May Devotion

We enjoyed having Father Edmund Wheat, former Director of the Society of the Sacred Mission, as guest preacher at our May Devotion when we gave due honour to the lowly Virgin of Nazareth who became the Mother of God.

The Coming Year

Ash Wednesday (5 March)

Sung Mass at 6.30pm

Palm Sunday (13 April)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Stations of the Cross at 6.00pm

Holy Thursday (17 April)

Sung Mass and Procession Ssmi at 6.30pm

Good Friday (18 April)

Confessions at 9.30am
Stations of the Cross at 11.00am
Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion at 3.00pm

Holy Saturday (19 April)

The Easter Vigil at 8.00pm

Easter Sunday (20 April)

Sung Mass and Maria Consolata at 10.30am

May Devotion (Sunday 4 May)

Procession of Our Lady & Sung Mass at 10.30am

Preacher: Fr Edmund Wheat SSM

Ascension of the Lord (Sunday 1 June)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Corpus Christi (Sunday 22 June)

Sung Mass, Procession Ssmi, Benediction at 10.30am

Assumption BVM (17 August)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Patronal Festival: Nativity BVM (Sunday 7 September)

Procession of Our Lady and Sung Mass at 10.30am

Harvest Thanksgiving (Sunday 28 September)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Anniversary of Dedication (Sunday 26 October)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

All Saints (Sunday 2 November)

Sung Mass & Confirmation at 10.30am
Celebrant & Preacher: the Bishop of Richborough

All Souls (Monday 3 November)

Requiem Mass at 6.30pm

Remembrance Sunday (9 November)

Sung Mass of Requiem at 10.30am

Advent IV (Sunday 21 December)

Lessons and Carols at 4.00pm

Christmas Eve (Wednesday 24 December)

Mass at 9.30am
Confessions at 10.00am
Sung Midnight Mass at 11.30pm

Christmas Day 

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Dates for Your Diary 2014

Organ Recitals
Saturday, April 26th at 11.30 a.m. – Simon Bland
Saturday, May 31st at 7 p.m. – Pamela Rawlinson (piano)
Saturday, June 14th at 7 p.m. – Lee Dunleavy
Saturday, July 12th at 7 p.m. – Thomas Trotter (Organ Centenary)
Saturday, September 20th at 3 p.m. – NDOA
Saturday, September 27th at 7 p.m. – Ben Giddens
Saturday, October 4th at 11.30 a.m. – St Mary’s Organists

Other Dates

Saturday, March 1st at 10.00am - Children's Society Coffee Morning

Saturday, March 8th at 10.00am - Jumble Sale

Saturday, April 12th at 10.00am - Book Sale

Saturday, June 28th at 10.00am - Summer Fete

Saturday, September 13th at 10.00am - Jumble Sale

Saturday, September 27th at 10.00am - Book Sale

Saturday, November 22nd at 10.00am - Winter Market

Burns Night

Thanks to the team who kept us all fed and watered, to all those who supported on the night, and to Bill for providing a touch of authenticity to the proceedings!

Strike!

Seventeen children from St Mary's Sunday School - with assorted parents, relations, and friends - spent a successful afternoon at the local bowling alley on Saturday.

A Very Merry Christmas

Advent and Christmas

Sunday, 22 Dec
10h30 Parish Mass
16h00 Lessons and Carols (with Nativity Play)

Tuesday, 24 Dec
09h30 Mass
10h00 Confessions
23h30 Midnight Sung Mass

Wednesday, 25 Dec
10h30 Sung Mass

Thursday, 26 Dec - Saturday, 28 Dec
Mass daily at 09h30
No other services

From Sunday, 29 Dec
Normal Mass timetable