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We were very pleased to have 'our' seminarian, Matthew Robinson, with us as our preacher today.

Christmas and New Year

Sun, 21 Dec
Carol Service with Nativity Play at 4.00pm.

Wed, 24 Dec
Mass at 9.30am.
Confessions at 10.00am.
Midnight Mass at 11.30pm.

Thu, 25 Dec
Sung Mass at 10.30am.

All weekday Masses, 26 Dec - 3 Jan, at 9.30am.  No evening services at all.

Sun, 28 Dec (Holy Family)
Sung Mass at 10.30am.

Thu, 1 Jan (Mary, Mother of God)
Mass at 9.30am.
Organ Recital at 11.00am (see below).

Sun, 4 Jan (Epiphany)
Sung Mass at 10.30am.

No public services at all: 5 Jan - 10 Jan.

Normal service times resume from Sun, 11 Jan, but may be subject to occasional variation or cancellation because of the extensive works taking place in church during the first half of 2015.

New Year's Day Organ Recital

'FIREWORKS AND FAREWELL'

THURSDAY 1 JANUARY 2015 at 11:00AM

Admission FREE, with retiring collection

• Music for the Royal Fireworks – Handel
• Christmas Concerto – Corelli
• Andante sostenuto from Symphonie gothique – Widor
• Toccata from Symphonie No. 5 – Widor

Director of Music Lee Dunleavy begins the New Year with an exhilarating recital of organ classics. The recital begins with transcriptions of two famous orchestral works, George Frederic Handel’s suite of dances for the Royal Fireworks, and Arcangelo Corelli’s baroque concerto which includes folk-like tunes and sounds evoking bagpipes to conjure images of the Biblical shepherds attending the manger at the birth of Jesus.  The recital concludes with two works by French organist-composer Charles-Marie Widor, his reflective and peaceful Andante sostenuto and his ever-popular whirlwind Toccata.  The recital will last 45 minutes and following the recital there will be light refreshments.  This will be the farewell recital for St Mary’s historic organ, which will be out of action for five months until the quinquennial repairs have been completed..

Dates for 2015

Ash Wednesday (18 March)

Sung Mass at 6.30pm

Palm Sunday (29 Mar)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Holy Thursday (2 April)

Sung Mass and Procession Ssmi at 6.30pm

Good Friday (3 April)

Stations of the Cross at 11.00am
Confessions at 11.30am
Liturgy of the Lord’s Passion at 3.00pm

Easter Sunday (5 April)

Sung Mass and Maria Consolata at 10.30am

Ascension of the Lord (Sunday 17 May)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Corpus Christi (Sunday 7 June)

Sung Mass, Procession Ssmi, Benediction at 10.30am

Most Holy Redeemer (Sunday 19 July)

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

Assumption BVM (Sunday 16 August)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Patronal Festival: Nativity BVM (Sunday 6 September)

Procession of Our Lady and Sung Mass at 10.30am
Preacher: Fr Darren Smith (ACS)

Harvest Thanksgiving (Sunday 27 September)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Anniversary of Dedication (Sunday 25 October)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

All Saints (Sunday 1 November)

Sung Mass at 10.30am

All Souls (Monday 2 November)

Requiem Mass at 6.30pm

Remembrance Sunday (8 November)

Sung Mass of Requiem at 10.30am

Advent IV (Sunday 20 December)

Lessons and Carols at 4.00pm

Christmas Eve

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

Christmas Day 

Sung Mass at 10.30am

Christmas and New Year

Sun, 21 Dec
Carol Service with Nativity Play at 4.00pm.

Wed, 24 Dec
Mass at 9.30am.
Confessions at 10.00am.
Midnight Mass at 11.30pm.

Thu, 25 Dec
Sung Mass at 10.30am.

All weekday Masses, 26 Dec - 3 Jan, at 9.30am.  No evening services at all.

Sun, 28 Dec
Sung Mass at 10.30am.

Sun, 4 Jan
Sung Mass at 10.30am.

No public services at all: 5 Jan - 10 Jan.

Normal service times resume from Sun, 11 Jan, but may be subject to occasional variation or cancellation because of the extensive works taking place in church during the first half of 2015.