WEEKEND MASSES
SUNDAY – 10am & 4.30pm
1pm Shona (first Sunday of month)
11.45am Brazilian (weekly on Saturdays)
(For Holy Days of Obligation, see foot of page)
Weekdays (including Sat) – See below
CONFESSIONS – After 10am Mass on Saturdays, or contact parish priest to arrange an alternative.
CALENDAR (Sundays of Year A)
Saturday 6th – Saint Nicholas, Bishop
10am Holy Mass followed by Exposition & Confessions
11.45am Holy Mass (Brazilian)
SUNDAY 7th December 2025
SECOND SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10am, 1pm (in Shona) & 4.30pm Holy Mass
Monday 8th – The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Solemnity
10am Holy Mass
Tuesday 9th – Saint Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin
10am Holy Mass
Wednesday 10th – Our Lady of Loreto
10am Holy Mass
7.15pm Advent Adoration & Reflection
Thursday 11th – Saint Damasus I, Pope
10am Holy Mass
Friday 12th – Our Lady of Guadalupe
10am Holy Mass
Saturday 13th – Saint Lucy, Virgin, Martyr
10am Holy Mass followed by Exposition & Confessions
11.45am Holy Mass (Brazilian)
SUNDAY 14th December 2025
THIRD SUNDAY OF ADVENT
10am & 4.30pm Holy Mass
Advent Penitential Service
Wednesday 17th
7.15pm Penitential Service: Adoration & Confessions
Christmas Masses
Wednesday 24th – Christmas Eve
7pm First Mass of Christmas
Thursday 25th – Christmas Day
10am Holy Mass
The readings and prayers for Mass can be found at the UNIVERSALIS website, or the mobile app can be downloaded from the Android or iOS app-stores
The Holydays of Obligation for England and Wales are:
- Every Sunday
- Nativity of the Lord (25 December)
- Epiphany of the Lord (6 January*)
- Ascension of the Lord (Thursday after 6th Sunday of Easter)
- St Peter & St Paul (29 June*)
- Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary (15 August*)
- All Saints (1 November*)
* According to a decision of the Bishops’ Conference (1984) Holydays which fall on Saturday or Monday are transferred to the Sunday.
Since 2006 the following celebration is transferred to Sunday:
- Body and Blood of the Lord (Corpus Christi)