St James the Great is part of the Archdiocese of Southwark
St James the Great, Petts Wood, is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. Its area covers the Greater London Boroughs south of the Thames, the County of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority. The chief minister of the Archdiocese is the Archbishop of Southwark – the Most Reverend Kevin McDonald – who lives in Archbishop’s House, St George’s Road (next to our cathedral and close to the Elephant & Castle). Because the archdiocese is so large, the archbishop has three auxiliary bishops to help him, each one having a specific geographical area: • Our auxiliary bishop is the Right Reverend Patrick Lynch SS.CC., who has the responsibility for the south east area. Bishop Pat lives in Blackheath. • The Right Reverend Paul Hendricks is responsible for the south western area. • The Right Reverend John Hine is responsible for Kent. We are also part of the Bromley Deanery. A deanery is a grouping of all the Catholic parishes within a geographical area, such as a borough. In our case there are 13 parishes within the London Borough of Bromley. Within a deanery, parishes try to cooperate with each other, give mutual support and share good practice. Each deanery is lead by a dean, appointed by the Archbishop for a period of three years. The present dean is Canon Tom McHugh, Parish Priest of St Joseph's, Bromley. The Southwark deaneries are conveniently listed in the diocesan directory, with the Bromley parishes listed here. St James the Great parish is proud to be part of this huge and richly diverse archdiocese and is strongly committed to the “Towards a Vision” process, initiated by the Archbishop in 2006.
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Father Bryan Wells | Tel: 01689 827100 | 283 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AY
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St James the Great, Petts Wood, is a parish of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Southwark. Its area covers the Greater London Boroughs south of the Thames, the County of Kent and the Medway Unitary Authority. The chief minister of the Archdiocese is the Archbishop of Southwark – the Most Reverend Kevin McDonald – who lives in Archbishop’s House, St George’s Road (next to our cathedral and close to the Elephant & Castle). Because the archdiocese is so large, the archbishop has three auxiliary bishops to help him, each one having a specific geographical area: • Our auxiliary bishop is the Right Reverend Patrick Lynch SS.CC., who has the responsibility for the south east area. Bishop Pat lives in Blackheath. • The Right Reverend Paul Hendricks is responsible for the south western area. • The Right Reverend John Hine is responsible for Kent. We are also part of the Bromley Deanery. A deanery is a grouping of all the Catholic parishes within a geographical area, such as a borough. In our case there are 13 parishes within the London Borough of Bromley. Within a deanery, parishes try to cooperate with each other, give mutual support and share good practice. Each deanery is lead by a dean, appointed by the Archbishop for a period of three years. The present dean is Canon Tom McHugh, Parish Priest of St Joseph's, Bromley. The Southwark deaneries are conveniently listed in the diocesan directory, with the Bromley parishes listed here. St James the Great parish is proud to be part of this huge and richly diverse archdiocese and is strongly committed to the “Towards a Vision” process, initiated by the Archbishop in 2006.
Email Father Bryan
Father Bryan Wells | Tel: 01689 827100 | 283 Crescent Drive, Petts Wood, Orpington, BR5 1AY
Site last updated 16th March 2010
Home Recent updates Mass times Spiritual resources Prayer intentions 2009 Stations of the Cross Pastoral Help at hand Evangelium Taizé news Homilies Journey in Faith What's on? March 2010 April 2010 May 2010 June 2010 July 2010 January 2010 February 2010 2009 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 2008 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 2007 December 2007 November 2007 Weekly bulletins Help the parish Duty rotas Parish administration Pastoral & Advisory Mission & Planning Parish Office Property Committee Gift Aid Parish forums 2008 2009 March October Annual calendar Parish groups Group Contacts Catenians Catholic Women's League Children's Liturgy Guides Justice and Peace Knights of St Columba Parent and Toddler Scouts Youth Groups Social Centre Club/Bar Firm Believers fitness Sequence Dancing Development Development news Parish news & events Festival Chorus - see news News Messiah performance Archive Residents' Association Service St John Passion March 2008 St John Passion CD Education St James' Primary School General What's On at school St James' School PTA St James' Pre-School Child protection How to find us About Fr Bryan Wells History of the parish 1937 - 1946 1946 - today Southwark Archdiocese External links Contact webmaster