Southampton City Centre Catholic Parish

CAFOD Year of Jubilee Icon on Display in our Parish October 11-19-We are delighted to welcome the CAFOD Year of Jubilee Icon our Parish and warmly invite parishioners from ALL churches to join us for a special week of prayer, reflection, and community. The icon will arrive at St Edmund’s Church on Saturday 11 October and remain until 4pm. The icon will then be at St Joseph's from 4pm on 11 October until 2pm on Sunday 12 October. It then returns to St Edmund's and remains there until 19 October. St Edmund’s Church will be open daily from 9am to 8pm — including Sundays. There will be confessions, Mass and Adoration at our usual times. Activities include prayer, reflection, and refreshments for pilgrims, plus soup lunch on Saturday the 11, in St Edmund’s hall. St Edmund's Church will be open 9 am to 8 pm each day, including Sundays. Mass, Confessions and Adoration usual times. Welcomers & Helpers wanted throughout the week. Donations of cakes etc welcome. All funds raised for CAFOD Harvest Appeal. For more detail see Calendar of Events https://tinyurl.com/jubilee-soton Or contact Marina mjoyce@portsmouthdiocese.org.uk

Our Lady of the Rosary of La Navál de Manila- Next month, during the Month of the Holy Rosary (October), a special devotional initiative will take place at the side altar of Our Lady in St. Edmund’s Church. A petition book will be available for parishioners to write their personal intentions to Our Lady of the Rosary of La Navál de Manila, a Marian title especially venerated in the Philippines and among seafarers. Given Southampton’s own deep maritime heritage, this devotion holds particular meaning. Once the book has been prayerfully filled with intentions, it will be sent to the National Shrine of Our Lady of La Navál in Quezon City, where Dominican brothers and religious will offer prayers for all the intentions submitted.

A framed picture of the miraculous image of Our Lady of La Navál will be placed at the side altar for the duration of the month, along with prayer cards and booklets to aid in personal devotion. These include prayers for the sick, for expectant mothers, and for those at sea—reflecting miracles historically attributed to Our Lady under this title. All are warmly invited to take part in this beautiful opportunity to grow in Marian devotion and entrust their intentions to Our Blessed Mother.

St Francis of Assisi- On Saturday 4th October 2025, the 11am mass at St Edmund's Church in Southampton will be an occasion to join in these international celebrations of the Canticle of the Creatures as an accumulation and culmination of various activities before the mass itself:

• praying the St Francis Novena from 25 September until 3 October www.praymorenovenas.com/st-francis-assisi-novena 

• reading books containing St Francis of Assisi's own texts (you can request PDF copies - for fair use only -  from the email address ssstaycoool@gmail.com - see a short reading list below!)

• watching films (and video clips from them) dedicated to this saint by film directors like Roberto Rossellini, Michael Curtiz, Franco Zeffirelli, Liliana Cavani, Michele Soavi, Fabrizio Costa, Renaud Fely, and Arnaud Louvet

• For more a wonderful website that our parishioner designed, please click here.

Fully escorted Pilgrimage to Knock Shrine, Ireland, celebrating the feast of St. Patrick.  14th March 2022.  £699.00 per person sharing.  Price includes flight with 10kg hand luggage, all transfers, 4 nights’ in Knock House Hotel with full board.  All entertainment and excursions included.  Lunches on days out.  Wheelchair accessible rooms.  Single room supplement £100.  Contact Patricia on 01268 762 278 or 07740 175557 or email knockpilgrimages@gmail.com.  Knock Pilgrimages is a member of the Travel Trust Association and is fully protected by ATOL T7613. For more details, please contact the vendor directly and not the Parish office.