
We all know that Christmas will be different this year. Having consulted with our congregation, this is what we’ve got planned for a safe and joyful celebration. We look forward to welcoming you! Keeping you all in prayer meantime.
Christmas Eve, Thursday 24th December
7.30 am Mass of Christmas Eve (also broadcast on Radio Maria England)
5 pm Vigil Mass of Christmas – cloister/garden, with carols afterwards outdoors. We recommend you bring a torch (as well as warm clothes!)
11 pm Midnight Mass (without Matins) – cloister/garden, with carols afterwards outdoors. We recommend you bring a torch (as well as warm clothes!)
Also on Christmas Eve, NOT PUBLIC but broadcast on Radio Maria England:
Lauds (Morning Prayer): 7 am
First Vespers of Christmas (Evening Prayer): 6.30 pm
Christmas Day, Friday 25th December
8.15 am Mass – Upper Chapel (also broadcast on Radio Maria England). Maximum 30 persons – if you’re a regular, do bring your Christmas guests, but if you’re not a regular, can we ask you to attend one of the other Masses if at all possible?
9.15 am Mass (Extraordinary Form) – cloister/garden. Missa cantata with schola
11 am Mass – cloister/garden, with carols afterwards outdoors
NO EVENING MASS
Also on Christmas Day, NOT PUBLIC but broadcast on Radio Maria England:
Lauds (Morning Prayer): 7.45 am
Solemn Vespers (Evening Prayer): 7 pm
After Christmas Day (Cambridge enters Tier 4 but communal worship is able to continue):
St. Stephen’s Day (Boxing Day), Saturday 26th December
Mass 9.30 (also broadcast on Radio Maria England)
Broadcast on Radio Maria England) only:
Lauds (Morning Prayer): 9 am
Vespers (Evening Prayer): 6.30 pm
Sunday after Christmas (Feast of the Holy Family), 27th December
8.15 am Mass – Upper Chapel (maximum 30 persons), also broadcast on Radio Maria England
9.15 am Mass (Extraordinary Form) – cloister/garden
11 am Mass – cloister/garden
6 pm Mass – cloister
Broadcast on Radio Maria England only:
Lauds (Morning Prayer): 7.45 am
Vespers (Evening Prayer): 7 pm
Monday 28th December to Saturday 2nd January inclusive
Mass 9.30 every day (NOT 7.30), also broadcast on Radio Maria England
Broadcast on Radio Maria England) only:
Lauds (Morning Prayer): 9 am
Vespers (Evening Prayer): 6.30 pm
Frances McCullagh
says on:Please could you let me know if I need to book a mass time on christmas eve.
Bruno Clifton
says on:Dear Frances,
So sorry i missed your comment – I hope you got to Mass OK. New Year blessings, Fr Dominic