The Diocese of London
St Alphage, Burnt Oak
A Parish of the Society of St Wilfred and St Hilda
in the episcopal care of the Bishop of Fulham.
Priest-in-charge: Father Luke Demetri SSC
18 Montrose Avenue, Edgware, HA8 0DW
frlukedemetri@gmail.com | 020 3556 9978
Who's who!
Father Luke Demetri SSC | Priest in Charge
Brought up in South-West London in Battersea, Fr Luke read Philosophy at Lancaster University before training to teach. He taught in secondary schools in Putney and Kingston for 4 years before beginning his training to the Sacred Priesthood at St Stephen's House, Oxford.
He was ordained deacon in 2021 and served at St Michael's, Croydon, where he was ordained to the Priesthood in July 2022 after which he moved to All Saints', Benhilton (Sutton). He is a member of the Society of the Holy Cross (SSC) a group of Anglo-Catholic priests who support each other in living a catholic understanding of priesthood.
Fr Luke was licensed as the Priest-in-Charge of Burnt Oak in August 2024. You can contact Father Luke using the contact details below or the contact page.
Safeguarding:
Our Parish Safeguarding Officer (PSO) is Lynn Gilling.
She can be contacted by email (only the PSO has access to this email account) at safeguardingstalphagechurch@gmail.com
or by phoning 0750 7235 445 (for safeguarding matters only).
Fr Luke is also available should you need to speak to him.
More details on safeguarding are here.
Members of the Parochial Church Council (PCC)
The PCC exists to, along with the clergy of the parish, assist in making decisions of general concern and importance to the parish. It's functions include co-operation with the clergy in promoting the Church's mission: pastoral, evangelistic, social and ecumenical. The PCC is made up of the clergy, churchwardens, Deanery Synod reps and other elected lay-people.
The PCC of St Alphage is made up of the following people:
Father Luke Demetri SSC | Priest-in-Charge (Chairman)
Father Joseph Gabor | Priest based at St Augustine's
Lynn Gilling | Churchwarden & Vice-Chair
Leonard Thoroughgood | Churchwarden, Treasurer & Synod Rep
Okey Ngoka | Synod Rep
Margaret Fadeyi | Synod Rep
Ikechukwy Ngoka
Alan Rouzel
David Stankiewicz
Maureen Stankiewicz | PCC Secretary
Karl Brooks
Neil Hollows
Emma Betts
Angela Weston
Emily Jones-Dawson
Linda Jones-Dawson