Church calendar (Sundays and major holy days are marked according to 2011)

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1 Church calendar (Sundays and major holy days are marked according to 2011) Sunday: Masses are celebrated at 8.00am and 10.30am. Evening Prayer is said at 6.30pm (Sung on the third Sunday except where noted). Holy Baptism is administered during the Parish Masses 9 January; 6 February, 6 March, 24 April, 12 June, 3 July, 7 August, 4 September, 2 October, 1 & 6 Nov. Bishop Christopher Chessun anticipates baptising and confirming for us in his cathedral church at Easter Eve, at 6pm on Saturday 23 April. Mass is said daily; Mondays at 8.00am, Tuesdays at 7.30pm, Wednesdays at 10.00am, Thursday at 8.00am, Fridays and Saturdays at 9.00am. Parish Masses for major feasts (as marked) are celebrated at the High Altar at 8.00pm (12 noon throughout the Octave of Easter and Christmas and Saturdays). PCC Meetings: January18 at 8.15pm (Confession of Peter); March8 at 8.00pm (Shrove Tuesday); April 17 (Palm Sunday) at 7.30pm; May 3 at 8.00pm (S Mark); July 5; September 27 and November 29 at 8.00pm. The APCM to be followed by a parish dinner in church takes place after 6.00pm Procession and Sung Mass on Palm Sunday. Father Nicholas Advent January The Most Holy name of Jesus 2 January Christmass II 6 January The Epiphany of our Lord (Matthew ii, 1-12) 9 January The Baptism of our Lord (Matthew iii, 13-17) 12 January S Aelred of Rievaulx , a Cistercian monk and writer 13 January S Hilary of Poitiers ( ) who defended the Western church from heresy 16 January Epiphany II 17 January S Anthony of Egypt, one of the desert fathers Bishop Christopher Chessun becomes 10 th bishop of Southwark 18 January Confession of St Peter start of Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing followed by PCC meeting at 8.15pm (note time) 19 January S Wulfstan of Worcester, Benedictine and bishop (for 32 years; the only pre Norman bishop to keep his see after 1066), died January S Sebastian, early Roman martyr 21 January S Agnes, died in 350? A young girl martyr with an early church 2.00pm All Saints School Mass for end of Bible Week 22 January S Vincent of Saragossa, Spain s first saint, a deacon from Huesca 23 January Epiphany III 24 January S Francis de Sales ( ) The Gentle Christ of Geneva

2 25 January Conversion of S Paul (Acts ix, 1-22) 26 January SS Timothy and Titus, apostles working with St Paul in mission 28 January S Thomas Aquinas, Dominican who explained the eucharist ( ) & died en route to the Council of Lyons that united East and West churches 30 January Epiphany IV 31 January S John Bosco, founder of the Salesian brothers as a teaching order in Turin. He died in February S Brigid of Kildare ( ), foundress of first Irish nunnery 2 February Presentation of our Lord (Luke ii, 22-40) 2.30pm All Saints School Mass. 8.00pm Parish Mass 3 February S Anskar ( ) missionary from Amiens to Germany 4 February S Gilbert of Sempringham, only English founder of a monastic community (died 1189 aged 106) 5 February S Agatha, Sicilian girl martyr 6 February Epiphany V (Queen s Accession Day 1952) 9 February 10 February S Scholastica ( ), sister of S Benedict who lived near his monastery at Monte Cassiano 13 February Epiphany VI 14 February SS Cyril and Methodius, the Apostles to the Slavs 15 February S Sigfrid, English Benedictine who converted Norway and Sweden 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 20 February III before Lent (Septuagesima) 23 February S Polycarp, (69-115?) a pupil of St John at Izmir, put to death for refusing to honour pagan gods 27 February II before Lent (Sexagesima) 1 March S David of Wales 2 March S Chad of Lichfield 6 March Sunday before Lent (Quinquagesima) 3.30pm Choral Evensong and enthronement of Bishop Christopher in Southwark Cathedral, followed by inaugural mass at 6.30pm 7 March SS Perpetua and Felicity, early church martyrs 8 March S John of God ( ), founder of a hospital in Granada and an order of Hospitallers. 7.30pm Mass followed by PCC Meeting 9 March Ash Wednesday 9.00am All Saints School Mass. 8.00pm Parish Mass 13 March Lent I 15 March 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing

