MASS TIMES & NEWS

Sunday 30 November

ADVENT SUNDAY

11am Parish Mass | Pro populo​

Messe Solenelle – Vierne
O Radiant Dawn – Macmillan
 

5pm Solemn Vespers and Benediction

 

6pm Said Mass and Benediction​ | Our parish mission

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Monday 1 December

Advent Feria

12 noon Mass | Mary's Meals

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Tuesday 2 December
S. Catherine of Siena

12 noon Mass | PCC
 

Wednesday 3 December

S. Francis Xavier

12 noon Mass | Pro populo

7.30pm Carols by Candlelight

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Thursday 4 December

S. John Damascene

10am Mass | Christian unity

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Friday 5 December

Advent Feria

12 noon Mass | Our school

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Saturday 6 December

S. Nicholas

No Mass

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Next Sunday 7 December

ADVENT II

11am Parish Mass | Pro populo

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6pm Said Mass and Benediction​ | Our parish mission

Confessions: Before any Mass or by appointment

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WEEKLY BULLETIN​

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TODAY After Mass today there will be refreshments served at in the Church Hall at S. Silas. Do please join us. 

 

CHANT WORKSHOP  Takes place today, Sunday 30 November, at 2.30pm to prepare some music for Vespers and Benediction at 5pm. Do come along! No experience or prior knowledge necessary.

 

CHRISTMAS CARDS are on sale in church: 5 cards for £3.50. Do also take cards advertising our Christmas services!

 

JUMBLE SALE Thank you to everyone who worked so hard at the jumble sale yesterday. 

 

CAROLS BY CANDLELIGHT AT S. SILAS Sung by our S. Silas Quartet this Wednesday 3 December at 7.30pm followed by festive refreshments in the Presbytery.

 

RECORDING There is a recording in church this week from 2-4 December.

 

CHRISTMAS CRAFT FAIR AT HOLY TRINITY This will take place at Holy Trinity from Saturday 13 - Sunday 14 December. Please display posters where possible.

 

THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION We are invited to join the people of S. Mary Brookfield for their celebration of the Solemnity at 7pm when the celebrant will be the Bishop of Fulham.

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CAROL SERVICE AT HOLY TRINITY Holy Trinity Choir will sing at the at the Holy Trinity Carol Service on Sunday 14 November at 4pm. Followed by mulled wine and mince pies.

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CHRISTMAS CRIB EXHIBITION A display of Christmas Cribs from around the world will be on display at Holy Trinityy from Sunday 14 December until Sunday 23 December. Do come along and see this wonderful display!

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MEDIEVAL MYSTERY PLAYS Fr Philip is part of the Players of S. Peter. They will be performing medieval plays about the Nativity at S. Saviour’s Eton Road on 4-6 December. Leaflets are available in church for further details.

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BETHLEHEM BAUBLES This initiative supports Christian artists in Bethlehem who make glass baubles. These can be ordered online and if you use code C7 when ordering our parish also receives a donation. Leaflets are available in church or go to www.bethlehembaubles.com​

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View Advent and Christmas services >

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PLEASE PRAY FOR those caught up in the war in the Middle East and in Ukraine, for all who teach and learn in our school; for the sick commended to us – Ruby Marshall, Gerry Woodford, Peter, Neil Devlin, Yvonne Dobson, Gemma, Gerald Mack, Fred Salter, Michael Devine, Eileen Bromwich, David Woolf, Leonard Hearne, Su Beard, Jeff Cridland (Pr), Michael Silver (Pr), Caroline Essl, Norma Chisholm, Gary Stinson, Peter Hearn, Doreen Moodie, Frances O’Brien Peter Piddock, Veronica Lavin, John Nelson, Pearline Squire, Kay Farrell,  John Nix, Joyce Nix, Brenda Yazdi, Dennis Holmes, Hazel Hallam, Earl Foster, Melvin Murray, Bert Brace, Clare Smith, Dave McWilliams, June Clough, James Lofthouse and Melanie Grant; for all who have died  Isabel Corbett (Recently Departed); and for Florence Phillips, William Gibbons, John Stewart, James Mason, William Gentleman, William Johnson, Frank Hughes, Harold Robson, Horace Eldon, Norman Higginson, Julia Osborne, Walter Cole (Pr), Ethan Jones and Wolfgang Hepner (Anniversaries).​

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ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SERVICES​

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Sunday 30 November - Advent Sunday

11am Parish Mass at S. Silas | Pro populo

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Wednesday 3 December - Carols by Candlelight

7.30pm at S. Silas, followed by festive refreshments in the Presbytery

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Sunday 7 December - Advent II

11am Parish Mass at S. Silas | Pro populo

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Sunday 14 December - Advent III

11am Parish Mass at S. Silas | Pro populo

4pm Holy Trinity Carol Service, followed by mulled wine and mince pies

Opening of the Christmas Crib Exhibition at Holy Trinity

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Sunday 21 December - Advent IV

11am Parish Mass at S. Silas | Pro populo

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Wednesday 24 December - Christmas Eve

4pm Children's Carol Service at S. Silas

6pm Said Vigil Mass at S. Silas

12 Midnight Solemn Mass with Blessing of the Crib at S. Silas

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Thursday 25 December - Christmas Day

9.30am Mass of the Dawn with Christmas Carols at Holy Trinity

11am Solemn Mass of the Day and Benediction at S. Silas

6pm Said Mass and Benediction at S. Silas

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Friday 26 December - S. Stephen's Day

11am Solemn Mass at S. Silas

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Thursday 1 January - Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God

6pm Solemn Mass at S. Silas

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