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)
The Restoration of the Tabernacle
The return of the tabernacle that houses the reserved Body of Christ, as depicted in the photos shown here, to a more visible place is an opportunity to revive the practice of genuflection.
This act of bending the knee is an outward bodily sign of our interior attitude; a tangible expression of reverence, worship, and submission before the presence of God.
Read more about the restoration work and the practice of genuflection below.
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
Latest Parish News
Find out the various events and news from the parish and wider community.
The Restoration of the Tabernacle
- December 10, 2025
Congratulations for our First Holy Communion children.
- September 3, 2025
Fr Martin’s view on the passing of the terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
- June 20, 2025
Pastoral Letter on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill
- April 5, 2025
Follow up Letter to Leyton and Wanstead MP regarding the Third Reading of the Terminally Ill Adults
- April 5, 2025
Sunday Evening Mass Time Change
- February 23, 2025
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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?
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.