3 17 March S Patrick of Ireland, fifth century church leader who founded the cathedral at Armagh 18 March S Cyril, Patriach of Jerusalem from and great teacher 19 March S Joseph, husband of Our Lady 20 March Lent II 25 March The Annunciation of our Lord (Luke i, 26-38) 27 March Lent III 3 April Lent IV 10 April Lent V (Passion Sunday) Choral Evensong 13 April 17 April Palm Sunday* (London Marathon) 8.00am Mass as usual; 6.00pm Procession and Sung Mass followed by The APCM, PCC Meeting and Parish Dinner 19 April 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 21 April Maundy Thursday 22 April Good Friday 23 April Easter Eve 24 April Easter Day 29 April The wedding of HRH Prince William of Wales 1 May Easter II 1pm Holy Matrimony 2 May S George (transferred from 23 April) 3 May S Mark (transferred from April 25) 7.30pm Parish Mass (note time) followed by PCC Meeting 4 May SS Philip and James (transferred from 1 May) 8 May Easter III May Joint Parish pilgrimage to Città del Pieve 11 May 14 May S Matthias, Apostle 15 May Easter IV 17 May 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 19 May S Dunstan of Canterbury ( ), Benedictine monk from Glastonbury and later Archbishop of Canterbury and patron saint of goldsmiths 20 May S Bernardine of Siena ( ), Franciscan noted for preaching 22 May Easter V 25 May S Bede, monk at Jarrow who wrote the first history of England 26 May S Augustine, first Archbishop of Canterbury who came to this island in 597 to bring gifts from the Church of Rome 28 May S Lanfranc of Canterbury, a Benedictine from Pavia, later abbot of Bec, Caen and then Archbishop ( )

4 29 May Easter VI 31 May Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary 1 June S Justin Martyr ( ) born in Nablus, Palestine converted to Christianity aged 30 and an early teacher. The account of his death survives. 2 June The Ascension of our Lord 5 June Sunday after Ascension 8 June 9 June S Columba who preached in Scotland June S Barnabas, Apostle, companion of St Paul 12 June Pentecost 13 June S Anthony of Padua 16 June S Richard of Chichester ( ), statesman and lawyer 19 June Trinity Sunday 21 June 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 22 June S Alban (first English martyr) 23 June Corpus Christi (first observed 1264, following the Miracle at Bolsena where the communion host turned into the Body and Blood of Christ) 24 June The Birth of S John the Baptist 26 June Trinity II 27 June S Cyril of Alexandria 28 June S Irenaeus of Lyons, martyr 170AD 29 June SS Peter and Paul, Apostles 3 July S Thomas, Apostle 5 July 7.30pm Mass followed by PCC Meeting 6 July S John Fisher, Bishop of Rochester and S Thomas More, Chancellor of England, put to death in 1535 by Henry VIII 9 July Holy Matrimony 10 July Trinity III 11 July S Benedict, Abbot (c ) 13 July S Henry of Bavaria, Holy Roman Emperor at Bamberg cathedral 15 July S Bonaventure (d 1274) the best known Franciscan after Francis himself who had healed him as a boy 16 July S Osmund, Bishop of Salisbury (d.1009) Holy Matrimony 17 July Trinity IV 19 July S Gregory of Nyssa and S Macrina, brother and sister, teachers 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 20 July S Margaret of Antioch, possibly fictional 22 July S Mary Magdalene

5 11am All Saints School Leavers Service 23 July S Bridget of Sweden, , who as a widow formed an Order 24 July Trinity V 25 July S James, Apostle 26 July SS Joachim and Anna, parents of Our Lady 29 July SS Martha, Mary and Lazarus 30 July S Peter Chrysologus ( ), bishop of Ravenna from 433 and a great preacher Holy Matrimony 31 July Trinity VI 4 August S John Vianney, patron saint of parish priests and a simple French peasant who was Vicar (Curé) of Ars for forty years soon after the church was restored after the French Revolution. 5 August S Oswald of Northumbria, who was killed 642 by pagan Mercians 6 August The Transfiguration of the Lord 7 August Trinity VII 8 August S Dominic 9 August S Teresa Benedicta of the Cross, a Jewish born convert (Edith Stein),who was gassed at Auschwitz, August S Laurence, martyred deacon of the church in Rome (258) 11 August S Clare, who with St Francis established a community for women 14 August Trinity VIII 15 August Assumption of the BVM and parish party 16 August S Stephen of Hungary ( ) who brought Hungary together (7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing tbc) 20 August S Bernard of Clairvaux, a celebrated preacher during the Crusades 21 August Trinity IX 23 August S Rosa of Lima ( ), first American saint, canonised in 1671 and patron saint of South America 24 August S Bartholomew, Apostle 25 August S Louis IX King of France ( ) who died on his way to the crusades 26 August S Ninian of Scotland who founded Whithorn Abbey (Wigtonshire) 27 August S Monica, mother of Augustine ( ) 28 August Trinity X 29 August The Decollation (Beheading) of St John the Baptist 31 August S Aidan of Lindisfarne, died 651, a monk from Iona 1 September S Giles, French Benedictine abbot much venerated 3 September S Gregory the Great, the pope who sent Augustine to England

