Christmas Mass Schedule - Advance Details
At the recent Parish Council Meeting, Fr. Mark and Deacon Jim shared with us the schedule for Masses covering the Christmas period. The schedule is:
Date | Time | Occasion | Description |
Saturday 23rd | 18.30 | 4th Sunday of Advent | Usual Mass time |
Sunday 24th |
11.00
18.30
23.30 |
4th Sunday of Advent |
Usual Sunday Mass
Family Mass
Carol Service |
Monday 25th |
00.00
11.00 |
Christmas Day |
Midnight Mass
Morning Mass |
Tuesday 26th |
12.00 |
St. Stephen |
Boxing Day Mass |
Wednesday 27th |
No Mass |
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Thursday 28th |
No Mass |
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Friday 29th | 09.30 |
Usual Mass |
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Saturday 30th | 18.30 |
Usual Mass |
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Sunday 31st | 11.00 | New Years Eve |
Usual Mass |
Monday 1st Jan | 12.00 | New Year Day |
Mass at Noon |
Tuesday 2nd | 09.30 | Usual Mass times |
from now on |
As can be seen from the table above, with Christmas day being on a Monday, there are additional Masses on Christmas Eve and Christmas day. This year also sees the return of Midnight Mass which we have not seen for a few years now and a return of the Christmas Carol Service in the half hour before Mass begins.
Please note that weekday masses do not fullfil your obligation for Sunday mass. This is only fulfilled by attending either the Saturday evening vigil mass or the Sunday morning mass.
Date | Time | Feast Day | Intention |
Sat 25th Nov |
18.30 |
Ss. Moses, Peter of Alexandria & Catherine |
Pious Lists |
Sun 26th Nov |
11.00 |
Ss. Siricius, Leonard & Sylvester |
Pious Lists |
Mon 27th Nov |
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St. Vergilius |
No Mass |
Tue 28th Nov |
09.30 |
St. James of the Marches |
Pious Lists |
Wed 29th Nov |
18.30
19.30 |
St. Saturnin |
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament
Pious Lists |
Thu 30th Nov |
St Andrew, Apostle |
No Mass |
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Fri 1st Dec |
09.00 |
St. Charles de Foucauld |
Advent Mass in School Mary Sands |
Sat 2nd Dec |
18.30 |
Ss. Bibiana, Pimen & Silverius |
Bill Snow; Frank Sands; Stan Wright; Peter Dodd |
Sun 3rd Dec |
11.00 |
St. Francis Xavier |
John Shaw & Andy McDonagh; Frank o'Brien |
Changes of note to the normal Mass schedule are shown in RED.
Exposition of the Blessed Sacrament, Prayers for Peace and Benediction will take place every Wednesday evening from 18.30 unless notified otherwise.
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The information required for the mass intention is ... Name of the intention, date requested, reason for the request. A small donation is usual for each mass intention.
The Parish Sick List can be found here.
Silence is Golden
If you are going to talk in my house, please talk to Me.
I am in the tabernacle.
I am the Blessed Sacrament.
Tell Me all your problems and between us we can solve them all.
Please don't distract anyone else from talking to Me in my house.
Please show reverence to the Blessed Sacrament in church.
We need to find God, and he cannot be found in noise and restlessness.
God is the friend of silence.See how nature - trees, flowers, grass - grow in silence. The more we receive in silent prayer, the more we can give in our active life.
We need silence to be able to touch souls.
The essential thing is not what we say, but what God says to us and through us. All our words will be useless unless they come from within - words which do not give the light of Christ, increase the darkness.