St James' home page

St James is the Catholic Church serving the whole of the Petts Wood area. We are a vibrant, open and growing community and a warm welcome is offered to all!

Recent updates

Pastoral and Advisory Team

(updated 06 May 11)

Mission and Planning Team

Welcome to the home page of the church of St James the Great, Petts Wood, Kent

Petts Wood Festival Chorus

Click here for more details

Monsignor Elliott

Please think about regular giving to the Maintenance and Refurbishment Fund, perhaps by monthly standing order. We MUST re-roof the Social Centre soon. Please contact Geoff Ford to discuss your contribution.

We are situated at the corner of Lakeswood Road and Crescent Drive. Click here for a map.

The heart of our life is the worship of God and

our weekend Masses are:

Saturday 6.00pm

Sunday 9.15am (with Children's Liturgy Group)

Sunday 11.00am

Our weekend congregations total about 650 people.

Confessions are heard on Tuesdays from 10.00-10.30am, Saturdays from 5.30-6.00pm, and by appointment or at call.

Weekday Masses and those for Holy Days of Obligation will be found by clicking here.

Please see our other pages for full details of our many varied activities. For further information, please do not hesitate to contact our priest Father Bryan Wells (contact details at the top of this page).

St James' online fund-raising

27 Jan: £888 raised so far

Help the Fund-raising Team

If you shop on the Internet then this is the way to raise funds painlessly. Please remember - if you have already registered - you can visit retailers' websites via this link, or the one above (for more information), but you must not go directly otherwise no donation will be received.