Our Lady of Fatima Centenary

1917 to 2017 (May to October)

First Saturday Devotions (during the Centenary) May to September 2017

The Centenary provides an excellent opportunity to start the First Saturday Devotions if you’ve not practised it before, or for you to renew and refresh.    You’ll recall that the National Statue of Our Lady of Fatima was with us for about 4 days in September 2015. We had various times of prayer and Masses around the visit and the Statue was also received in our schools.  We very much hope that the fruit of that will be the uptake of this Devotion which is monthly for 5 months starting on Saturday 6th May 2017.

The First Saturday Devotions were given to the world by the Blessed Virgin Mary who appeared 6 times to three local children (Francisco, Jacinta & Lucy)  in a rural area near Fatima, in Portugal, from May 1917  to October 1917.  Francisco & Jacinta were canonised on 13th May 2017.  We are glad of the brother and sister, this family of Saints;  St. Francisco and St. Jacinta.  Lucia was their cousin, she became a nun and Sr. Lucia died in 2005.

As our Parish is consecrated to Our Lady, it is wonderful that we already have in place, as part of our regular worship, all the features that will help us to observe the First Saturday Devotions.  We encourage everyone to practice the Devotions as individuals or as a family or with other members of the parish community during the usual provision times of the Church.

You must love one another just as I have loved you.
It is by your love for one another, that everyone will recognise you as my disciples (John 13:35).

 For "what to do" click here.

Please click on "what to do", to find out the dates, devotion acts, what the Devotions entail and the spiritual benefits,  in order to answer Our Lady of Fatima’s call to each and everyone of us to :

*  Return to God

*  Do penance in reparation for sins

*  Make sacrifices for the   

    conversion of sinners

In responding to this call, God’s wish to establish Devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, will continue to happen and the souls of sinners will be saved.

We are glad to receive Our Lady!  The National Statue of Our Lady of Fatima, will be with us on the weekend of Friday 4th August to Sunday 6th August inclusive, together with the relics of St. Francisco and St. Jacinta!

A Very Warm Welcome to

St Mary's

Catholic Church,

West Croydon

“We wish all visitors, to this website and to the parish church, every peace and joy. We are a lively, richly diverse and very welcoming parish of the Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. We extend pastoral care to those living in and around the Croydon area, including Croydon University Hospital, St Mary’s Infant and Junior Schools, and St Mary’s High School. Please come and join one of our celebrations or for some quiet time in the midst of this busy world." 

Fr Michael Scanlon, Parish Priest