All liturgies according to the Traditional Latin Rite Sundays 0730 Morning Meditation0830 Mass & homily1100 Advent/Christmas Communions (8th & 15th Dec, Worthing) Monday to Friday 0730 Morning Meditation0830 Mass & homily1730 Vesperal Oblation CAROL SINGING Thursday 19th Dec 1800 Churchill Square Churches Together with Salvation Army Band2000 The Victory Inn Community carol singing Saturdays 0730…
Holydays of Obligation 2019
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. 2019 All…
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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…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; The Conception of the BVM
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary: Missa “Salve Sancta” Holy Mother Church celebrates today the ancient feast of the Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary. An innovation in 1854 by Pope Pius IX altered the title and Mass of the feast adding the word “Immaculate”, but primitively and more traditionally the feast is known without it…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Ambrose, Bishop Confessor, Doctor of the Church
St Ambrose, Bishop Confessor & Doctor of the Church; Commemoration of the Advent Feria: Missa “In medio“ Our father among the saints Ambrose of Milan came to be bishop of Milan as the only competent candidate to succeed Auxentius, a bishop of Arian persuasion, in 374. A catechumen and trained as a lawyer, he learned…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Nicholas of Myra
St Nicholas of Myra, Bishop and Confessor: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” Saint Nicholas (Greek: Ἅγιος Νικόλαος, Hágios Nikólaos, Latin: Sanctus Nicolaus); (15 March 270 – 6 December 343), also called Nikolaos of Myra, was Bishop of Myra, in Asia Minor (modern-day Demre, Turkey), and is a historic Christian saint. Because of the many miracles attributed to his…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Birinus, Bishop & Confessor
St Birinus, Bishop & Confessor; Comm. St Sabbas, Abbot & Feria IV Advent I: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” In AD 634, Birinus, a Benedictine monk of the Monastery of St Andrew on the Coelian Hill in Rome, was sent by Pope Honorius I to England to convert the West Saxons. He landed on the south coast in…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Peter Chrysologus, Bishop & Doctor of the Church
St Peter Chrysologus, Bishop & Doctor of the Church; Commemoration of St Barbara the Great Martyr, Virgin & Matryr: Missa “In medio Ecclesiae” St. Peter Chrysologus, Bishop and Doctor of the Church (Feast-July 30) Born at Imola, Italy in 406, St. Peter was baptized, educated, and ordained a deacon by Cornelius, Bishop of Imola. St. Peter…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; S. Francis Xavier, Confessor
St Francis Xavier, Confessor; com. of Advent I: Missa “Loquébar“ Saint Francis Xavier was not born a saint. He had to work at it for in the dangerous days of the Reformation, as young Spanish gentleman, he was making a name for himself as a professor of philosophy at the University of Paris. He was…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Bibiana, Virgin Martyr
St Bibiana, Virgin Martyr: Missa “Me expectaverunt“ St. Bibiana, Virgin and Martyr (Feast day – December 2nd) Other than the name, nothing is known for certain about this saint. However, we have the following account from a later tradition. In the year 363, Julian the Apostate made Apronianus Governor of Rome. St. Bibiana suffered in the…
Carissimi: Sunday’s Mass; Advent I
The First Sunday of Advent: Missa “Ad te levavi” This first Sunday of Advent or The Fourth before Christmas is the first day of the Liturgical Year. The Mass prepares us this day for the double coming (adventus) of mercy and justice. That is why St. Paul tells us, in the Epistle, to cast off…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Andrew Prōtoklētos, Apostle
St Andrew “the First-called”, Apostle: Missa “Mihi autem nimis“ Saint Andrew, whose feast day is November 30th, is the patron saint for fishermen. Andrew, like his brother, Simon Peter, was a fisherman. He became a disciple of the great St. John the Baptist, but when John pointed to Jesus and said, “Behold the Lamb of God!” Andrew…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; Vigil of St Andrew the Apostle
Vigil of St Andrew, Apostle; commemoration of St Saturninus, Martyr; Missa “Dóminus secus mare Galilaeæ” Today is the last day of the liturgical year. The day preceding a festival is styled a vigil (from the Latin word signifying a night-watch) because in primitive ages the faithful passed in prayer in the church the greater part…
Carissimi: Today’s Mass; St Saturninus of Toulouse, Martyr
St Saturninus of Toulouse, Bishop & Martyr: Missa “Statuit ei Dominus” St. Saturninus Bishop of Toulouse and Martyr November 29 A.D. 257 St. Saturninus went from Rome by the direction of pope Fabian, about the year 245, to preach the faith in Gaul, where St. Trophimus, the first bishop of Arles, had some time before gathered…
