Our Lady Immaculate & St Michael with St Teresa of Lisieux

Welcome

Welcome to the Parish of Our Lady Immaculate & St Michael, Battle with St Teresa of Lisieux, Northiam.
We are a small, friendly Catholic Church situated in the heart of the market town of Battle and our sister Church St Teresa of Lisieux, is situated in the beautiful countryside at Horn's Cross, Northiam

THE PARISH OFFICE IS OPEN ON MONDAY & THURSDAY MORNINGS 9.30am - 12.30pm

01424 773125 or email: [email protected]

TO CONTACT FR RICHARD DIRECTLY CALL: 07721 397895

or email: [email protected]

PUBLIC MASSES CONTINUE AS USUAL AT WEEKENDS (Battle & Northiam)

AND WEEKDAYS (Battle only)

MASS TIMES

6pm SATURDAY - BATTLE

9.00am SUNDAY - NORTHIAM

10.45am SUNDAY - BATTLE

NO MASS MONDAYS

6pm TUESDAY - BATTLE

10am WEDNESDAY - BATTLE

6am THURSDAY - BATTLE

10am FRIDAY - BATTLE

IF YOU ARE IN REAL NEED OF A PRIEST AT THIS TIME PLEASE RING

FR RICHARD BLYTHEN ON 07721 397895

OR E-MAIL [email protected]

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Our Lady Immaculate & St Michael Church

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St Teresa of Lisieux church

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Bishop Richard's Coat of Arms

Battle Church interior

Thought for the week

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Bishop Richard's Reflection for The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Bishop Richard's Video Podcast for The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Dear brothers and sisters,Our celebration of Holy Week draws ever closer – next Sunday will be Palm Sunday – and this week’s readings at Mass enable us to reflect on the wonder of the Resurrection. Ezekiel speaks of the new life that is found when the people of Israel are restored to the promised land. Their experience of death has been that of exile – life for them is a return home to the place where they can breathe freely and live freely. We might reflect, as we hear these words, that there are so many people across our world today who – as refugees, exiles, asylum seekers – desire their homeland, the place where rest and peace should be found. May our prayer and reflection drive us to action to support and care for those driven from their homelands. The lament of Psalm 129 – the De Profundis – expresses the yearning that seeks the Lord, and the forgiveness that only He can give. In this Lenten Season, we must be like the watchman, looking out for the Lord, seeking Him with all our hearts, that we may know forgiveness and peace. We hear in this week’s Gospel, the account of Lazarus rising from the dead. Mary’s faith in Jesus – “I know he will rise again at the Resurrection on the last day” – is fulfilled there and then as Lazarus is raised from the dead. Jesus is alive and active in our lives too. His death and Resurrection is life for us, both here and now and in the world to come. St Paul expresses this in the clearest terms – “the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you.” We are people of the Resurrection right now. That life that enables us to live freely, to be open to the Lord who brings us forgiveness and new life. Our call is to bring that message of new life to our brothers and sisters. As we prepare to celebrate the death and Resurrection of Christ, let us put behind us – through the celebration of the Sacrament of Penance – all that would keep us from living this life that is within us, all that would prevent us from proclaiming the Resurrection to the world. With every blessing,+R

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Bishop Richard's Reflection for 26th March 2023 - The Fifth Sunday of Lent

Contact details

14 Mount Street
Battle
East Sussex
TN33 0EG

Tel: 01424 773125

PARISH PRIEST: FR RICHARD BLYTHEN

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Doucegrove Lane
Hastings Road, Horns Cross
Northiam, East Sussex,
TN31 6JQ

Tel: 01424 773125

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Canon Paul Jennings

01424 773125