Our Lady of Victories, Catholic Church, Kensington, London
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WELCOME TO OUR LADY OF VICTORIES ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH

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Charles de Foucauld a new saint for today
​This Sunday, May 15, 2022 Charles de Foucauld, known as Brother Charles of Jesus, who was beatified by Benedict XVI on November 13 2005, will end his journey towards the altar and will be proclaimed a saint, as the Holy See recognized a new miracle through his intercession, as approved by Pope Francis.

His gift was to discover God in everyday, ordinary life. His meditation grew to became a charism, his charism gave birth to twenty groups, and today over 13,000 members world-wide live his spirituality. Blessed Charles entered into intimacy with his Beloved Trinitarian God. His love bore fruit in one of the most arid desert places of the world. His hidden almost hermitical life was not a way to avoid people. It was a way that enabled him to embrace any person as a brother or sister.

Founding a religious order was an unfulfilled desire in his lifetime. He died during a raid, shot by someone claiming to deliver mail. Was this an ignoble death or the culmination of a life of holiness? It was love that defined his life so that his death became a martyrdom of love. “Love doesn’t consist in feeling that we love but in wanting to love,” he wrote, “when you want to love above all else, you do in fact love above all else.”

For Charles living a life with Jesus as Nazareth meant simplicity of life, prayer, listening, humble work and humility. It was the way to be really useful to others as a “universal brother.” His spiritual director agreed that “Nazareth is a house that you build in your heart, or better still, it’s a house that you allow the hands of Jesus…to build inside of you.” Even if Nazareth is a little house, it has rooms for lots of people!

Saint  Charles de Foucauld’s Prayer of Abandonment, is one of the most beautiful prayers of faith, trust and surrender.

Father,
I abandon myself into your hands;
do with me what you will.
Whatever you may do, I thank you:
I am ready for all, I accept all.
Let only your will be done in me, and in all your creatures.
I wish no more than this, O Lord.

Into your hands I commend my soul;

I offer it to you with all the love of my heart,
for I love you, Lord, and so need to give myself,
to surrender myself into your hands,
without reserve,
and with boundless confidence,
for you are my Father.
Amen

Dear Parishioners:
​Thank you all for your cooperation over these last 18 months. 

Parish Covid  protocols  update :
Some seating  will be assigned  for those who wish to practice social distance.  If you suspect you have Covid please stay at home and join us online. If  you are not vaccinated, please consider doing the same.
 
Face coverings/ Masks
We all know that they are no longer required by law. However, the virus is still highly infectious and we do recommend you wear a face covering at Mass.

ALL OUR MASSES WILL BE LIVE STREAMED FROM THIS WEBSITE.

Let us continue to keep each other in our prayers.

May God bless you all,

 
Mgr. Jim Curry & Fr Marco Salvagnini

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Welcome to the Parish of Our Lady of Victories, Kensington--London. We are part of the Catholic ​​Diocese of Westminster. We are a vibrant, multi-cultural, and diverse community. We find our unity in the faith we have in the loving kindness of God revealed in the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ, true God and true man.

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Our Lady of Victories Roman Catholic Church, 235a Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SA. 
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Email: kensington1@rcdow.org.uk  
Tel: 020 7937 4778
Clergy House, 16 Abingdon Road, London, W8 6AF. 


  • Home
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  • The Parish
    • Parish team
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      • Children's Liturgy
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      • Youth Prayer Group
      • Family Group Movement
      • Flowers
      • Finance and Property Committee
      • The Legion of Mary
      • Lay Ministry
      • Pastoral Council
      • St Vincent de Paul (SVP)
      • Grand Organ
  • Sacraments
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  • OLOV Synodal Pathway
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