Our worship is in the Anglo-Catholic tradition, centered on the Mass where we encounter Jesus in the sacrament of the altar. Morning and Evening Prayer are also said half an hour before scheduled services.
CHRISTMAS AND EPIPHANY AT ST MARY’S
Fourth Sunday of Advent: 21 December
Parish Mass, including Sunday School Christmas Presentation and the Christmas Raffle will be drawn.
Tuesday 23 December from 3 to 5 pm: Final preparations for Christmas. Please come and help if you can.
| Sunday 21 December | ADVENT 4: Parish Mass 10.30 am with Fr David Darling Including Sunday School Presentation |
| Monday 22 December | Eucharistic Celebration 7 pm |
| Wednesday 24 December Christmas Eve | Crib Service with Carols: 4 pm Christmas Vigil Mass: 9 pm with Fr David Brammer |
| Thursday 25 December Christmas Day | Christmas Morning Mass 10.30 am with Bishop Lusa Nsenga-Ngoy |
| Friday 26 December | St Stephen: Eucharistic Celebration 9.30 am |
| Saturday 27 December | St John the Evangelist: Mass 9.30 am |
| Sunday 28 December | The Holy Family: 10.30 As we have no priest to celebrate Mass for us today, Communion will be given in one kind only from the Reserved Sacrament. |
| Monday 29 December | Eucharistic Celebration 9.30 am |
| Wednesday 31 December | Eucharistic Celebration 9.30 am |
| Thursday 1 January | Eucharistic Celebration 9.30 am |
| Saturday 3 January | Eucharistic Celebration 9.30 am |
| Sunday 4 January | Parish Mass 10.30 am: Celebration of the Epiphany With Baptism |
EPIPHANY SEASON
Sunday 4 January: Celebration of the Epiphany: Mass 10.30 am
and we will also welcome Afwani to be baptised into the church family.
A card with all the main services is available to take and keep, listing all the main services over the coming seasons.
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IN OUR PRAYER THIS WEEK
Preparing for Baptism: Afwani
The Sick
Merle, Michael, Jennifer, Angela, Christine, Elsie, Joe, Margaret, Debbie, Donovan, Antonia
Anniversaries of Death
Rodney Melville, Cliff Wadsworth, Alex Batcheler, Rene Chandler, Michael Williamson, Eric Glaser, Ida Williamson
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CONTACTS
Churchwardens:
Stephen Halliwell: 020 8459 1175, 07720 401489
Kathy Watters: 07527 540779
Safeguarding Officer: Lucky Enekeme: Safeguarding.shrineofmary@gmail.com
Website: shrineofmary.org
Email: shrineofmary@gmail.com
DONATIONS TO ST MARY’S THROUGH EASYFUNDRAISING
Supporting St Mary’s when you shop online: easyfundraising.org.uk/cause/stmaryswillesden/
If you do any online shopping, over 8,000 retailers will donate for FREE to
St Mary’s Willesden – London when you use easyfundraising to shop with them. This means you can raise donations for us when you buy pretty much anything! These donations really help us, and all you have to do is use easyfundraising when you’re ordering the things you’ll be buying anyway.
Online sites including eBay, Amazon, John Lewis, Etsy, Argos, M&S, B&Q, Booking.com donate varying percentages, often only pennies but it all adds up.
Waitrose donates £1 for every grocery order, Sainsbury’s about 50p.
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Baptisms, Weddings or Funerals at St Mary’s
If you are interested in arranging a Baptism (Christening), Wedding, or Funeral at St Mary’s, please contact one of our Churchwardens: Stephen Halliwell (020 8459 1175) or Kathy Watters (07527 540779) for more details.
Safeguarding: St Mary’s Safeguarding Officer: Lucky Enekeme: safeguarding@shrineofmary@gmail.com
We have an information leaflet about baptism which you can download.
St Mary's, Willesden 