DIARY 11/11/18 08:30 Mass: Sunday (Remembrance) St Martin of Tours ___________10:55 Act of Remembrance, Old Steine War Memorial ____________14:30 Nursing Home Ministry, Handcross 12/11/18 09:00 Mass: Monday St Martin Pope & Martyr 13/11/18 11:00 Mass: Tuesday St Didacus Confessor 14/11/18 08:30 Mass: Wednesday St Erconwald Bishop ___________08:30 – 13:00 Hub Drop-in ___________13:00 Small Groups Big Mission Training 15/11/18…
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Volunteers needed – become a Cherub!
Our very own apostolate “Cherubs Kitchen” relaunches next month (February) and in an attempt to reaffirm its charitable objects requires volunteers to help maximise the profits generated to help the homeless in our city. The Cherubs concept is simple; a commercial catering franchise that provides industry standard apprenticeships in catering for homeless or disadvantaged people…
Holydays of Obligation 2018
Holy Days of Obligation Sunday, on which by apostolic tradition the paschal mystery is celebrated, must be observed in the universal Church as the primordial holy day of obligation. The Faithful are reminded that the following Feasts are Holy Days of Obligation upon which it is binding of the Faithful to hear Mass. 2018 All…
“Our father” an interview with Fr Jerome OSJV
Local journalist, Russell Higham recently interviewed The Brighton Oratory’s, Father Jerome for Sussex Life Magazine. Focussing on Father’s work with the homeless and particularly “Cherubs Kitchen“, Russell visited “The Hub” homeless drop-in partnered with the Salvation Army at Brighton Congress Hall where Father leads the kitchen team and a faithful band of volunteers host and…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Gertrude the Great, Virgin and Abbess
Saint Gertrude the Great, Virgin and Abbess: Missa “Dilexisti” The Roman Martyrology commemorates, today, the virgin St. Gertrude, who is to be distinguished from another virgin of the same name, whose life is recorded in the month of March. The Breviary relates of her, as follows: Gertrude was born at Eisleben, in Saxony, the same place…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Erconwald, Bishop & Confessor
St Erconwald, Bishop & Confessor: Missa “Sacerdotes tui“ Bishop of London, died about 690. He belonged to the princely family of the East Anglian Offa, and devoted a considerable portion of his patrimony to founding two monasteries, one for monks at Chertsey, and the other for nuns at Barking in Essex. Over the latter he…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria of Sunday V Post Epiphany (resumed)
Propers from the Feria of Sunday V Post Epiphany: Missa “Dicit Dóminus: Ego cógito cogitatiónes pacis“ Today the recurring theme of Our Lord’s miracles is reaffirmed through His doctrine which filled the Jews of Nazareth with wonder (Communion). Christ is our King for He welcomes not only Jews but also Gentiles into His kingdom. Called through pure…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Pope St Martin I, Martyr
Pope, St Martin I, Martyr: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” Martin I lay too sick to fight on a couch in front of the altar when the soldiers burst into the Lateran basilica. He had come to the church when he heard the soldiers had landed. But the thought of kidnapping a sick pope from the house of…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; St Martin of Tours
St Martin of Tours, Bishop & Confessor; Com. Sunday V Post Epiphany and St Mennas, Martyr: Missa “Státuit ei Dóminus” The story and history of Saint Martin of Tours. When a mere boy, Martin became a Christian catechumen against his parents’ wish; and at fifteen was therefore seized by his father, a pagan soldier, and enrolled…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Requiem for Armistice
Requiem Mass for the Dead who have fallen in conflict. INTROIT Eternal rest give to them, O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon them. (Ps. 64. 2-3). A hymn, O God, becometh Thee in Sion; and a vow shall be paid to Thee in Jerusalem: hear my prayer; all flesh shall come to Thee….
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour
Feast of the Dedication of the Archbasilica of Our Saviour – the Lateran; Commemoration of St Theodore the Recruit, Martyr: Missa “Terribilis est” As one of the four principle basilicas of Rome and one of the seven pilgrim churches, Rome’s Cathedral of St. John, the Basilica of Our Divine Savior is dedicated to both St. John…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Octave Day of All Saints
Octave Day of All Saints; Commemoration of the Four Crowned Martyrs: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes” Today is the traditional Octave Day of All Saints according to the pre-1955 Roman Catholic Liturgical Calendar. This Octave was eliminated in the 1955 reforms; however, those attached to the traditions of the Church still call to mind the spirituality appropriate for…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Our holy father S. Willibrord
Our holy father St Willibrord, Bishop Confessor, Apostle to the Frisians, Founder of the See of Utrecht; Commemoration of the Octave of All Saints: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” Today is the celebration of St. Willibrord, a British-born, Irish-trained, Roman-commissioned Benedictine who evangelized the Netherlands (or in the words of the Roman Martyrology, “Friesland and Denmark”). As…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feria VI in the Octave of All Saints
In the Octave of All Saints: Missa “Gaudeámus omnes” All Saints’ Day is a celebration of all Christian saints, particularly those who have no special feast days of their own. It is also known as All Hallows Tide, All-Hallomas, or All Hallows’ Day. The Catholic Church, which, every day in the year, places some Saints before…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Feast of the Holy Relics
Feast of the Holy Relics; In the Octave of All Saints: Missa ‘Multae tribulatiónes’ It has long been customary especially in churches which possessed large collections of relics, to keep one general feast in commemoration of all the saints whose memorials are there preserved. An Office and Mass for this purpose will be found in the…
