Last year’s confirmation, which took place on St Benedict’s Day.
We welcome Bishop Jonathan to confirm and baptize our five candidates this Sunday. We pray for them, that the Holy Spirit will be given to them to strengthen them in faith and draw them closer to Christ. Please keep Kataleya, Theo, Frederick, Eva, and Daniel in your prayers as they receive the sacraments of initiation and are called ever more deeply into the life of the Body of Christ.
Fr Peter Anthony
This year’s Christmas services will be reduced in number because of COVID. It will also be necessary to book (entirely free) tickets for most of the main sung liturgies so we can predict how many people will be present in our building.
We can fit a maximum of around 50 people in the church at the moment. We have made the decision not to have our usual Christmas Eve Children’s Crib Service this year. We aim, in addition, to have a Christmas Carol Service on Sunday 20th December at 6.00 pm, Midnight Mass on Thursday 24th December at 9.00 pm, and a Mass on Christmas Day at 11.00 am.
There will be no congregational singing at any of our Christmas liturgies, but there will be a choir present singing for us at Midnight Mass and the Carol Service.
Could we ask parishioners to start booking tickets NOW for these three Christmas liturgies? Please send Fr Peter an email indicating how many tickets you need for which service, and whether those attending form the same household or bubble.
Services for the week beginning 13th December 2020
Sunday 13th December 2020
Advent 3
11.00 am Sung Mass
Tuesday 15th December
Advent feria
11.00 am Mass
Wednesday 16th December
Advent feria
7.30 pm Mass
Thursday 17th December
O Sapientia
7.30 pm Mass
Friday 18th December
O Adonai
11.00 am Mass
Saturday 19th December
O Radix Iesse
6.00 pm Vigil Mass of Sunday
Sunday 20th December
Advent 4
11.00 am Sung Mass
6.00 pm Candlelit Christmas Carol Service