Blessing of Throats for the Feast of St Blaise

 
Sunday 28th January. 

Fourth Sunday of Year A

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

This week sees the Feast of St Blaise on Friday. There will be the traditional Blessing of Throats on the Vigil of His Feast at the end of Novena & Benediction on Thursday evening.

Anyone with children at our Primary School can join us at 9am on Friday, where the Blessing of Throats will also take place.

St Blaise was a Martyr for his Catholic Faith. This Sunday we will hear the Beatitudes during the Gospel. I feel that we often forget the final one:

"Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you."

Let us pray for the many who are persecuted, in all sorts of ways, for their Catholic Faith today.

MASSES THIS WEEK. Please note the new time of 8.30am Mass on Friday Mornings, to allow Fr Simon to participate in our Primary School's weekly act of Worship.

 

Monday   --- No public Mass today

Tuesday 12 noon Traditional Latin Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Thursday  7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

                   followed by St Blaise's Blessing of Throats

Friday 8.30am Mass 

Saturday 11.30 - 11.50am CONFESSIONS

                12 noon Traditional Latin Mass

   

Sunday 5th February. Fifth Sunday of Year A

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Third Sunday of the Year

 
The Conversion of St Paul by Nicolas Bernard Lepicie.

Sunday 22nd January. 

Third Sunday of Year A

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

Wednesday is the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul. It marks the end of the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity, when we pray for all Christians to be united in the one Church of God. This Octave was first conceived by an American, Father Paul of Graymoor in 1907, two years before his entrance into the Catholic Church in 1909. The Octave, as originally conceived by Father Paul, reflects the unchanging truth that there can be no real unity apart from union with that Rock, established by Christ Himself, which is Peter and his successors. For that reason, St. Peter is considered the special Patron of the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity. It started on the feast, last week, of the Chair of St Peter. You can read a full account of it's origins here: Historical Profile: Founder of the Octave of Prayer for Christian Unity | EWTN

MASSES THIS WEEK. Please note the new time of 8.30am Mass on Friday Mornings, to allow Fr Simon to participate in our Primary School's weekly act of Worship.

 

Monday   9.30am Mass

Tuesday 12 noon Traditional Latin Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Thursday  7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

Friday 8.30am Mass 

Saturday --- No public Mass today

   

Sunday 29th January. Fourth Sunday of Year A

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

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PRAYER FOR ENGLAND 

O blessed Virgin Mary, 

Mother of God and our most gentle Queen and Mother, 

look down in mercy upon England thy "Dowry" 

and upon us all who greatly hope and trust in thee. 

By thee it was that Jesus our Saviour and our hope 

was given unto the world; 

and He has given thee to us that we might hope still more. 

Plead for us thy children, 

whom thou didst receive and accept at the foot of the Cross, 

O sorrowful Mother. 

Intercede for our separated brethren, that with us in the one true fold 

they may be united to the chief Shepherd, the Vicar of thy Son. 

Pray for us all, dear Mother, that by faith fruitful in good works 

we may all deserve to see and praise God, 

together with thee, in our heavenly home. 

Amen. 

Sunday Masses. Second Sunday of the Year

Behold, the Lamb of God!

 

Sunday 15th January. 

Second Sunday of Year A

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

Each year the parish holds a collection for the work of the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children SPUC. We do so this Sunday, praying for our country to give full value to God's gift of life.

Monday   9.30am Mass

Tuesday 12 noon Traditional Latin Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass

Thursday  7pm NOVENA & BENEDICTION

Friday 9.30am Mass 

Saturday 11.30 - 11.50am CONFESSIONS

                12 noon Traditional Latin Mass

   

Sunday 22nd January. Third Sunday of Year A

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Baptism of the Lord

 

Solemnity 

of the 

Baptism of the Lord

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Refreshments served after both Masses 

in the Pope John Paul Room.

Come and join us!

The season of Christmas comes to an end under the new liturgical calendar this Sunday with the Feast of the Lord's Baptism. 

Please note that as there wasn't an opportunity to offer Mass with advance notice last week before Pope Benedict XVI's funeral, Mass will be offered for him this Wednesday morning at 9.30am.

Monday   9.30am Mass

Tuesday 12 noon Traditional Latin Mass

Wednesday  9.30am Mass. Requiem Mass offered for Pope Benedict XVI

Thursday  No public Mass today

Friday 9.30am Mass 

Saturday          Baptisms: 

                         Nosadeba & Omazee Onaiwu 

                         & Reception into Church of Kay Wright

   

Sunday 15th January. Second Sunday of Year A

Mass at 8.30am & 10am. 

Mass for the Feast of the Epiphany

 

Mass on Friday 6th January 

A Holyday of Obligation

will be at 9.30am

at St Catherine's.

Including the Proclamation of Easter

and the Blessing of chalk.

Spot the difference in our Crib scene!

No prizes, though!