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.

Weekday 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. 

During the pandemic while the Church was closed, our services were held on Zoom and we continue to 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.

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 an annual Independence Day service and celebration here. Many thanks to all those who worked so hard to make last year’s service on July 9 such a truly memorable and spiritual occasion, and especially to Rosa, Fanny and their team for providing excellent refreshments. 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 last August 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 and plan an application for Heritage Lottery funding. Our Open Day on June 4 last year was part of this project. 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

Holy Cross after Covid:

We have now returned to our 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, though individuals are free to express the Sign of Peace as they wish and this will be fully respected. Continue to wear a mask if you wish.

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.

Sermons:

Here are three recent sermons from Holy Cross, one on screen and two for download. We are showing just three but changing them through the year – usually week by week:

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Help with private prayer

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

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.