St Joseph's is the Catholic Parish Church for Dorking and surrounding villages in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.

We are an active welcoming community, offering spiritual and pastoral support for everyone, helping each other to grow in knowledge and love of our Catholic faith. We hope that you find the information on our Parish and its activities useful.

Our Parish Mission Statement

Together with our Priest, we are united in our Catholic faith.

We pray to the Holy Spirit to guide us in our service of God and our

service of each other.

As a parish we strive to be a warm, welcoming and forward looking community.

Parish Halls

St Joseph’s is blessed with having two interconnecting halls, a large kitchen and toilet facilities.

Either one or other of these halls is available for hire either on a regular or one-off basis typically at a cost of £35 per hour.

Special dispensation to this charge is available at the discretion of the Parish Priest.

If you are interested in using this facility please contact us or by phone on 01306 882433.

HOLY WEEK LITURGIES

By Webmaster • March 22, 2026

HOLY WEEK LITURGIES are follows: Palm Sunday Mass and on Monday 30th and Tuesday 31st March are at 9.30. Maundy Thursday 2nd April: 7.30pm Mass of the Lord’s Supper followed by watching at the Altar of Repose until midnight. Good Friday 3rd April: 3.00 pm Solemn Liturgy of the Passion. 7.00 pm Stations of the Cross Holy Saturday 4th: 8.30 pm THE EASTER VIGIL (Sunset is at 19.49) Easter Sunday 5th April: Dawn Mass at 8.00 Mass of the Day at 10.00 am. BLESSING OF EASTER BASKETS The blessing of the Easter Baskets will be on Easter Saturday, 5th April at 10.30am SWIECENIE JAJEK i POKARMOW bedzie w sobote o godz. 10.30.

HCPT Pilgrimage to Lourdes

By Webmaster • March 22, 2026

Martin Stebbings, on behalf of Group 17 writes:- May I/we thank all those very kind and generous parishioners who have donated to the Just Giving page over the past few weeks. The response has been amazing, and I thank you whole-heartedly. Again, I would be very happy to take prayer petitions or intentions from parishioners. If you would like me to carry an intention to the Grotto on your behalf, please feel free to pass it on before the Easter Tridium Weekend. As previously mentioned, please keep all our pilgrims in your prayers, and be assured of mine for you when I travel to Lourdes at Easter. Thank you. Martin Stebbings

Good Friday collection

By Webmaster • March 22, 2026

GOOD FRIDAY COLLECTION:- is a collection for the Holy Places in the Holy Land; this collection helps the missionary work of the Franciscans, supporting the upkeep of the holy sites, for which they are responsible, as well as the schools, hospitals and other endeavours.

A report from the ‘Centre for Social Justice’

By Webmaster • March 23, 2026

Worth a read:- a report from the ‘Centre for Social Justice’ https://www.centreforsocialjustice.org.uk/wpcontent/uploads/2025/03/CSJ-The_Lost_Boys.pdf

THE SEASON OF LENT

By Webmaster • March 22, 2026

THE SEASON OF LENT:- Study Group:- Unfortunately, Philip has been ‘laid up’ and so the study group has had to be ‘mothballed’ rather than cancelled. Do say a prayer that he makes a quick and wholesome recovery. Many thanks for your understanding.

Easter Offerings

By Webmaster • March 22, 2026

EASTER OFFERING A reminder that the collection at the Easter Vigil and on Easter Sunday is your personal offering to Fr. Ian. PLEASE NOTE that if you usually contribute by some kind of internal bank transfer, BACS / standing order etc. but you wish to make a personal offering, then you will have to stipulate to your bank that any such offering to Fr. Ian should be annotated accordingly; if offerings are not annotated as such, then they will go into the general parish funds, rather than to Fr. Ian! The Easter Offering, along with the Christmas Day Offering, are the major source of personal income for the whole year for the diocesan priest in Arundel and Brighton, so we ask you to be as generous as you can. ‘Easter Offering’ envelopes are available at the church entrances and given the varied manner of financial transactions, the ‘Easter Offering’ envelopes are possibly the least ambiguous manner of offering. Many thanks.

GRANT FOR CHURCH REPAIR

By Webmaster • March 15, 2026

You are invited to help make a special coffee morning. After the 10am Mass next Sunday 22nd March you'll not just enjoy coffee, tea and cake as usual, but you could help us raise £50 (or a little more) to support the wonderful work of the Surrey Churches Preservation Trust. In so doing, we may be eligible for a grant toward our much needed church repairs! Winning a grant is not guaranteed, but an enjoyable occasion is. Please do come along! Many thanks.

Lenten Study Group

March 8, 2026

THE SEASON OF LENT:- Study Group:- continues this Tuesday, 10th March from 11 am for about an hour. This Lent we are following the booklet entitled ‘We dare to ask’ which ‘comprises of five sessions which reflect on the Baptismal promises we make or renew at Easter, exploring how our baptism is not only rooted within God’s plan of salvation but also a calling to a new way of life.’

St Joseph's is the Catholic Parish Church for Dorking and surrounding villages in the Diocese of Arundel and Brighton.

Our Parish Mission Statement

Together with our Priest, we are united in our Catholic faith.

We pray to the Holy Spirit to guide us in our service of God and our

service of each other.

As a parish we strive to be a warm, welcoming and forward looking community.

Parish Halls

St Joseph’s is blessed with having two interconnecting halls, a large kitchen and toilet facilities.

Either one or other of these halls is available for hire either on a regular or one-off basis typically at a cost of £35 per hour.

Special dispensation to this charge is available at the discretion of the Parish Priest.

If you are interested in using this facility please contact us or by phone on 01306 882433.