MASS TIMES & NEWS

Sunday 14 December

ADVENT III

11am Parish Mass | Pro populo

Missa Rorate Caeli – Haydn
Qui Sedes, Domini – J. M. Haydn

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4pm Carol Service at Holy Trinity​

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6pm Said Mass and Benediction​ | Our parish mission

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Monday 15 December

Advent Feria

12 noon Mass | Will Okai

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Tuesday 16 December
Advent Feria

12 noon Mass | Julio Cesar Calegario RIP
 

Wednesday 17 December

O Sapientia

8am Mass | The Housebound

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Thursday 18 December

O Adonai

12 noon Mass | Hospital Chaplains

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Friday 19 December

O Radix Jesse

12 noon Mass | Mimi Iwama RIP

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Saturday 20 December

O Clavis David

No Mass

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Next Sunday 21 December

ADVENT IV

11am Parish Mass | Pro populo

Missa Aeterna Christi Munera – Palestrina

Rorate Caeli - Guerrero

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6pm Said Mass and Benediction​ | Our parish mission

Confessions: Before any Mass or by appointment

Christmas Confession times: Friday 19 December at 6pm, Monday 22 December at 11am and 6pm or by appointment

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WEEKLY BULLETIN​

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

 

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

 

CHRISTMAS CARDS 2 Cards by local artist Louise Camrass showing a mother and child are on sale in church. 5 cards for £4.

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CHRISTMAS CRAFT AND BOOK FAIR Continues this afternoon at Holy Trinity Sunday 14 December from 2pm – 4pm and after the Carol Service. Come along and get a bargain!

 

CAROL SERVICE TODAY! Holy Trinity Choir will sing at the Holy Trinity Carol Service on Sunday 14 December at 4pm. Followed by mulled wine and mince pies.

 

CHRISTMAS CRIB EXHIBITION A display of Christmas Cribs from around the world will be on display at Holy Trinity from Sunday 14 December until Sunday 23 December. Details of when church is open are on posters on the noticeboards. Do come along and see this wonderful display!

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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), 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, Mimi Iwama, Michael Silver (Pr), (Recently Departed); and for Josephine Farmer, Percy Williams. David Dye, Ellen Heal, Nemessio Soriano, Gabriella Ferreira, Harry Bendit, Annie Williams, Steven Morris, Cynthia Francis, and Michael Houghton (Bp), (Anniversaries).​​​​​

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ADVENT AND CHRISTMAS SERVICES​

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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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