Welcome to St Laurence’s

St Laurence Church is the Anglican parish church that has been serving the centre of Catford in south-east London since 1888.

We are open for Sunday worship, and also for private prayer during the week most days during daylight hours. All are welcome.

Sunday services

8am Holy Communion
10am sung eucharist with hymns

To download a copy of the Sunday service booklet, please click here

Preachers for Lent

Mothering Sunday this year is March 30th.
We will celebrate with a family mass, with our Scouts and children from Rushey Green School.

Lent 5, Fr Grant Bolton-Debbage, Vicar of All Saints, New Cross

Services for Holy Week and Easter

We are delighted that the Ven Jonathan Sedgwick, archdeacon of Southwark, is our Holy Week preacher. He will be guiding us through the week, giving us new insights into the familiar stories, and making the greatest story ever told come alive for us once more.


Palm Sunday, April 13th

We will begin mass this morning in the Church Hall, with the blessing of palms, and then process through to church, imitating the triumphal entry of Jesus into Jerusalem in the midst of his disciples and the welcoming crowds.

Monday of Holy Week

Mass with address at 7pm, followed by a musical meditation for Holy Week led by the New Eden Consort, a vocal quartet from Trinity Laban

Tuesday of Holy Week

Mass with address at 7pm, followed by piano music played by Calum Ward

Wednesday of Holy Week

10.30am: said mass with address
7pm: Healing Mass with address, with anointing and laying on of hands for any who desire, followed by music for organ played by Andrew Jones.

Maundy Thursday

Mass of the Last Supper at 8pm, with washing of feet and vigil in the garden of repose until midnight

Good Friday

• 9am morning prayer and office of readings
• 12 noon, meditation on the cross with organ music.
• 2pm: the liturgy of Good Friday, followed by hot cross buns in the church hall

Easter Day:

6am – Easter vigil, baptism, confirmation and first mass of Easter, followed by breakfast.
10am: Festive Eucharist

Breath of Life

This multigenerational, multicultural performance of stories, dances and songs about finding hope and resilience in difficult times will be performed at St Laurence’s on April 12th. Full details here.

St Laurence’s on-line

We livestream the eucharist on Facebook, Twitch and Youtube every Sunday at 10am. Do join us. We also have an Instagram profile and Twitter.

To download a copy of the Sunday service booklet, please click here.

Subscribe to our newsletter

To subscribe to our e-newsletter, and keep in touch with all our events and news, please click here

Revising the church membership list

The form to join is available here

Keeping in touch

Subscribing to our social media channels and the email newsletter are the best ways of keeping up to date with information from your church.

Places to find our postings:
Facebook: Go to Facebook, search for St Laurence Catford (@stlaurenceSE6). You do not have to have a Facebook account to watch videos etc on Facebook so anyone can view our services without logging in.
Twitter: Our Twitter account is @StLSE6. Just follow for regular updates
• WhatsApp: Please ask to be added to the group via the parish offfice.
YouTube: Go to your web browser and search for YouTube. Once you are in YouTube, search for St Laurence Catford to reach our page. If you subscribe you will be notified every time something is posted. YouTube is also available on some smart TVs.
* Instagram: our profile is stlaurencechurchcatford

Copies of the 2023/4 annual report are available here

To donate, please click here

Safeguarding

In this church, we aim to keep everyone safe. To find a copy of the parish safeguarding policy and procedures, please click here

To contact the Diocesan safeguarding team, and for further information, please click here