ABOUT US
ST THOMAS MORE, ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, 9 HENRY ROAD, MANOR HOUSE, LONDON N4 2LH.
TELEPHONE NUMBER: 00 (44) 20 8802 9910
PARISH PRIEST: FATHER CLIVE LEE
PERMANENT DEACON: REV. KASSA TSEGAYE (07825 098213)
Sacraments
Mass
Who was St Thomas More
Links
Groups meeting on church premises
The Secular Franciscan Order meets in the Church on the first Sunday
of the mounth. Members of the order come from this parish and from other
parishes.
The Association of Mary Help of Christians, which was founded by Saint John
Bosco in Turin and started by the Ursuline
Sisters of St Angela Merici in
England. Mother Eugenia founded Association of Mary Help of Christian here
in Manor House at the Ursuline convent on Adolphus Road nearby. The association
meets once a month and celebrates the Feast of Our Lady in May each year with
a well-attended mass in the church on a Sunday afternoon.
The parish
also hosts other organisations and local community groups, offering
help with space for meetings etc.
Involvement in the wider community
The parish is proud to be involved, with other faiths and community
groups, in TELCO, The
East London Community Organisation. MORE ABOUT TELCO TO
FOLLOW. About 25 parishioners, led by Richard Zipfel, have been involved
in TELCO activities
since we joined.
There is support for the local drop-in centre
at Bouverie Road parish and the homeless families’ centre at St John’s.
Parishioners bring tinned food to pass on.
We maintain close links with other Christian denominations in the area and
with other faiths - there are strong Jewish and Muslim communities nearby.
National organisations on site
After the Liturgy Centre moved, we welcomed Pax
Christi, with whom we still retain links.
At present the Catholic
Association for Racial Justice works downstairs,
with the office blessed by the late Cardinal
Hume on opening. Parishioners have always been
involved with these organisations, doing voluntary
work for the Liturgy Centre, Pax
Christi and now CARJ.
Links with White Fathers
On founding of the parish in 1973, Canon Winston established a link with St Edward’s College in Totteridge, North London, a training centre for the Missionaries of Africa. Each year two students would come on placement and parishioners would be invited to the college social events and would attend the end of year Mass and Summer barbeque. When St Edward's Colllege relocated to Jerusalem in 2006, The Rector, Father Joe Buholzer, presented the Parish with the Crucifix located behind the Altar and the ceramic Stations of the Cross which hang on the Garden wall. Father Biju was the last placement student who was ordained a priest in Kerala, South India (Father Clive and some parishioners attended his ordination) in September 2006 and is now working in Tanzania.