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Join Us for a carol concert on Sunday 20th December at 3pm.

You can either join on You Tube here:

https://youtu.be/sYijrV1Nee8

Or to book a space in church, please email the Parish Office.

Following the Cardinal’s message last weekend about continuous prayer, Fr James has offered to broadcast a weekly Rosary session online.

These sessions will take place every Thursday at 7pm with the first one on Thursday 12th November. We will alternate each week between Youtube and Zoom.

For more information on this and the links needs to join, please visit our VIRTUAL ROSARY page.

After the vote in parliament yesterday we again find ourselves in the situation where starting tomorrow, 5^th November, congregational services are not allowed.

We are however allowed to open the Church for Private Prayer sessions.

These sessions will be as  follows;

Saturdays 3pm-4pm

Mondays 10am-11am

Wednesdays 7pm -8pm

You will still need to book to attend as before. Please email Paula on newbarnet@rcdow.org.uk before Thursday evening to book into any of the following week’s Private Prayer sessions.

During lockdown we will be continuing to stream 11am mass live every Sunday.  All online masses can be accessed via the parish YouTube channel, the link to which can be found on our VIRTUAL MASS page.

We will also be broadcasting the 9.30 Children’s Liturgy service every fortnight on Zoom.  The next one will be on Sunday 15^th November and the link for that will be distributed nearer the time.

As we continue our journey towards Pentecost, Fr Pat Browne and Patrick Van Der Vost have prepared a video meditation on the Holy Spirit at Pentecost, using Christian art and music.

The video was prepared to help us as we spend time in prayer on the Vigil of Pentecost, as the Cardinal has encouraged us to do.

 

As we celebrate the fifth anniversary of Pope Francis’ landmark encyclical, Laudato Si’, Cardinal Vincent encourages us in this video to enter into its spirit and to learn what simple everyday steps we can take to shift the balance of our environment.

Cardinal Vincent Laudato Si’ Week Message from Catholic Westminster on Vimeo.

On the Solemnity of the Ascension, Cardinal Vincent recorded this message, reflecting on these days leading up to Pentecost and encouraging everyone to spend time in fervent, focused prayer on the Vigil of Pentecost, Saturday 30th May, for the coming of the Holy Spirit.

 

Pope Francis invites us, this Thursday 14^th May, to join with believers of all religions and people of goodwill in a Day of Prayer, Fasting and Works of Charity.

The Holy Father calls us to unite ourselves to an initiative which comes from the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity.  Cardinal Miguel Ayuso Guixot, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, communicates Pope Francis’s wish in a letter dated 6^th May (of which a copy is attached) suggesting it is an opportunity to “witness to the greatness of faith in God that unites divided hearts and elevates the human soul.”  The Communique from the Higher Committee of Human Fraternity is also attached: you may wish to publish it on your parish website.

Consecrating this day to the Lord is of a piece with the practice, recently introduced on Thursdays in England and Wales, of one of our Bishops celebrating Mass for NHS workers and carers in all settings.  These Masses take place a little ahead of the 8.00 p.m. applause: we pray in thanksgiving for the courage and generosity of these front-line workers, asking the Lord to sustain them in their vital work.  Mass this Thursday will be celebrated by Bishop Robert Byrne CO, Bishop of Hexham & Newcastle; and will be live-streamed at 7.00 p.m. on

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC12EvW0Eqg-cFTh5i2y_EQw.

Download the letter from The Vatican here:

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To commemorate the 75^th anniversary of VE Day this Friday, the Cardinal will celebrate a Thanksgiving Mass in Westminster Cathedral, which will be live-streamed. There will be a two-minutes’ silence at 11am, followed directly by Mass. All are welcome to follow the live stream at any one of the following:

Churchservices TV directly: https://www.churchservices.tv/westminster

Westminster Cathedral home page: http://www.westminstercathedral.org.uk/

Diocesan website (where the livestream will be available from 10.45am): https://rcdow.org.uk/

The Mass will also be recorded so that it can also be viewed later.