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21st December - 28th December 2025 |
Fourth Week in Advent |
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Fourth Sunday of Advent 21st December Is 7:10-14 Rm 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24 9.00 Andrew Cunningham RIP 11.00am Catherine & James Murphy RIP 6.00pm Mass People of the Parish Exit Collection Christmas Flowers |
Dear Brothers & Sisters, Today so near to feasting Jesus’ birth we pray for all expectant mothers and ask the Lord’s blessing on them for a safe delivery and good health for both mother and child. St.John of Kety (Tuesday) was a Polish priest of the 15th century who excelled in both science & theology, but remembered especially for love of neighbour. Christmas (Thursday) is a material feast, because we celebrate the Son of God taking shape in the flesh & blood we are made of. So it is right to make a big feast out of God becoming one of us! The Christmas Day Collection* is the annual offering to the SCJ community. It supports personal material needs like clothes, shoes, & breaks, all the things that do not come from parish funds. *Special gift aid envelope in narthex. St.Stephen’s Day (Friday) the feast of our first martyr, is also the day we bless our altar servers, at 10.15 mass this day. New medals to be given to new servers St.John the apostle (Saturday) the only evangelist among the 12, gave us the poem that begins his gospel, with its powerful line near the end: ‘The Word became flesh, and he lived among us’ Holy Family Sunday: we feast wedding jubilees & thank God for his presence in all our families. Blessing for Infants and Children at 9.00am. Blessing for Jubilee couples at 11.00am.
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Monday - 22nd December Zep 3:1-2,9-13 Mt 21:28-32 7.00 Mass Private Intention 10.15 Mass Ewa Sawicka (in church) 10.45-11.30 Confessions |
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Tuesday - 23rd December St.John of Kety Zep 3:1-2,9-13 Mt 21:28-32 7.00 Mass Vicky Colwill 10.15 Mass Steve Liddard (in church) 10.45-11.30 Confessions 7.00pm Prayer before the Blessed Sacrament |
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Wednesday - 24th December Christmas Eve Gn 49:2,8-10 Mt 1:1-17 (No morning Mass) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 5.00pm Carols 5.30pm Mass of Christmas People of the Parish 7.30pm Carols 8pm Mass of Christmas People of the Parish |
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Thursday - 25th December Christmas Day Jer 23:5-8 Mt 1:18-24 9.00 Mass People of the Parish 11.00 Mass People of the Parish |
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Friday - 26th December St.Stephen Jd 13:2-7,24-25 Lk 1:5-25 10.15 Mass Guild of St Stephen |
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Saturday 27th December St John the Evangelist Is 7:10-14 Lk 1:26-38 9.30 Confessions 10.15 Mass Rita Vranch also Mary Johnson |
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Holy Family Sunday 28th December Is 7:10-14 Rm 1:1-7 Mt 1:18-24 9.00 People of the Parish also Jess McKee 11.00am George Everard RIP 6.00pm Mass Michael Brennan Exit Collection Parish Roof Fund |