St Francis Christmas Bazaar
This year’s Christmas Bazaar will take place on Saturday 26th November 2011.
click here to see a slideshow of last year’s Christmas Bazaar
Welcome from Fr. Michael Johnston
As the Parish Priest of St. Francis of Assisi Church may I welcome you to our parish website and thank you for your interest. We are a large parish of over 1100 regular worshippers situated in the Notting Hill part of London. Our congregation is made up of young and old represented by about 60 different nationalities.
This makes for a lively, diverse and enriched community. In 2010 we celebrate 150 years of our parish with its beautiful Church and cloister dedicated to St. Francis of Assisi.We are always open and ready to welcome newcomers to our Church, to the varied Liturgies; to the various groups and organisations or to just quietly drop in for quiet prayer as you pass by.
This website will I hope tell you something about the life of our parish, but we would be even more pleased to welcome you to our Community and to walk with us in your journey of faith. As a parish we never forget that we exist in order to share the Good News of Jesus Christ.
As He said:- “Come and See”. You are most welcome.
God Bless You.
Fr. Michael
Ascension of the Lord - 20th May 2012
Fr. Michael writes: Today we celebrate the glorious Ascension of Christ our Saviour into heaven. It is not a day for sadness or narrowness. It is a day for joy and openness. It is a day for renewing our hope in the goal towards which Christ leads us, namely a share in his own glory in the Father’s kingdom. We know nothing of the mystery of the beyond. We have no maps of the other side. All we have is the Word of God and it is that which assures us of its existence. He has gone before us and for the time being a “cloud” hides him from our view. But he has told us that where he is now we shall one day be. On the strength of that word, let us go forward in joyful hope. Ascension of Our Lord