St Nicholas of Tolentino RC Church

STOP PRESS 27/03/2020

[1]  POPE FRANCIS LED THE GLOBAL CHURCH THIS EVENING IN  PRAYER AND BLESSING FOR THE WORLD AFFLICTED BY THE CORONAVIRUS – LET US EMBRACE THE WORLD WITH PRAYER AND LOVE – you can read his words, his preaching, under the heading ‘REFLECTIONS’

[2]    FOODBANK – URGENT REQUEST    Firstly THANK YOU! to all who have and are supporting our Foodbank and Destitution Fund. You are helping us respond to the significant increase in demand for our Parish Foodbank since the Emergency. We do need supplies of EVERYTHING – primarily non-perishable foods and drinks in tins and packets. Please ring the door bell at the Parish Office Door (old Presbytery door) at the Assisi Centre to drop off any contributions.

What kind of things? Long-life milk and juices, small jars of coffee, tins of meat, fish, vegetables, tinned tomatoes baked beans, soups, custard and fruit; packets of rice, pasta, cereals; jars of pasta sauce, ketchup, mayonaise, packet soups; toilet rolls, bars of soap, toothpaste, and other toiletries.

You are helping us to meet a vital need, making practical in these difficult times ‘love of our neighbour’ and ‘God’s Option for the Poor’. Please be as generous as you can. Thank you in the name of all whom we are serving.

[3]    Due to technical difficulties broadcasting Mass from St Nick’s Church is unreliable, so for the time being I am now broadcasting Mass from the Prayer Room in the Presbytery. Please join us at 6.00pm Monday to Friday, 12noon on Saturdays and 10am on Sundays. I will also be offering on Facebook prayerful reflections and talks Monday to Friday at 10.30am and Saturdays at 6.00pm, with Stations of the Cross on Sundays in Lent at 6.00pm 

Welcome to St Nick’s, Bristol

PRAY MOST ESPECIALLY  FOR THE SICK AND FOR ALL HEALTH CARE WORKERS.

MEANWHILE PLEASE PRAY FOR OUR NATION AND SUPPORT ONE ANOTHER, ESPECIALLY OUR ELDERLY AND MOST VULNERABLE. LET US ALSO EXPLORE HOW WE CAN EFFECTIVELY SUPPORT OUR LOCAL COMMUNITIES AND NEIGHBOURHOODS – LET THE LIGHT OF CHRIST’S COMPASSION AND LOVE SHINE THROUGH US AND GIVE THE GLORY TO GOD!

Whether this is your first time to our Church family, or you have been coming here for many years – all are very welcome to be part of this wonderfully multi-cultural and diverse community of faith and friendship.
This parish has been witnessing to Christ and serving the people of this part of Bristol since 1848.  

We are a ‘Communion of Communities in Mission’ with more than 60 nationalities who gather each Sunday at 10am to celebrate God’s great Love for the world in our Mass.

Our commitment is to be a people at the service of the poor, both locally and globally; to be a community of warmth and welcome; to be a community of healing and hope. We are committed to work for the unity of the Church with our brothers and sisters of other Christian traditions, sharing mission and worship together; and to seek to build a fellowship of all believers among the many world faiths in our area.

In other words, we have long been seeking to grow as the kind of community that Pope Francis envisages in his Letter ‘Joy in the Gospel’

All are welcome
Sunday Mass – 10:00am

First Sunday of the Month at 3pm – Mass for people with special needs with the Clifton Catholic Fellowship

Second Sunday of the Month at 3pm – Signed Mass with the Deaf Community

Third Sunday of the Month at 3pm – LGBT+ Mass

THE ABOVE ACTS OF PUBLIC WORSHIP ARE CANCELLED UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE BECAUSE OF THE COVID-19 VIRUS BY ORDER OF THE BISHOPS OF ENGLAND AND WALES

Summer Mass Times are subject to change. Please check Mass Times