St. Joseph's Catholic Parish
St Josephs Catholic Parish
SERVING AS CHRIST SERVES
'LOVING AS CHRIST LOVES,
SERVING AS CHRIST SERVES
SERVING AS CHRIST SERVES'
Regular Mass Times
Saturday Vigil 6pm
Sunday 9am and 11am
Confessions Saturdays 5pm-5:30pm
Weekday Masses usually 9:15 am
More DetailChrist Be Our Light
Upcoming Events
| 26 Sep 2019 Confirmation (RUAH) Information Evening |
| 27 Sep 2019 Lunch Cluib |
| 27 Sep 2019 East Oakley Village Mass |
Welcome to Our Parish
Here at St. Joseph’s we grow as “stewards” of God’s gifts to us, we try to recognize the many ways in which God has blessed us and to respond by giving thanks not only with our words but by the way we celebrate our faith and live our lives. This enables us to deepen our understanding of what the Gospel Message means in our lives today.
Fr Chris Whelan
Parish Priest
Welcome to our newly revamped parish website. We are always happy to welcome new people to this large vibrant Catholic community in Basingstoke so if you are able to visit us in person and perhaps join us for one of our Masses then please introduce yourself to me afterwards.
Fr Gaston Forbah
Assistant Priest
Ordained priest for the Archdiocese of Bamenda, Cameroon. Pesently joined as Assistant priest at Basingstoke and student at University of Southampton.
Deacon Patrick O'Connell
Permanent Deacon
I was ordained Deacon in June 2007 and have since served St Joseph’s Catholic Community. As a Deacon I preside over Baptisms, Funerals, Marriage ceremonies and pray with those who are in need, in addition to assisting the priest sacramentally together with duties such as teaching/preaching and leading liturgically in his absence.
Alpha
St. Joseph’s is running Alpha from 19 September on Thursday evenings from 7.30pm to 9.30pm in St. Joseph’s Foyer What is Alpha? Alpha is a series of interactive sessions that freely explore the basics of the Christian faith. Who is Alpha for? Alpha is for anyone who's curious. The talks are designed to encourage conversation and explore the basics of the Christian faith in a friendly, open and informal environment. No question is out of bounds and you are free to discuss as much or as little as you wish.
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New First Holy Communion Programme for 2020
Applications out now to start in november, please complete the yellow form in the foyer and return to the parish office. This is for young people starting year 4 this september.
RCIA
The RCIA (Rite of Christian Initiation for Adults) is the means by which adults join the Catholic Church. The RCIA program begins in September and goes on until Pentecost of the next year, with candidates usually being received into the Church at the Easter vigil mass. We meet on Wednesday evenings at 7:30 to 9:00 PM at St Josephs. Sessions are informal and consist of a topic for discussion based on the Catechism of the Catholic Church, lectio divina (prayerful reading of the Bible) and prayer with a break for tea or coffee and a chance to have a chat with other participants.
We do ask that you attend mass for a period of 6 to 12 months before starting the RCIA to ensure that the Catholic Church is right for you at this moment.
Please contact the Parish Office for more information.
New Parishoner
All of us here at St Josephs warmly welcome you to our parish and ask that you take a few minutes to fill in a quick registration form for our records.
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Sign up here to receive our newsletter by email for all the latest parish information, the copy date is sunday.
Sign UpOther parish forms
We now have many common parish forms online enabling you to sign up to anything though our website, click below to see the available forms
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Going Into Hospital?
If you wish for a Catholic priest or deacon to visit, please notify the ward staff or hospital switchboard. They will contact the on-call Chaplain who will determine the need and call one of the local clergy.
Planned Giving
All the work we do is funded by you. If you are a UK tax payer, please consider joining our Gift Aid scheme. If not, ask about our planned giving scheme. Please contact the parish office for more information.
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Our Parish
St Joseph's is a Catholic Church in South Ham, Basingstoke, Hampshire in the Catholic diocese of Portsmouth. Our parish of St Joseph's covers parts of Basingstoke, as well as Oakley and Overton and other smaller villages. The parish shares a campus with Bishop Challoner Catholic Secondary School and the parish primary school is St Anne's Catholic Primary School.
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