlessness.
- Praying also for our Church and Gospel vision, which are under increasing challenge and attack: our faith undermined by an aggressively secular culture; the sanctity of life assailed; and peace fracturing everywhere.
- Praying for our Isles, for the conversion of our peoples and for their protected from evil, danger and sickness.
- Praying for the deliverance of our Isles from the cover-19 global pandemic.
If Covid-19 pandemic is to be defeated …. we need a strong united spiritual response in prayer!
Let’s do it!
Our Lady of Walsingham, pray for us
Our Lady of the Rosary, pray for us.
In JESUS we TRUST.
Your #OnlineSafetyAtHome pack is now available for you to download, containing new activities for parents and carers to use at home! Access them by clicking the image above:
You can also access the new guidance for parents and carers designed to help them manage some of the key challenges they are telling us about in our survey.
Translated versions of our remaining packs will be available later this week.
CHURCHES & CHAPELS IN CHELTENHAM
Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Moorend Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham, GL53 9AU
Nazareth House
London Road, Charlton Kings, Cheltenham GL52 6YJ
PLEASE NOTE: Nazareth House remains closed to ALL visitors which includes the Chapel until further notice.
St Gregory the Great,
10 St James Square, Cheltenham, GL50 3PR
St Thomas More,
Princess Elizabeth Way, Cheltenham, GL51 7RA
For mass times at the other churches in Cheltenham please visit their website: St Gregory the Great or St Thomas More