6 4 September Trinity XI 8 September Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary 11 September Trinity XII 13 September S John Chrysostom ( ), Patriarch of Constantinople and a golden-mouthed preacher 14 September Holy Cross Day marking the finding of the True Cross by the Empress Helena 16 September S Cyprian of Carthage ( ), teacher of Christian unity 18 September Trinity XIII 20 September 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 21 September S Matthew, Apostle and Evangelist 25 September Trinity XIV 26 September SS Cosmas and Damian 27 September S Vincent de Paul. 7.30pm Mass followed by PCC Meeting 28 September S Wenceslaus of Bohemia, murdered by his own brother 29 September S Michael and All Angels 30 September S Jerome (c ), monk and translator of the Bible into Latin 1 October S Teresa Benedicta of Lisieux ( ), a Carmelite and visionary 2 October Trinity XV 4 October S Francis of Assisi, d 1226, from a noble family he espoused poverty 6 October S Bruno (c ) founder of the Carthusians 9 October Trinity XVI 10 October S Paulinus 11 October S Ethelburga, abbess of Barking (d c 675) 12 October S Wilfrid of Ripon ( ) 13 October S Edward the Confessor (d.1042) England s royal patron buried in Westminster Abbey that he had first commissioned 15 October S Teresa of Avila ( ), canonised in 1622 as a mystical writer 8.00am Mass before National Pilgrimage to Westminster Abbey 16 October Trinity XXVII 17 October S Ignatius of Antioch 18 October S Luke, Apostle and Evangelist 8.00pm Parish Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 23 October Last after Trinity 25 October SS Crispin and Crispinian, patron saints of cobblers 28 October SS Simon and Jude, Apostles 30 October IV before Advent 1 November All Saints 2 November All Souls

7 4 November S Charles Borromeo ( ), bishop of Milan 6 November III before Advent 8 November All Saints of England 9 November 10 November S Leo the Great, d November S Martin of Tours, a former soldier and pupil of St Hilary 13 November II before Advent (Remembrance) 15 November S Albert the Great (d1280), Thomas Aquinas s teacher 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 16 November S Margaret of Scotland, pious wife of Malcolm III (d.1093) 17 November S Hugh of Lincoln ( ), a Burgundian born Carthusian who became Bishop of Lincoln. The kings of England and Scotland carried his coffin 18 November S Elizabeth of Hungary ( ) a follower of St Francis 19 November S Hilda (614-80), abbess of Whitby 20 November Christ the King 21November Presentation of the Virgin Mary 22 November S Cecilia of Rome, a martyr associated with music since November S Clement of Rome, pope 25 November S Catherine of Alexandria, a martyr who refused pagan marriage 27 November Advent Sunday 29 November 7.30pm Mass followed by PCC Meeting 30 November S Andrew, Apostle, patron of Scotland 3 December S Francis Xavier, one of the first Jesuit founders, died December Advent II 6 December S Nicholas of Myra (Santa Claus) buried in Bari, Italy 7 December S Ambrose of Milan, converted by Augustine of Hippo (d 397) 8 December The Immaculate Conception of the BVM 11 December Advent III 13 December S Lucy of Syracuse (d304), associated with light (latin - lux) 14 December S John of the Cross ( ), Spanish mystical poet 18 December Advent IV 20 December 7.30pm Mass with laying on of hands for Healing 25 December Christmas Day 26 December S Stephen, deacon and first martyr 27 December S John, Apostle and Evangelist 28 December Holy Innocents 29 December S Thomas à Becket, put to death (1170) 31 December S Sylvester, pope, died 335