St. John Fisher Church Centre

Introduction

The place of worship is the Church Centre on High Street in Cambourne. The parish is named Saint John Fisher Community in the Roman Catholic Diocese of East Anglia.

Music and liturgy

The church stands at the corner of Jeavons Lane and High Street in Cambridgeshire. Seeds of Change prepares music for the Youth Mass. Seeds of Change aims to facilitate an encounter with God through music.

Parish life

The parish has an SJF18UP group for young adults aged 18-30. On Holy Saturday, the parish hosted a Swieconka for Polish friends, with Easter food baskets blessed. On Maundy Thursday, the parish celebrated Pesaha appam with Kerala parishioners, sharing traditional rice cakes.

The parish has a Ladies' Outings group. The parish ran an all-age Easter craft session after Mass on Palm Sunday.

The church maintains a Facebook page under the name CambourneCatholicChurch. The church's website is at cambournerc.com. Mothers and grandmothers from this parish and the surrounding area meet twice a month to pray for their own children and for children around the world. The church centre is served from Sawston.

Sacraments and pastoral care

One or two meetings with the parish priest or catechist take place before the date of a Baptism. Baptism at Cambourne Church is celebrated only within Mass.

Prospective candidates for First Holy Communion should be at least in year 3, with a minimum age of 7. A Saturday Day session is required for marriage preparation, and couples attend only one date.

Confessions are heard in Cambourne before or after every Mass. To organise a funeral at Cambourne Church, the Funeral Director makes all the arrangements.

Baptisms in this parish are held at Our Lady of Lourdes Church and at Cambourne Church. Confirmation candidates join other Saint Andrew’s Deanery groups for monthly Masses at Saint Laurence’s in Cambridge.