Worship

Holy Cross Church is established firmly within the Anglo-Catholic tradition, a Christian community bound by the Eucharist and the Sacraments of the Church. Masses normally take place on Wednesdays at 6pm and Fridays at 12.45 (but check times further down this page). Our Sunday services welcome Christians of many nationalities – both local residents and overseas visitors. 

We Zoom our Sunday Mass and other special services. Contact us if you would like to receive our Zoom link and each week’s worship resources by email.

During Advent and Lent the Church also runs Bible Study courses which take place after Sunday Mass.

Sermons

Here is a selection of recent sermons at Holy Cross, starting with a sermon preached last September at our Patronal Mass, by Rev’d Richard Carter, Associate Vicar for Mission, St Martins in the Fields. Subsequent sermons were written by Father Christopher.

Partners in worship

Holy Cross has close links with nearby Goodenough College, a postgraduate residential college for overseas students. Father Christopher is Anglican Chaplain there and the College uses Holy Cross for an annual carol service as well as for other special events.

London’s South Sudanese community is another partner for Holy Cross, holding its Independence Day service and celebration here twice. Our link and solidarity with South Sudan is an important part of our Christian witness here at Holy Cross. A small group met South Sudanese bishops in Salisbury in 2023 following the Lambeth Conference.

We also have an important partnership with three neighbouring churches close to the Euston Road – the ‘Camden 4’. All four have buildings which could be used much more by the local community but which need substantial work in order to be fit for 21st century use. The churches are working together to coordinate their community work. Our ‘Camden 4’ partners are the Churches of St Mary the Virgin, Eversholt Street, St Mary Magdalene, Munster Square and St George the Martyr, Queen Square.

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Notices

We have returned to pre-Covid sacramental and other provisions. We have communion in both kinds, both bread and wine, The holy water stoops at the back of the church are again filled with water. And we are exchanging the Sign of Peace at the Parish Eucharist as we did before the pandemic.

At the back of church there is a contactless card reader for giving to the Church. If you would like to use it but are not sure how to, our Churchwardens will assist. We also now have cash collections.

Help with private prayers

PACTS – pause, adoration, confession, thanksgiving, supplication – is a framework which might help you with private prayers:

At Sunday Mass in our intercessions we pray for the Church, the world and those who govern, for the community – our friends, family and neighbours – and for those in need. That’s another framework that might help your own prayers.