a Benedictine monk, Author at Saint Michael's Abbey

Mass times

Christmas 2018

December 16, 2018December 16, 2018
by a Benedictine monk

This Christmas public Masses in the Abbey Church will be celebrated at the following times:

Christmas Vigil, Mon 24 Dec
Mass – 8:00 am

Christmas Day, Tue 25 Dec
Midnight Mass – 00:00 am
Day Mass – 09:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm

Weekdays in the Christmas Octave, 26-29 & 31 Dec
Mass – 08:00 am

Sunday in the Christmas Octave, 30 Dec
Mass – 9:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm

The Circumcision of the Lord, Tue 1 Jan
Mass – 9:00 am

The Epiphany, Sun 6 Jan
Mass – 9:00 am
Vespers and Benediction – 4.45 pm

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Paschal Triduum & Easter 2018

March 28, 2018December 16, 2018
by a Benedictine monk

This Holy Week and Easter public Masses in the Abbey Church will be celebrated at the following times:

Maundy Thursday, 29 Mar
Mass of the Supper of the Lord – 7:30 pm

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Christmas 2017

December 16, 2017December 16, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

This Christmas public Masses in the Abbey Church will be celebrated at the following 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

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Holy Week & Easter 2017 Times of Services

April 5, 2017April 5, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

This Holy Week and Easter public Masses in the Abbey Church will be celebrated at the following 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

Ordination at Oxford Oratory

March 25, 2017April 5, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

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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Thien Tam Monastery

March 11, 2017April 5, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

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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Talk at the Oxford Oratory

March 1, 2017April 5, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

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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Knights of Malta

January 7, 2017April 5, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

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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The Mount Savior Monastery

January 1, 2017April 5, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

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.

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Christmas 2016 Mass times

December 23, 2016April 5, 2017
by a Benedictine monk

This Christmas season public Masses in the Abbey Church will be celebrated at the following 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