Welcome to
Our Lady Of Lourdes
Wanstead
Welcome to the rich and diverse parish community of Our Lady of Lourdes, Wanstead. We hope that this will be a spiritual home of faith and hope for you; a sanctuary where everyone can encounter Christ, grow in the life of grace and know that they are loved and forgiven.
The Chalking of the Doors: An Epiphany Tradition
Epiphany (also known as Twelfth Night or Three Kings Day)
marks the occasion of this tradition. The formula for the ritual — adapted for 2025 — is simple: take a stick of chalk and write the following at the entrance to your home:
20 + C + M + B + 25
Latest Parish News
Find out the various events and news from the parish and wider community.
The blessing of the Cribs at our “Gaudete” Sunday Masses
- December 19, 2024
Ukrianian Art Exhibition
- November 18, 2024
UPDATE: Letter to Leyton and Wanstead MP following the vote on the Assisted Dying Bill
- October 24, 2024
November month of the Holy Souls
- November 28, 2023
Parish hosts more successful Autumn Fundraising events
- November 17, 2023
RCIA – Journey in Faith Programme 2023/24
- September 8, 2023
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Journey in Faith
Have you been worshiping with us, but never taken the step to become Catholic? Have you drifted away from the Church, and have now returned, but want to know more? Are you a baptised Catholic, but never received the Sacraments of Confirmation and/or the Eucharist? Have you joined us from a different religious background or no religious background and would like to find out more about the Jesus?
The History of the Parish
Discover a brief History of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Wanstead. From the creation of a Mission in 1849 to the thriving catholic community that makes up the parish today.
