Standard Mass Times
Please see our latest Newsletter for any changes to this week’s Masses.
Saturdays English Martyrs Chard
9am Praying the Rosary,
9:30am Mass followed directly by Confessions
5:00pm Vigil Mass* St Joesph lminster
Sundays English Martyrs Chard
11am Mass,
3pm Holy Hour (led by Eucharistic minister)
Weekday Masses
Mondays English Martyrs Chard 9am
Tuesdays English Martyrs Chard 6pm
Wednesdays St Joesph lminster 10am
Thursdays No Mass
Fridays English Martyrs Chard 6pm
Holy Communion at Home
If you are housebound or unable to attend Mass due to illness, you may be able to receive Holy Communion at home. Please contact Maggie in the Parish Office on 07483 120603 and leave a brief message if there is no answer.chard.englishmartyrs@cliftondiocese.com
Join our Sunday Coffee Team
Could you help with Sunday coffee after Mass? Some of our regular volunteers have stepped down, so we’re looking for a few more people to join the rota.
It only takes about 30 minutes: setting out mugs, serving tea and coffee, and washing up. Even helping once or twice a year would make a real difference. Please add your name to the list on the serving hatch. Thank you!
Up coming Solemnities
June 24 The Nativity of St John the Baptist
Full List Celebration of Mass on Feast Days and Holy Days of Obligation that fall on weekdays 2026
Notices
Sea Sunday: 12 July 2026
Seafarers and fishers play a vital role in all our lives, but they often work in difficult and dangerous conditions. Conflicts around the world are increasing risks to their safety. Many also face abandonment by employers, long separations from family, stress, and poor mental health.
Stella Maris is the maritime charity of the Catholic Church. Its chaplains and ship visitors provide practical help and pastoral care to seafarers and fishers in the UK and around the world.
Sea Sunday this year is on Sunday 12th July. It is when the Church prays for all those who live and work at sea, and for the ministry of Stella Maris. Please join in Sea Sunday in your parish this year and pray for seafarers, fishers, and their families.
You can find out more about this year's Sea Sunday by visiting
www.stellamaris.org.uk/seasunday
Your support will make a big difference to seafarers and fishers in need so you can donate by visiting
www.stellamaris.org.uk/donate or by texting ‘SEA’ to 70460 to donate £5. This collection is vital to enable Stella Maris to continue its important work. Thank you.
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Caring for seafarers in crisis
Recent geopolitical tensions have put the plight of seafarers in the headlines.
The disruption to shipping in the Strait of Hormuz resulted in an estimated 20,000 seafarers stranded on board ships, facing heightened risk and considerable mental strain. Sadly, several have also been killed.
Seafarers are increasingly finding themselves working in areas of conflict, far from home and uncertain about the future. Caught in the crossfire, many are fearful, anxious and lose hope. Their ordeal can negatively impact their physical and mental wellbeing.
Meanwhile their families follow events anxiously, often with little news and no certainty about their loved ones.
These incidents also serve as a powerful reminder of how much we all depend on seafarers to keep essential goods moving around the world. Seafarers are key workers. Yet they are often an invisible workforce who quietly and diligently go about their duties at sea, largely unseen by most of us.
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