A living faith, A warm welcome
It's not just about keeping an old building going in the face of adversity. The Parish of St. Thomas the Apostle is a thriving, living focus of community life within Elson and Hardway. Here, a warm welcome awaits you if you join us and share in God's Holy Sacraments and the Good News that he promises to each and every one of us.
The Parish Church has been a visible witness to the love of Christ since 1846, and as Gosport has grown up around and enveloped the small village of Elson, so the parish and its people have adapted and continued to proclaim the Kingdom of God with vigour and with friendly love.
Come and join us in worship and in fellowship and see what the love of Christ can do for you. Be fed at his Holy Table and enriched by his Holy Word, and discover the difference that the living faith can make to you. Whether you are nine, twenty-nine or ninety, St Thomas the Apostle welcomes you and can find a sacred space for you to encounter God.
Our life is lived through the sacramental worship of God; through the mass celebrated during the week and on Sundays, through the daily work of worship in the Daily Office of Morning and Evening Prayer and through encounters with God in alternative and meditative worship. hatever your preference, St Thomas can offer a worship experience for you.
Your parish priest is Fr. Simon Rundell, and he, along with all the people of this parish welcome you to come and join us, enjoy our fellowship and hospitality and share in our joyous worship.
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Scripture for the Day
Scripture for the Day
“Come, let us sing for joy to the LORD; let us shout aloud to the Rock of our salvation. Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song.”
Psalm 95:1-2
Saint of the Day
Saint of the Day
Blessed José María Díaz Sanjurjo
(also known as Joseph Diaz Sanjurjo)
Commemorated on 20 July; 24 November as one of the Martyrs of Viet Nam
Dominican. Ordained on 23 March 1844. Missionary to Manila, and then to Viet Nam.Coadjutor vicar apostolic of Central Tonking, Viet Nam and titular bishop of Plataea on 5 September 1848.One of the Martyrs of Viet Nam.
Born: 26 October 1818 at Santa Eulalia, Spain Died: martyred on 20 July 1857 in Viet Nam Beatified: 29 April 1951 by Pope Pius XII Canonised: 19 June 1988 by Pope John Paul II
Prayer for the Day
Prayer for the Day
Father, even though there is sorrow in our hearts today, we thank you for the life of this young child. You have a plan and purpose for every life, and ultimately nothing can spoil your plan or defeat your purpose.
When a child suffers through accident, through our lack of knowledge, or through handicap of body or mind, teach us that this is not your will for the little one. Such things happen; but even then your purposes are not finally frustrated, for this present life is only a part of the life you have prepared for us and for our children.
It is our faith that life extends beyond death, and that at last through your mercy the plan will be completed, the purpose fulfilled.
Father, strengthen this faith in us, and give us your peace in Jesus our Lord.
