The New Year 2012

Some dates for your diary.

Friday, 3 February:
A Parish 'Burns Night' Celebration.

Ash Wednesday, 22 February:
6.30pm. Sung Mass with Imposition of Ashes.

Lent Study Day, Saturday 3 March:
10.30am. 'Our Lady in Poetry and Prose' with the Bishop of Ebbsfleet.

Jumble Sale, Saturday, 17 March:
10.00am. Jumble Sale.

Palm Sunday, 1 April:
10.25am. Procession of Palms from Vicarage and Sung Mass.
6.00pm.  Stations of the Cross.

Maundy Thursday, 5 April:
6.30pm. Sung Mass, Procession and Watch at the Altar of Repose.

Good Friday, 6 April:
3.00pm. Liturgy of the Lord's Passion.

Holy Saturday, 7 April:
8.00pm. The Easter Vigil.

Easter Day, 8 April:
10.30am. Sung Mass and Maria Consolata.

Saturday, 14 April:
10.00am. Book Sale.

May Devotion, Sunday, 6 May:
10.30am. Procession OLW and Sung Mass.

Corpus Christi, Sunday, 10 June:
10.30am. Sung Mass, Procession and Benediction.

Saturday, 16 June:
7.30pm Organ Recital.

Saturday, 30 June:
Summer Market.

Sunday, 1 July:
Sunday School Picnic.

Sunday, 15 July:
The Bishop of Richborough celebrates and preaches at the Sung Mass.
Parish Lunch.

Assumption BVM, Sunday, 12 August:
10.30am. Sung Mass.

A Very Happy Christmas

from the Crib at St Mary's Wellingborough.

Advent and Christmas Service Times

Mon - Fri, 19 - 23 Dec: No Masses.

Christmas Eve: Midnight Mass at 11.30pm.

Christmas Day: Sung Mass at 10.30am.

Mon - Sat, 26 - 31 Dec: Mass daily at 9.30am.

New Year's Day, 1 Jan: Sung Mass at 10.30am.

Mon - Tue, 2 - 3 Jan: No Mass.

Normal services and times from Wednesday, 4 Jan 2012.

Confirmation 2011

We welcomed the Bishop of Richborough to St Mary's on Christ the King Sunday and six candidates were confirmed.  Members of the choir of Trinity College Cambridge provided the music (plainsong, Mozart and Howells) and a splendid lunch for seventy followed.  A Liturgy of the Word, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament and Solemn Benediction rounded things off nicely.

Coming Soon

Christ the King.  The Bishop of Richborough will visit St Mary's this Sunday, 20 November.  Sung Mass with Confirmation at 10.30am; Parish Lunch; Sermon, Procession Ssmi and Solemn Benediction at 2.30pm.

Advent Market.  Saturday, 26 November, 11.00am - 2.00pm.  Stalls, Refreshments, Lunches.

Lessons and Carols.  Including the Sunday School's Nativity Celebration, on Sunday, 18 December, at 4.00pm.  Mince pies to follow.

Christmas.  Midnight Mass begins on Christmas Eve at 11.30pm and is celebrated by candlelight.  Sung Mass on Christmas Day at 10.30am.

Remembrance Sunday

The Parish War Memorial

Field of Poppies from the Sunday School

Edward Mannock VC, DSO, MC

Coming Soon

Book Sale on Saturday, 1 October, from 10.00am.  Thousands of volumes together with DVDs, CDs, videos and games.  Refreshments will be available as well.

Consesnsus Vocalis concert on Friday, 7 October, at 7.30pm.  Free entry with a retiring collection and refreshments.

Anniversary of Dedication.  Procession and Sung Mass on Sunday, 23 October, at 10.30am.  Preacher: Fr Darren Smith SSC, General Secretary of the Additional Curates Society.  There will be a drinks reception after Mass.