Home Our Patron Saint Parish Office Parish News Parish Map Parish History SycamOre Mass Schedule Baptism Children's Liturgy Reconciliation Holy Communion Confirmation Marriage Adult Initiation (R.C.I.A.) Child Protection Organisations Schools R. Challoner Boys School Links Contact Us   St. Matthias, Cheam Common Road, Worcester Park, KT4 8SX. Bus routes: 151, 213, 613, 627, 668, K10, N213 Hello Everyone, You are very much in my prayers at Mass each day. Thank you  for your continued  financial support of our Parish. If you would like our Bank details  please contact me  on 0208 337 1782 or email worcesterpark@rcaos.org.uk You can also make a donation online at: www.justgiving.com/campaign/parishsupport Just remember to add: “I would like my donation to go to St. Matthias, Worcester Park Mass intentions and Events 2nd ~ 7th August 2026 Sat 1st August 06.30pm Confession 5.30pm until 6.00pm People of the Parish FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY Sun 2nd August 09.30am Andy Cukrowski (15th Anniversary) RIP Followed by Teas and Coffees in the Hall EIGHTEENTH SUNDAY 11.15am Richard Belton 5.30pm Ellen Sims and her deceased relatives Wed 5th August 10.00am Requiem Mass for Janet Edwards RIP Feria Thur 6th August 10.00am J Fernandes Birthday Followed by Teas and Coffees in the Hall The Transfiguration of The Lord Fri 7th August 10.00am Deceased Worshippers from St Matthias Followed by Adoration until 11am Feria 07.30pm Tamil Mass Mass intentions and Events 9th August 2026 Sat 8th August 06.30pm Confession 5.30pm until 6.00pm Ronald Mayger RIP FIRST MASS OF SUNDAY Sun 9th August 09.30am People of The Parish Followed by Teas and Coffees in the Hall NINETEENTH SUNDAY 11.15am Melva Bartolo RIP 5.30pm Claire D'Souza RIP (Six Months) THIS WEEK'S YOUTUBE VIDEO: WHY DO CATHOLICS SIT, STAND AND KNEEL DURING MASS? The significance of the rubrics of the Catholic liturgy is explained by Canon David Gibbons. Youtube video BEREAVEMENT MINISTRY TRAINING - SATURDAY 19TH SEPTEMBER. This training on 19th September (9am-5pm) at Aylesford Priory, Kent, equips parishioners to offer sensitive, empathetic support to the bereaved. Contact Barbara Salamonczyk to book: mflbereavement@rcaos.org.uk BAPTISMS Contact Fr. Sean. MARRIAGES The Diocese requests couples to give Fr. Sean at least 6 months notice, especially if they intend to be married outside the Parish. GOODBYE TO FATHER FRANCIS AKONO Thank you to Father Francis  for looking after us. He was very happy to be here and loved the care you showed him. He went to St James the Great in Peckham Rye on Thursday. SUMMERTIME 2026: 11TH AUGUST - 14TH AUGUST: ALTAR SERVERS TRIP TO WESTMINSTER PASTORAL CENTRE, £199. FOR AGED 11-15. We commend this excellent residential trip for altar servers and those who regularly attend mass on the weekend. It is a few days for deepening one's catholic faith, in a great social atmosphere, including football, sports and visit to Thorpe Park. For more details of how to get to the venue, with a coach laid on at St. Anselm's Dartford, see your parish priest for a form,  or contact Fr. Stephen Boyle, chaplain to the Guild of St, Stephen, Dartford@rcaos.org.uk Tel:01322 220075. REQUESTING MASS FOR A PARTICULAR INTENTION It is a long-established and laudable  Catholic custom to ask that Mass be offered for a particular intention. Every Mass is offered for the glory of God a nd the salvation of the world; nevertheless, the priest may also offer  the Mass for a specific intention. In this parish, Mass intentions are usually published in the newsletter. Anyone may request that Mass be offered for a particular intention. Masses are commonly offered for the welfare of an individual or family, in thanksgiving, for a special need, or for the repose of the soul of someone who has died. When requesting a Mass, it is customary to make an offering as a sign of one's particular participation in the offering of the Mass and in support of the Church's ministry. This