Lent 2021

Ash Wednesday

Ash Wednesday (the first day of Lent) falls on 17^th February this year and there will be a Mass in church (also streamed on Zoom) at 8.00 pm that evening. For those who attend, the giving of ashes will take place, but in a slightly different way to usual.

Parish Lent Groups

This year our Lent groups will take place online via zoom. On Tuesday evenings at 8:15 we will be looking at sister Wendy Beckett’s short book on prayer. Apart from being very well known because of her programmes about art on television, Sister Wendy lived an enclosed life of prayer near a convent in a remote part of Norfolk for many years. Her book is the fruits of the insights she gained, and it is at the same time very readable and very profound. It is not necessary to have a copy of this book to be part of the group but each week there will be suggested pages to read if you would like to come better prepared for the discussion. If you would like a copy of this book please let Fr. Patrick or Irena know. On Thursday evenings Holy Innocents will be running an online series in which various people, including two former Pastoral Assistants in our group of parishes, will speak about the religious life. Further details will follow next week.

Lent Appeal

The 2021 Diocese of London Lent Appeal will focus on youth violence which is sadly very prevalent in London. It typically involves young people, some as young as 10, hurting peers who are unrelated to them and who they may or may not know well.

Obviously we cannot raise money in the usual way through soup donations, so if you would like to support this work please put any cash or cheques (payable to Holy Trinity PCC) in a separate envelope marked Lent Appeal and leave them in the collection plate at church or send them to the Vicarage. Thank you.

For details of the charities benefitting go to www.london.anglican.org/lentappeal2021