The Parish Council

A number of parishioners with skills in various areas form the parish council, appointed by the parish priest.  As well as giving advice on matters of parish concern, they are responsible for the counting and banking of the weekly collection, the overseeing of income and expenditure and the preparation of the annual financial return to the diocese.

The current membership of the Council is:

Fr Alexander Master (Parish Priest) 

Francis de Zulueta (Chairman)

Claudia Battistel

Ekanem Etim-Offiong

Charles McFarland (Property Advisor)

Michael Pelosi (Planned Giving)

Jerry Tavares

Ecumenical Activities

Twice a year at different venues there are informal gatherings between ministers and church workers representing most of the local churches.  

Glass Door (Homeless support in West London churches)

This initiative, supported by all the local churches, seeks to provide night shelters and comfort throughout the coldest months. 
A night shelter is offered at the Methodist Church on the King’s Road in Chelsea.  Drop-in centres also operate in the Fulham Broadway Methodist Church and at St Augustine’s, Queen’s Gate. 

Ministry of Welcome

Tea and coffee are served in the Monckton Room after 10.00 a.m. and 11.00 a.m. Masses each Sunday. 
This Ministry provides a valuable opportunity for parishioners to meet one another.

Reception for New Parishioners

Held periodically in the Monckton Room.  If you are a new parishioner, please register online at https://www.holyredeemerchelsea.com/parish-registration-form. You will receive an invitation to the next Reception.

St Vincent de Paul Society

The St Vincent de Paul Society (SVP) is an international voluntary Catholic lay organisation active in 150 countries with 800,000 members - formed in Paris in 1833 by Blessed Frederic Ozanam and dedicated to tackling poverty in what ever form it takes, disadvantage and loneliness. With some 10,000 members in the UK structured around 1,000 conferences based in individual parishes it focuses upon working face to face with people in need, irrespective of ideology, faith, ethnicity, age or gender. Works include visiting the lonely, soup runs, food banks, furniture shops and charity shops in areas of deprivation, visiting the sick, giving grants to those in need, debt counselling as well as assisting refuges and asylum seekers.

Holy Redeemer's SVP group currently undertakes street visits to the homeless to distribute food, clothing and sleeping bags as well as assisting in soup run van trips to Lincoln Inns Field.

Missio

The Mill Hill Missionaries are a world-wide Catholic religious organisation dedicated to spreading the Faith as well as bringing practical relief to those on the margins in some of the poorest parts of the globe.

Holy Redeemer supports the Mill Hill Missionaries through the distribution and collection of 'red boxes' into which parishioners can put their spare change (an excellent way for children to be encouraged to give and support others!). Volunteers are always needed to help distribute, collect and count the boxes about 3 or 4 times a year.