St John the Evangelist Catholic Church, Bath.

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Welcome to stjohnsrcbath.org.uk, web presence of St John the Evangelist Catholic Church


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Our large Parish Hall is available for hire, includes kitchen facilities. Full details & contacts here.

image: photo: 2010 Christmas Fayre, St John the Evangelist Church

photo: of Parish Ramble
Bath Deanery Newsletter, click here (PDF) for latest one.

Festival Choir
current programme, click here.

Parish AGM Minutes 2011 and 2010 Financial report click here (PDFs).

 

The Catholic Church of St John the Evangelist is located in the centre of Bath on South Parade. Established 1861; consecrated Oct 6th, 1863, the church and parish has a strong history. It is currently served by Fr David Ryan (to contact him click here) and Attached Priest Rev Peter Cornwell.

Two schools are attached to St.John's - St.John's Catholic Primary School, and St Gregory's Catholic College; as well as a Convent - La Sainte Union des Sacrés Coeurs (LSU).

For Mass times at St Johns and other Bath churches click here for details .

The parish priest, parish pastoral council, groups, and individual members of the parish organise various events throughout the year; including speakers on topical issues, retreats, and social occasions. Details of these are published here as they become available. For the latest Newsletter, click here (PDF, you can get Adobe Reader here).


A summary of all future parish events is here. First Holy Communion 2012 dates - The schedule of meetings are available, click here (PDF) or contact the office The programme of meetings are already underway.


Miscellaneous...

The season of Easter - what did you do to celebrate Easter? Some parishioners spent Holy Week on pilgrimage with Northern Cross, the story of their walk is told via the website and Twitter feed. Student Cross is a similar event. Why not go next Easter?

The Circuit of Bath Walk: those who sponsored Mauro Farina to walk on 26 September raised over £90, which goes to support the work of the Julian House nightshelter and outreach for the homeless. Thankyou!

Photos & report from Fr David's Induction Mass (Sat 8th October) and reception after are here. Meanwhile, the Photos & report from Fr Tom Gunning's Farewell Mass & Party (Sat 3 September) are here. Thanks to everyone who assisted with both events. See Bath Chronicle article here. Fr Tom has moved to a new post at the Immaculate Conception, Stroud, and we wish him well for settling there.

General parish information, and a special Easter message from Fr David are all available in a single document... see programme [PDF] here for full details.

Please fill in the Parish Census (click here,PDF) and return it if you haven't already done so. Thanks! Fr.Peter's published homilies & talks can all be accessed here (PDFs).


Polish Masses are usually held on the 1st and 3rd Sundays of every month at 12.30pm - come and meet the community.

Weddings & Baptisms - for enquiries, please see Fr David at the end of week-end Masses.


The Parish Pastoral Council role and members are described on this page; click here.

Bangkok Floods - one of our parishioners recently returned and has written an article reflecting on the disastrous ongoing impact of these, titled "Is it an ecological disaster in the making?" You can read more here... (PDF)

The peregrine falcons on the tower hatched 4 young this year. Last year they had 3 (photos of the 2011 chicks here) In 2010, they featured in a BBC film [InsideOutWest, 1 Nov 2010 see report, article and clip here about the 4 chicks that year, & older article here.

What you missed... see the full Parish Diary of previous events here>>

....the Lenten Lunchtime Talk series, each Monday in Lent led by Fr Peter Cornwell, on “Why get saved?” and also "...From What?" , ..."and For What?" More details here.

....the Quiz Night on 24 February was a great success and raised a good amount for funds too.

...the annual Deanery Pancake Party on 21 February was a good evening. The children were in fits of laughter watching the entertainer's show!

...the Parish Christmas Fayre on 20 November was a great success. Many enjoyed the raffle, tombola, children's activities, crafts, toys, cards, Christmas gifts, Cakes, & much more. Over £1,400 was raised. Thanks to all who involved, organised, helped and came.

....the Advent talk by Fr Nick King on "Why does Advent matter?" on 26 November and the Saturday evening "Seeking God" sequence (details here).

....the latest Parish Walk on 23 October- across to Rainbow Woods (photos of previous walks are here)

...the Parish Barn Dance on 23 September at St Gregory's, a great social evening & raised a good amount of money too. Thanks to the organisers.

...the 'One Year on' Lecture by Ann Widdecombe on 21 September, reflecting upon the impact and legacy of the Pope's historic visit (details here).

...the Parish Picnic on Sun 3 July in Parade Gardens - a lovely time with pleasant company.