offering is not a payment for the Mass, and no one is obliged to make one. Please never feel that a Mass  cannot be offered for your intention because of financial difficulty. The grace of the Mass is never bought or sold. Its true price has already been paid for us in the saving death and resurrection of the Lord Jesus. Mass intention envelopes are available at the entrances to the church. ST JOHN DIPLOMA IN SPIRITUAL THEOLOGY AND FORMATION Claritas Spiritual Theology is offering a two-year online Diploma in Spiritual  Theology and Formation, beginning on  Wednesday 16 September 2026. The course may also be followed for personal enrichment without assignments. The course consists of interactive weekly online lectures and discussions of two hours. Notes are provided, and audio recordings are available for those unable to attend live. Further information and registration are available at www.claritas-st.com by email at info@claritasst.com  or by telephone on 07305 159363. ENCYCLICAL LETTER MAGNIFICA HUMANITAS OF HIS HOLINESS POPE LEO XIV ON SAFEGUARDING  THE HUMAN PERSON IN THE TIME OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 15. In the recent Ordinary Jubilee Year of 2025, we walked as pilgrims of hope and were blessed with many graces. Strengthened by these gifts, we  can move forward with confidence to  face the arduous tasks and demanding challenges that lie ahead. In the era of artificial intelligence, when human dignity is threatened by new forms of dehumanization, ours is the pressing duty to remain profoundly human. We must lovingly safeguard the grandeur of humanity bestowed upon us and revealed in its fullness in Christ, the splendor of which no machine can ever replace. True progress always stems from a heart open to others, an intelligence willing  to listen and a will that seeks what unites rather than what separates. 16. I address this heartfelt appeal to all the  Catholic faithful, to all Christians and to all men and women of goodwill. Let us not be afraid to get our hands dirty on the  "construction site" of our time. Like Nehemiah, let us pray, plan wisely and work perseveringly, placing God at the forefront of our actions and the human  person at the center of our choices. Thus, the "rejected stones" — the poor,  the sick, the migrants and the least among us — will become the cornerstone, and a solid, welcoming common home will emerge on the earth, where love and faithfulness will finally meet, and righteousness and peace will embrace  (cf. Ps 85:10). This is the blessing we implore from God; and the task that stands before us is that of being builders of communion,  rather than architects of Babel. We are to be servants of the coming Kingdom, instead of lords of towers destined for ruin. With the heart of a shepherd and a father, I ask everyone to abandon the construction of yet another Tower of Babel and to join forces in building up the common good, so that humanity will never lose its beauty, and the world once again will come to recognize the human heart as the place  where God desires to dwell. Welcome to the Web Site for the Catholic Parish of St. Matthias, Worcester Park, in the Archdiocese of Southwark. atholic community situated on the borders of three Boroughs, Sutton, Kingston, and Epsom & Ewell. It stretches from the A3 in the north to the A24 in the south and includes Worcester Park, Malden Manor, Old Malden, Malden Green, and areas of New Malden, Motspur Park and North Cheam. That area of the Parish in the Borough of Epsom and Ewell is in the Diocese of Arundel & Brighton but served from St. Matthias. Schools in the Parish and local area St. Cecilia's Primary School, London Road, SM3 9HY - 020 8337 4566 Corpus Christi Primary, Chestnut Grove, KT3 3JU - 020 8942 2645 St. Clement's Primary, Fennell's Mead, KT17 1TX - 020 8393 8789 Richard Challoner Secondary Boy's, Manor Drive North, KT3 5PE - 020 8330 5947 The Holy Cross Secondary Girl's, Sandal Road, KT3 5AR - 020 8395 4225