Welcome to
Our Lady Of Lourdes

Wanstead

Welcome to the rich and diverse parish community of Our Lady of Lourdes, Wanstead. We hope that this will be a spiritual home of faith and hope for you; a sanctuary where everyone can encounter Christ, grow in the life of grace and know that they are loved and forgiven.

Bishop Thomas McMahon RIP
(1936 -2025)

Bishop of Brentwood 1980 – 2014
 
During the past week, Bishop Thomas McMahon died. May he rest in peace and rise in glory.
 
Please keep him in your prayers:
Grant, we pray, Almighty God, that the soul of your departed servant Bishop Thomas, to whom you committed the care of your family, may, with the manifold fruit of his labours, enter into the eternal gladness of his Lord. Who lives and reigns for ever & ever. Amen.
 
For more information about Bishop Thomas’s life of service go to: www.dioceseofbrentwood.net 
 
Details of services for Bishop Thomas McMahon RIP:
 
Sunday 14th December
Reception of the Body of Bishop Thomas McMahon into Our Lady and St Joseph, Mill Road, Stock at 4.00 p.m.
With Mass for the repose of his soul celebrated by Bishop Alan Williams
 
Monday 15th December
Reception of the body of Bishop Thomas McMahon into Brentwood Cathedral.
Solemn Vespers at 5.00 p.m.
 
Tuesday 16th December
11.30 a.m. Requiem Mass for Bishop Thomas McMahon at Brentwood Cathedral.

 

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The Late Anthony John Peace

Former MC at Our Lady of Lourdes
Reception into Our Lady of Lourdes  church on 11th August 2025 at 5pm. Requiem Mass to be celebrated on 12th August 2025 at 10.30am. Burial at St Patricks cemetery at 12.30 pm

Link to live streaming of Funeral Mass:  https://www.shealolin.co.uk/anthony-peace
 
The link is available for 30 days. Downloads are not possible – only viewing.
 
The Order of Service is also available on the page.
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We welcome Dario Bajraktari and Josip Krešo, two seminarians from Croatia. We pray that their month staying with us in the parish is happy and blessed.
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Upcoming funerals

Please note the upcoming funerals and remember these parishioners and their families in your prayers:

  • Mark Rokoszynski – Friday 5th September at 10.30 a.m.
  • Daphne May Johnson – Monday 8th September at 10.00 a.m.
  • Eileen Doswell – Tuesday 16th September at 10.30 a.m.
  • Tharayakkattu Varghese Samuel – Thursday 18th September at 10.30

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Journey in Faith

Have you been worshiping with us, but never taken the step to become Catholic? Have you drifted away from the Church, and have now returned, but want to know more? Are you a baptised Catholic, but never received the Sacraments of Confirmation and/or the Eucharist? Have you joined us from a different religious background or no religious background and would like to find out more about the Jesus?

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The History of the Parish

Discover a brief History of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Wanstead. From the creation of a Mission in 1849 to the thriving catholic community that makes up the parish today.