Welcome to St.Edmund's, Horndean
Helping at home and in the wider community:
As well as the online giving links and collections at church, donations can be made by bank transfer to parish funds - just note the specific collection when donating.
Bank Transfers: Sort Code: 30-93-04 Account number: 00880222
Cheques should be made payable to CDP Horndean St Edmund
Day for Life: Second collection
On Sunday, 15 June 2025, Catholics across England and Wales will mark Day for Life, an annual occasion dedicated to cherishing and protecting human life from conception to natural death. This year’s theme, 'Finding Meaning in Suffering – Hope Does Not Disappoint’, draws on St Paul’s words in Romans 5:5-6, reminding us that Christian hope is not mere optimism, but an unshakeable trust in God’s presence — even amid the darkest trials of illness, grief, or emotional pain.
The 2025 Day for Life comes at a crucial time as the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill — commonly known as the Assisted Dying Bill — is making its way through Parliament. This proposed legislation would permit adults with mental capacity, diagnosed as terminally ill and within six months of death, to request medical assistance to end their lives. While supporters argue this offers autonomy, a wide coalition — including religious leaders, medical professionals, and ethicists — have voiced grave concerns about the dangers of legalising assisted suicide and the erosion of palliative care.
Read the Bishop of Portsmouth's call to action to oppose the Bill
https://portsmouthdiocese.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/10/BoP-PL39-301024-Assisted-Suicide.pdfCAFOD Myanmar Earthquake Appeal
Your donations will provide essentials like water, food, solar lights, and mosquito nets. Please give to CAFOD’s Myanmar Earthquake Appeal online at www.cafod.org.uk/myanmar
or by calling 0303 303 3030. You can also text EARTHQUAKE to 70450 to donate £10.
Israeli-Palestinian Crisis Appeal
Amid the devastating conflict in Israel and Gaza, families are losing their homes and people are dying. They need urgent, practical help! A gift today will provide essentials like food, water and blankets to those who need it. Donate online at cafod.org.uk/ipc.
St John’s Catholic Cathedral West Window restoration
The total cost of the restoration is expected to be more than £100,000. Along with local parishioners, the wider Diocese who benefit from attending many services such as Confirmations, Ordinations, celebration Mass, visits of Relics etc. at the Cathedral are encouraged to donate any amount, perhaps in memory of a loved one, to help with the cost of the restoration. Cheques may be sent directly to the cathedral or paid into the cathedral parish bank account (CDP St John’s Cathedral; Sort code 30-93-04; Account number 0088 3884). People may also text WINDOW to 70560 to donate £10 to the appeal. Texts cost the donation amount plus one standard network rate message, and donors will receive periodic updates on the campaign. To donate without being updated, text WINDOWNOINFO instead.
The names of donors will be recorded in a special commemorative book at the Cathedral.
St. Edmund's Parish Fund
This site charges 4.8% commission but makes it very easy to Gift Aid your donation
As the dreadful events unfold in Ukraine, we stand in solidarity with our Caritas colleagues, (who work as the Diocese’s outreach organisation) in Caritas-Spes as they continue to assist those vulnerable and in need in Ukraine.
Caritas-Spes had been working in Eastern Ukraine with the displaced families from the ongoing conflict in the disputed territories, including in Avdiivka which has been under heavy shelling.
If you would like to support Caritas work in the emergency in Ukraine, please donate by visiting their website:
You can also help by donating to international charities, like DEC, who are working so hard to raise funds to help the
Ukrainians in this time of crisis: