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Maundy Thursday, 29 Mar
Mass of the Supper of the Lord – 7:30 pm
Mass times
Sunday, 24 Dec
Mass – 9:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm
Christmas Day, Mon 25 Dec
Midnight Mass – 00:00 am
Day Mass – 09:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm
Weekdays in the Christmas Octave, 26-30 Dec
Mass – 08:00 am
Sunday, 31 Dec
Mass – 9:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm
The Circumcision of the Lord, Mon 1 Jan
Mass – 8:00 am
The Epiphany, Sat 6 Jan
Mass – 8:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm
Mass times
Palm Sunday, 9 Apr
Mass with procession – 9:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm
Monday to Wednesday of Holy Week, 10-12 Apr
Daily Mass at 8:00 am
Maundy Thursday, 13 Apr
Mass of the Supper of the Lord – 7:30 pm
News
On the Solemnity of the Annunciation, our friend Brother Oliver of the Oxford Oratory was ordained to the diaconate. the Abbot attended with Dom Michael, and our Dom Stanislaus joined Br Benedict of the Oratory in chanting the Litany of Saints.
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Fr Abbot was in Texas in March to conduct the Canonical Visitation of the Monastery of Thien Tam, near Dallas. The brothers of this community are mostly Vietnamese. They are a daughter house of the Abbey of Christ in the Desert, NM. They are a fine strong young community and should soon, please God, become an autonomous monastery. The brothers treated the visiting abbots to a trip to Houston to see the NASA centre.
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Fr Abbot gave a talk as part of the Oxford Oratory Lenten Series on Benedictine Life and Spirituality. The questions ‘from the floor’ were many and lively.
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The monks at Farnborough have welcomed various Knights of Malta in recent years, both for their individual retreats and for days of recollection. In January, Fr Abbot, accompanied by Brother Stanislaus, blessed Epiphany Water and presided at Vespers for the Knights at St James, Spanish Place in London.
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In December Fr Abbot was in the USA at Mount Savior Monastery in upstate New York, along with Farnborough’s Dom Michael. For the last years he has been the appointed canonical superior of the monastery, and so has responsibility for the community there with the very capable help of the Prior, Br John. Mount Savior is a classic Benedictine community dedicated to prayer and work and the simplicity and beauty of the liturgy. The December visit was to receive the Solemn Vows of Brother Luke, the second solemn profession of 2016.
Mass times
Christmas Eve, Saturday 24 Dec
Midnight Mass – 24:00
Christmas Day, Sunday 25 Dec
Mass of Christmas Day – 9:00 am
Christmas Octave, Monday 26 Dec – Saturday 31 Dec
Mass every day at 8:00 am
Solemnity of Our Lady, Mother of God, Sunday 1 Jan 2017
Mass at 9:00 am
News
The monks of St Michael’s Abbey are delighted to learn that the Catholic National Library now has a permanent home. We are pleased to have played our part in securing the future of the collection by giving the library shelter for these last ten years. Bravo to the Trustees, especially Mr Antony Tyler, of the CNL for finding such a happy solution to the question of the library’s future!