24th Sunday in Ordinary Time

24th Sunday in Ordinary Time at St Thomas Of Canterbury Church, 16 East Thurrock Road, Grays, Essex, RM17 6SR www.grayschurch.org Brentwood Diocese has set up a new online donation facility for every parish in the diocese. You are able to link directly to the contribution pages for both St. Thomas’s and St. Peter’s separately. This will enable the parish to receive weekly, restoration, donations directly into our parish accounts. It also gives the option for Gift Aid to be applied. (If you are paying by Standing Order please continue to do so.) Donations to St. Thomas of Canterbury: https://www.dioceseofbrentwood.net/do... About St Thomas of Canterbury R C Church: The Catholic Mission of Grays began in 1862. Fr. Gilligan had charge of two poor missions, Barking and Grays, a closed-up shop and the altar a deal table. The vestments were described as unfit for use. Accommodating only 40 people in the "chapel". The congregation started growing due to the development of the docks. It was a very poor mission. In 1885 Fr. Keens writes about his chapel in a disused butcher's shop in Argent Street. Our Church was begun in April 1886, constructed by local builders in record time. October 12th the same year, it was opened by Cardinal Henry Manning, second Archbishop of Westminster. The parish has grown to a diverse and active parish, with priests and people working together to build up the faith in this small part of the Lord's vineyard. St Peter's Church in Stifford Clays was opened in 1959.